Year: 2025
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A Merry Xmas to all
A very joyous Xmas to you all – may it be a celebration of faith, family and friends in any order and to the degree of complexity or simplicity you desire. A time to enjoy each other’s company and raise a toast. To mucking in all together in the kitchen and running to Jamie Oliver…
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A Crafty Xmas
Ever since I was a little girl when Xmas was approaching it signalled a time for decoration and crafts. Erika Wolfel, my Austrian nanny was my guiding light for this and so this post is to her memory and my long lasting gratitude to her for opening my eyes to nature. Even after she went…
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Oh to be a Queen Bee.
Following some very hot days we noticed that the bees in one of our hives were bearding – a term to describe them gathering outside the hive to cool the hive down and give it more ventilation. A few days later our lovely neighbour who was lying on the lawn with his young son looking…
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The Reds are upon us
Driving down a suburban street in Brisbane I am mesmerised by a tree I see to my right. I turn around, find a layby I can stop in and get down to photograph it. Yes the reds are upon us – In the couple of days we were away in Sydney the Poincianas have opened…
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Sculpture by the Sea 2025
Probably one of my favourite exhibitions and there is a good reason for it. It is monumental and ambitious, it is astounding, confronting and sometimes hilarious and it’s an homage to people’s creative spirits. “When I participated in Sculpture by the Sea in Bondi I was overwhelmed by the magnificent views. I wondered if my…
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Brisbane Portrait Exhibition
New South Wales has its own in the form of the Archibald. The Brisbane Portrait Prize is all about celebrating Brisbane portrait artists and their sitters and it was established in 2019. Now it is held every year and keenly anticipated. Currently on at the https://brisbaneportraitprize.org/about/ L2 slq Gallery at State Library of Queensland until…
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Lit
Lit – short for literature, Lit – illuminating, Lit- slang for exciting. A weekend and more at the Brisbane Writers Festival in its new venue at Brisbane Powerhouse meticulously arranged by Jackie Ryan, the Artistic Director and Fiona Stager of Avid Bookshop providing us with all the nourishment we need on the page. A wonderful…
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The Colour Purple and naming ceremony.
From the gentle falling droops of the Petrea Volubilis to the Jacarandas the hood is a riot of purple haze. Seeing a jacaranda and a flame tree intertwined was just magical. I promised you the flowers of a Boer bean Tree- here they are- And our local resident dad on his mound. Now what shall…
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Green corridors with freebies
Heading out for my walk today I realised that I was able to walk some 5 kms in the centre of a major city going from one park, and nature reserve into another continually all the way. Now that’s what I call great city planning. Along the way some jubilant signs of spring – I…
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Still Life
I am a fan of still life but I am an even bigger fan of still living. There are some excellent examples in my hood and so I thought time to share them. A house which to me epitomises beauty, timelesness in a modest way and a blending of the seasons with its own colour…
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