SWK has pointed out to me that in my last post, the term “blackboys” could be interpreted as somewhat politically incorrect. I use the term “blackboys” to describe the Xanthorrhoea plant, otherwise known as Yakka. Yakka is a word that seems to have come from the Kaurna people, the native Aboriginals to the Adelaide Plains. Until the political incorrectness of it had been pointed out to me, I liked the term “blackboy” because it reminds me that most of the yakkas around in the national parks have probably been there since before the Early Settlers came to the Adelaide Plains in 1831. It is not uncommon to find Yakkas that are over two hundred years old. I used to think the term “blackboys” would have come about because the white people would have called the yakkas this as they looked like aboriginal children – and that’s why I liked the term! But, as it was pointed out to me they were quite possibly termed this in a not so good context – not to mention the politically incorrectness of calling a dark skinned person (in relation to a American natives) a boy, which is something I also hadn’t heard about! I won’t go back through my blog and correct myself, as I want my unknowing political correctness to remain in the history of my blog to remind me of how as times change, society learns about how things that we have done in the past become unacceptable by tomorrows standards. This is a good thing!

Whilst I’m at it, I would like to take the opportunity to show-off how good our lawn is looking, as I was explaining in my last post.