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The railing behind the sculpture overlooks the platypus pond at Tidbinbilla's wetland sanctuary.

The hot weather continues unabated. The aircon has been getting a work out and I've been tearing through the ice. I really need to get organised and make myself a proper batch of iced tea. But despite my complaining, I'm managing fairly well. I've had a few aches today which may suggest a storm might arrive tomorrow. A quick look at the weather bureau seems to confirm this theory. The rain will make it muggy, but the garden will welcome the water. The vegetable patch is looking a little wilted.

Work continues. After complaining how difficult I'd found writing my first review of the year, I was a little amused to discover it took me half the time to write my second review of the year. This was despite them being of comparable length. I really should learn to cut myself some slack.

Today I actually managed to wrangle a little spare time to deal with some non-urgent admin-type stuff. And promptly found that I was making more work for myself. One of my tasks was to voted in the GUFF race. GUFF is a fan fund that will be sending an Australian fan to Helsinki for WorldCon later this year. There are four nominees. I was talking with one of them on Twitter around the same time I was voting. It was about another matter entirely, but I found myself thinking about the time I ran for NAFF (which is basically the same thing, but to AussieCon rather than WorldCon). I'd offered the other nominees a chance to guest post on my blog. I figured the same thing might be useful for GUFF. So, I contacted all the nominees about being interviewed and they agreed.

On one hand I wonder why I do this to myself. It's not like I don't have enough on my plate. On the other hand, I think this is something that will be of interest to the community.

The drawback to all this work is that I've been skimping on time for my own writing again.

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Platypus sculpture! I love it!!

They've really done a lovely job with designing the wetlands sanctuary. It's nice to see the occasional piece of sculpture.

That platypus sculpture is utterly charming. I especially like the way it looks as if it's sniffing the tuft of long grass.

Also, kudos for supporting the GUFF race - what a worthy cause to put your energies toward. I hope it isn't too draining for you personally.

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Oh, I'd not noticed that! I really should pay more attention to my composition.

The interviews for GUFF shouldn't be too bad. I just have a lot of other stuff going on at the same time. I think I'll be fine once I wrap up reading for the Aurealis Awards.

That platypus sculpture is amazing!!!

(And also, I had to kind of laugh at the extra work you're giving yourself, not because like, it's bad or anything, I just recognise that kind of impulse and relate to it. It's an extremely generous thing to offer to do as well <3 but hopefully you can find some room in there for your writing as well. :) -> I was thinking of your Siren story the other day actually, and how much I love it).

Isn't it pretty? I should probably take photos of some of the other sculptures they have there.

Oh, don't worry, I was laughing a little too.

I'm not sure whether I mentioned, but my Siren story is in with the Book Smugglers at the moment for their Gods and Monsters season. I should hear one way or the other within the next month.

That is a really awesome sculpture!

I imagine your hot weather is very tiring/dull after a while. Though right now it sounds utterly wonderful to me, as it's winter here and they're predicting an ice storm, possibly, for the weekend.

I sometimes wish there was a way to send a little of this heat to people who could use it. An ice storm does not sound like fun.

I wish there was a way, as well! A little warmth would be lovely right now. LOL.