14/9 Cloudless
Went outside this morning and realised it was a cloudless sky. Looked in a 360 degree circle and the sky was totally blue. Wonder how long this type of weather will last?
Author: Miss W.
I was a middle school teacher who retired in 2011 but still loves helping others. In my spare time I enjoy tracing my family history and volunteering at local library to help others with their genealogy as well as chatting with my friends around the world. But most of all, I enjoy travelling and visiting new places.
14/8 Surf lifesavers
Went for a drive to Clifton Beach this afternoon. Lots of popular beaches have lifeguards on duty if the beach has rips, currents or big surf. But it was only about 17 degrees Celsius so very few people out swimming.
14/7 Tourism
One thing that Tasmania is known for is its clean, green image. This is promoted through tourism with huge cruise ships coming into port over the summer period.
14/6 Flowers
A little bit of Western Australia in my garden. A kangaroo paw that suddenly shot up after being so small for a couple of years.
14/5 Recycling
Do you have recycling in your suburb? I have green rubbish once a month, household rubbish weekly and cardboard, glass recycling once a fortnight or every two weeks. With a compost bin as well, my household rubbish often only goes out once a month.
14/4 High winds
A couple of nights of high winds has brought out the wind surfers on Ralph’s Bay. This is a very shallow bay off the Derwent River and is generally very calm. It is a bird watchers paradise with many different gulls and other birds on the foreshore.
14/3 Roadside stall
Every year, this chap has his stall about 5 kilometres from where I live. Fresh raspberries for Christmas then more raspberries, new potatoes and cherries throughout the new year.
14/2 After a windy night
Very windy night has caused havoc in my pea plants. Will need to restake with something stronger than thin bamboo poles woven together as a frame.
14/1 Let’s try again this year
My first picking of peas from my garden and third setting of strawberries.
152/366 Sprucing the garden
It’s winter here and I was looking at one patch of my garden. Decided it needed some sprucing up with more plants. Now I have retired I had gone through all my old worksheets, (some even run off with a spirit duplicator about 30 years ago) and shredded them. Made seven large garbage bags of small bits of paper. Laid them down on the garden and wetted them well. But not enough – so will have to shred more over the next couple of days before adding again to the garden.
Shredded worksheets as compost
151/366 Guess who arrived?
It was my last day at ISTE12 conference in San Diego and guess who I should find in my room when I arrived home in the afternoon? You’ll never guess!
After having travelled around America and Canada by himself for the last 7 months, Davo the Tasmanian Devil decided it was time to get back to Australia for a few months. He wants some colder weather for a while.
We had a long conversation that evening, and Davo has decided he wants to travel to Russia and Europe, so he is hoping some teachers will contact him on his blog and Miss W will make arrangements for him to be sent on during October.
Davo at the hotel
150/366 Yuma Proving Ground
I thought this might be a native Indian area with petroglyphs along side the river, but ….. instead I find myself on an army base in the middle of the desert. This is an area where theyhave tested a lot of weapons since WW II.
I continued past the army base to the Imperial Dam area where I saw many donkeys or burros just wandering over the road. Also more turkey vultures sitting on the wire above the canal and finally, I saw a road runner cross the road in front of me, but not enough time to get the camera out. Wiley Coyote was not nearby either.
