The Goodest of Good

 

It's International Black Dog Day again.

I recommend them. I never met a black dog I didn't like. Milly is my current sweetie.

RIP my lovely Taff and heart dog Harry the hound.

Taffy 1997-2012

Harry 2013-2022

Milly aka Princess Millicent b. 2011

Carl and Edna

This past weekend, Briony and I took a little trip to Canberra to see Floriade. At Floriade there was a gnome painting competition only entrants didn't have to compete, they could just pay a fee to buy and paint a gnome.

This is how Carl and Edna were born. 

Carl and Edna are such gaddabouts!

They visited the National Carillon

They visited the seat of Australian democracy (I think Edna is quite engaged with politics)

They took an afternoon stroll on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin

Edna didn't appreciate being photobombed at the National War Memorial

Carl and Edna took a moment away from their adoring fans at  the Mount Ainslie lookout

Being the kind of people they are, Carl and Edna are at the forefront of the trend for couples to live separately. Carl was happy to get  home to his pets and Edna her garden. 

They both feel a bit too fragile to travel again but they aren't ruling it out......

 

A Living Postcard

 It's almost three months since Caitlin and Brendan took off on their lap around Australia. Caitlin video calls when there is decent internet service and it is always great to see her in her surroundings. Sometimes she calls from a dark campsite or tent so I don't see much at all but other times there are trees, skies and even roos to be seen.
Never did I imagine that I would get to see her at Uluru. What a different world we live in to the one I remember. On my own first trips away from home I used to phone mum and dad's house phone from some remote pay phone, standing in the cold or the heat, hoping I had enough coins to finish the conversation and say goodbye.

Even on a blurry, glitchy video call Uluru was stunning. The colours of the dirt, the bushes, the rock and the sky were breathtaking. And now I have to add it to my wish list.

Liam and his wife will have my first grand baby in the next few weeks and at some point in the early weeks of bebe's life Caitlin will come home to offer her willing hands, leaving Brendan to fish or swim or whatever he does on a solo trip.

How lovely it is for me to follow this adventure virtually.