Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews.
Julie Andrews is one of my favourite actresses/actors. This books covers her childhood years, and starring as Eliza in My Fair Lady on Broadway and in London. (Audrey Hepburn played the part in the movie). Did you know her mother and stepfather were alcoholics, or that she found out when she ws 14, that the man she thought was her father was not? Did you know who voice covered 3 octaves? That she was part of a vaudeville act with her parents?
Home. Where is home? Home is where your heart is. Home is where you hang your hat. We've all heard the cliches. But where is home? In the last 18 years I've called the following places home: Tokyo, London, Sydney, Cuernavaca (Mexico), Carnation (near Seattle) and Vancouver. I never used to get homesick, but the older I get the more I feel it. This quote has never been more true...Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to. ~John Ed Pearce
So where is home? It's Hobart, Tasmania. And we just spent 3 weeks at home. It flew by way too quickly. I'm already counting down until we go home again. In the meantime here's a few memories that I'll share...
My little brother, Shaun
Bicheno, the coastal town where we spent many, many summers as kids.
Wineglass Bay. Hubby and I had lunch down on the beach, then hiked up the hill to the lookout. Stunning isn't it?
Clothes drying in the backyard - I miss the oddest things. See how dry it is? The drought, I do not miss.