With a busy day ahead, I set out early to walk the dog. It’s dark, with just a faint glow in the east heralding the soon-to-rise sun. There’s a slight autumnal chill in the air. I let Maisie go in the off-lead area. She almost disappears in the darkness, becomes a faint ghost-like apparition as she sprints around on the wet grass.
As a child I lived in the hilly suburbs of Adelaide in a house with a single flat, low inclined asbestos tiled roof. Possums abounded in the nearby gum trees, and I swear most nights they would use the roof expanse as a race track!
I will never forget the sound of scrapes and scrabbles as they ran, nor their incessant hissing when they disagreed as to which possum had won the circuit.
How exciting for you Jill - a possum and a timeline!! I'm tucked away in my writing retreat in the (currently freezing) Adelaide Hills. There are koalas here. I have yet to spot one, but I can hear their distinctive calls at night so I know they are not far away. Thankyou for the shout out! Your book will definitely be one that I add to my collection of books that must be held :)
As a child I lived in the hilly suburbs of Adelaide in a house with a single flat, low inclined asbestos tiled roof. Possums abounded in the nearby gum trees, and I swear most nights they would use the roof expanse as a race track!
I will never forget the sound of scrapes and scrabbles as they ran, nor their incessant hissing when they disagreed as to which possum had won the circuit.
How exciting for you Jill - a possum and a timeline!! I'm tucked away in my writing retreat in the (currently freezing) Adelaide Hills. There are koalas here. I have yet to spot one, but I can hear their distinctive calls at night so I know they are not far away. Thankyou for the shout out! Your book will definitely be one that I add to my collection of books that must be held :)