Doing what I do best

The other morning, while watching the flood coverage, I heard one TV commentator say, "I'm seeing so many Australians doing what Australians do best; and that's being Australian".

So, based on that jingoistic and ridiculous encouragement, I'm going to do what I do best, and that's talking about nothing.

This was my lunch ... it demonstrates that we can get food from the local supermarket. The lettuce was a few days old, and on its last leafy legs, but we're talking tomatoes, eggs and bacon.

I thought I'd show you some of the good books we've gotten lately. Martha's Godmother does a sterling job finding her picture books which feature a 'Martha' of one kind or another. This book details the adventures of Lionel the cat and what he gets up to while his owner, Martha, is at school.

So Martha's hardly in the picture at all ... it's all about Lionel, the amusing Renaissance cat.

We gave these two books to Child 2 for his birthday. They're wonderful, and I guess a lot of you Readers have them, or one in the series, already.

I said to Child One, "Mummy's been to Paris and New York, you know." And she said, in monotone, "Fabulous, do tell us all about it one day." I said, " .... Okay."

Mental Note: I might just let them read the books. Some of the facts have been updated. It's not they would be uninterested in my travelling yarns.

The boys loved them.

And then yesterday, the first of the series of Moomin comics came. I ordered them from The Book Depository. 

This one cost about $20AUD with no postage! It's a beautiful hardcover book with cloth binding.

From memory there are four books in the comic series. We'll have this one forever (unless it gets washed away in a flood. But fingers crossed that won't happen).

I've already read it. Child One is in the middle of reading it, and then the Husband has put his hand up to be next in line ... that covers everyone in the house who can read.

All the comics are black-and-white, if there is going to be a negative.

Moomin and the Comet is a very timely story ... all about the Moomins dealing with the imminent destructive threat of a comet and tidal wave.

The Moomins enjoy the odd tipple, which is interesting.

I like the character 'Little My' ... she has a constant frown which I can understand, and her opinions on possession are ones which I should adopt. Maybe.