Monthly Archives: October 2011

Homage to Miss Phryne Fisher.

October 26, 2011
Homage to Miss Phryne Fisher.

Look at it!  Tres magnifique no! This beautiful creature flew onto my arm while I was tapping  away on The Book this morning. It sat perfectly still, allowing me the chance to examine it’s delicate black and gold back and marvel at the strange orangey red pouches on it’s  legs. I don’t know its name but I have decided to call it Phryne Fisher in honour of the fabulous fictional lady detective...

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Hey Noni Noni

October 25, 2011
Hey Noni Noni

It started with a bubbling toe. The third toe on my right foot to be exact. I was bitten by something nasty and in this tropical heat, cuts, grazes, bites, and nicks soon turn into festering sores. This is what happened to my toe. I realize this might be too much information but I promise I have a point. I will use a story to do it. Dash and I sit...

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Floaties!

October 8, 2011
Floaties!

Taking a child sailing is a risky business.  Death traps lurk everywhere. I won’t recount all of them as I don’t want to upset myself, but the biggest risk, the one that is always uppermost in my mind, is falling overboard and drowning in Davy Jones’ Locker.   I am especially nervous about this after seeing  the man with the long, tentacle beard in Pirates of theCaribbean -I still have nightmares about him.  ...

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6. Mrs Hempel: The street style shark jump

Sunday June 3 2012 Brooklyn,  NYC Disclaimer! Disclaimer! I’m iffy about ‘street style’.* It was 12 months ago that I started to hate Scott...

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11. Mrs Hempel: The Shoe Porn One

Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine: the Bergdorf-Goodman shoe sale.   Friday June 9 2012 Brooklyn,  NYC Where has the week – and too much...

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