tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6788859535181672930..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: RUNNING WILD IN SUMMER – Dianne HofmeyrUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-92158392827602785402015-08-04T09:59:40.054+01:002015-08-04T09:59:40.054+01:00This is a beautiful post. I especially like the ex...This is a beautiful post. I especially like the extract about the oleanders....DavidKThorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04215770376688861114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-2923853975157353802015-08-03T00:51:47.424+01:002015-08-03T00:51:47.424+01:00Thanks for the pointer Joan. And yes Cat Down Unde...Thanks for the pointer Joan. And yes Cat Down Under... more is the tragedy. I suppose our childhoods were similar. I had such wonderful freedom. I can remember climbing the mountain just to the back of my garden when I was 12 completely alone. And I know there were puff-adders out there. Were my parents neglectful, are we just more fearful for our children, or are there really too many 'baddies' out there? And you're right, Lantana was an amazing movie. I remember the opening and the sounds of the night as if I only saw it a few hours ago. Funny how some movies can leave such impressions. <br /><br /><br />Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-67255843254546050832015-08-02T12:28:35.888+01:002015-08-02T12:28:35.888+01:00So evocative - thank you! Interestingly, there...So evocative - thank you! Interestingly, there's another post about Australian memories over on the History Girls today by Gillian Polack - http://the-history-girls.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/australian-and-my-family-from-1920s.html Well worth a visit.Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-46283327813071238772015-08-02T09:35:33.498+01:002015-08-02T09:35:33.498+01:00Lovely post, lovely pictures!Lovely post, lovely pictures!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-83300935317130844542015-08-02T07:13:05.389+01:002015-08-02T07:13:05.389+01:00Yes, I saw Lantana - Geoffrey Rush was superb in i...Yes, I saw Lantana - Geoffrey Rush was superb in it - and I often think of it when I go past the lantana bushes near the local shopping centre.<br />But I read this post with immense sadness because I realised that the current generation of children do not run wild after dark, indeed they don't run wild at all. I even know children who are not permitted to play in their own back gardens unless an adult is out there with them. <br />We built "cubbies" and "tree houses" and spent entire days out of doors wandering back when it was dark - and here there were genuine dangers in the bushland we roamed in. We survived and it helped our imaginations grow. catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com