Kat

Neighbourhood

Old dogs

I have just come back from a lap around the block with our friend Lottie the Pointer. Lottie is 14 and a half which is already a very good innings for her breed. She's an old dog. She's feeling good. A couple of weeks ago she

Neighbourhood

MIP/STO

Mipasto, a local pizza shop, has closed. When they were first preparing to open many years ago, I observed with interest as they covered every opaque external surface with stick-on rustic stonemasonry. Next, the name 'IMPASTO' went up. I can only assume that they found out too

Watercolour

Beginning watercolour

I took up watercolour as a hobby maybe two years ago. It's both simple and hard. I found it difficult to get going on my own and I'm still a long way away from having the basic techniques down pat. But I feel like I'

Music

The D4 at the Tote

15 February 2025 in Melbourne, supported by Mach Pelican, The Stripp and Raging Hormones. My friend Ange was into The D4 when she lived in New Zealand 20 years ago. I had no idea who they were and neither did the husbinator. But, we are yeppers, and we like live

Knitting

Knorts

I have been really enjoying knitting lately and had been looking forward to this project for a long time. Now it is complete! A few years ago I picked up a secondhand copy of More Modern Top-Down Knitting by Kristina McGowan at the Castlemaine Vintage Bazaar. It's

Outdoors

A boat ride in Western Port

Last Thursday I was lucky enough to go for a boat ride around Western Port as a guest of the Victorian National Parks Association, along with a bunch of other people. For the uninitiated, Western Port is a bay that sits between Port Phillip Bay and Wilsons Promontory on the

Creativity

Yayoi Kusama at the NGV

Melbourne, 7 February 2025 Don't worry, I am not about to attempt a review of an art exhibition. I like stuff including things that look cool and interesting. I want to keep note of the parts of the Kusama exhibition that made me feel like rushing home and

Movies

My summer of flops

Back in November I embarked upon a new movie-watching adventure: flops. I built my flops list, I work my way through it and I continue to build it, but now is a good time to stop and reflect. It all began when I discovered that Joker: Folie à Deux

Music

The Flaming Lips at Festival Hall

Melbourne, 1 February 2025 It has taken me this long to see The Flaming Lips play live. Their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots meant a lot to me at the time, as it did to my good buddy Rai. We were both in our 20s, going through some

Creativity

Surburban serendipity

A good moment while waiting for takeaway coffees this morning. I made a comment that I liked the art hanging on the wall of the café. The woman sitting at the table right underneath the framed pictures (Sarah, as we found out shortly afterwards) looked up and said, actually those

Internet

Discovery

I turned off email sign-ups when I set everything up because I don't want to manage a mailing list. Inexplicably there remains a sign up button. Then when I announced my new blog in the family chat my brother of course tried to sign up. Trying to

Internet

Yes! A blog!!

Sky Hulk has risen once again to contain my hitherto unfulfilled intention to establish and maintain a blogging habit. May this time last forever.