Year: 2018

He crossed the ocean, wandered on the decks of the Endeavour, tossed and turned, ate his salted meats and wrote his journals and he did it over time and with great consideration of all that was around him. No ship lag for him.  Nancy and I did it too – a little more speedily with…

ARTIST It’s Jacaranda time here in Brisbane. I decide to take Super Gran to the Queensland Gallery of Art to see some fabulous art work in the Australian Collection and the iconic painting of “Under the Jacaranda tree” painted in 1903 by R Godfrey Rivers.   This painting shows a lovely scene in early 20th century  Brisbane…

Every family needs a Super Gran – a Queen Nancy – a Ma. At the age of 98 3/4 she has made the trip over to Australia, as she missed her two grandsons and was curious about their new lives here.  She is frail but fiery, questioning and curious, warm and wonderful. I did not…

We went out on a day trip recently and had a beautiful time visiting some falls and doing a hike there. But that is not the reason I am writing today. As I was driving I spotted the most unbelievable flaming red tree along the way. We followed our tracks back and I found it…

This morning at the crack of dawn, with the skies clearing after yesterday’s rain, we headed to Kangaroo Point to participate in the Walk for Awareness, together with 2,5000 other Brisbanites. The tone uplifting, the welcome to country so informative, the didgeridoo playing just awe inspiring and the walk itself, 8 kms to honour 8…

Yesterday was the Queen’s Birthday in Queensland. She is a lucky lady. She could travel the world and be feted every day could she not? So to celebrate we headed to the hills and specifically to the Glasshouse Mountains Lookout – this was where Captain Cook in 1770 looked out onto the Queensland plain and…

The morning was spent cleaning and tidying up after some time away but also decidedly outside rather than in. Gorgeous balmy weather, sun shining, and the garden is the place to be as it is infused with the scent of mandarin blossom, the azaleas are in flower, as is a little bush of yesterday- today…

A highlight of our time in Sydney was a visit to the Sydney Fish Market. This is located at the end of the Pyrmont Peninsula and is a large area where all kinds of fish, shellfish, abalone, urchins and oysters are sold fresh or cooked. There is an enormous variety to choose from and it…

If ever there is something that I envy my Sydneysider boys’ life, is that they live within such close proximity to the ocean. Brisbane is on a river and it’s just not the same. While there, at the weekend, I remembered how much I love a life lived by the water. We walked the short…

If you read my previous post you may be excused feeling a little sorry for me, or perhaps thanking your lucky stars your households aren’t as exacting as that.  I may need to lower my standards but that is for another day. Today I am going to relate a different day to you, one which…