Category: Life
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Five on a Friday
Long time no post here. I had COVID and then a time consuming work project, but I’m waiting to meet with a colleague before I can move forward on the project so I have a little bit of time to give the blog some love. G had COVID as well—he gave it to me actually—…
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Around here …
The weather this week has been summery. I guess this is our last bout of warm weather before colder weather sets in. I’ve even been able to eat my post-run breakfasts outside. We finished two 1500-piece puzzles. I had a couple of migraines earlier this week which is about a month after my last cluster.…
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I’m back baby …
in the kitchen, that is. I posted a few weeks ago how I felt like I was in a cooking rut and had invited people over for lunch on Easter Monday to put that to bed. My MOJO is back—I hope. The lunch was fantastic. I made Salted tomatoes with tomato and white bean dip…
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Five on a Friday
We are heading away today for a long weekend on Kangaroo Island. It will be a weekend of outdoor time, seeing wildlife and the spectacular coastline, and excellent food and drinks. I’ll also be enjoying time just relaxing and plan to have a few of my internet free days. We will celebrate our 29th wedding…
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12 on the 12th: Thursday 12/3/2026
Continuing a little blog series – 12 photos taken on the 12th of the month. I try to take a photo every hour, but inevitably fail at some stage during the day and have to take a clump of photos to make up for it.
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2026 FIG Collective – Week 4
I’m joining with lots of others in looking for little joys in the month of February. For all the details pop over to Elisabeth’s blog. Monday 23rd. I have a few for today, so bear with me: Tuesday 24th: I got back to the personal trainer after a few weeks off to recover, and wasn’t…
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2026 FIG Collective – Week 3
I’m joining with lots of others in looking for little joys in the month of February. For all the details pop over to Elisabeth’s blog. Monday 16th: I snagged some left over wedding cake and mini lemon meringue tarts so we had them for dessert at family dinner with the girls tonight. They were really…
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2026 FIG Collective – Week 2
I’m joining with lots of others in looking for little joys in the month of February, but we are a fair way through week three and I am just now getting round to posting last week’s FIGs. For all the details pop over to Elisabeth’s blog. Monday 9th: We had another new family at our…
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2026 F.I.G. Collective – week 1
I’m joining with lots of others in looking for little joys in the month of February. For all the details pop over to Elisabeth’s blog. Sunday 1st: Getting back to church after the break. Catching up with everyone after the service. Monday 2nd: First week back of term for our mainly music group. The kids…
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1 Second Everyday
A number of years ago I read about the man who had videoed 1s everyday for ten years. While it would be pretty cool to have that, I know my limits, but I have done various shorter durations over the years. I use the 1 Second Everyday App which makes it really easy. I did…