This will hurt me...

Shielded from the wind. An unknown beach, Tasmania's East Coast. January 2012. Q and A stolen from Sunday Stealing AGAIN! This time, 40 of The Most Random Questions Meme, Part One 1) What side of the heart do you draw first? I draw from the centre moving to the right. 2) Can you dive without plugging your nose? Of course. Children plug their nose! 3) What colour is your razor? Black. 4) What is your blood-type? A-Negative. 5) Who would you want to be tied to for 24 hours? Jennifer (above). 6) What is a rumour someone has spread about you? That I am incredibly good in bed. 7) How do you feel about carrots? I am pro-carrot. 8) How many chairs at the dining room table? We don't have a dining table. We do have a bench with four stools. 9) Which is the best Spice Girl? Lebensmüde Spice. 10) Do you know what time it is? Does anybody really care? 11) Do you know all the words to the Fresh Prince Theme Song? These questions seem to have been dug up f...

Despite his tendencies to wild and passionate mood swings.

Get some rest in Henry. It's going to be a big day tomorrow...

Dolly Parton wrote a song once that went exactly the same way.

Ezra at rest. Our front yard, Geilston Bay. November 2012. Theme Thursday . WHISPERS. From the Old English hwisperian . Itself from the Old High German hwispalōn . Similar to the Old Norse hvīsla . WHISPERS. Across time. WHISPERS.

Lesbian lovers. Outside the Casino, Sandy Bay. October 2012. I like seagulls. A lot of people don't, but I do. Some people think gulls are foolish. Native Americans thought that gulls were tricksters. Richard Bach thought that they were clumsy metaphors for the patently obvious. I dunno. I like 'em. So did Chekhov. The Seagull , by Norman Dubie Chekhov, at Yalta A winter evening at the cottage by the bay, And I sat in the black and gold of the dead garden Wrapped in blankets, eating my sister’s suet pudding. The fountain was wrapped in dirty straw and Just below my property in the old Tartar cemetery There was a small funeral in progress: the widow Is wearing a purple shawl, the children are bare around The shoulders and the girls are wearing orange petals At their throats. The ashen white beards of the men Are like immaculate vests from this distance. There is nothing more intolerable than suet pudding, Unless it is the visitors. The drunken visitors ...

They can be quite pleasant when they are sitting still and quiet.

Ezra ruminates on interest rates on a rock outside of the Commonwealth Bank down in Lindisfarne. His conclusion? The elasticity of substitution is under-appreciated...

The view towards Melbourne. The scenery atop the Nut. Stanley, Tasmania's North West Coast. February 2012. If you've ever been to the small seaside town of Stanley, you'll be familiar with The Nut . One of the more distinctive landmarks in Tasmania, The Nut is an old volcanic plug with steep sides that rises up to 143 metres with a remarkably flat top. As you can see, it is possible to walk to the top of The Nut via a steep track (even for a three-year-old). For weaklings and nancies, there is the option of a chairlift... Henry takes a break halfway up the Nut. Stanley, Tasmania's North West Coast. February 2012. Now, a poem... The Red Wheelbarrow , William Carlos Williams so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. A Nut panorama. Stanley, Tasmania's North West Coast. February 2012.

Longing for summer. Opossum Bay, February 2011. Thus far in the life of this blog there have been quite a few posts. Two-thousand, six-hundred and eighty-nine posts, to be exact. 2,689. A decent amount of posts you will agree. At the bottom of every post, you’ll find a number of tags. How many tags, you ask? I dunno, count them! 10 Murray 100% natural 1970s 24 carat pissants 500 8 weeks a better class of people a big job a bright shade of red a busy street a confused sense of sexuality a dead bird a fall from grace a filthy filthy habit pursued by foolish people a friend indeed a great big world a hard day's night a lady with an agenda a lert but not a larmed a lick of paint a matter of honour a mug's game a pair of geese a pirates life for me a question of taste a shoe in a tree A Son of War a spot of weather a stupid animal is an annoying animal a sweet tooth a womens place is under her husbands thumb abandoned buildings Abbott ABC about me about us above the clouds accents a...