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Redsultana is the personal blog of a working mum in Perth. Cellobella works in the mainstream media but amazingly has a life outside of it which she shares on her blog.
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Have you got everything?
So he has left. My baby, my boy, has gone from being carried in a backpack… to wearing one. He is doing World Challenge, which means he spends four weeks in India – in the hill country – trekking. He does a community project at a l...
How to bow – the caterpillar lesson
I’ve been looking at some old family videos which we’ve recently digitised, and came across this one of my son’s second cello lesson. Here he is learning to bow. Or not. My friend The Poshi and I decided we’d share lessons an...
Balloon girl
My entry to I heart faces this week reminded me that we had some video. Ohhhh my kids were so cute! (They still are… just a bit spottier and teenagery) Share and Enjoy: RSS Facebook Twitter Digg StumbleUpon Technorati Google Bookma...
The good thing about puberty
Thanks to puberty, I have a decent chance of finally beating my son at Singstar. A Pyhrric victory” perhaps, nevertheless, a victory. *Cost to winner… pride, feeling of being a “good mother”… Share and Enjoy: RS...
I heart faces – Excited!
After much wailing and gnashing of teeth I’ve chosen this pic of my two scallywags on top of Elachbutting Rock. I’ve told the story before. How much do kids love climbing rocks and leaning into the wind? Ahhhh the simple pleasures my frie...
Sunset in the suburbs
Everything is pink outside said my son this afternoon… Ah ha! I thought, the perfect chance to use the “sunset” feature on my new camera… This is straight out of the camera – no photoshopping I promise, not even a tweak...
GFP – a story of bacterial magic
Expression of GFP in E. coli. The bacteria on the right side of the figure have the GFP expression plasmid. Cells were photographed during irradiation with a hand-held long-wave UV source (Photo courtesy Marty Chalfie from the original 1994 Science a...
The greenhood
Found under a bush at Dunsborough. July 4, 2009. About 18 cm tall. Pterostylis vittata More about this orchid. Of course my orchid hunter (Hugamuga) found it. It was the first time we’ve seen a greenhood on this site....
A working boy
My boy started work at Red Rooster last night. I am so proud of him. I can’t remember being so industrious when I was 14- all those years ago. Yesterday he got up at 6am to finish his paper round before school started at 8am. After a full d...
A little perspective
I took this photo down on the foreshore of the river a few days ago. Yes that’s my 14 year old - year 10 boy - sitting on the shoulders of his 11 year old - year 7 sister. She’s almost as tall as him too. It works rather well to have the ...
No going back
How did I look after my two kids when they were little? Yesterday, we picked up the younger cousins (4 & 3) for a sleepover. My sister-in-law needed some free time to pack as they are moving house soon. The big cousins are fantastic with them....
Keep Cott Beautiful
Seems the Town of Cottesloe read my post about the Michael Jackson litter campaign and decided to update their signage. Hope it works although I will miss having a giggle at the old posters. The weather this Christmas break has been beautiful. H...
Happy Birthday Hugamuga!
My baby is 14 today. And, poor thing, is lying in his unmade bed today. You see, Groover and I had birthdays in the last couple of months and the kids did not think it necessary to make a fuss. No cups of tea, no homemade cards, no thought on the mor...
First Job
My boy started his first job today. Yes. A proper job requiring a bank account, commitment and well… work. He’s doing the paper round. He’s being paid 10 cents a paper and delivering about 130 papers. He has 24 hours to de...
The horrible things orthodontists do to teenage boys
There’s a real “Wallace” moment at the end of this video. I’ve spent more than $700 and we haven’t even seen metalwork yet. Hopefully I’ll get some back on insurance. I’m in almost as much pain as he is....
How can you be angry with a boy like mine?
I received an email from Hugamuga’s maths teacher today: Hugamuga did not do very well on his algebra test on Monday, partly due to being away. I told him that some work from him was necessary and I did give him some revision sheets and did tel...
Why you should wipe your computer before dumping it
Because as likely as not someone - like my son - or perhaps not so nice - may come along and take it for their own purposes. Yes my son and his mates go diving in roadside trash to salvage old computers, monitors and keypads etc. And if you have phot...
Teaching the boy to cook
Isn’t bolognese the easiest thing to cook? It’s my go to dish when I really can’t be bothered. The kids will eat it - it doesn’t take long or too many ingredients. Well the other night my son walked past me as I was choppi...
Picnic at Elachbutting Rock
On the way back from the station last week we stopped by Elachbutting Rock. This granite outcrop is one of many in the area but a bit more special because of Monty’s pass - where part of the rock has sheared off and created a tunnel, and the R...
Station country moments
We’ve just come back from four days on the station. Every time I go I wonder why it has taken me so long to go back. This time it didn’t rain while I was there but the winter temperatures made walking a pleasure. We taught the kids h...
