August 15th, 2008 -- Posted in Water Saving |
I came across this today on the ABC website. It’s like SimCity with an environmental conscience 
I only meant to have a look, and before I knew it, my turns were up, and I’d scored about 319,100! I may have to go try again soon when I’m not feeling quite so sick… darn Ekka cold season…
From the website:
“Play Catchment Detox to see if you can repair a damaged river catchment and create a sustainable and thriving economy.
It’s an online game where you’re in charge of the whole catchment. You get to decide what activities you undertake - whether to plant crops, log forests, build factories or set up national parks. The aim is to fix environmental problems and provide food and wealth for the population.
Managing Australia’s waterways is a huge challenge with climate change, increased demand for water and environmental problems putting our rivers under stress. Catchment Detox gives an idea of just how difficult it is to manage a river catchment.
Are you up for the challenge?”
Go play Catchment Detox at ABC Science!
August 5th, 2008 -- Posted in garden, photography |
I was very excited this morning when I wandered out onto the balcony, and saw this!!
I have always loved tulips, and this year I thought I’d try to grow some for the first time. And, it seems I have been successful! I was so excited that I ran inside and got Nick out of bed, saying I had to show him something… and when he saw it he said “yes, it’s lovely, I saw it yesterday!”. Next time he’ll know to tell me when a tulip blossoms 
I’m keeping my eye on my other bulbs now - I’ve planted a number of different things in random pots, wherever there was some spare space around another plant. I can’t wait for my other tulips to flower, not to mention the daffodils, irises, and others. Something so bright and lovely is a wonderful surprise
August 3rd, 2008 -- Posted in Musings, work |
If you happen to be one of my regular readers, you may have noticed a small absence of late. This is mainly due to the fact that my job has been sucking up a majority of my time and energy lately, and I, frankly, have not had the passion to post.
I’m a firm believer in the maxim “if you don’t have something to say, don’t say anything!”. And that applies very much to my blogging. However, I felt the need to share my current frame of mind with you all, and so here I am.
I have been living a rather un-simple life of late, in that the stresses of work have been on my mind, and I’ve not had the mental energy to create the calm attitude I need to get passionate about things. I’m sure many of you can relate - when something takes a lot of your time and mental energy, there’s not a whole heck of a lot left for anything else. It’s not a space I am happy to be in, and I’m hoping it will change over the next few weeks. I’d love to get back to researching for my sustainable home project, and sharing what I’ve found with you all.
And yes, I will have those mushroom photos for you soon! They have been mighty tasty, let me tell you Especially in the risotto that Nick made on Thursday night. I have to say he is a damn fine cook!
Here’s hoping I get back to “regular working order” soon, until then, all the best…
Jess
