from the south 11

more sunlight than darkness each day now & a few very warm days already & the driest catchments many have known & reservoirs at single figure percentages of capacity & a bushfire in Sydney & it's only september & it's all pointing to a rough old summer ahead & a rough future if you think about it & perhaps we could all make a difference by making the right choices & by choosing to help ourselves & each other & our common future.
Avoid that car trip.
turn that light off.
live in a small house.
walk to the shop.
buy local.
not preaching, thinking.

Catherine is 13 weeks along the pregnancy journey & the little Munro Munchkin is making it's presence felt. Presently Stephanie is the centre of attention, but I guess that will soon change. Steph is crawling quickly & up steps & over to the couch & there she pulls herself up to standing & dances like Elvis Presley with pelvic thrusts & grins aplenty.

Just had a long weekend at Phillip Island renting out a house with other mates & playing Survivor games & kicking a footy & tasting wine & bowling a cricket ball at stumps & throwing balls into a bin & playing song title pictionary & trying some blindfolded antics in the name of competition. Great holiday.

I'll be on teaching rounds for the next 3 weeks at University High School - my final round of the Dip Ed - and i'll be qualified to teach shortly thereafter. Looking for a suitable position for next year.

Coburg life is brilliant. We've all been riding along the Merri Creek trail together - with Stephanie in a seat mounted on the back of my bike. That seat was my very first father's day present & it is sure to get a lot of use along the picturesque Merri Creek, among the acacias & eucalypts. When the magpies call, it feels like we're in the bush. Chopped down a pine tree in our backyard the other week - it turned out to be a tricky job, but it cam crashing down courtesy of one handsaw, one very long ladder & one axe. The southern sky has opened up to us & the feeling is good.

Had about 14 near-1-year-olds & their parents at our place for a combined first birthday party recently. So much life. So much dribble. And everywhere hopes & dreams & confusion & smiles. I'm writing this on the 26th September. One month from today Stephanie turns One. time flies. life happens. ciao!