Jun 1 2010

A Year On

I can barely believe that I’ve now been blogging a year :)

Last year on May 21st 2009 I put up my first post and from that acorn here I am 150 posts on ;)

100 Aker Wood and the Acorn

As outlined in my About Us page I love landscape, maps and journaling ~

Landscape, maps & journalling

To this end I have written about the wonderful Australian bush in the region where I live…

Blackboys Grass Trees

Grass Trees

And Scotland where I spent March & April this year watching the spring blossom…

Primroses and Celendine

…from winter’s icy grasp…

Posts with maps in them…

Mud Map

And journalling ideas

We're here ~ Where are you? :D

Last September, to emphasis how a journal transcends time, I started a series on September 27th reproducing journal extracts on the day they had been written 131 years previously recounting the voyage of  a Mr A Whelan as he sailed aboard an iron clipper called the Hesperides from London, to his new life in Australia, landing in Melbourne December 30th 1878.

As there were a hefty 97 entries, I then pulled out 10 posts that I felt epitomized the trip in a Summary of the Voyage, which included a close encounter with an iceberg, throwing a cat overboard for a good wind, and rough weather where waves washed into the living areas setting their cake afloat around the cabin!

Sailing London to Melbourne Journal

So what stories await the telling for the coming year? Whatever, one thing’s for sure, I’ll be…

...tracking my trails & tales

:D


Jan 6 2010

12th Day of Christmas

For those who’ve been reading this blog for the last few months, you will have been following a day by day account from a Mr Whelan’s journal as he sailed from England to Australia 131 years ago aboard the iron clipper ‘Hesperides’ . After 93 days at sea, on the 28th December 1878 he landed at Williamstown Pier, Melbourne, Victoria and two days later took a buggy up through Richmond to a cottage where he and his family were to start their new life.

Twelfth Day of Christmas

The 6th January, being the 12th day of Christmas, marks the end of the festive season, and …

the exciting new year starts in ernest!



Jan 1 2010

*•HAPPY•*¨*•NEW•*¨*•YEAR•* :~)

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