Monthly Archives: June 2024

Iwiri and the power of creativity

Posted on June 22, 2024 by parrot feather

This week’s story began, for me, a couple of months ago, when the Trust visited the arts centre run by Iwiri Aboriginal Corporation in Port Adelaide. We, the trustees, did a day of visits in late April, to various groups … Continue reading →

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Tips from tennis

Posted on June 16, 2024 by parrot feather

Regular readers of this blog may have deduced that I am not very sporty. I don’t remember any posts in all the years with a sporting theme, though there may be one or two that elude me as I write. … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurs in the front yard

Posted on June 8, 2024 by parrot feather

This week I have noticed that the agave common in many gardens around here, agave attenuata I believe, is flowering, if that is the word. The amazing long spikes are poking out like dinosaurs, their green flower buds and weird … Continue reading →

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Walking with little Marion

Posted on June 2, 2024 by parrot feather

This post is for Mandy I’ve been walking, these past couple of Saturdays, along the Sturt Creek/drain, going from Oaklands Road, across Finniss Street and Marion Road and up as far as the exit on Sturt Road. There are some … Continue reading →

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