Tag Archives: observations

Wattles on a Grassy Knoll

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Petit Paradis

On brilliantly sunny days the top of the block can be an enchanting place to work. Though I seldom really stop long enough to take it all in. I usually find myself staring at a photo of it on the … Continue reading →

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The Last of March

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Petit Paradis

The rains have come and I am grateful. Mostly because the days are sunny and delightfully warm and those overnight showers or early morning drops are ideal for the young seedlings and newly planted trees. I have also been re-potting … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Our First Week of Home Schooling

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Petit Paradis

Gran – despite her robust diet of packaged meals, meat pies, toast & jam, dry biscuits and Promite, fizzy drinks, milk chocolates and prescription medicine – still has a fairly tenuous grip on life. Especially after her near dead experience … Continue reading →

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Birds

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Petit Paradis

Whilst I have been working out in the garden I have had visitors. Though I have been reminded that we are ‘Social Distancing’, ‘in self-quarantine or self-isolation’ or my pet dislike, ‘Lock-down’ – the visitors still come. The Wattlebird swoops … Continue reading →

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Coastal Views, The STS Leeuwin & Boulders

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Petit Paradis

By pure chance Mrs PP managed to get a glimpse of the sail training ship STS Leeuwin II out in the bay on our way back from school pick-up today. So, off we went to the lookout to check it … Continue reading →

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