when I'm not panicking

I have a lovely time.  I bought Sally Beeches Black Cockatoos at the School House Gallery Exhibition and it is now hanging in my house.

Jill PD really enjoys exploring the walk from the gallery across what used to be Rosny Golf Links.  The Kangaroo Rivulet still runs through here.

Crossing Gordon's Hill Road, the rivulet continues.  Who knew?

Amazing to think this little bit of wildness is bordered by highways and dense housing.

I have also been beguiled by the Sorell History Rooms.

Beautiful uncluttered spaces with sleek, crafted storage.  Perfect.

And in the Sorell Memorial building too.  I have wondered about the future of this art deco treasure as houses from this era are being demolished for unit developments.   I think it's safe.  It also houses the RSL and, on occasions, theatrical productions.

I went to a matinee performance and thoroughly enjoyed it.  There is a bar for drinks and snacks but you can take your own food in too.  Seating is at tables and I was lucky to be on a table with 2 other women attending on their own.  We got on famously and discovered we had 2 cast members with us too.  Turns out they were the detective and offsider so we felt quite safe.

The Reconciliation event at the Triabunna Tivoli saw us back in Tribes.

we were smoked

we were serenaded with a clever arrangement of From Little Things Big Things Grow

and then there was the movie

The film was much better than I had expected and promoted outback Australia beautifully.  Deborah Mailman wore some amazing dresses incidentally. 

Jilly PD had a short stay in Triabunna so that I could pursue book printing enquiries in Hobart.  It was a pleasure to catch the ferry into the city.  Hobart is awash in red and black for Dark Mofo.

you know you've made it when the CWA cowtows

Closer to home there have been some interesting moments on Bellerive Beach

sails are not that uncommon

Spirit of Hobart very close to shore

but many of us were perplexed by this guy

So now I'm listening to the Floosie's Fleurieu FM streamed radio show.  She's just playing Tom Jones for me...  I've just returned from my first aerial yoga class and I'm totally blissed.

Fall

For some time now I've been planning to regale you (yet again) with pictures of my perfect house inside and out.  So here's my 2026 autumn outlook:

From my driveway, the road leading to the cliff top.  When I lived here before, the white houses didn't exist and only the large red roofed Wentworth House was visible.  I quite like the white houses.  They look a bit Welsh to me and are occupied by the son and daughter of the owner of Wentworth House, almost a hamlet.  Note trees in autumn splendour.

Looking down the street, the beautiful crab apples.  I was rather taken aback a couple of days later when the house owner came out and chopped off all the russety gold leaves.

and from my garden

So you can understand my horror on waking up on the first day of winter to the sound of chainsaws and the sight of toppling poplars.  I immediately notified Clarence Council and was blithely told that permission for the work had been granted in 2019.  So there.

I had to admit that it looked quite entrancing by moonlight

As perhaps did I.  Later in the week I got to talk with the landscaper, Alison herself from https://alisonsgarden.com.au/ .  The poplars (Lombardy - a weed apparently) are to be replaced with tulip trees which have a similar form and tulip shaped flowers.  They haven't got to the planting yet.  I shall keep you informed.