Spring always makes me think of Cherry Blossoms and particularly the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan. I want to go!
Spring is in April in Japan, roundabouts. Some of the regions have cherry trees …
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Cherry Blossom
October 26, 2010 by
Slowly Cooked Perfect Pot Roast
October 17, 2010 by
As a young (much younger) home-maker, mother and food-preparer, I shied away from what I saw as difficult to cook. Like pot roast.
My mother used to cook pot roast in a pressure cooker, a sort of …
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Every Evening I go Batty
October 17, 2010 by
Each evening the Melbourne skyline presents an eerie halloween-type appearance as thousands of bats fly across the city.
The colony is a stone's throw from my little cottage on the creek and I …
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The Last Lynx
September 30, 2010 by
I enjoy a privileged life. Privileged if compared to creatures in the wild. Once I thought it would be grand to run free across the scrublands, picnicking here and there on tasty free range snacks and …
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Rome is no Holiday for Cats
September 3, 2010 by
300,000 stray and abandoned cats live in Rome. They've chosen sites like Piramide Cestia, Verano cemetery, hospitals, and religious institutes for natural habitats. Since these habitats are places …
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Time to get back in the water
September 2, 2010 by
Summer is on the way in Australia and it's time to get back in the water. I've been getting ready for the short-sleeved season by signing up for some water aerobics.
My girlfriends were a little …
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