Author Archives: janecarterauthor

  Release day for Prodigal Daughter  is here.  You seem to wait forever and suddenly it’s happened.    I will be launching   Prodigal Daughter in Narrandera on the Wednesday 6th September at the library and at Griffith on Thursday … Continue reading →

             Thanks to my neighbour, Kath, for these amazing photos taken from a kayak in the middle of the river. The Murrumbidgee River is very beautiful.

  You can strike them, you can slash them, you can dig them out.  It doesn’t do you any good,  as you lift your head there are three more, or five, or seven.  They’ve been around a while. The Bathurst … Continue reading →

   To midwives everywhere. Don’t you love babies.  Actually this is misleading – Dolly had her twin lambs, a girl and a boy, all by herself. Actually she’s had eleven babies in five years.  She couldn’t resist showing them off, … Continue reading →

In the Second World War, we didn’t have enough farmers to grow the crops, look after the sheep or pick the apples and oranges. So they advertised with posters and in magazines and newspapers for women to come to the … Continue reading →

We’ve just returned from the Royal Easter Show.  You forget how beautiful the weather can be, Sunny with a cooler edge to the temperature, perfect days. And happy families with their kids skipping along. So much to see and do. … Continue reading →

We are in defense mode. We wear netting hats and cover ourselves with repellent. Lots of repellent. I am surprised we can stand being close to each other. Along with the beautiful water views have come battalions of mosquitoes ducking … Continue reading →

There is a lot of water around. These are our back paddocks in a normal time. Now we have water views.  Water levels peak and then steady down and then peak again. It is a learning experience for us but … Continue reading →