Year: 2018

Our eldest son, George married his gorgeous girlfriend of several years, Melissa Morris in a very beautiful ceremony in Masseria Borgo Mortella, near Lecce in Puglia, Italy on the 2nd of June 2018. It was an unforgettable weekend with much love, many friends and a lot of good cheer. There will be many photos and…

I promised a blog on them and apologies for being late with it but a fabulous wedding intervened of our eldest George to the lovely Melissa in Masseria Borgo Mortella in Puglia. If there is one overwhelming emotion that pervaded the three days of celebrations it was joy and lots of love from friends and…

We arrived as the sun was setting and the queues by Avis grew long. But the wait was fine, the car is brand new and Google Maps is the app to have, so with some trepidation and lots of excitement we set off on the right side.  The roads mercifully empty as we adjusted to…

Today’s walk took the usual path down Ithaka Creek. Ibises scavenging, top knot pigeons cooeing and  a couple of ducks in the creek. Dougall was hell bent on having a ball. We ran down the hill to the path at such a pace, he was definitely walking me. He is my neighbour’s pup, a boxer…

Landing of course !  So that accounts for most of us out there. There is a small percentage who would still be up there… What do you give the woman or man who has everything ? A lot of us these days have most things, though we know many, many others who don’t. A very…

And if not why not ?  Last night I had the opportunity to go to a concert which was unlike any other I had been to. It was a collaboration of creative minds and Buddhist sentiments and it worked beautifully. On stage was Tenzin Choegyal, Tibetan singer and musician with a number of other talented…

A strange week has gone by. Alone, so enjoying the liberty that it brings, free from the need to cook, and do anything but essential housework, and going out to events with friends. But also one where emotions ran away in helter -skelter moods. Friends came to lend soothings words and balance was  restored. The…

So this is what inner Brissie life looks like on a balmy Sunday morning when I am heading through the bougainvillae path to the Botanical Gardens to catch Botanica – a show of Contemporary Art outside. A city beach complete with sand and pools of varying depths, open and free for all to enjoy.  The…

On a dull and overcast day I head out to a little boy I am very fond of and whom I am helping with his numeracy and literacy skills thanks to the http://thepyjamafoundation.com. I walk along the road and think about conversations I had recently with my boys about the Third Industrial Revolution. If you want…

Portrait of a woman, Picasso etching from the Vollard Suite.  Yesterday a charming estate agent came to the door and we discussed property valuations in the area. He mentioned that the area we live in was largely a young area and I replied, yes not many over 60s here, like us. He turned to look…