Last week my Mum popped over with two beautiful handmade quilts for my sons.  In the past Mum has made my sisters and I a quilt each and my three nieces have stunning quilts too, but Mum hadn’t attempted anything masculine before.  She went to so much trouble to make sure they are not too […]

On March 29 of the year 2008 I began a journey, I didn’t know if I could make it but I was going to give it my all. I was determined to get to the end, soldier on even when I was tired, push through pain, fight fatigue and Just Do IT!
I set off with […]

ANZAC was the name given to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp soldiers who landed on the Gallipolis Peninsula in Turkey early on the morning of April 25th, 1915 during the First World War, this day is very special to Aussies and Kiwi’s.  There are many wonderful stories of courage and mateship, and traditions like the diggers march to the Shrine of Remembrance […]

Nuff said…

TTFN

Thank you to all the lovely ladies who left such terrific comments on menopause.  I appreciate all your advice and I do feel much better about the pending changes, however ageing they are! 
So what’s on?

On my craft table there are more beautiful butterflies.  The amazingly talented Joy, over at Jam Jar invited me to do a […]

Thank you so much to all the lovely people that left such kind congratulations on my wedding anniversary.  It really is lovely to open my emails each morning and see your wonderful words, which are so uplifting.

My ripple blanket is really starting to look like a lovely leg warmer.  I’m about ¾ of the way there with another […]

My husband and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this week,  we both forgot!  These beautiful flowers were a gift from my parents who never forget our anniversary! 

So what were we like nineteen years ago, hmmm let’s see…

My husband had a “flat top” haircut and I have, well, what can I say, words fail me!  I […]

Today was just wonderful, I spent five hours at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. I took loads of photos, spent lots of money and even got to meet Don Burke! As there are so many photos to share with you I have put them into mini mosaics.
These first four inspired me so much, […]

Every Wednesday night, at 7.30, the family gather around the telly to watch the SBS show Food Safari. Each week the lovely Maeve spends 30 minutes discovering the traditions surrounding food from a specific part of the world, and she oohs and aahs over every mouthful. This week the safari took us through the flavours […]

I just can’t believe that it’s April already and that the kids are home on school holidays, it feels like they only just went back to school following the summer holidays. As I have no annual leave booked for this school break I am doing the holiday shuffle, home on their own some of the time, […]