The school speed limit menance

Cool Round Speed Limit Sign., originally uploaded by Incase Designs. Picture: Flickr.

What is it about school 40 km speed limits which brings out the road rage in some people?

Where we live, there are quite a few schools around and so every morning and afternoon, the driving gets a little bit more complicated in terms of the speed limit (for overseas readers, roads near local schools here have a speed limit of 40 kms per hour during morning and afternoon arrivals and departures).

It seems it is a little too complicated for many - without fail, I will get aggressively tail-gated by one car each day while driving 40 kms along one of these school stretches. They sometimes drive so close it is quite unnerving and very hard to ignore.

Does anyone else 0ut there experience this? What to do?

Community wins back its maternal health centre site

This is a win for children. And it is a happy and timely reminder of what can be achieved when a groundswell of community opinion and concern is turned into action.
Last week the Bayside Council voted to keep the site of the Black Rock maternal and child health centre.
This follows a rising up of the community in outrage at plans to sell the site. Not only is it historic, but is also represents a great opportunity to provide Black Rock with a much needed facility for small children and their parents, such as a Playhouse.
The Council even said they were open to considering this.

Great books site

If you're looking for inspiration in the way of kids books, check out this local site: www.weheartbooks.com

Run by two Melbourne mums, it is all about offering reviews and suggestions for different age groups. What a great idea

Bayside cat show and cats in need

Don't forget it's the Bayside Cat Show tomorrow (Sunday) for all those local animal lovers. I took a look last year and it was kind of quirky but interesting (but also wall to wall people).

But while we're on the topic of all things feline, the Keysborough Animal Shelter is, as always, bursting at the seems with unwanted but lovely cats of all sizes, colours and descriptions. This includes the lovely Lotus, pictured here, who has been waiting for a home for a very long time.....

Keysborough Animal Shelter: www.aaps.org.au

Bayside Cat Show: Sunday , Sandringham College, Holloway Rd, Sandringham

Interesting link

Here's an interesting site that I've come across via a link from Loobylu. It's called Sustainable Melbourne and is full of all sorts of interesting tidbits, news and links. Take a look.....

Artist in profile: AshleyG

Quality Time, originally uploaded by ashleyg. Image: Courtesy of AshleyG's Flickr site.

I love this artist's work. She has a quirky sense of humour which comes through in everything I've seen. I have one of her prints: 'Every boy is a superhero sometimes' in my son's room.
You can look and buy Ashley's prints via her Etsy shop, she also has a blog and Flickr page.

Visit Ashley at: www.kittygenius.com

Knock Knock

Let me in, let me in, it's cold out here (and yes, I know my windows need a good clean).