I usually check my gumboots before I put them on. Certainly when I’m out in the bush or whatever, but we keep our gumboots upside down on a rack on our very suburban back deck – not exactly wild! So I didn’t check tonight. Shoved my bare feet in when I went down to visit the chooks – felt something but assumed it was just grass – got about half way to the chook pen when the signals coming from my toes were telling me things were not all well down there. Off comes the boot quick smart and I’m face to face with the biggest f***ing huntsman I’ve ever seen. Once the hysterical laughing stopped I got the camera and snapped her portrait before putting her back in the garden to go about her life. (I suspect she’s about to drop a thousand or so young ones!)

Did I tell you? Always check your gumboots!

Ok, so all the cool blogs hopped onto the bandwagon ages ago… I don’t care, I still think linking George Bush to the phrase ‘miserable failure’ is kind of fun.

Try it, go off to google and search for the phrase ‘miserable failure’… you’ll find GWB’s bio is top of the listings.
It’s a bit pathetic really, but enjoy it while you can, cause as soon as the marketing boys catch on to this sort of link manipulation, the search engine boys will find a way to stop it.

Yesterday was a perfect late winter day here – clear sky, barely a breath of wind. Just for a bit of fun I took the canoe down to the Yarra mouth for a spot of fishing. Could have knocked me out when I actually caught fish… not just tiddlers either – sure, a few smaller fish, but a couple of decent ones too.

Took ’em home and cooked ’em up straight away. yum!