Category: Life
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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…
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Five on Friday
I am back in Melbourne. My dad had a checkup on Monday and his lungs were clear after his bout of pneumonia and time in hospital. Mum went to the doctor last Friday and get the all clear on her lungs and I started to get better over the weekend. Since they no longer needed…
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Five on Friday
While G and I were away in Lorne, dad drove up to Shepparton and bought five boxes of peaches for bottling. That meant Monday was spent bottling them. Mum and H peeled them, I cut them and dad packed them bottles and moved them in and out of the processor. Dad had to finish off…