Year: 2024
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Introducing Liam and Dom
I found them on Insta and I filled in a form. They said they would be in touch in 24hours. They did get in touch and today I have these two lovely young men washing the windows of my house and cleaning my glass fences. I loved hearing their story so I am sharing it…
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Montville with Snow White.
Cabin fever has set in, the weather remains unsettled but the forecast was hopeful so we headed to Montville and Kondolilla National Park where we had two beautiful walks, one to Obi Obi Creek and one to Baroon’s Lookout which was spectacular like many lookouts in Australia. On our way to Obi Obi where we…
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…of droughts and flooding rains…
The love of field and coppice,Of green and shaded lanes.Of ordered woods and gardensIs running in your veins,Strong love of grey-blue distanceBrown streams and soft, dim skiesI know but cannot share it,My love is otherwise. I love a sunburnt country,A land of sweeping plains,Of ragged mountain ranges,Of drought and flooding rains.I love her far horizons,I…
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The enduring beauty of the human form.
No visit to Melbourne would be complete without a visit to the Hellenic Museum housed in a beautiful building which used to be the Royal Mint.https://www.hellenic.org.au/ We can never lose sight of how the female form was not only celebrated but created all those years ago and mercifully and miraculously survived to allow us to…
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Art Deco in the City.
John was our tour guide as he showed us the best of Art Deco in Melbourne’s CBD. We started at the magnificent Manchester Unity building with its extraordinary facade, mosaic floors and panelled lifts. This was built in 1932 in absolute record time. A floor a week by a dedicated workforce. After the war and…
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Put it out there…
The sun is shining in Brisbane again and it is that time of year. Brisbane City Council is kind or crazy enough to have a Big Item collection one day a year for each suburb. On this allocated day you are entitled to put out at the front of your house any big items you…
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Australia Day 2024
I want to celebrate Australia on a day, no, on more than one day actually. Perhaps I do so every day. I feel this is the place that has given me the ability to live my best life with a set of values that I undoubtedly share with the country. It’s not often one can…
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New family joins the Menagerie.
It’s still pouring with rain – a very wet Queensland summer so far, but the garden is teeming with life and weeds. A new bird family has made several appearances now and I am beginning to recognise and expect them. They are often hidden in the frangipani tree but just the other day I heard…
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Walking in the woods
First day of the year, grey skies and much rain but in between we found a window and escaped to Gold Greek for a walk in the woods. We found much beauty. My eucalypt bark goblin and … A real goblin in the forest. Wishes from the woods for the world and to you all.…
Mezze Moments 