Summer

Signs of summer - hearing fruit bats through the window arguing over the seeds in the palm tree. Their irritated screeching and flapping reminds me of Daintree - seeing colonies on the riverbank, and the sheer noise of a big bat colony. The orphaned bats we raised, the distinctive rank fruit smell of their bodies, [...]

Pacing

We went to see horses pacing last weekend, as part of Prince Valiant’s work Christmas party (which was being held rather early in the year). We went and stood by the track and watched the horses go past during one race - the jockeys sitting in their little carts, gripping the reins, and the horses [...]