Woolshed Love Affair: a new perspective on an old favourite

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For a while, now, I have admired a certain little woolshed near where I live, featured in earlier posts that you can see hereĀ and here. Today I got to see it from a new perspective – from inside the paddock in which it sits, as I rode behind the grain truck in the fire unit while I was helping with harvest.

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Aloha Rose!

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My climbing rose,Ā Aloha, is finally making progress (although not of the climbing kind) and putting on some buds. They start out a deep pinky orange, turning all shades of pink and apricot as they unfurl. It seems a bit unfair to tell you this, while presenting you with a monochrome image, but that’s life.

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A Stately Place: a tour of the State Library of Victoria

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While visiting the SLV to attend a conference last week, my colleagues and I were privileged to be given a tour of the grand old building, including the iconic, perfectly-lit domed reading room (top left) with its ranks of sculpted swivel chairs and desk (top right).

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