Just some random pics from our weekend jaunt to Kingston - yes, it's a little eerie to spend my first weekend back in Australia in Kingston. Famous for it's giant lobster, Kingston is a region full of sun-soaked seaweed beaches and the world's best fish and chips. Enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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Yes, I'm back again. Landed in Melbourne after a VERY long 2-plus days of international travel. Believe you me, the novelty of air travel wears off after the first 24 hours. My brain is still all over the place, so don't be expecting a billion emails for a while - I'm still adjusting to which side of the car to get into, let alone which side of the road to drive on (luckily I haven't driven yet). Just a quick note ofr now to let everyone I know know that I landed safe and sound (and very tired). More soon y'all! [View Full Entry]

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Hola everyone! First thing - happy birthday to the Blackshaws - hope all is well Chris and Lisa! What's new? Well, I didn't think a whole lot, then I realised that I hadn't written since June, which is very slack of me. Work is slowing down - the nursery is actually closed for the season, with a few plants and bagged goods outside in the "cash and carry" section. An old guy today was caught trying to avoid the "cash" section of the aforementioned cash-and-carry. We managed to get some of the stock back, but we'll just have to keep an [View Full Entry]

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hahaha, and you're all over there freezing your buttocks off..... well, you'll be pleased to know that at work we welcomed the first official day of summer with a massive thunderstorm and a few hail showers. I got a thorough soaking, but the plants were unharmed - NOTE: a new Euphorbia called 'First Blush' is now in my possesion - yay! I got a special surprise yesterday too when one of the ladies at work brought me in some Tim Tams that her daughter in Oz had sent over to her - the new/old? Raspberry ones - very, very nice! [View Full Entry]

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[url='/Videos/3131.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3131.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] getting some air I've been a total slacker with the blog for ages. At the moment I'm working 10 hour days, six days a week and trying to fit in some kayaking and so forth, so there are few hours in the day left that I'd like to be inside on the computer. The weather has finally warmed up a bit, most days now around 15-20C, but the water is still ice cold (as I found out tonight kayaking), so swimming is still out for another month or so. More wildlife has been spotted of late - I [View Full Entry]

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Yes, I admit, it is still snowing and below zero at the moment, but the flowers are coming, so it's officially spring (even if it "officially" started on March 21st). I have even participated in my very first maple tapping, in order to tick one of the "to Do in Canada" things off my list (still waiting to see a moose or beaver). [View Full Entry]

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"home" meant Kingston, just in case you were wondering. I'll be back later in the year, not next week, as many assume. More email when I get home (Kingston) on Monday. ciao for now! [View Full Entry]

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A quick note for everyone - I'll be back home on the 26th (hopefully for good), so I'll email and update evrone then. Nearly done with travelling and working - it's a lot less glamourous than it sounds. Ciao all! Emmy [View Full Entry]

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only a few from Edmonton for starters, I promise I'll put more on when I get back from the next job on Monday night. [View Full Entry]

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-28C with windchill is not a great way to start the day. Sure it looks pretty out there, but then you have to scrape six inches of snow off your car so you can see out the windows to drive, and to unglue the windscreen wipers that have frozen to the windshield. Once done, you scramble inside the car, only to wait for 10 minutes for the thing to heat up. The cold at this temperature is amazing - you almost feel too scared to breathe in case the cold gets into your lungs and they freeze up on you! When [View Full Entry]

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