Autumn It’s been a particularly lovely autumn this year but now the days are getting shorter. Winter is coming this week. When I lived in Melbourne I enjoyed taking the city bound tram and heading off very early to work on golden autumn mornings. There weren’t many passengers on the first leg of … [Read more…]
Winter in Melbourne St Kilda road can be a tad gloomy just before sunrise but the trip improves when the tram trundles past the National Gallery. The bare trees are festive with coloured lights and city buildings are silhouetted against a sky that’s slowly lightening. The tram is past its prime and the … [Read more…]
Spring is sprung Spring is sprung, the grass is riz I wonder where the birdies is. They say the birdies on the wing, but that’s absurd. I always thought the wing was on the bird. attributed to Anonymous/Ogden Nash/ obscure 19th Century poets. This year Spring on the island has been preceded … [Read more…]