New year’s day

In the heat of the day it is impossible to do anything but read.
The books I read in 2005 were all worthwhile, some very special.

Tanith Lee, Metallic Love
Kij Johnson, The Fox Woman
Kij Johnson, Fudoki
Jane Espenson (Ed.), Finding Serenity
Robin Hobb, Shaman's Crossing
GRRMartin, A Game of Thrones
Justin D'Ath, Shaedow Master
Kate Constable, The Tenth Power
Cecelia Dart-Thornton, The Iron Tree
Margo Lanagan, Black Juice
Margo Lanagan, White Time
Kage Baker, The Anvil of the World
Steph Swainston Year of Our War
Step Swainston, No Present Like Time
Patricia McKillip, Od Magic
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jude Fisher, Rose of the World
Michael Crichton, Timeline
Sean Russell, The Shadow Road
Kage Baker, Children of the Company


It is probably worth keeping a record of wildlife visitors other than our regular wallabies, wrens, finches, honeyeaters, willie wagtails, and frogs. Today was quite varied:

2 female bowerbirds getting stuck into the peaches
a pheasant coucal in the back garden
a very fast green tree snake
a bluetongue going to give birth sometime this month
a goshawk flying the midday sky
an azure kingfisher on a branch low over the water at the river
black ducks at dusk on the river
a very large echidna determined to bury itself under a fencepost
a fruitbat visiting the peach tree

The first sliver of moon for the new year.