First smile moment of 2011
1/1/11 On December 31, 2007, we had just arrived at our property for the first time. It was a warm day and we walked the perimeter of our new property in great joy and excitement. It was Monte’s birthday, and at midnight we were sitting by a fire, sipping Moet and talking about our hopes […]
This time last year… and a promise!
Last November, I came home from work one very happy lady. The windows had been installed in our house! It was so exciting. I remember likening to the feeling of finding out I was pregnant or something: exciting exciting exciting! Lock up! That was, like, amazing! WINDOWS! A very happy Monte and BJ It has […]
Twelve months ago…
I have been flicking through our photo library, which is quite extensive, with nearly 29,000 photos. On this day last year, we were holidaying in Orford. We went to the beach… We got locked out of our holiday house… We made daisy chains on a picnic… We baked muffins… And we did some scrapbooking… That […]
365 reasons to smile
I am going to partake in a photo project, based on an article I read in a magazine last year. A mother of two, melancholy like me, decided that taking a photo of something that made her smile each day would help her focus on the happy, positive things in her life. I am going […]
Windows and Walls, by Gordon Goulding
Windows and Walls Mont and Bec’s house is dancing! Waltzing and spinning – Round and round it goes! Singing loudly: “Windows and walls!” The tanks are jumping! Hopping and bumping – Up and down they go! Joining the song: “Windows and Walls!” The fruit trees spin and slide, Joining the dizzy dance. Trampoline sommersaults! “Whee!” […]
bitsnbobs
Firstly, I thank my friends who have given me lots of support and encouragement recently. It’s the times when an old friend makes contact, just to wish me well and give me oodles of love, that makes my heart feel warm again. I’ve been missing my friends a lot. I’ve left them behind, and feel […]
Easter
Matthew and Georgia with their Easter loot: 0700hrs Happy Easter. I have been thinking a lot about the religious philosophies behind all these holidays we celebrate. Another Easter went by when we did not go to church. This was partly because we escaped the confines of the cabin for a picnic with friends at Margate, […]
Kersplatt
This is sad. Do not laugh. It sums things up for now. After a night of thunder and lightening (remember: such weather events are rare in Tasmania) and close to 100mm in one night (I kid you not – I sort of measured it) our beloved Cobb oven went kerplunk. It is sad for me, […]
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