This week’s love is a simple one. Sunny days.  They make everything look better, they make you feel better, they’re just better. They feel like such a gift in the midst of autumn with its rain, transition to colder weather and those leaves that need to be dealt with each weekend. Covid restrictions are lifting…

Say what you will about Covid living but for me, it’s been a time of confronting some of my fears and just getting things done. This week, I’ve come to terms with the rodent problem that is endemic to the part of Sydney where I live.  The houses are old, we are streets away from…

This week in pictures: I happened upon this window display at a local pet store while waiting for my fish and chips order last weekend.  The toy twigs made me smile deeply. Add caption It was a work week so here’s a scene from my desk.  I love my The Body Shop Hemp Hand Cream…

Same but different is a recurring theme for me as life goes on with Rona.  My Mother’s Day was special, memorable and different.  Special because I observed the day as both a daughter and mother.  Memorable because new memories were made as a mother.  And different?  It was always going to be a different kind…

With the light at the end of this COVID  tunnel comes appreciation for the changes to my life that self isolation has brought.  I’ve just had a week at home homeschooling and getting around to all the little jobs working through last week prevented me from getting around to.  The weather’s been mostly glorious.  Cold…

This week’s things and moments. Grapefruit segments for breakfast.  They remind me of breakfast buffets at North American hotels.  I wonder when I’ll next be over that way… Making ‘cloud’ playdough in the backyard with cornflour, food colouring and hair conditioner.  Sounds crazy but it works. A picnic lunch at home.  One of the happier…

Making : do.  Repurposing was a previously underrated activity in my life.  I’m so glad I’ve discovered it now. Cooking :  steel cut oats.  In my slow cooker.  It’s taken a couple of attempts to get the right setting and time for cooking them but the trial and error was worth it.   Drinking : mugs…

April felt like a filler month for me.  A month to be lived as best I could under the circumstances with the hope that it would lead to less challenging and lifestyle restricted times.  Looking back, there were some beautiful moments, unique experiences and lots of happy times peppered throughout the last thirty days.  Not…

A bin chicken stretching their legs in the front garden. Words and pictures from the week that was. This close to clocking off after a long week on at work. And clocking on to a week of jobs around the house and garden. An isolation splurge dinner from Domino’s. I won’t lie, I was more…