Return to Blogging

I totally stopped this blog.  I got busy with life and everything and just stopped blogging. In that time I have returned to Australia after a whopping 8 and a half years living and teaching ESL in Yichang, China.
I am now tutoring ESL in Oz and I also train and accredit people who wish to teach ESL overseas like I did. This is through the company I originally trained with way back in 2008 that started my China Odyssey , ATA (Australasian Training Academy).
Do I miss China?  Absolutely!  But being home after such a long absence is also great. Anyway my plan is to get back to this blog as a kind of therapy for my integration back home . So much news to tell you all including how I bought my dog home with me, how I lived in Malaysia for a while, how I'm still contacted by my Chinese teacher friends and students and exactly how over 8 years of China living panned out.
Much love
xx

The Colours of Perth

We took a ride out to Bells rapids the other day, had a picnic lunch and enjoyed the beautiful surroundings. I have not edited these photos and they were just taken with the android phone. The colours here are always so vivid. The sky is amazing. When you spend much of the year in dull grey, haze and drizzle, it's so refreshing to breathe the fresh air and see the palette of colours. The other photos are on the Quairading road.

Playing with Picasa and Picnik

Took this photo the other day and played with the Picnik photo program , now associated with Picasa...I think it looks kinda cool.

River Walk

Nice day for a walk with "Daisy and Tina". Took them for a stroll along the Avon River walk, then through town to sit and have a cuppa, before heading back home :-)

Kings Park 2010

A beautiful sunny winters day in Kings Park. Family, sandwiches, coffee, fresh air, vivid colours, sounds and smells of nature. Very Nice!It really does feel great to hug a tree


The coffee, very nice :-)

Midday Sun

So I'm back in Australia for my summer/winter vacation. Yes it's winter here and yes it's very cold early morning and through the nights, but the big difference here....SUNSHINE! The winter sunshine is a wonderful pleasure to behold. I've just come back in from sitting down on the property, meditating in the warm midday sun, whilst the rescued mob of kangaroos milled around me, the magpies and many other birds sang, the insects buzzed and my body gained a much needed dose of vitamin D. No traffic noises, beeping horns, people talking...just the sounds of nature

and the warm sunshine followed every so often by a cool breeze. Now that is relaxing.

Australia you really are a beautiful country.