D’mitry went MIA recently. After a fantastic day skiing with amazing sunshine, yet still perfect snow cover, he was gone. After an acceptable mourning period, we took some new dinosaurs on a hiking trip, just to test out whether it might be possible to fill the void D’mitry left behind. When that didn’t work, we […]
Don’t mind the long absence, I have been very sick. So sick that I only went hiking once over the whole autumn. It hasn’t been a very fun few months. I will post photos of that one hike soon, however there is something more pressing that I’ve been thinking about recently, having learned that […]
I got a new toy. After months of debating with myself and wondering just how great D’mitry might look through a better lens, I upgraded my camera. The same day I also bought some loose leaf peppermint tea because it’s a great joy in life, so I used the new camera to showcase my […]
We journeyed to the cold lands where everything is flat and people are more coat than human. Logically, to me it seems the mountains should be colder but it seems we left regular winter with the mountains and opted for something a little more extreme. D’mitry and I decided to experience the frozen prairies for […]
If we stretch back far enough, we might have some vague memories of D’mitry’s old nemesis Cyril the Cat. However, it turns out that not all pets are nemeses, just cats because they are jerks. And also one particular turtle but that’s something else entirely. Recently, I achieved a life-long dream and obtained a pet […]
You get two adventures in this post. The first is my grand return, followed by my less grand re-departure. I went back to Australia and hung out with my family and array of close friends, plus went on a few trips which involved everything from sideways, freezing cold rain and hail to super hot sunshine. […]
We kind of fell off the face of the planet, didn’t we? Suddenly it’s six months later and I have a lot of adventures to catch you up on. I like to think of our extended absence as like a time machine rather than a disappointing inconvenience. We left off with an announcement about my […]
The day D’mitry was rescued from that squalid mud puddle was the best day of his, and my, life. In the simple act of picking up his tiny plastic form, we both gained an adventure buddy that brought unspeakable joy to all subsequent journeys. That is now changing slightly. Not being the jealous type, D’mitry […]
I hate to break it to you, but the bear D’mitry saw wasn’t actually a bear. It was just a gummy bear. However, I saw a real bear last week, it had claws and everything. It sitting in a tree happily munching apples while I stood and stared at it for a solid fifteen minutes. […]
It’s exactly what it sounds like plus a few other awesome things. It all started as a hike up a deceptively steep mountain trail late at night. There is something about hiking 8km at 9.30pm that makes you both hate and love life at the same time. It’s a lot of fun, provided it […]
D'mitry the Dinosaur 