‘Still life’ type scenes from the last few days…. Title:  ‘Waiting’ Additional notes:  on hold while my call was in the queue for our work’s IT help desk one Friday morning. Title: ‘Green’ Additional notes:  the lawn survived winter and grew just enough over the last week for me to give it a bit of…

According to Timehop, this is what I was doing on this day one year ago… Packing up my beloved souvenir fridge magnet collection in preparation for The Move.  The Big Move.  Across the city with a toddler. Somehow I’d managed to survive a month of home opens, sold a house and managed to pack most…

If you have a plate of pancakes in front of you, life can be nothing but good. Pancakes are a special occasion food.  They’re a bit fiddly to make which can add a bit of ceremony and specialness to breakfast at home.  I, however, tend to only eat them when I’m out or overseas because…

It turns out that spring isn’t all sunshine and flowers after all.  It’s also windy days.  The kind that are presently whipping up a storm of pollen at my place.  Fortunately, I managed to get onto the antihistamines early this morning so the sneezes and skin burning is all under control.  But it’s been a…

It was just the weather for running errands today.  All those clouds made that outdoor to indoor sunglass flip you need to do between buildings on sunnier days a non issue.  It also wasn’t too cold or wet either so no umbrellas or jackets needed to be manipulated  along the way either. I was a…

It’s been another one of those blink and you just about missed it kind of weeks.  It’s mostly been the same old same old but the introduction of spring onto the scene with its longer days and brighter mornings made it all look a bit prettier this week.  There’s also been a lot more good…

I travel for many reasons.  To escape to somewhere new and absorbing, to recharge my batteries, to simply spend time with loved ones.  If you’re a long time reader of this blog, I’m sure you know the way my trips and holidays roll. But I’ve never travelled for the reasons Emma Ayres did in 2015…

Thank you for saving me from myself when I posed the $180 drop crotch trackie conundrum in my most recent post. Because fate stepped in today and brought me past this Cotton On store.  Look at all those signs….. www.cottonon.com And look what I got for $10?  It’s a practically guilt free foray into the…

Today’s post is mostly about a couple of Hourglass products I bought from Mecca Maxima a few weeks back.  Many of you already rave about the brand and many others were interested in knowing my thoughts about what I bought. So here’s my woman on the street / in the trenches review of Illusion Hyaluronic…

Spring, you’ve come up with the goods already.  Almost overnight, the days have become longer which means evening walks are much prettier than they were only a few weeks back. We took a right turn off our usual walk home on Sunday night and were rewarded with a little cul de sac lined by beautiful…