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The pleasures of leisure

@ Lawson Park, Mudgee

With the current hot weather it seems better to indulge in leisure rather than work. It's certainly too hot for me to progress my garden plans apart from mowing in the morning and evening when it is cool enough to give it a go. The recent rain has the grass growing very rapidly so I have to keep on top if it.

A book I have read recently
The Pleasures of Leisure by Robert Dessaix.  I enjoy personal essays in particular those by Kate Llewellyn and Helen Garner.  I find Robert Dessaix a bit pretentious but I liked the idea of this topic so gave it a go.  It was a fairly enjoyable to read through his meandering thoughts on doing nothing (hard to do); doing something and nothing at the same time (e.g. reading); doing more something than nothing (e.g going for a walk); nesting (e.g. housework and gardening, clearly he is a man to consider this leisure); grooming (e.g. taking a bath); competitive play (e.g. team sports), non competitive play (eg. hobbies)

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  1. I always enjoy Kate Llewellyn. I did one of her creative writing courses once. I'm afraid I did not receive any benefit from this course, entirely due to my own timidity.

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    1. I am sure you will have read Kate’s mountains journal Waterlily. In it she writes about a plant that marched up her driveway or something like that. It was Montbretia the plant in your post today.

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    2. Oh, how amazing! I must reread that book.

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    3. I hope I got the right one of her blue mountains journals. Either way I am sure will enjoy reading Waterlily again.

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  2. Sitting by water under a shady tree is a lovely way to spend time. Even though you're weather is warmer you are definitely getting more rain than we are, everything looks so lovely and green ✨

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    1. This area is lovely and green now but is still considered drought affected and large parts of the state are still in drought.

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  3. Hmmm, can I join, looks just tempting!

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    1. I am sure you will find a nice river to sit beside in Perth.

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  4. That looks like a little bit of heaven. I wish we could share in a little of your heat to even things out a bit.

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    1. It would be nice for things to be ‘average’ wouldn’t it.

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