So at last winter is over. Thankfully, the month of August ended with a few warmer than usual days, which was great, to lift the mood. I was really over winter, and the warmer days were exactly what I needed, to get me enthusiastic about life again. It happens every year, that I get gloomier […]
July Update 2021 #sentenceaday
This month, I have decided to do my end of month update post in the form of a sentence a day. My reasoning for this is to try to find the joy in each day. During these times of Covid-19 and lockdown, many of us are asking the big question. Will the pandemic ever end? […]
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Back From My Two Week Break
Hiatus Highlights I’m shocked at how quickly my blog hiatus has flown by. Two weeks ago, I announced that I would be taking time out for two weeks. This wasn’t because I was tired or burnt out, or bored with the blog. My reasoning was that I could foresee that the upcoming two weeks was […]
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Highlights of a Life in Isolation
It’s now been 319 days since I realised that I would have to self isolate for the duration of covid19. As it’s now been almost a year, I feel that this is as good a time as any to look back at the highlights of a life in isolation. I’ve said many times that isolation […]
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Life On The Edge of a National Park
I feel very very lucky to live in a place that is surrounded by bushland. All it takes is a few steps outside the front gate, and I am in the Bendigo National Park. This bushland area is my backyard and my recreation area. There are many kilometres of walking tracks that surround our house, […]
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October Smiles
When I decided to write monthly, about the happy moments during each month, I had no idea that Covid-19 was about to appear in our lives, causing life, as we know it, to change. I’m sure most would say that the past few months have been quite stressful and worrying. But this post isn’t to […]
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My Isolation Project Revealed
I always had it in my mind that one day I would grow and sell succulents, and maybe after retirement, this could even be a small income stream for me. These thoughts were pre Covid, when retirement seemed far into the future. And then 2020 arrived, and the pandemic forced us into isolation. I’m still […]
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September Smiles
This is my wrap up of things that made me smile during the month of September. Earlier in the year I made a commitment to myself to make a concerted effort to think about the great and positive things in my life, and in particular, those things that make me smile. These days, most of […]
