My experiences of life in Australia
The weekend is well and truly over and so too the queue of scheduled posts; the pressure is on! Thought I’d share with you just how I’m feeling this week. For just under ten years I was employed by the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA (RA&HS). Sounds mighty grand doesn’t it? I was […]
As soon as I had finished writing yesterday’s post Upping the Ante, I slammed shut my laptop and toodled off to the gym. It’s the same gym chain I was a member of in South Australia, Anytime Fitness and I do my best to go two or three times a week, mixing with walks around […]
Apparently I need to write more; I’ve had some requests to post more often but two things hold me back; time and inspiration. I’m certainly a writer who’s been waiting for inspiration to smack her in the face but apparently that’s all wrong. An article published on the Australian Writers Centre’s Facebook page, by The […]
This week’s challenge is mirror and I took this photograph a few weeks ago in the Japanese Garden in Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha. Originally a display piece of the World Expo of 1988, it was gifted to the city of Brisbane by the Japanese government and relocated to the Mt Coot-tha site after the Expo in […]
My first photo for this weeks theme, Frame, is of Onkaparinga Gorge taken through a hole in the wall at Samuel’s Gorge Winery, McLaren Vale. My second shot is a section of Brisbane CBD captured at the look out at Kangaroo Point. Frame
How timely this Daily Prompt is having turned FIFTY just 8 weeks and 3 days ago. I marked the occasion with a tribute to me – we must celebrate our milestones because there are too many of us who sadly don’t make it this far. You can read my letter to me here.
I found our old childhood book while rummaging through a removal box for something else. The cover was slightly torn but it brought a smile to my face; a well-loved book, Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne. I opened the cover and there on the inside page his name written in blue ink in his unmistakable cursive hand-writing. […]
For the daily post blogging challenge, I give you the Huntsman! This photograph was taken back in October 2006 and although it’s a scary looking Huntsman, it is a beautiful and rare sight to behold. I’d popped outside to put some rubbish in the dustbin, opened back the lid and this was the surprise waiting […]
One of the bravest choices to make when immigrating to the other side of the world is to leave family and friends. It’s not like it’s near enough to ‘pop’ over for afternoon tea with Auntie or catch up with the whole family over a long Sunday lunch. It’s a good twenty-four hours and a few […]
The subject of this week’s challenge couldn’t have come at a better time after the week Chief and I have had. We are in need of some fun and thank you fellow bloggers for providing that today with the Weekly Photo Challenge. Last year I was fortunate enough to spend the day at Patara Elephant […]
Waking the Wombat