What do you mean I have to go back to work!

This week sees me step back into my school and classroom. It will have been seven months since I last taught my kids, and about six months since I’ve actually had to work. It wasn’t that I had applied for leave to have wonderful adventures holidaying around the place. I was granted special leave dueContinue reading “What do you mean I have to go back to work!”

My Backyard

These past few weeks have seen some action around my backyard. My pump from the river is working again so my lawn has started to come back to a green colour. Spring has sprung and the bird life is better than any TV viewing. Husband Dear has finally finished the new chicken coop tractor withContinue reading “My Backyard”

Pay it Forward – Acts of Kindness

Earlier this year I experienced how humbling it can be when people come together to help, love and support you. Especially when the chips are down and you are focused on your own little bubble of burdens. Then magically you receive a card and a gift basket of various odds and ends, friends old andContinue reading “Pay it Forward – Acts of Kindness”

Retreat or RandR?

Today see’s Husband Dear going in for his annual colonoscopy. It’s an annual thing these days and has been for the last 5-6 years. A week before the procedure he goes on the white bread and chicken diet and as a family we try and join in solidarity. This time though saw us head toContinue reading “Retreat or RandR?”

Dear Athenaeum,

Oh be still my beating heart. What can I say…….the library. A place of wonder, excitement and for me pure unadulterated joy. You walk in and the place is abuzz. Quietly of course but still there is a buzz. I always manage to bump into someone long forgotten and we catch up. From youth toContinue reading “Dear Athenaeum,”

“Healthy” Boxed Dinner Meals

I decided to trial one of those companies. You know the ones. They sell you food all individually weighed and packaged. The instructions are intense (cut the carrot in half, then half again then in 3mm strips). Covid-19 was still very much in play for our state and Husband Dear still didn’t have his bodyContinue reading ““Healthy” Boxed Dinner Meals”

Gone but not forgotten……..

Is it really goodbye………?? The past weekend has marked twelve months since the passing of my Grandmother. She died peaceful surrounded by her Husband and two children. The twenty-four hours leading up to her final breath she was surrounded by love. However by the early hours of an August morning she passed and by theContinue reading “Gone but not forgotten……..”

The Magic of Camping

To camp is to forget your woes. GratefulWonder Growing up I could think of nothing worse than camping. Now don’t get me wrong, I did the backyard tent camping thing. However I really didn’t like having dirty hands and feet to go to bed and the idea of ‘doing my business’ in the bushes. OhContinue reading “The Magic of Camping”