Lutra's pond.

I thought at first that I was feeling like crap cos of the stress, but no, I have actually come down with something, a mild respiratory vira...

Oops, been a while... Well, Mum's scheduled for surgery this coming Friday. She's understandably apprehensive but determinedly not t...

Our ABC has started showing a documentary series - Life at One - where a group of children are followed from birth (from conception in a c...

<wilting> 37 degrees today. Hottest October day in 90 years. I'm not ready for Summer... Really bizarre mix in my dream last night...

I keep having dreams about living in places that have no proper toilets... Penny and I were chatting this morning about our respective weeke...

Okay, some good news, finally. Mum's been moved to a rehab hospital which means she's not considered to be 'at risk' any mor...

Well, I'm certainly a little stress-bunny at the moment; I've had a niggling headache that's ebbed and flowed - mostly flowed - ...

So there we were at the Museum on Wednesday - the cubs, Sarah and I - trailing about having fun and going 'Oooh' , as you do, when I...

<happy dance> Finished and sent off my sekrit Snupin Santa Challenge ! In plenty of time, too, the deadline is the beginning of Novemb...

A snippet of Joules' and my ICQ conversation. Inspired by this photo: ...which flowed on from something mentioned in my previous post. ...

A header for a bit of spam I received today: Please your woman Brock That's a funny name for a woman... Ack! The cubs tell me they'...

Michelangelo's 'Dying Slave' . You've got to ask yourself - dying from what, precisely? So, after months ( years !) of procr...

Sparkles illuminating dictionaries and notebooks. Sums up my life nicely... :) That thumping sound is me banging my head on the desk. 4pm ye...

And so it came to pass that as one cub recovered from the dreaded lurgy the other fell to its insidious clasp. On the day before camp, too. ...

Right, so I think I've got all the gear the cubs will need for their camp ( D'oh ! Except torches and batteries. Tch, I'll pick ...

Hm. I can't see any xmas merchandise per se in the shops yet but things like specialty tins of biscuits and buckets of M&Ms have a...

(Early this morning at Chez Lutra :) Me - to dawdling cubs: Come on, vivement ! Cubs: Is that German? Me: No, it's French for ' Get ...

I know the weather's beginning to warm up cos I'm able to spread the butter with relative ease. <grumble> And the countdown...

I'm feeling justifiably smug. I managed to find the cub a costume coat, scarf and waistcoat for $7. I love op shops. I also got another...

Look! ↑ ↑ ↑ I can do arrows! No no no, I jest, that's not what I'm excited about. Joules has coaxed the blog template into acce...