Bird watching this week, I was
getting too hot outside. Dead grass crackled behind me. I turned to see a
monster. Its tongue flickered. It froze, glared and considered what to do.
04 October 2019
28 September 2019
46. The Rose Hillers
Nearly 200 years ago, an early English settler saw
colourful birds near Sydney in a little place called Rose Hill. He called the
birds with black, white, navy, green, yellow, red and royal blue feathers a ‘Rose Hiller’, and it stuck. Aussies love dropping the H and shortening names; after a bit the bird became the Rosella.
14 September 2019
03 September 2019
44. UNDER A RED ROSE
I had a new job as a commercial radio announcer in
north Queensland. Bernie,
my pet Budgerigar, was beside me as I drove
to the tropics.
31 August 2019
43. INTO THE BLUE
The car needs servicing, the annoying reminder to
get the oil changed lights up each time the engine is started. Unfortunately, my husband promised I could make it to the city dealership before 9 am.
25 August 2019
18 August 2019
41. EAGLE EYES AND EYASSES
Weeks ago, out in the Can-Am with my husband, we saw 2
eagles gorging on a kangaroo. An ear torn off, brains out,
intestines strewn on the ground, the kill was so fresh it hadn’t begun to smell.
12 August 2019
40. MINI DIAMONDS
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