Summer roadtrip 2024
It was a last minute decision this year. To head south again. An EV roadtrip to the mountains in northern Italy, to take in some wineries, eat good food, spend…
It was a last minute decision this year. To head south again. An EV roadtrip to the mountains in northern Italy, to take in some wineries, eat good food, spend…
It's the final week before the summer vacation. Ahead are four weeks of sleeping late, and doing your own thing, and thinking your own thoughts. After a good start in…
The North Pole will slowly begin to turn away from the sun after reaching its climax last Thursday, the Summer Solstice of the Northern Hemisphere. In Sweden it's a holiday…
It was warm, really warm, the last half of May. It culminated in a fabulous first weekend of June. 25 degrees in the air 19 degrees in the water. Naturally…
Time flies whether your having fun or not. All of a sudden it's the end of May, nature has exploded in leaves and flowers, the birds have returned from their…
We're in Adelaide, the closest thing to a hometown, where my family lives. I haven't lived here for nearly 30 years but I know the streets, they are familiar, I…
Sinny is Strine for Sydney (Sinny is the Australian pronounciation of Sydney), capital of the state of New South Wales, and the site of the first British colony in Australia.…
In 1974 we moved to Newcastle from Perth, from the very west coast to the very east coast of Australia. All our stuff was put in a container and shipped…
It's early morning in the Narara Eco Village and we've just had breakfast listening to the chiming Bell Birds, the warbling Magpies, and all the other strange and amazing sounds…
Gothenburg lies 57 degrees, 42 minutes north of the equator, and nearly 12 degrees east of Greenwich. Only a couple of degrees more south than the southern tip of Greenland,…
We're at the summer house again. Two weeks back at work and more than half way through January. The days are noticeably longer, at least when the sun is shining.…
Cold winds swept in from the east the week after New Year and the temperature nose-dived into double digits below zero. We decided to make it a long weekend at…