Friends of the Armchair Traveller

  Hello Peter Here are two videos I took early February in my front yard of the European Red Robin. It was snowing and I put out a little plate to feed him. The robin visited my front door when the snowfall started. I had him around for about 5 days. When the snow disappeared so did he. There will be snow again in the next few days, so I am hoping for more visits. And as we speak about him he appeared! I just took this... he's on the branch of the fig tree right outside my door. There is an out of focus solar light hanging on the branch of the walnut tree. Thank you so much Aleksia,  pt

Once a fellow met a fellow… Many years ago when we were young, 1969, Monique and I moved with six month old Luke to a shop and dwelling in Punt Rd., South Yarra. It was an incredibly important move for us as it brought us into contact with many new people, including Paul Cox who had his photographic studio in the shop and dwelling next door to ours. Those days were h alcyon days! 1 : calm, peaceful . 2 : happy, blissful, golden. 3 : prosperous, affluent, wealthy.      Of or relating to the halcyon or kingfisher. You can delete “affluent” and “wealthy” which do not describe our situation from all those options. We certainly felt peaceful, carefree, happy. And they were “golden” days, so there you go! We met many new people in those days.  Paul’s place and our place were like railway stations, many came and many stopped off for a while before departing. There was a great deal of exchange between Monique and I and our friends, and Paul and his very many frien...