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In the Garden February 2023
There’s been a few changes in the garden since last month. I finished the planting in the main beds with mainly a mix of indigenous and native Australian plants, with mainly purple/blue, yellow and white coloured flowers. I’ve also included a mix of leaf colours and forms for year-round interest. I’m looking forward to the plants bushing out and filling the gaps. We also got our new outdoor dining setting and our clothesline installed this month. Now for some close-ups …
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Looking Backward, Looking Forward – January 2023
Reviewing my progress in January, setting my intentions for February: I spent a couple of weeks with my parents at their house in Point Lonsdale. The girls also stayed down until mid-January. My siblings we down with their families for some of the time too. The summer holidays are usually when we spend the most time together. Daily routines: Start the day with the Lectio365 devotion is happening. I do it before I get out of bed. I’ve wanted to make sure I do my strength exercises more regularly. I think a lot of the problem was that I hadn’t tied it to a particular time of the day, so…
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In the Garden January 2023
I had on my list for this year to do a photography project. As a start, I’ve decided to take photos of the garden each month. This will have the added benefit of documenting the changes over time in our garden. The Rules: We’re partway through the initial redesign and planting of the main garden beds at the moment. The beds on our east and west fences are now fully planted. The light can be a bit harsh in our courtyard, but hopefully, I’ll work out the best angles with a bit more practice. I’m also looking forward to more interesting flowers and critters for macro photography. The white flowers…
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Friday Thoughts #5
From the comments on my post, email seems to cause angst to many people. I mentioned in my post that one of my strategies was to move the backlog of unread newsletters out of my inbox and into a newsletter folder. Oliver Burkeman, in his newsletter this week, recommends this tactic for any backlog. First, isolate the backlog. “After that, your top priority is not to clear out the backlog, but to prevent a new one accumulating, by attending to new incoming items (emails, tasks, whatever) in a steady and regular way. Only once you’re in the swing of that should you turn to the backlog itself, making it a modest priority…
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Friday Thoughts #3
I finished my Christmas shopping this morning and cleared off all my work this afternoon. I now have a pot of soup on the stove. I threw all the veggies in the fridge into the pot with some water, and I think I’ll add some mung beans; I can freeze the extra soup for Hubby to eat while he is here on his own. Next up is cleaning out the fridge, so I’ve got room for our Christmas Day food. We head down to the beach on Boxing Day so we need to finish eating what is still left in the fridge before then. We did some easy entertaining on…
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Friday Thoughts #2
We’ve finished watching Wednesday. We loved this show. That look she has before she does or says something outrageous … made me laugh out loud every time. I think our middle daughter will love this. Wednesday will probably be her hero. Unfortunately, we couldn’t watch it with her because a) she moved out of home a month ago, and I doubt we could have waited between episodes for her to come and visit, and b) she’s currently in Europe. A couple of inspiring/quirky/random blogs I read: I popped into the Bili Nursery this morning to see their plants. I had what I thought was a long enough window of time…
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Friday Thoughts #1
A post about my week. Random thoughts and things that are happening. I’m progressing through the unpacking; most of the boxes are unpacked. Today’s project is the laundry. I’m hoping to get everything off the bench and into the cupboards. After that, the pantry. Everything is in but not in any sensible order. This Sunday, we have my family coming for early Christmas drinks before my sister and her family go to New Zealand, and we should have the apartment entertaining ready. We needed to quickly install a patch of lawn for our dog Riley to do his business on, and it looked like it might be a problem. The…
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We have moved in …
and it looks like this: It is late, but our bed is made and ready to crawl into and escape the chaos for a few hours.
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What I Love About Our New Neighbourhood
We have always lived in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, but I have always loved being near the ocean, and we didn’t want to do the full sea change thing; I still love the city, so we decided to move bayside. We bought an apartment off the plan and have been renting 500m from the site for the last year so we could settle into the neighbourhood. Things I love about our new neighbourhood: 1. The bay is just at the end of our street, only 500m from our apartment. We walk and run along the beach path most days. Bonus: the city is still a short train or car…
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We have vacated the premises …
our furniture is in our apartment, and we are in our temporary accommodation while we wait for the titles office to do their job so we can settle on the apartment. Disappointed not to be in our apartment, but we are planning on making the most of our city stay.