One of my favourite things to do is to listen to podcasts. I have a two hour drive to and from work so this gives me lots of time to listen. I really enjoy listening to them, and listen to varying podcasts, both Australian and International, covering my areas of general interest. Very surprisingly, podcasts […]
Christmas is fast approaching!
Here we are in December, and once again, Christmas seems to have crept up on me. I have noticed this week, that the Christmas hype is building at work, and we are much busier. I don’t have huge amounts of shopping or preparation to to do these days, so my main aim is to stay […]
Remembering my son Craig
Remembering Craig Dempster 14.07.1977 – 02.11.1995 I really don’t mean to sound melodramatic, but today is the 23rd anniversary of the worst day of my life – the day my son Craig, age 18, died in a car accident. It was a beautiful, sunny Thursday at 5pm when the accident occurred. Before this day, I […]
April A-Z Challenge
The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is an annual challenge put out to bloggers to publish a post from A-Z every day in April, except for Sundays. April 1 is A, and so on throughout the month. Participants can post on a chosed theme or just do random posts with no theme at […]
Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
On Friday, having a full day off work, I caught an early train to Melbourne for the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. I hadn’t been since 2096, but before that I never missed it. The venue is the Carlton Gardens and Exhibition Building. The show gives a focus to coming trends and the latest […]
A-Z Challenge Reflections
So now that I’ve said goodbye to April, I’ve also said goodbye to the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge for 2016. What a busy month that was! The mountain of work, that came with the challenge this year, was caused mainly, by me choosing to do the challenge on two blogs. What […]
A-Z Challenge: Link List
I am back again for the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge so have made the commitment to blog every day in April except the Sundays. Some bloggers choose a Theme, and others do random posts. For me, a theme works better, so the theme I’ve chosen for 2016 is Bendigo, a large provincial […]
A-Z Challenge: Z for Queen Eli-Z-abeth Oval
I am back again for the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge so have made the commitment to blog every day in April except the Sundays. Some bloggers choose a Theme, and others do random posts. For me, a theme works better, so the theme I’ve chosen for 2016 is Bendigo, a large provincial […]