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I need a 6 months holiday… 2 times a year.

21 Thursday Jan 2016

Posted by morselsandscraps in guest post, photos

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beach, holiday, nanny meg, Potato Point, TRT

Potato Pt has been a favoured destination for our family since as long as I can remember. Longing for the yearly trips on the summer holidays is the only thing that gets me through school, one assessment handed in is one assessment closer to six weeks of bliss. And that is exactly what it is. Everything about the south coast radiates bliss. Walks on the beach, waking up to nanny meg pottering around the kitchen with her new adorable haircut, surfing, swimming, kayaking, camping, socialising and bike riding. Ours days are dominated by activities such as these and we return to the house battered and exhausted where a little old woman and a mental white dog await our return. The place brings experiences you cannot have in any other part of the world, no matter how far you travel or how much you pay. Falling asleep to the sound of the wild sea, watching the sun set from the headland, smelling the salty spray of ocean with a hint of kangaroo poo, tasting nanny Meg's gourmet dinners. It makes the senses tingle with pleasure everywhere you turn. Although, a heavy feeling begins gripping your heart reminding you that you will have to leave and resume your job and school work. This is the feeling that slumps your shoulders and droops your eyes with its sheer weight. But all good things must come to an end. This is our personal little paradise, our sanctuary of relaxation, and nanny Meg's presence is just the cherry on top. As Facebook once said, “I need a 6 months holiday… 2 times a year”.



 

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From the headland

13 Thursday Aug 2015

Posted by morselsandscraps in haiga

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Potato Point, whales

 

 

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From blog to blog

11 Wednesday Mar 2015

Posted by morselsandscraps in Uncategorized

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Potato Point

 

I've returned to Potato Point. There won't be any more posts at https://warsaw2015.wordpress.com/ until May when I return to Warsaw. Until then I'll be blogging at https://morselsandscraps3.wordpress.com/, aka snippetsandsnaps, if you want to follow me there.

It's a bit strange changing the view from my window: from Stalin's Gift illuminated in purple, to the imminent budding of the rich purple Tiboochina in my back yard.

 

 

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How else would a kangaroo spend a misty afternoon?

11 Sunday Jan 2015

Posted by morselsandscraps in photos

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kangaroos, Potato Point

 

 

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Wild weather

15 Wednesday Oct 2014

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high seas, Potato Point

For the last two days there have been high winds and pelting rain. The creek has opened again. Today waves are still pounding in and the wind is driving back their peaks in a fountain of spray, a guarantee of an exhilarating beach walk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Macropod portraits

24 Wednesday Sep 2014

Posted by morselsandscraps in Thursday's special

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kangaroos, Potato Point, wallabies

I've become quite blasé about kangaroos and wallabies. Wherever I walk around home I see them: munching on grass with a joey hanging out the pouch; lounging, up to twenty of them, on the grassy stretch down by the creek; bounding off the track into the bush as I approach them heading out to the headland; and occasionally investigating my drive. I forget that to people from elsewhere they are exotic, and encounters I take for granted would be highlights of a visit for friends from the northern hemisphere. The down side of their presence is the need for supreme caution as I drive into my village from the highway: I would hate to hit a macropod eruption from the dark.

 

 

 

 

This post is linked to Paula's weekly non-challenge: have a look at her portrait of a cactus.

 

http://bopaula.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/thursdays-special-portrait/

 

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