Recently, I read a post on The Annoyed Thyroid blog, that piqued my interest. Sammie had written about the 10 Things that make her happy. This reminded me of my post, written in 2017, titled 101 Things in 1001 Days. At the time, this topic was doing the rounds a bit with bloggers, and […]
November Book Corner
Devotion by Hannah Kent was released about three weeks ago. I had been waiting impatiently all year for its release, so made a special trip into town, to pick up a copy. I have this thing, where I can’t go into a book shop and come out with just one book. Without fail, I always […]
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Grey Hair – Do You Care?
I’ve dyed my hair for my entire adult life, including most of my teens. My first colour was blonde tips, done by my cousin when she was an apprentice hairdresser. For ever and after, from that day, I continued to dye my hair, mostly staying with blonde, except for a horror stage of plum red […]
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Looking Back At October 2021
Spring For me, spring is all about the irises. They started flowering, almost from the first day of spring, and are still blooming. The big lockdown project of 2020 was to make new iris beds, so, many of my irises have only been planted recently. There are 69 different colours of iris in the garden, […]
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Advice To My Younger Self
The Younger Me As I’m getting older, I find my mind mulling over the past, from time to time, and thinking about how my life has turned out. I’m fairly sure that there is not one aspect of my life today ,that is as I thought it would be, when I was 21. […]
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Book Corner October 2021
I’ve read six books this month and listened to seven audio books. Being spring, I’ve spent many hours in the garden, which is why I’ve listened to more audio books than usual. I’ve chosen this month to share two highlight books and one book that I thought would be a highlight, but haven’t totally given […]
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Bridgewater Walk
Last weekend, we decided to go for a short road trip to Bridgewater, so we could do one of our favourite walks. Bridgewater is only about 50km from home so we go there fairly often. It’s been an extra special destination in these covid times, each time we’ve come out of lockdown. Walking along the […]
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Bendigo Bloom
Bendigo Bloom Every year in early spring, Bendigo blooms into colour at the Conservatory Gardens and Rosalind park precinct. More than 5000 tulips are planted to form stunning displays of assorted colours and sizes. Before we were struck with the pandemic, people came from all over, to visit Bendigo at this time. There would be […]
