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Tag: 50 Lists

  • The 50 Lists

    The 50 Lists

    As part of my 101 list I wanted to do a 50 lists project. I’d done a list project on my previous blog and I love the combination of structure and freedom the list format provides. So many topics can be covered by a list but the effort of writing them is fairly low. Looking…

  • List #50: A Few Adventurous Things I Have Done

    List #50: A Few Adventurous Things I Have Done

    Early in this list making journey I posted a list of things I have no intention of doing which was mostly populated by various thrill-seeking activities. I thought it might be fun to do a list of some of the scary (for me) things I have managed.

  • List #49: What I Ate on Christmas Day

    List #49: What I Ate on Christmas Day

    Early on in my list journey I did a list of foods I ate on Christmas Day and I figured why not almost round off the list with a repeat and see what’s changed. Once again I woke up at my parents place in Point Lonsdale where lunch was held. We drove home in the…

  • List #47: All my NaBloPoMo posts for 2025

    List #47: All my NaBloPoMo posts for 2025

    So how did NaBloPoMo go this year? Well I posted everyday, but I’m glad that I decided to revive my 25 words post format because those posts saved me on the days that were just too busy. I had four of those posts. I also made good use of lists posts, which means I only…

  • List #46:Good Things Friday November 2025

    List #46:Good Things Friday November 2025

    For the second month in a row, when this post is published I’ll be heading away for a long weekend. This time I’m off to Pop and Pour, an annual food and wine festival. We have been going for the last few years with our friends from running. There will be a lot of eating,…

  • List #45: Today’s Shopping List

    List #45: Today’s Shopping List

    I normally write out my shopping or errands list in my notebook and then take a photo of it for when I’m at the shop. My photo reel has photos like this sprinkled throughout. Today I am making Smoky Chickpea, Red Lentil & Vegetable Soup, but I already have more than half the ingredients I…

  • List #44: 10 Recent Purchases

    List #44: 10 Recent Purchases

    A list of the last 10 purchases on my credit card. What kinds of things would be on your list?

  • List #43:Summer Veggies in my Wicking Bed
  • List #41: Travel MVPs … Or Five pieces I love to pack

    List #41: Travel MVPs … Or Five pieces I love to pack

    When we travel we almost always go carry-on if we are flying. We have been traveling in Spring and Autumn for our last few trips so the weather has been fairly similar each time we have traveled. That means that packing is getting quicker because I always reach for the same things. These clothes are…

  • List #40: Wildflowers we saw while in the Grampians

    List #40: Wildflowers we saw while in the Grampians

    The Grampians have over 1000 different flowering plants so on our recent trip to the Grampians I kept an eye out for wildflowers. I noticed there were a lot more and a bigger variety on our Mount Abrupt hike when compared with The Pinnacles. September to November is peak wildflower season. I use the iNaturalist…