One feature of cooking during the Great Depression, especially in rural areas, was home made kitchen ware. I especially like the flour sifter; Kerosene was widely used in Australia for heating and lighting, and the empty tins provided the raw material for all manner of makeshift household
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I am cheating here and listing the towns and villages of the Blue Mountains alphabetically rather than by elevation. This is pure indulgence on my part so that I can begin with; Blackheath, aka Bleakheath – Ranks first in this list and first in my own Blackheathen
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REFUGEE SPARROW FROM THE CITY Some time ago a sparrow living in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens was assaulted by a giant white ibis. A dispute had broken out over crumbs at the café and the little fellow came off second best . He went into hiding, but that
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A LONG, HOT SUMMER. It has been such a dry winter here in the Blue Mountains. We have already had one total fire ban day and it’s only September. I notice my husband quietly clearing undergrowth, and testing the petrol fueled water pump. I’m glad he does
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UPDATE – As someone who reacted with horror when Donald Trump became President of the United States, even I have to applaud his posthumous pardon, on May 25th 2018, of the African American boxer, Jack Johnson. In 1913 Johnson had been found guilty by an all-white jury
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