I was listening to 702 (ABC) this afternoon in the car on the way back from Sydney where James Valentine was discussing dreams with someone. They were nattering away saying that people are divided between dreamers (well people who remember them) and people who may dream (but never remember them). … [Read more...]
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Things I like {The 18th February 2014 edition}
1. Blue skies. After endless days of mist and drizzle and some rain the sun has come out and it feels wonderful. 2. The Topper. I mean DER. The topper, one week in, has been a game changer...no doubts about it. I've had countless emails talking of their newfound love for the topper, their … [Read more...]
Things I like {3rd February 2014 edition}
1. Being home. Being away is good, and certainly comes with better nights sleep, but there really is no place like it. 2. A tropical garden. So tropical and holiday like! And unlike mine. 3. See? Not tropical. But still lovely...look how my climbing ice berg is doing so well...higher … [Read more...]
Things I like {The home edition}
I do love a good holiday, but I think my favourite part of a holiday is coming home. And getting everything back into order. Throw in a good de-clutter and taking down all the Christmas deco's/tree etc and I was in some kind of heaven today. Floors vacuumed and mopped. Surfaces wiped. New flowers … [Read more...]
Things I like {the Christmas edition}
1. Christmas activities outsourced by Grandparents. Craft or otherwise. 2. A festive table setting. Mum was heavy on the gold and red this year. 3. Champagne. Lucky if you can get the bottle to coordinate with the setting. Thanks for the bottle of French Aunty June, we loved … [Read more...]
Starting with something
Have you listened to this song? Have a listen. I was listening to this song on my long drive home from channel 7 yesterday afternoon. I was past the traffic and tunnels, past the cars and the lanes of cars and on the final stretch home where the hills where rolling out their green carpet, the … [Read more...]
Things I like {The 6th December 2013 edition}
1. Soft furnishings 2. New paper hangings that were given to the girls this week all the way from Paris! 3. Hydrangeas 4. Yellow 5. Christmas decorations 6. The garden after a good water, trim and feed What do you like today? The fact it's Friday? Me … [Read more...]
Nice things
There's been plenty of times over the last few days where I have been reminded just how lucky we are to have found this place to be our home. The lovely community we live in filled with amazing people we get to call our friends. The beauty of the place. The fun times we constantly seem to … [Read more...]
Things I like {The 4th Nov 2013 edition}
1. Well watered pots 2. A pile of new books to read on my desk that I am slowly making my way through 3. The promise of good nights sleep from a freshly well made bed 4. The temperature here today 5. A new month filled out on the calendar 6. This cupcake tower that … [Read more...]
Around the grounds: Spring doing its thing
I ran around this afternoon (in the freezing bloody cold, yes it's cold again) to try to get some shots of the garden. I call these weeks (there are about 3 in total) the money shot weeks for my garden. The pink clematis is in flower around the ENTIRE house. The lavender is loving itself sick. The … [Read more...]
The sweetest thing
There's been some babies born. My Facebook feed is filled with the delightful little bundles, all bundled up in their newness. One baby in particular was born into our extended family last night, one Miss Georgia Margaret and gosh was it ever so good to see her arrive into this world. Her Mum and … [Read more...]
This old thing
Yesterday I threw this old faithful on. It's a shitty old hoodie that I purchased in 1996, from Target. Fancy hey? For whatever reason, with each clean out of the wardrobe, I cannot bring myself to throw it out. It's frayed. The zipper is broken. It's threadbare and doesn't even keep me warm. And … [Read more...]
The way things are meant to be
A sponsored post for Abbott’s Village Bakery Bread Ben was the third child of Bev and Barry Bread. He was a good natured kid, always happy to fit in and not make a fuss, much like most third kids do. He had a simple, happy suburban life, playing in the street with his neighbours until the sun was … [Read more...]
Hello stranger! It’s nothing but a VLOG!
A very boring VLOG, but a VLOG nonetheless! With added bonus health(ier) child! … [Read more...]
Just call me Kransekake. Or something
It took me all of 3.4 seconds to reply to an email from my Aunty Krinny earlier in the week if I'd like her to come down to my place and show me how to make a Kransekake that she has become famous for in our family. My Mum's side of the family was originally from Norway (and when I say originally I … [Read more...]
A few of my favourite things
It's a good time of year for mail at the moment. Packages of Christmas presents purchased arriving, some special Christmas messages and cards and sometimes an unexpected package of pure delight. This was one such package. One of the readers of the blog emailed me a while back asking to send … [Read more...]
The Christmas money shot
Like any other fellow Australian, I know that Christmas time is about long, summery days. Hot days and sometimes nights. The smell of pine wafting out your window on a warm breeze. Eating your hot roast at lunch whilst the sweat beads on your forehead and causes the paper crown to stick. I know it. … [Read more...]
There’s something about Woogsie
Once you've become a Mother I think the cheekiest time of all to be away from your child/children are the hours of 4pm to 8pm. Given the chance, I would choose those hours, over all the other hours, every single time. No homework. No feralness. No dinner. No bath. No picking anything up from … [Read more...]
I got 99 problems but the troll ain’t one
Anyone who blogs would know the thrill of an email in your inbox showing that someone has commented on your blog. I remember the thrill of my very first non family member comment and it certainly spurred me on to keep writing, and keep growing and building an audience for my little space of the … [Read more...]





















