the excitement of actually finishing manuscripts and sending them off for publication attempts is quickly and repeatedly pummeled to a pulp with repeated editor rejections.
ugh.
tiring.

yesterday i could actually see my breath as i walked to school.  so perth is definitely turning towards winter which once again is totally bizarro as it's the first day of june.
i'm seeing posts of people graduating and finishing up school and it's even nearing the end of the semester here, yet june in perth is definitely not northern hemisphere climate.

oecd

found this quite cool interactive page http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/

because of this article http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/28/186922833/three-years-in-a-row-australia-named-happiest-place-by-oecd

mali without music

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/opinion/the-day-the-music-died-in-mali.html

still want to go to mali one day.  hope that this gets sorted for them first though.  such a major part of their life and history to ban.

that and the libraries.  eek.

the bubbler - a potentially interesting tie between home and here

but i'm not sure i've experienced this word as recognized?

http://whoonew.com/2013/03/why-a-bubbler/

occurrences in australia...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/totally-common-occurrences-in-australia

march

01 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/jazz-cellar.html

02 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/swan-river-cbd-walk.html

03 march

04 march

05 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/rotto-wbr.html

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/cottesloe.html

06 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/kings-park_1.html

07 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/afternoon-in-freo.html

08 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/pinnacles-yanchep.html

09 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/swan-valley.html

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/scarborough-beach.html

10 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/adelaide-1.html

11 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/adelaide-2.html

12 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/adelaide-3.html 

13 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/driving-day.html

14 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/melbourne-day-1.html

15 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/melbourne-2.html

16 march

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/parting-ways.html

17 march
18 march
19 march
20 march
21 march
22 march
23 march
24 march
sculpture by the sea
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/sculpture-by-sea.html

25 march
26 march
27 march
28 march
29 march
easter egg hunt at the hub
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/easter-egg-hunt.html

30 march
easter bocci and bonfire at villa de upton
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/bonfire.html