Protected: Another reason to celebrate

Lytteltonwitch dropped off my camera, so as promised, here’s Moem and Rubberchicken (playing camera chicken) in the Port Hills on Sunday. (They look almost awake in that photo, don’t they?) It was tough having to leave for work yesterday morning when there was the prospect of a day with friends to tempt me, but I…

I had to make a tough decision today. The downside (yes, there is one!) of my exciting travel plans is that doing any study this semester is going to be virtually impossible – even though most of the time I’ll be away is during the university vacation, I’ll still be missing a week and a…

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The convention might have been over, but my holiday certainly wasn’t – I still had another four days in Brisbane. After the lunch, servalan, lytteltonwitch and I headed out to visit some more of Brisbane’s markets, release a few more books (yes, we still had some left!) and to explore the Botanic Gardens some more….

I think this is the plate in the photo. From memory it came out of a bargain bin of assorted loose crockery at the Warehouse (a very cheap chain kind of similar to Walmart), and doesn’t have anything as sophisticated as a maker’s mark – all it says on the bottom is “Made in China”….

It’s 11 am, and I’m sitting here surrounded by bags. Everything’s packed, Otakuu has just texted me to say she’s on her way back from Riccarton, and all I’ve got left to do is put my shoes on. As soon as Otakuu arrives, I’ll phone for a taxi to take us to the airport. And…