...you try and drink from your thermos mug and can't work out why you can't get any tea, only to find out you have actually closed the lid, not opened it. (sad thing is it took the third failed attempted to realise this fact :()
...you press the button on your computer to open the CD/DVD compartment only to realise you have actually pressed the off button.
...when you get up late, run out of the house without your house keys, to have to sit on the front step for half an hour till someone comes home and let you in.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Midnight walk though the rainforest
Sometimes you have experiences that you just know you will always remember.
The night is lit by a three quarter moon, the air is crisp and we are heading to a glow worm cave through the rain forest.
I have never bush walked at night before, always I can hear my mothers voice that it's not safe. However, if you want to see glow worms glow, you need to see them at night. So off we went to see these amazing little creatures.
They were so much better than I could of dreamt. Tiny points of light, in the darkness. They did warn about the trap door and funnel web spiders who like to hide out at the bottom of the glow worm webs to get an easy feed and that any snake, this time of year, should be hibernating.
What I didn't expect was the waterfall, lit by the moon...simply amazing.
The night is lit by a three quarter moon, the air is crisp and we are heading to a glow worm cave through the rain forest.
I have never bush walked at night before, always I can hear my mothers voice that it's not safe. However, if you want to see glow worms glow, you need to see them at night. So off we went to see these amazing little creatures.
They were so much better than I could of dreamt. Tiny points of light, in the darkness. They did warn about the trap door and funnel web spiders who like to hide out at the bottom of the glow worm webs to get an easy feed and that any snake, this time of year, should be hibernating.
What I didn't expect was the waterfall, lit by the moon...simply amazing.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
The rabble
Looking forward to a lovely hot chocolate and waffle at our local chocolate shop a group of girlfriends and myself notice a crowd.
People are looking at the crowd but you know people do that kinda thing, and we really really want our hot chocolate, its a cold day and we have been looking forward to this all afternoon.
I do notice the bull horn but really all that is on my mind is that lovely hot chocolate.
It isn't till we are sitting in the shop, ordered and enjoying an after work girls chat that we realise the crowd has stopped outside OUR shop.
The chanting starts and suddenly we notice, for the first time, the placards and flags.
How did we end up in the middle of a Palestinian demonstration and what is an Israeli flag doing in the mix?
These questions ran through our mind as the 10 police showed up, the security guards surrounded the shop and our hot chocolates and waffle arrive.
It occurs to me that we can very easily end up in the wrong place at the wrong time and suddenly have to reassess plans we thought were great, when we first made them.
Note to self: Be more observant when a crowd of placard waving people are about, there could be trouble!
People are looking at the crowd but you know people do that kinda thing, and we really really want our hot chocolate, its a cold day and we have been looking forward to this all afternoon.
I do notice the bull horn but really all that is on my mind is that lovely hot chocolate.
It isn't till we are sitting in the shop, ordered and enjoying an after work girls chat that we realise the crowd has stopped outside OUR shop.
The chanting starts and suddenly we notice, for the first time, the placards and flags.
How did we end up in the middle of a Palestinian demonstration and what is an Israeli flag doing in the mix?
These questions ran through our mind as the 10 police showed up, the security guards surrounded the shop and our hot chocolates and waffle arrive.
It occurs to me that we can very easily end up in the wrong place at the wrong time and suddenly have to reassess plans we thought were great, when we first made them.
Note to self: Be more observant when a crowd of placard waving people are about, there could be trouble!
Monday, June 6, 2011
Random roses
You would be surprised the random and amazing things you see, on the way to the bus stop.
Today, on the hood of a car were 12 of the most beautiful red roses.
What can you say to seeing something like that except...
Wow!
Today, on the hood of a car were 12 of the most beautiful red roses.
What can you say to seeing something like that except...
Wow!
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