Author: keres

In a training session for my home sustainability work one of my classmates brought up how people used to be resistant to putting solar panels on their roofs because they thought it spoiled the look of their houses.

But now, having something solar on the roof is a status symbol.  He called it “roof-bling”.
We recently “blinged” our roof, and just yesterday we got our new front-load energy- and water-efficient clothes washer. Our other big and very “public-statement” economizer is our Prius (bought used a year ago).

So, if you’ve got it, flaunt it. Show us your “bling”.

ADDING: Since I am a certified Home Sustainability Assessor, if you have any questions about making your home more energy and/or water efficient (or about how to decrease your “carbon footprint”), feel free to ask me. I got loads of tips, and all that technical stuff as well.

But baby it’s cold outside

Big furry wuss-bags.

I had it permed.  What do you think?

Hector just turned one a few weeks ago but he’s already developed a “middle-aged-spread”.
Might have something to do with the way he eats.

Rainy day Lily playing with a stick of kindling.
For those of you who missed Erin Burnett’s rant on CNBC, apparently Australia is about to commit Camelicide.  

True, lots of camels will die.  But, wait for it, we have ONE MILLION feral camels living in the Australian outback.  Obviously they are not doing the native flora and fauna any good.  

There is one guy I’ve heard of who has made a mobile abattoir and is trying to set up a system for killing and slaughtering camels in the field.  But the camels are nowhere as tame as cattle and I don’t envy anyone trying to round them up.

The most bizarre bit for me was the newscaster putting up a photo of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – who looks like a large eight-year-old boy, and not anything like a he-man, or killer, serial or otherwise, of any sort.

I think it’s pretty fair to say that Lily’s favorite position is upside-down.

We’ve been Swined (aka Imogen has the flu, and 99% of flu cases hear are H1N1).  So far I haven’t shown signs of getting it, but I won’t be surprised if that changes.  And just as I got some work lined up this coming week – yay!

There must be a mouse somewhere down there!

An Australian Hobby hanging on the wind at the edge of “the Nut” at Stanley in the Northwest corner of Tasmania.

Dog performance art.

A friend raised this orphaned possum.  

He’s now an adult and every evening he comes into the house through an open window for a snack and a cuddle.

I’ve got this.  Lots of this.  What’ve you got?