Not the best picture but there were baby ducks on my walk this morning. Now home and utterly exhausted but it was worth it. Time for a cold drink some reading and some rest.

To try tomorrow.

First book of the year and I have struck out 😩. The language was a little too scholarly for me, but it was interesting to look through

To start of 2025 with tomorrow

With this book done I have read 75 books this year. High is half more than I normally make so I‘m super happy about that.m

I also have more than that in places I want to visit now…darn not being rich enough to do it!

Time to go on a journey

Finished.In really enjoyed reading this. I‘d like to add more to my weird collections, not animal things unless they can be got safely and without harm but more plant and rock and other oddities.

Abigail says “talk to the butt”
She is the most impossible photo subject….just won‘t sit still. My daughter has a better camera and she still wouldn‘t cooperate. Such a sweet diva!

This is the closest I have got to Barde. Poor little guy is getting more confident and trusting. He was at the back door talking (literally meowing back and forth) to Salem and Mione this morning. Still can‘t touch him, he doesn‘t trust us that much but we are making progress

Happy holidays from my family to yours. May your day be one that is gentle and kind.

Our days has been good so far. Considering my youngest wasn‘t able to sleep at all last night, not even for a short time.

This is her collection of games. I think we will be playing loads of games in the coming year.

Another morning at the hurdles at our local GP. The poor kid is so up and down with his toe after surgery. I‘d have hoped it would have healed by now but no….im getting a ton of reading done….but bid rather a kid with a healed foot.

Giving this one a go now.

This is a short little book with pictures, a name and where to find said fungi. It‘s made me want to go and try my hand at finding some of these…only for photos though.

To begin tomorrow

I truely loved reading this book by Densey Clyne. It was published one year before she passed and reading her words you can feel the enthusiasm she had for the life of the macro all around her. I had not realised she has passed, she was part of my childhood being on tv a bit and she made a lasting impression on me.

I might have developed an appreciation for entomology but this guy was not welcome in the car today! We believe it‘s a hawk wasp (huntsman hawk) and apparently can be aggressive. With a sting the most painful of wasps (so he can immobilise huntsman) He was not welcome to buzz at my head!

My morning companion while the house was still fully asleep. And such. Delightful companion she is too.

My beautiful@old girl keeping me company while I quietly read

Now I thought wolf spiders were the only ones to do this. Happy to find out otherwise!

My reading buddy today, in her new collar all the ay from the US

Meet our newest outdoor critter. This Blue Tongue has decided she is going to share the back yard….and the cat food. Sometimes she grabs the bowl with her mouth and tries to drag it away! My youngest has named her Petra. She is not young either, she is really a large bluey

I can‘t find this book listed on here anywhere, but it‘s the one I‘m going to start tonight.m

I learned a lot from this book. I wish more of the creatures included were in my state so I could attempt to find them…but there are still many odd little creatures I‘d like to go find one day.

To start tomorrow. Not sure how I will go as books in war are not really my thing, but still trying to read my way around the world.

I really love Harry Dresden books! This one is no exception.

Staring down 40c in Adelaide today. Doing everything we can to stay cool. If we do hit 40 it will be the earliest in the season we have since 2006

Came in at the library today so I must read it straight away

The sunflowers are starting to look stunning. I just need to plant some more.

Well, there you go, I had no idea we had fireflies here in Australia!

To start tomorrow

I think the old language was just too different to today and my brain was not computing easily. So unfortunately I‘m bailing for now

Really looking forward to the forth volume to come in at the library. This series deals with some hard topics but in a gentle way.

This series is just so sweet. I‘m really enjoying it!

I really enjoyed learning about some of the common insects that we find here. And learning some facts that I never know!

Loving the colour of this baby blanket. It‘s brighter than the photo shows.

Waiting at the dr with son child for a toe check. It‘s so quiet here!

A beautiful day for reading outside while waiting to be picked up. It‘s been wet, hot, humid, stormy here and this week coming looks like a lot of the same coming. I swear it wasn‘t this tropical in Adelaide when I was a child! This is Queensland weather!

I have ways loved the idea of seeing a hatterpillar in real life. A few years ago we came across one..l10 mm long..in Belair national park. I‘m so glad we only took photos and always respect wildlife …cause ouch! And I only found that out reading this! 😳

Spending time reading at the drs while we wait to be called in. My son has foot surgery last week. We brought special bags to go over his foot to shower and of course when he tried this morning it didn‘t work…so we are waiting for bandage changes. At least it‘s quiet here!

Meet Abigail. Her and Agatha‘s joined our family on Tuesday. We have been preparing for them for weeks and I went down the rabbit hole learning as much as I could. They are Giant bark jumping spiders, but are as big as my pinky nail! Jumpers are the most intelligent arachnids, have dream cycles (as per a Harvard study), have the number recognition of a toddler, and recognise voice vibrations. I am in love with her.

It‘s a good day for reading and crafting.

To start tomorrow night (cause I can‘t read small print without daylight and my mind book has smaller print)

Most people who follow me know I‘m not a frog if novel person but every now and then….

Heartstopper is a really sweet story. My daughter is right about how good it is. I‘m going to have to finish the series.

My daughter loves the show. I have seen the first few episodes. So I‘m going to try reading the graphic novels.

I couldn‘t get into this one so giving myself permission to DNF

My next read for tomorrow.

Very few books get a five star from me and this one does. It is as good as the first book in the series and I‘m truely looking forward to the next instalment next year.

To start tomorrow night

I read this as part of my reading around the world challenge, and it was pretty good. There are two more to the trilogy but crime, suspense and thriller and not my usual genre so I don‘t think I will continue. It‘s a great beginning if that is a genre you love though.

Tomorrow I‘m looking forward to starting this. I really fell in love with the first book and am hoping this one will be just as good.