In September 2019, Australia started to burn. Where I live we had 4 months of hot, windy, smoke-filled skies with fire warnings keeping us attached to our phones. Then we had a serious hail storm (take the more than 20,000 cars written off as an indicator). Then covid19. It’s been a year to forget. To…
Funny
A rose by any other name…
Recently a village in Austria succeeded in changing its name. As of Jan 1st, the town of F***ing will be called Fugging. It was pronounced Fooking, but of course, foreigners took great delight in using the alternative pronunciation and swiping the town signs. I thought it might be fun to list some of the places…
The Tibetan Sand Fox stare
Have you heard of the Tibetan Sand fox? As the name suggests you find them in Tibet, but also Nepal. Like all foxes it feasts on small mammals (rodents) and lizards. It’s common and ranges the grass plains and are considered of least concern. But it isn’t so much the life of the fox I…
Panda pups
Because in 2020 everyone needs a moment to forget what’s really going on. (I removed sound from the video because it had annoying music that totally ruins the clip) Keep smiling and have a lovely day 🙂
When I grow up…
I want to be a football referee??? If you haven’t already heard about it, Britain’s National Career Service has an assessment you can do to discover what careers your skills might suit. Not unusual, there are hundreds of these (the Australian government has one as well). What is unusual is that this one is so…