Summer birthday
One of the best things about living in Australia is that my birthday happens in the summer. If possible, I prefer to be at the beach for my birthday. (If I stay home, I tend to get annoyed that the world is still orbiting around the sun and not around me.) We made my birthday [...]
All About Tilda
I had to write a letter describing Tilda, so that her teacher and classmates could get to know her better. I started to read it to her this morning and she crumpled it up, objecting to the mention of half-night sleepovers (which I have since removed.) Hopefully the final copy made it to her teacher. [...]
Hot
It’s been news-makingly hot in Melbourne lately. Officially, it was the first recorded run of 3 days over 43 C. One thing I’ve realized since putting up an outdoor thermometer is that those of us who live further inland can have significantly higher temperatures than in the City. Cooling sea breezes also take longer to [...]