Year: 2020

My late sister gave me a book in 2012 – here is her inscription dated Nov 2012. She died shortly after in February of 2013. The book came to Australia with us but was forgotten for all these years until in lockdown I started looking for books on my shelf I had not read. This…

On the Pacific Motorway with a sense of elation and freedom. Cant remember the last time we were on it. Off to Burleigh Heads for a walk around the National Park and Tallebudgera Creek before retiring to a verandah. A round of G and Ts to whet our palate in between watching the sunset and…

Its been a while since I took D for a walk. He had a sore knee so I refrained from taking him out until he was completely better – well yesterday he bounded out and how wonderful to walk once again in the neighbourhood to discover all its nooks and crannies – they are never…

So here it is – my corona creation – my boys sent it to me for Mother’s day and I finished it the day hubby came back home. I enjoyed the many hours I spent squinting to see the numbers but loved the way it came together. What a thoughtful present it was and definitely…

Yesterday’s blog was all about saving our tree – today’s blog is about World Environment Day ( a day late ). We shouldn’t really only reserve our actions for one day but these days help to remind us what we can all be achieving in even the smallest of ways for the environment.  The possums…

Today at 7 am I welcomed 5 strapping lads into my garden. Dave and Co from https://rightwaytreesolutions.com/ were here to rid our Poinsiania of the cactus and cat’s claw that had taken hold of it all these years and to give it a good prune as the branches were over extending and in danger of falling.…

The Menagerie came together this Sunday morning and I smiled as they respected social distancing and didn’t crowd into each other’s bowls or food. It was a pleasure to see them. It was a gorgeous autumn day and after a general tidy up of the house and garden, (hubby comes home tomorrow after a month…

Friend E suggested the title for this post and Friend N confirmed its existence. Red for danger/stop? FEAR OF GOING OUT – how do we deal with going back to normality, whatever that might be, and feeling safe? It’s just round the corner for most and for each of us normal may be vastly different.…

Heading out with my slightly mad boxer, who is not mine, these days the temperatures are ambient, the skies often flawless but even when the clouds come they come in swirling patterns written over a blue backdrop. I look up and spot a tail. It is unusual to see them in the day. I hear…

Meet Doreen Meet Doreen, solid and jolly. Bouffant hair favoured hair style. Likes to hang around more. I would hazard a guess here, but clearly the boss. Meet Dennis  Meet Dennis, bright and beautiful with blue feathers by his side, slimmer, cheekier. Not much chatting with this guy, in for a feed and off he…