So now a coast post... My parents, over many, many years, have hosted a steady stream of Japanese girls (and the occasional very eggsceptional guy). Some have come as teaching assistants, some just to experience life in a typical Australian home (my parents? 'typical'? not so much...). They all want to experience as much of … Continue reading Bathing beauty
Well, this is not the post I intended for today - I'm at the coast, so I had planned to do a bathing suit post - but today we've seen so many uneggspected things that I felt a different egg was calling me. To set the scene, we are staying in Dalmeny, a tiny town … Continue reading Uneggspected things…
Time for another in Dad's colour series. This one is such a deep, rich green that it was really hard to photograph. I think it was dyed, dipped over and over again to get such a gorgeous colour, then painted with a gleaming gold gouache. There are so many green sayings... He's got a green … Continue reading Feeling a bit green…
My brother Steve is a bit of a rev-head. Well, a lot of a rev-head, really. For as long as I can remember he's been into fixing things that go, so they'll go better, faster, for longer (though perhaps we won't talk about the bike he built or what happens when you jump that bike … Continue reading Beep beep!
No, sorry, it's not Doctor Who (there'll be a few of those later, and there's a Dalegg on the site already). This journey back in time was made by my Dad, back in 1998, when he travelled to Shirakawa-go, a historic village in Gifu prefecture, Japan. **I'm posting one of Dad's eggs today because it's … Continue reading A step back in time…
The evidence is right here, with this cute little egg, 'painted' by Tori when she was about three months old. It was her very first Easter, back in 2014. I suspect the biggest issue was how to stop her from stuffing those enticing pink hands into her mouth! Oh, and how to keep pink paint … Continue reading You’re never too young to paint an egg!
Eggstraordinary Tales 