Tag: winter days

• On Task

  

  Yesterday was our first day of winter – in meteorological terms that is. Apparently we have two First Days of Winter, the other being the Winter Solstice which is still three weeks away, but for the benefit of this post and our feel-good factor we’re choosing the weather-based option. You see, yesterday – for the first time…

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  June 2, 2017

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• Finking ’bout Far-flung Family

  

  Last Saturday marked the Winter Solstice for us southern hemisphere dwellers and that can only mean one thing.   Well, if you want to be picky, it means a variety of things of which the need for the artful layering of clothing, employing a torch for the final paddock check of the day and answering the conundrum of…

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  June 27, 2014

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