The Story Bridge in Brisbane is often lit in different colours to match the theme of various days on the state’s event calendar or in support of charity days. This picture was captured on my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 a while back and I think it was to mark Pink Ribbon Day, the Cancer Council’s […]
For ten years the Royal Adelaide Show was a part of my life; it is where I worked and formed some life-long friendships. Then we upped sticks and relocated to Brisbane and most of you will know that I was dragged kicking and screaming to Queensland. You’ll be delighted to know that nearly three years […]
I’m delighted to have the chance to show off my ‘award winning’ photograph with you again – when I say ‘award winning’ I mean ‘runner up’ but hey! it was the first photography competition I’d entered and was ‘tickled pink’ that my hurried snap turned out pretty okay. You can read all about how I […]
Day 2 of Square in September and a photo from my archive. This was one of the first photographs I took with my macro lens which was July last year. I was ‘tickled pink’ with the ‘pink’ result. I had been wandering around the neighbourhood with camera in hand and spotted this flower tumbling over […]
My blogging buddy Clare of Clare’s Cosmos drew my attention to a photo challenge issued by Becky who has a super blog The Life of B. After the Weekly Photo Challenge from our lovely friends at WordPress (we miss you guys!) ceased, I’ve been missing that particular blogging community so I’m looking forward to forming new […]
I have surprised myself with just how easy I have found this Dry July challenge. I had plenty of opportunities to cheat, especially when home alone with opened wine in the house, but I was a good girl. Do I feel better for giving it up? It’s a bit hard to say with the hormonal […]
Four days after my 52nd birthday I started Dry July, a month of abstinence from alcohol while receiving donations to support various cancer charities. I’ve been doing well, extremely well actually and I’m delighted to report that I am NOT an alcoholic. However, two weeks in and my long-standing partner Fertility has decided I am […]
I waited until the last minute to register for Dry July; it was the last day of June and I only did it to give myself the incentive to see this challenge through to the end. After completing the online form and sharing my challenge on social media sites, I closed my laptop and went […]
I naively thought Dry July was a northern hemisphere summer weather phenomenon when in actual fact it’s a month when people can sign up to abstain from alcohol for a whole month while at the same time raising funds to support people affected by cancer. It all started back in 2008, when three mates decided […]
I don’t know about you but Facebook has become my personal assistant and go to for remembering birthdays of friends and family. It has even replaced the sending of birthday cards but also opened up the number of birthday wishes received. Of course it hasn’t replaced cards to my close loved ones but it has […]
Waking the Wombat