There’s nothing like waking up on the first Monday of annual leave and realising that you own the day ahead. With that thought in my heart, I shepherded Master SSG out the back gate and onwards to the bus stop and then, eventually (because it was peak hour) to the terminals of Central Station. We…

It’s the out of office edition this week. I’m officially on leave and enjoying every moment of each unstructured day. These first two photos were from my ‘out and about’ day at work on Thursday.  I still get a buzz out of finding treasures in the shape of wrought iron fences, beautifully tiled front courtyards…

Maybe it’s because I’ve got the travel bug in me (but luggage that sadly, is yet to be packed) but the sight of this cruise liner as a backdrop to a temporary drop off point at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay made my Friday. I was possibly more excited than the passengers.  Master…

The holidays are so close I can almost touch them. In the meantime, as we struggle through the dregs of colds and last few days of tight scheduling at the tail end of a long school term, let’s talk beauty bits and pieces on the blog.  Be warned. this is a wordy post.   I’ve rotated…

It’s the last Monday before I’m on holidays for a fortnight so this instalment of my self-care story is devoted to taking some time out from regular life.   I don’t know about you but as I’ve gotten older and wiser, I’ve come to really value actually going on annual leave and then returning to work…

I was a little early for a work appointment the other day.  The sun was shining and I needed to stretch my legs so I found a parking spot five minutes away from my destination and got those legs working and the activity ring on my Apple Watch to close for the day. This was…

This week I’m loving the cooler weather that’s hit Sydney all of a sudden. Hot lunches like ham and cheese toasties (with the crusts off, of course) are the order of the day. I stop complaining about having to rake under my frangipani tree around about this time of the year.  It’s a lovely excuse…

I do my best thinking in the early, early hours of the morning.  There’s something about that darkness with its promise of the forthcoming sunrise, the still potential in the air of a day ahead full of doing and the luxury of a couple of hours to myself before the parenting of the day officially…

April is about …. Saying goodbye to stonefruit (and watermelon) and preparing for the months ahead of ‘boring’ fruit.  A very first world take on fruit but the struggle is real.  My idea of rebellion and escaping the monotony of apple/pear/orange day after day?  Hitting the dried fruit hard by around April 23… Easter goodies. …

It’s suspend your disbelief time again in Sydney. Our glorious spring-summer has ended like it does every year and autumn has arrived – just like it does every year as well. It was 12C this morning when I went for my run and you bet I made a theatrical production out of it.  I dug…