A Birth
Welcome to the world, William Carey D! It’s a fun place to be… and we’re looking forward to giving you Doug, the mooing dog.
Cricket
What happened?? Australia just got bowled out! Eek!
DAMN BIRDS
Those nasty, evil, rude, unSPEAKable birds!!
They et my strawberries!!
Before I even got to put pictures up!
At least I do have the pics… and the memories. Yes, I have the memories that for a week or so, I had two lovely-looking strawberries ripening beautifully.
They were probably bitter anyway.
We are home
So we are home; actually have been for a few days. We were in the UK, for those who don’t know. Most of it was England, a bit in southern Scotland, and a bit in Wales. It was totally overwhelming. I will eventually get around to writing a bit more here, and put up a few (out of the 400 or so) photos here and on Flickr. But I just can’t, yet. It was too much. But I had a huge amount of fun, and saw pretty much everything I wanted to. And it wasn’t nearly as cold as I was expecting either, except for the last week when we were in London and it snowed. The snow lasted until past midday, so it was pretty cold.
Holidays
Due to having holidays – hurrah! – there has been and will continue to be something of a lack in posts. Like a complete dearth of them. But then, I don’t imagine this will stress anybody out.
Serendipity
I love serendipity.
I was just thinking about teaching Anglo-Saxons and Vikings next year, and “Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin came through iTunes.
Magnificent.
Activist Me
Yep, I’m putting my money – and self – where my mouth has always been.
1. I started a school Amnesty group. It’s got maybe 10 very passionate kids coming along already (“can we go on a rally, miss?”). Today we held a lunchtime stall to raise awareness of violence against women, as part of AI’s 16 Days of Activism. We had badges, and they went very quickly. Got lots of kids to sign the petition… perhaps because we bribed them with badges, but I think saturation advertising has to have some good things going for it.
2. I went on strike, and went to the rally at the MCG last week, to protest against the new IR laws. It was a pretty cool atmosphere, and I really hope it makes a difference. It certainly felt amazing to be part of tens of thousands of people walking into the city together. Seriously people can make a difference. I hope.
Carnivalesque
Hey, look – I got into the latest Carnivalesque. How very exciting! Welcome to anyone who follows that link.
Wickets
There is something very special about the sound of a batsman being bowled. It has to do with the leather ball hitting the wood, the clunk of it, and somehow the sound of the stump coming out of the ground.
I am not as much of a cricket tragic as my mother, but I do love summer.
Happy not to be Flintoff
Be a good Captain.
Bat well.
Bowl well.
Or don’t come home.
I imagine that is how Flintoff is feeling at the moment, and it’s only the second day of the first Test. Nasty.
And, to have the first whinge of the summer, I can’t stand the Channel Nine commentators.
Randomly Yours, Alex 