Small town on a cold autumn morning.
Birthday lunch for Spike Deane from 7° in the car park to a table next to the open fire at Grazing, Gundaroo. As if going back in time.
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Dougie
- Apr 14
- 2 min
After breakfast at Some Café
Brunch with Spike Deane in country New South Wales. Off the beaten track. Happy man.
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Dougie
- Apr 1
- 1 min
The law of ... a quiet suburban garden!
Thistle the Cat takes charge.
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Dougie
- Mar 31
- 6 min
Give me the child until he is seven ...
In the immortal words of John Lennon ... love is all we need.
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Dougie
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Of red-haired mice and (this) old man
The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men
Gang aft agley,
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Dougie
- Jan 13
- 1 min
Storm on a summer's day
Chance of a shower ... said the weather forecast.
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Dougie
- Jan 2
- 1 min
Not the deadliest of nightshades by any measure ...
Solanum nigrum, Solanum americanum ... to be all Latin and botanical about it.
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Dougie
- Dec 31, 2023
- 0 min
Happy New Year
Canberra cancels the Midnight fireworks. We have our own. At home.
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Dougie
- Dec 31, 2023
- 1 min
Traditional Hogmanay Homemade Laksa
The final meal of 2024. At home with Spike Deane.
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Dougie
- Dec 30, 2023
- 0 min
Living the dream ... or what?
Spike Deane has a new coffee machine. And a surprisingly stylish $3 mug from K-Mart. Living the dream or what?
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Dougie
- Nov 10, 2023
- 2 min
Here we go again
Traveling on Australia's 20th Century train service between the nation's capital and Sydney then on to Glasgow with Spike Deane
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Dougie
- Oct 2, 2023
- 0 min
Summer beckons
Spike and Thistle The Cat enjoying the dappled shade in Spike Deane's garden.
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Dougie
- Sep 30, 2023
- 1 min
A long hot summer?
We are told to expect a long, hot summer. Already I cannot remember the last time it rained. This may be as green as it gets.
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Dougie
- Sep 30, 2023
- 1 min
Apple blossom time
Thistle The Cat inspects the apple tree blooming in Spike Deane's garden.
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Dougie
- Sep 25, 2023
- 0 min
Sunday brunch. Chez Spike Deane
Warmth returns to the Canberra morning. Brunch outdoors.
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Dougie
- May 27, 2023
- 1 min
If a tree falls but not in a forest ...
The answer is not always blowing in the wind. Sometimes it's just a storm.
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Dougie
- Apr 23, 2023
- 0 min
Lucky man ...
Cuppa tea and some (IKEA) biscuits with Spike Deane. Nuff said.
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Dougie
- Apr 16, 2023
- 2 min
Not all of life's an epic poem
The hero's journey ... Or not. And not quite Dante either. But, you know, IKEA on a Saturday?
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