This is what I found this morning. While I lay sleeping like a baby last night totally oblivious to the goings on...I mean comings off, out on my balcony. I wondered why the frogs where quiet. I am thinking there may be a few less with this little beauty around in a fresh new suit. It measured 270cm and if you allow for shrinkage when the skin dries I think we may have a 3 metre carpet python as a resident....probably in Tims shed!
About Me
- Alive on The Edge
- Hello there from sunny Nth Qld in Australia...the luckiest country on the planet AT THE MOMENT! I'm retired and recently widowed. I love to travel . Airplane, boat, walking but mostly by means of my motorcycle. I love to garden too. I have a wee small doggie named George and an old cat named Kitty. Two years on from Tim passing we three have almost sorted out living without him. I think it will be 'almost' forever more.Can't see me being over it completely if you know what I mean. I intend to fill these blogs with my journey on my bike.Too much has happened in the space between today and my last blog. This is my last ditch effort to revive my creative writing skills.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Snake Skin
This is what I found this morning. While I lay sleeping like a baby last night totally oblivious to the goings on...I mean comings off, out on my balcony. I wondered why the frogs where quiet. I am thinking there may be a few less with this little beauty around in a fresh new suit. It measured 270cm and if you allow for shrinkage when the skin dries I think we may have a 3 metre carpet python as a resident....probably in Tims shed!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
What made me do it?
Probably a midlife crisis! In a panic to reidentify myself as an individual on this planet and not lost in the daily grind and happenstance of life I braved the inky needle! I had been looking for ages for the right image to have tattooed on my shoulder when this arrived via an email. It said everything I wanted it to; mother nature, floral angel,Goddess, She and all things feminine and most importantly I had never seen it before. Also it says, 'I am not what I seem'. What is flowers is really a face...what is a face is really flowers. Nether right, neither wrong just IS. At first I was looking for something about the size of a matchbox. I ended up with the whole of my shoulder artistically celebrating! So..did it hurt, I hear you ask? Yep! Sure did right on the verge of tears. It was worth it though.
Les from Second Skin in Townsville was the artist.
Monday, February 16, 2009
What I did today.
I was bored today, too much housework to be done but you have to be in the right frame of mind to tackle a mountain so I decided to take myself to Mt Elliot... Bowling Green Bay National Park (my favourite local spot for a dip). As was predicted due to the excessive rain the road was closed. That did not stop me! I walked in.
The sign as you enter the path down to the swimming area leaves the lone explorer feeling nervous.....
Looks harmless enough!
The swimming hole at last. I have seen it higher but this is still flowing fast. I could swim without moving away from the bank.
The sign as you enter the path down to the swimming area leaves the lone explorer feeling nervous.....
Looks harmless enough!
The swimming hole at last. I have seen it higher but this is still flowing fast. I could swim without moving away from the bank.
Up at the next pond is where I'd like to be but there is no one around to save me if I get into trouble.
Below is a Burtons Legless Lizard (I am not the only one to get that way) Isn't he/she beautiful?
You can make what you want from this next shot and you will probably be right!! No one around and I am never one to let a chance go by....
Hello Mr Turtle!
Hello Mrs Snake
The car park is usually full....not today though.
I only had my mobile camera so this is not very clear...Mr kangaroo is between the trees.
This is why they had the road closed! I could have gone through this but I didn't want to break the rules. I rode through deeper and faster running water during my Big Ride...this was for 'pussies'.
Yeah, right!
The road damage across the causeway into the park. Again the shot does not do it justice. No, I did not ride across this bump. Gave it a wide berth.
Home sweet home and now for.....
a beer and a sanga!
A good day was had by me at least!
Below is a Burtons Legless Lizard (I am not the only one to get that way) Isn't he/she beautiful?
You can make what you want from this next shot and you will probably be right!! No one around and I am never one to let a chance go by....
Hello Mr Turtle!
Hello Mrs Snake
The car park is usually full....not today though.
I only had my mobile camera so this is not very clear...Mr kangaroo is between the trees.
This is why they had the road closed! I could have gone through this but I didn't want to break the rules. I rode through deeper and faster running water during my Big Ride...this was for 'pussies'.
Yeah, right!
The road damage across the causeway into the park. Again the shot does not do it justice. No, I did not ride across this bump. Gave it a wide berth.
Home sweet home and now for.....
a beer and a sanga!
A good day was had by me at least!Sunday, February 15, 2009
The Royal Blue Breed
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"Sooty"a pup from the second generation
...now 14 years old.
To commemorate the bi-centenary in Australia it was decided a new breed of dog would be created as part of the celebrations.
Wanting to show the tenacity and fight in the general personality of our fine young country and it's people as well keep the ties with from whence we came, it was decided to combine the breeds of our Australian Blue Cattle Dog and the Queen of England’s beloved Welsh Corgi’s and so with the aid of our IVF program the best ‘Bluey’ bitch was artificially inseminated with a specimen of the a Royal Corgi.
The official name of the breed is logically the ‘Royal Blue.’
It is a small breed not unlike a Corgi but that is where the likeness stops! From deep within the heart of this breed lies a beast strong and brave enough to take on any foe. As you can see by the photo it has the typical blue markings, including the patched eye, of a Blue Cattle Dog.
With the temperament of a cattle dog there is no amount of training or chastising that can stop the rounding up process by the animal; postmen, small children on bikes or in prams, neighbours chooks, cats or anything really and always with the surprise attack from the rear, stealthful and silent in their approach.
Not a breed for the faint hearted as any trace of a gentle and playful corgi disappears behind what the dog believes is a ferocious thick set monster that can bring down a cow and create fear and terror in hearts of grown men and the entire neighbourhood...well she thinks she can!
Wanting to show the tenacity and fight in the general personality of our fine young country and it's people as well keep the ties with from whence we came, it was decided to combine the breeds of our Australian Blue Cattle Dog and the Queen of England’s beloved Welsh Corgi’s and so with the aid of our IVF program the best ‘Bluey’ bitch was artificially inseminated with a specimen of the a Royal Corgi.
The official name of the breed is logically the ‘Royal Blue.’
It is a small breed not unlike a Corgi but that is where the likeness stops! From deep within the heart of this breed lies a beast strong and brave enough to take on any foe. As you can see by the photo it has the typical blue markings, including the patched eye, of a Blue Cattle Dog.
With the temperament of a cattle dog there is no amount of training or chastising that can stop the rounding up process by the animal; postmen, small children on bikes or in prams, neighbours chooks, cats or anything really and always with the surprise attack from the rear, stealthful and silent in their approach.
Not a breed for the faint hearted as any trace of a gentle and playful corgi disappears behind what the dog believes is a ferocious thick set monster that can bring down a cow and create fear and terror in hearts of grown men and the entire neighbourhood...well she thinks she can!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
My Dam Overfloweth
There is enough water in the dam to let some go and flush the river clean. I love the force of the water gushing and spraying, showing its power, thundering and cutting a course through the usual dry riverbed. Our house is along this river and at the most it has a billabong that gradually dries during the winter. Not so today. A raging flood has covered the plain. The shed has sunk, there is just the roof showing above the brown surly waters! It never ceases to amuse me that we are drenched and mouldy while our brothers and sisters down south are dry and burnt to a crisp. Wide brown...no...green land for me!Saturday, January 17, 2009
A preamble.
It was an emergency call to my friend and counsellor . "I need it now, I can't wait till after Mass!"
Quickly the ingredients were fetched and dictated over the phone. "It's the creaming methed daughter...you know how to do that".
It was the whipping down to the shop last week, to get ingredients for the pudding of all puddings that we had the accident with Sheree. I will always associate this scrumptious delectable delight with how wonderful my fluffy poodle was. Both comforting!
Quickly the ingredients were fetched and dictated over the phone. "It's the creaming methed daughter...you know how to do that".
It was the whipping down to the shop last week, to get ingredients for the pudding of all puddings that we had the accident with Sheree. I will always associate this scrumptious delectable delight with how wonderful my fluffy poodle was. Both comforting!
A Recipe
Sr Monica’s Sticky Date Pudding
Ingredients:
200 grms chopped dates
1 teaspoon bi-carb soda
150 mls boiling water
125 grms butter
125 grams caster sugar
2 eggs
125 grms SR flour
Soak dates in water and bi-carb soda for 20 minutes.
Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy adding eggs one at a time beat till creamy and smooth. Add flour and date mixture and pour into a well greased flan dish. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 190 degrees.
Sauce:
Put 200 grams brown sugar in a small saucepan with 50 grams of butter and a cup of cream. Stir and simmer for 2 minutes. Glaze the top of cake with a small amount when it comes out of oven. Serve with sauce and custard. I cheat with custard and water down bought custard with cream. It is so rich you don’t need the flavour of too rich a custard. It’s heavenly!
Ingredients:
200 grms chopped dates
1 teaspoon bi-carb soda
150 mls boiling water
125 grms butter
125 grams caster sugar
2 eggs
125 grms SR flour
Soak dates in water and bi-carb soda for 20 minutes.
Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy adding eggs one at a time beat till creamy and smooth. Add flour and date mixture and pour into a well greased flan dish. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 190 degrees.
Sauce:
Put 200 grams brown sugar in a small saucepan with 50 grams of butter and a cup of cream. Stir and simmer for 2 minutes. Glaze the top of cake with a small amount when it comes out of oven. Serve with sauce and custard. I cheat with custard and water down bought custard with cream. It is so rich you don’t need the flavour of too rich a custard. It’s heavenly!
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