We visited the small country town of Binnaway on the hearsay of a colleague who once owned the Royal Hotel, still a gathering place for locals and those who pass through. The town sits on the Castlereagh River in central western New South Wales and has a population of about 500. Some scenes of the…
Macro lenses act as a magnifier, allowing us to see dainty details in nature that otherwise go unnoticed. This week, share a surprise with us, as you see it through your lens. We’re excited to see what you share with us! At the start of Autumn I cut back the strappy leaves of the wild…
If personalities had colours, mine would be green. Wide open spaces and landscapes restore my sanity in a world (sometimes) gone mad. I find the colour calming and peaceful. No wonder then I love sitting in my garden and photographing the plants and shrubs that make my home the happy place it is. For more…
Today I am spending time with the prompts from the Simple Woman’s Daybook (every time I type that I feel annoyed about responding to prompts that label those who contribute as ‘simple’). Sitting in My Garden: Today I am in the garden, later in the morning, and enjoying the the view from the sunny spot in…
Last year I planned two weekly posts: Monday Memoir and Working Wednesday. They were reflections on my life stories and how things were going in my work week. Over the year I managed about twenty-six of each category. I realised that the life stories were interesting because I enjoy the background research but the work…
School holidays, they’re a bitter sweet time I can feel nostalgic about. The sweet, the children home, no routine, extra baking, trips to the park, visiting friends, extra children in the house and the break from work. The bitter, crowded grocery stores and increased prices for holiday accommodation. Now the routine is the same every…
Last night we enjoyed a harvest from the strawberry bath and tubs; red, juicy and big too. We topped them with coconut yoghurt imagined we were in heaven. A friend in our writing group was renovating her wheelbarrow of strawberries and gave us about twenty new runners. The MOTH (Man of The House) and I nicknamed our friend…
