Hmm, a bit salty and slippery but I think I can get it down There you go, now it's curling round the beak, eek is it alive?!!!   Hang on, I'll use the wings for balance and slurp it down…!! That darn napkin is getting caught on my pins   So I'll flick it like…

“Nothing will work unless you do.” Maya Angelou

Morning begins with quiet anticipation. I'm looking forward to being with special friends, entertaining new ideas and at the end of the day adding it's experiences to the 'wonderful' box

    I took a lot of photos of these birds, they have such character. I slept with my door and window open and woke to find two of them on my pillow… a bit scary to say the least. I said. 'Hi' in parrot talk. and they hung around for another 10 minutes or…

Photo Gallery. A delightful day. It dawned quite hot and humid and after breakfast we made our way down the coast to Mt Tamborine. The scenery is spectacular, the green fields are fringed with purple jacarandas and the occasional stand of trees with bright red flowers… The road wound high into the mountains, the stands…

I had a 4.00 am start this morning, and I still had to run for the plane. I actually got to the airport on time, but I was having breakfast in the club and forgot I was going to Brisbane via Sydney…. I heard them call the Sydney flight…. No, I'm going to Brisbane I…

I added the applique bird.

I  sat out on the porch swing this evening watching a magnificent sunset. There's a soft  breeze and everything seems to be frozen in anticipation of the day tomorrow… The first catastrophic fire day. (A day of extreme heat and high winds.) Schools have been closed here in the hills and there is an unease…