Little Wandering Wren …. chats!

I had fun at White Night Melbourne! Not normally known as  all night P arty Wren, It was great to be in the city  watching dawn break over the Yarra River! Our  18 and 21 year old kids  looked at me with an incredulous: " I've got better things to do with my life,  like sleep"   look...  when I suggested they came with me. Or maybe it was the  "You've got to be kidding!  It's going to be 36 degrees C on Sunday and we're playing soccer in the extreme heat,  I'm having a lie-in" look. Fortunately our overseas students thought my crazy suggestion was a good one. Today photo credits go to these  three gorgeous Japanese students who were happy to join me  and get up at 5am  to enjoy White Night Melbourne. Thank you! White Night is a music, food, film, art and light festival which runs from 7pm to 7am with over 80 free events in nine precincts across the city. City buildings were transformed by spectac

SUNDAY 22nd February 2015 Linking with My Sunday Photo Silent Sunday

I love the Crazy Poodle's toothy grin! He is lending support to my on-line campaign to get Wren to Canada. You can read more here :   GYB Giveaway Winner - I've won  trip to Canada! We also wanted to show some support for all of you  enduring long cold, icy winters. This was photo was taken indoors with the air-con on. We can't imagine being cold at the moment! It's been a good summer for lying in the sun! Mutt was washed, scrubbed and trimmed since this photo because we had three  Japanese students moving in:   Welcome to our Melbourne madhouse The above photo was taken when we were volunteering at the  Asian Cup football and housing for the Australian Open tennis . It was in response to  Venus Williams and the Best Ball Boys  (dogs) in the world. Here is the video... So I thought if Venus has Teddy in Auckland then Melbourne can offer the Crazy Poodle! Cute as we were we never real

 And the winner is me! I am so excited  I've just won a trip to Canada through GYB 2015. Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by  to say hello  from Grow Your Blog 2015 . I had a really good time visiting new blogs and with over 300 bloggers participating  I haven't finished yet! There are some amazing blogs out there I am happy to have connected with new bloggers and delighted to see some new followers to mine.  A huge thank you to Vicki at 2bagsfull for organising another successful event. I am pleased to announce the winner of my  GYB 2015 giveaway is  drum roll please.... Michele Timms Which is perfect as Michele says: We have a "thing" about birds...  If you saw our house you would know what I mean!  Many birds: glass, wood, painted, etc!!    So Michele there will be a few more little Wren things  heading your way  to add to your collection. I would love to say I'll come and deliver

It was bye, bye America Hello Japan here last week! I hardly had time to wash the sheets! We had three lovely lasses from Japan move in. Staying with us for nearly a month studying English. Welcome to the madhouse  your new Aussie family! I love having the Japanese girls to stay! This is the 7th year we've had students from this  particular Tokyo l adies college.  They are always a DELIGHT. I do love hosting overseas students on their first visit  Down Under . I see Melbourne anew through their eyes. They are full of WONDER at everything. I mean let's face it, even a tub of yoghurt  from another country can look exotic.  What do you think? Yoghurt and fruit with Japanese green tea lollies and KitKat! A few things are a tad "awks" as the kids would say. I gave up my Mother Wren, bear hug of a Aussie greeting many students ago... Yes, we've had over thirty Japanese students over the years. Did I say I LOVE TH

G'day from Melbourne, Australia to Mrs O's AM Kindergarten Class  in Calgary. I heard   about your project on endangered species! Dear Wren,  You will know me from http://aslongasyouhaveagarden.blogspot.com.au My grandson's kindergarten class is doing a unit on endangered species. The teacher is trying to get postcards sent to the school from all over the world with a short message about endangered species in the specific country. Would you be willing to send one? Here is the address just in case. So how could I resist? Here is the card I have sent you. It is a little joey kangaroo inside his mother's pouch He looks a little cross don't you think? I think the card will take a little time to get to you...  We are 8628 Miles (13885.42Km) apart. The quickest flight on an airplane will take 21 hours. Australia is home to some unique critters, but it also has one of the highest extinction rates in the world. I found some more inform