These ones were found in the middle of Sydney City, at the Chinese Gardens in Darling Harbour.
Life
Obstetrician/MP fighting for home birth rights
I didn’t have a home birth, one of my children was born in a birth centre and the other one in a mainstream hospital but I absolutely support the right for other women to choose home birth if they so… Read More ›
The Urge
Children growing up. Damn them.
Cloudwatch: Iridescence over Ethiopia
I’ve seen many clouds with faint iridescence before, and even a few where the play of colours was remarkably clear, but never anything quite as vivid as this!
Katrina and Irene
Stories about Irene will be all over the news today, and many of them will say that the evacuation orders for low-lying areas, particularly in NYC, were an overreaction. They will say this because there have been so few deaths, so few tragic images for the news media. The people who will be saying this will be wrong.
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s yawning otter comes via Peter G Trimming and flickr.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? […] Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
Precision vs Accuracy
7:05am
Me: Shouldn’t you be getting ready for school?
Sprog The Younger: I don’t have to start getting ready until 7:21, actually.
Thursday Cheezburger – Scandal
Today’s theme is Scandal.
Dose of Awesome: Gene Wilder in The Little Prince
It’s only with the heart that one can see clearly. What’s essential is invisible to the eye.
Otterday! And Open Thread.
tinheap captured this beautiful otter in a Münster zoo, and shared it on flickr.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? […] Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
Hoyden About Town 