Welcome to Ridgy-Didge!

Ridgy-Didge is Australian colloquial for 'just right' or rather 'fair dinkum!'

When we bought the property over 7 years ago, it only had a number and no name. It needed a name as the place certainly has a personality. Well, it sits on a ridge with a grand view northwards to the Bunya Mountains, so what could be more 'all right' than sitting on the veranda with that view, whilst you have your breakfast or in the evenings with a glass of Australian wine? Or even watching the amazing stars at night or the tail-end of a storm as the lightning flashs in the vaste banks of clouds. Or maybe seeing a pair of Wedge-tail eagles as they soar in circles in the high thermals of the vasteness of the azure sky?

This house is a 100 year old Queenslander cottage. Quite small and unpretentious, but it has a gentle atmosphere and we have had many friends and family members come to stay and have enjoyed the peace and quiet of the place.

Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Full moon and mushrooms.


Last week there was a full moon. It rose over the hills in the east and looked so big and serene. It was a lovely evening and the sunset had been very beautiful. As there weren't any clouds in the sky the colours at sunset had been very ethereal; mauve, turquoise, lemon and apricot. All very iridescent and clear.
We see the most lovely sky colours here as there isn't any pollution. Unless there is a storm in the west, then the squall line blows up the dust and we have a very heavy sky, laden with the red dust. I heard on the radio one time that thousands of truck loads of soil are displaced when there is a storm like that out in the desert.
There has been a little rain recently and in the paddock near us where I often walk the dogs, I have found bucket loads of beautiful mushrooms. One can almost see them pushing their little white bald pates up through the soil. They are so fresh and pink underneath!
We have had mushroom soup and mushroom omelettes! Yummy.

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