My street

This is a photograph of the street where I live.

My home is one of a block of units, rather than a house, but it’s the first non-shared accomodation I’ve ever had. I have no desire to move again in the foreseeable future, particularly because I so much enjoy planning renovations and living with the results.

As I’ve said previously, when I first moved to Adelaide I lived in the Bible College of South Australia. Later I moved to shared accomodation on Shepherd’s Hill Road, in order to be closer to Flinders University. I moved again (to my current accomodation) after a dispute with the person who, at that time, had taken over the role of in-house manager.

Childhood photographs

Here are scans of some pictures of me as a kid. As usual, click to enlarge.

The top left photograph shows me composing music on the piano. Music is still an important part of my recreational life; I haven’t mentioned it much on this blog yet, but it’s just a matter of time.

In the top centre is a ram’s skull on a post. It was the centrepiece of what us kids called our “witches’ garden”, amidst the orange trees.

Top right: Rebecca and me working at our desk. I believe the alphabet thing behind us (which had a pocket for each letter and an object made of felt for each pocket) was made by Auntie Sue.

The picture at the bottom left shows me reading to Rebecca one of our favourite stories: “The Enormous Crocodile” by Roald Dahl.

Finally, on the bottom right is a picture of me when I was very young sitting on Mum’s lap, playing the piano.