Tuesday 29 April 2014

Drip, drip, drip.

The drip, drip, drip of rain has been my most constant support throughout a long, tiring and pretty average day at my desk. I had a productive morning, printed off a heap of articles but now they just sit in a pile, not being read, not being formed into a cohesive and concise essay on the determinants of rural nurses career longevity.

My current plan of attack (to finish the essay) is to walk away, go for a drive, buy some big boss lollies and come back to it with renewed vigor. If that doesn't work then I've just lost an hour and am no closer to submitting. Shit.

Loving.
the smell of pumpkin slow roasting in the oven.
the symphony of rain falling on the leaves, the ground, the roof, the street all at once.
the Moser Roth chocolate Alex bought me in Melbourne. Heaven.

Not loving.
the list of work due above my desk. It's giving me guilt eyes.
the way the rain makes people drive like they have lost the plot.
the need for 5pm coffee.

Until next time,

Dee.

Saturday 19 April 2014

A Quiet Weekend In.

Movies watched and cried over or laughed with.
Hot cross buns eaten fresh from the oven with too much butter and added salt (whoops).
Coffees drunk in cosy cafes with good friends.
Floors swept and mopped for a change.

A mountain hut found. and enjoyed.
And visits planned for another time.
Late night supermarket missions for teabags.
Snuggled on the couch, torn between the rising moon and Janet King.


Monday 14 April 2014

All Good Things Are Blue.









1. North Abbotsbury Beach, Bay of Fires DL 2. Babara Bui Quilted Biker Jacket 3. Moon Phases on Stone, Peter Adams Tasmania DL 4. Glenorchy Pool Details DL 5. Aoraki over Lake Tekapo DL 6. Alice McCall Saint Paul Dress 7. Elk Derby Wedge

Thursday 10 April 2014

Gooey.





So obsessed with this tune. It's so weirdly wonderful. The lyrics are just about the words, how they sound not what they mean. I love it.




Enjoy x.

Monday 7 April 2014

Quoted.

"One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. 

Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. 


So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. 


Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.” 


- Edward Abbey


Such a captivating piece of writing for those of us who find ourselves when we leave the confines of our city lives and get back to the bush.


I'm not sure where Mr Abbey was from but I think he might have liked Tasmania.



Thursday 3 April 2014

Gloomy.

Ah life. I woke up feeling cold this morning, a sign of things to come. I better close the windows in my room I guess. And now, while I'm trying to write a big assignment on ethico-legal reflection I am feeling consumed with worries of a different kind.

The rain has just started and the view of the weather sweeping past the window is about as joyful as I feel. Not very. Life certainly has thrown a curve ball and it's one of those times where I know I should just be a grown up and move on but part of me (quite a large part) wants to stick my heels in and demand equality!

Time will tell.

On a more positive note, I've found my kitchen mojo again. This week I've whipped up a vego lasagne filled with roast pumpkin, fresh ricotta and a tomato sauce made with homegrown chillies, tomato, capsicum and basil. Also on the menu: a hummingbird cake (too dense, will use more baking powder next time) and a lentil shepherds pie (cooked for hours so it developed some great rich flavours that can be hard to get out of vegies).

I think I'm going to start doing a weekly menu type thing. Just notes and photos of what I've eaten/cooked and some recipes to follow if anything was worth sharing!

An old photo to leave you with today. Sort of sums up how I am feeling (maybe on the verge of being swamped?) but it was actually one of the first climbs A and I ever did together so it really was a happy occasion.


Ocean Boulevard (8), Freycinet. AL

Tuesday 1 April 2014

The post summer haze.

The days are still warm (sometimes) but the mornings and nights are nearly always cool. A few nights ago I could even smell wood smoke hanging in the valley where I live. 

I'm loving my new job, I'm up early and finished work by 10-11am so I have the whole day ahead of me to tackle uni which at the moment seems like a never ending stream of boring readings on theories, concept models and other abstract notions that are too far removed from nursing in practice for my liking. But I'm told they are important for setting the context in which we work so I persevere and try and stay interested.


Today is bright and sunny, there's a warm wind blowing and I think I might go for a walk along the beach. I spent the morning at uni, then meet a friend for a delicious iced coffee and sweet treat at Little Miss Patisserie (on Argyle St, surrounded by car dealerships), it was delicious, you should all get there asap! 

After that I drove around the back streets of Moonah looking for car part shops so I can get my driver's window switch fix. It's looking like finding the part will be a challenge but I'm driven by the thought of looking whimsical as I drive into the golden light with the window down and the wind blowing through my hair. 

I'm leaving you with a photo from a bushwalk I did in early February. These blue bird days always make me crave the bush so I thought I'd try and share that feeling with you too.




Silhouettes in the west.
Ducane Range Traverse. Andrew Winchester