Author: Cinnamon

So, I was in town for a haircut this past week and planned to try Mitsouko EdP and the reissued Diors. Alas, no. A good haircut, a visit to the jeweller to look into a repair, a couple of exemplary… Continue Reading →

I’m not religious, but I do mark Halloween – and the equinoxes/solstices (stolsti?). Finishing this up on Halloween afternoon (my favourite holiday of the year … sigh). Went to the farm shop’s pumpkin fest. Boy, were there a lot of… Continue Reading →

So, Sunday the weather sort of calmed down, meaning sunshine, with a sharp shower every once in a while. This was after Friday and Saturday madness (storms Austen and Boelo – yup, two named storms in two days). Just gales… Continue Reading →

Had a vaguely irritating trip into town for ortho appointment last week that included catching an earring in a favourite scarf, which now requires darning. Yet again, my ortho appointment was midday, when the teenage lemmings were … being lemmings… Continue Reading →

Well, we’ve crossed over into ‘proper’ autumn. Colder, damp, though sun here and there. First time lighting the woodstove this past Saturday. Gathering up the eucalyptus tree’s shedded bark which makes good fire starter. I am slowly cutting back the… Continue Reading →

Happy October. It’s still warm middle of day here but looks like that stops soon. I got my annual pumpkin. It’s actually a white ghost ornamental gourd so not edible. But, it’s lovely. This was a hard week post-wise. I… Continue Reading →

We’re now post the autumn equinox and we’ve decidedly tipped towards autumn here. The middle of the day can still get quite warm but that’s sandwiched between cool mornings, sometimes misty, and evenings that darken earlier, which means cooler too.… Continue Reading →