NaBloPoMo
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Packing a 7kg Carry-On for 4 Weeks
If we can, we usually try to travel carry-on only, especially when we have multiple connecting flights and train travel. It’s much easier on the trains if you only have a small amount of luggage. Going carry-on also means that your bags won’t get lost on the way. Lots of connections means more opportunities for the bags to go missing. We once had our flight into Hong Kong delayed, we ran to our connection and got on but our bags did not. A friend recently went to Berlin for the Berlin marathon and his luggage finally caught up with him back in Melbourne. This holiday proved a challenge to pack…
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NaBloPoMo 2023
A big shout to San for once again hosting NaBloPoMo. I participated for the first time last year and “met” so many lovely, engaged bloggers. It was also the impetus to finally restart regular posting on this new blog of mine. If you are new here, hello. My name is Melissa and I live in the bayside suburb of Brighton in Melbourne, Australia. I have three adult kids, one of whom who still lives at home with my husband and I. I work casual hours from home in my husbands business and enjoy running, reading, photography and good food. I’m also curious about a lot of things. My blog tag…
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Eating my Veggies … and a NaBloPoMo Wrap-Up
With going away for the weekend, moving house and a few other functions, I was feeling sorely in need of some veggies. This Greens with Roasted Squash, Tahini, & Dukkah is hitting the spot for lunch … and I have a veggie box that should be arriving soon. Anyway, today is my last post for NaBloPoMo. It’s the 1st of December here, but it’s still November 30th in the US, so I’m going to claim this as my last post. I started a day late as I didn’t stumble across this challenge until the 2nd of November via Elisabeth’s blog. I was a lurker there until NaBloPoMo, which pushed me…
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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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The state of the river
Last weekend we went up to Moama for the Pop and Pour festival. We had been wondering whether it would go ahead because of the widespread flooding through Victoria in mid-October. Echuca-Moama is situated where the Campaspe and Goulbourn Rivers flow I, not the Murray River. Both these rivers had flooded upstream from Echuca before the flood waters flowed down to join an already full Murray River. Luckily the festival still went ahead. with 3000 people attending, it provided a welcome boost to the local tourist industry, which the locals appreciated. The river is currently closed, and looks like it might be closed until late February, which will affect people…
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Melbourne Street Art
Melbourne is apparently world-famous for its street art. I want to do a tour one day and learn more about it because I’m clueless, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying it. If I have time, when I go into the city, I like to scoot down some of the laneways and check out what’s around. This is what’s around at the moment. See above why I can’t offer you expert commentary. There are also a series of commissioned works called Flash Fwd. I’ve linked the page for each one so you can learn more. Lees Place: Evans Lane: Corrs Lane 2: Hughs Alley: What do you think of street…
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Indigenous Plants
One of the goals for our garden is to include plantings to enhance our local biodiversity. To this end, I’ve been doing some research. I found several helpful resources: Once I had a reasonable idea of the main plants in our area, I took notes as I walked and ran to see how they grow. Some plants I’m thinking of including: Banksia. Good for birds of all sizes, mammals and butterflies. Large yellow flowers Feb-Jun followed by seed heads. White Correa. White star-shaped flowers in spring and summer. Good for honey-eaters, small birds and butterflies. Flax-lily. Blue flowers Sept-Dec. Good for reptiles and butterflies. Common Everlasting. Yellow flowers in Sept-Dec.…
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Taking Stock November 2022
Taking stock of where I am this month with prompts by Pip. Making: the most of our temporary digs. I went to an exhibition at the ACMI, strolled down through Chinatown on my way to do some shopping, ate yummy pizza in Carlton, ran in Princes, Royal Park and Westgate Park and visited the State Library. The weather has not been fabulous, and we are away this weekend, but we will try to do a few more interesting things while we’re here.Getting: ideas for our garden from an abundance of native plantings in our public spaces.Cooking: in my mum’s apartment kitchen. It’s very well-stocked with cooking equipment, but I have…