Post card

Dear B,
You have not left yet
but we said 'Bon Voyage' today
and as I walked back down
the secret trail
I thought how I won't see you
almost every week
and how even though I am
looking forward to writing to you
while you are away
eating tripe
I will miss you.
How nice.
X E

Rail track-trail

N and I walked and walked
like huck finn and tom
along the tracks
figuring things out
and seeing how far we could go
just
enjoying the autumn sun
until our feet got tired.....

Iris

Laksa Dinner with H
and then back to mine for Iris analysis
my menstrual history was all there
and
it would seem the lower intestine
enjoyed the soup!
All that from a blink of an eye.

little captain

breakfast with Holly and
topic of conversation usually includes

homeopathy
iris analysis
naturopathy
bush flower essences
what to have
stewed fruit
garlic tonics
and is he the 'one'

rockpool

Trail Ride

Happy Birthday Miss Kate. X

Beachcombers

My dear dear friend Pheobe and her family
have recently made a sea change.


To here, JanJuc.


Ben, Phebe's husband reads the sea
like an open book.
He fishes right on the sand...



and catches snapper like this.


The night before I arrived,

Ben and the boys caught and gutted
a gummy shark.
It had a squid inside it that was fed to Comet the dog.



Ben also made this tomato relish.


Phebes and I made this green tea ice cream
with Pheobe's special christmas present.


I made a fennel, carrot and broccoli sprout salad
with a lemon and mustard dressing....


and chips.


Ben and Phebes cooked.





It was the freshest, most delicious meal.




caught from here.
Real sustainable fishing.

Rainbow Dinner

I was sitting on my balcony eating dinner and
listening to the crazy nestling
of about what sounded like a billion rainbow lorikeets,
when my friend called.

I have spent the day gardening, planting, re potting, digging,
happy.

"So what are you eating?"

Blue kale
Red cabbage
Yellow Millet
Rainbow chard
Mustard Greens
White garlic
Golden ginger.

"Can you take a photo...?"
"O.K!"









Served with a dash of Ume Plum Vinegar
a simple meal now
shared with a friend.

A reminder

An email from Lesley Turnbull
the photographer
'..could you please send this on to Tony as a reminder..'




and I post this celtic blessing to you all out there..

TWENTY BLESSINGS
May the best hour of the day be yours.
May luck go with you from hill to sea.
May you stand against the prevailing wind.
May no forest intimidate you.
May you look out from your own eyes.
May near and far attend you.
May you bathe your face in the sun’s rays.
May you have milk, cream, substance.
May your actions be effective.
May your thoughts be affective.
May you will both the wild and the mild.
May you sing the lark from the sky.
May you place yourself in circumstance.
May you be surrounded by goldfinches.
May you pause among alders.
May your desire be infinite.
May what you touch be touched.
May the company be less for your leaving.
May you walk alone beneath the stars.
May your embers still glow in the morning.