Koko Yesterday was my birthday! I don’t usually post anything very personal about myself or my family, but I thought that perhaps it’s now time for a sneak peek into me and my life. Family I’m one of three girls I have three children – Steven, Craig and Lisa My son Craig, died in a […]
Your favourite Landscape #SundayStills
Terri from Second Wind Leisure hosts #SundayStills, with a different prompt for each week. The prompt for the photo challenge this week is Fog and Clouds. I’m not a photographer in any way, but I thought I’d just give this challenge a go. My photos for this week’s prompt Your Favourite Landscape were taken at Mt. […]
Quick Hometown Visit – Shepparton
A few days ago, we made a quick trip back to my hometown, Shepparton, to visit my mother and do a few jobs around the house for her. I don’t go back there often, at the best of times, but this visit was the first since December 2019, due to the pandemic. I was born […]
Year of Reading 2020
I’ve read many books this year, but not as many as in a ‘normal’ year. I sort of lost my reading mojo, during the pandemic. Looking back, I seemed to be worried about everything and especially worried about the virus. Usually, if I’m sitting on a chair, I am reading. However, there were many times […]
Photo Challenge: Prompt – Towering #sundaystills
The prompt for The Sunday Stills Photo Challenge this week is Towering. Terri from Second Wind Leisure hosts Sunday Stills, with a different prompt for each week. . I’m not a photographer but I thought I’d just give it a go. I find this photo challenge opens my eyes to my surroundings, as I think about […]
Memories of the Sydney Olympics 2000
Tomorrow, 15 September, is the 20th anniversary of the Sydney Olympics. I hadn’t given much thought to it until I noticed that Denyse’s prompt forLife This Week is Remembering Sydney 2000. At first I was stumped. What could I possibly write about for this prompt? Before long, my mind wandered back to where I was, […]
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge
I have decided to participate in a photo challenge called Sunday Stills, which I first saw on Deb’s World. I drool over Deb’s photo’s, so look forward to seeing her Sunday Stills post each week. I have no photo skills at all. For me, taking a photo is just a matter of pointing the iphone […]
August Smiles
This is my wrap up of things that made me smile during the month of June. 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 […]