"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver

  • Friday Thoughts #16

    Noosa has been incredible so far. The weather has been stunning, although a change is coming this weekend. Last year while we were here, I didn’t swim in the ocean…

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  • Looking Forward, Looking Backward – May 2023

    Reviewing my progress on my May intentions and setting my intentions for June. We’ll see how much gets done this month. We’re currently in Noosa, still working, but when we…

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  • Melbourne to Noosa Roadtrip: Port Stephens

    Sunday morning, we left Sydney and drove to Bannisters Port Stephens. The hotel overlooks Port Stephens and is an old, remodelled hotel. ACTIVITIES We had a few activities planned here…

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  • Melbourne to Noosa Roadtrip: Sydney

    The first stop on our Noosa road trip was Sydney. We arrived on Friday at about 4:30 pm and left on Sunday at about 9:30 am. We’d been to Sydney…

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  • Friday Thoughts #15

    We have arrived in Noosa, not without a little bit of stress. Driving into the Gold Coast late Wednesday afternoon, the engine warning light on the car came on, and…

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  • Friday Thoughts #14

    Today’s post is coming to you from … Sydney! We left home at 6 am this morning and 889 km later, arrived at our accommodation at 4:30 pm. We had…

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  • In the Garden May

    I’m doing this early in May because we will be away on the 22nd. We leave this Friday, so I spent some time today tidying the garden and preparing it…

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  • April’s Books

    Human Croquet – Kate Atkinson ★★★ I picked this because it was in a list of recommended books with time travel. The writing is excellent, but I thought overall the…

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  • Friday Thoughts #13

    I’ve been cutting back my overgrown herbs so the garden is neat before we go away. The lemon verbena was particularly unruly, so I gave it a good trim and…

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  • WITL: Sun, May 7th

    7:05 Wake up. Wild.Ai check-in. I haven’t been doing Pilates as I get back to full health, but I think I’m ready now so I log on and book into…

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