The Epistles of Capn and Pye

Kornelius had been so efficient at showing us around Tana Toraja we now had the luxury to check out some smaller ticket items.
( It doesn’t get much smaller than a bunch of five year olds )

Now it was our turn to go to Bira, only not on bikes because that sounds stupid and uncomfortable. ( We are perfectly capable of being stupid in our own way, thank you very much. )

School returned as it always seems to do no matter how much we dislike the habit, but at least Term One gives us a fresh batch of Year 7 names to laugh at. ( if you’re not laughing at 12-year-olds, you’re not really living )

Who’s ready for genuinely exciting adventures? ( look away now if you think you can’t handle the power )

In 2014, after years of not being allowed to take students to Indonesia, Pye made a triumphant return with a pan-Java adventure. Flash forward to 2024, after years of not being able to go anywhere, she did the same again – with exactly the same staff no less! ( gather up those kids and get going! )

One day Pye was heading down to her Year 8 class when a chicken walked past going in the opposite direction. This isn't too far from usual in Drysdale, but this one gave her an unusually smug look. Thinking no more of it, Pye got to the classroom to find that the Year 8s were losing their tiny minds because when they'd walked in, there had been two chooks in their classroom, calmly checking the place out (while shitting all over the place). There's not even an external door, these bitches made a special effort to come in and raise the general standard of behaviour for the class! This set the tone for the rest of the term.

( Might as well start the way we plan to continue... )

It rained for years (or at least half of January)!

But we still managed to mostly have fun. We got back from Adelaide and celebrated New Year’s, what should we all do next? Get COVID? ( OKAY )

It has been such an eventful term, this time we have had to make a list! Consider this the contents page…
Things We Were Not Excited About:

• Australia Fucked the Referendum
• The Great Debacle of the Spicy Water
• The Deadest, Flattest Rat
• Earthquake!
• Being Personally Targeted By A Name Generator
• Artificial ‘Intelligence’

Things We Were Tickled By:

• Insulation in Your Walls (and Visitors Have Beds)
• Our Brother Entered His Ruth Phase
• His Wife and Children Have Birthdays
• Shenanigans – Seasonal and Otherwise
• Chosen By A Baby Magpie
• Unsettling the Youth
• A Very Crappy Christmas Tree
• An Abundance of Advent Calendars

Things We Were Very Excited About:

• Getting Attention For Your Crafts (featuring UK Celebrities and a Regional Show)
• A Baby’s Middle Name
• International Middle-Aged Crafty Ladies Mutual Appreciation Society
• A Silk Purse is Made From A Sow’s Ear (aka A Landscaping Miracle)

( Buckle in… )

Everyone was very excited to go back to school in Term Two looking all stylish from our recent Indonesian adventures... ( Style, baby! )

Having first attempted to take D’admiral and Chuckles and go visit Lombok in April 2020, we were finally ready to get it right this time. ( What’s the universe going to do, go way out of its way to stop us? )