Month: July 2018

  • A Sentence (Or Two) A Day, July 2018.

    A Sentence (Or Two) A Day, July 2018.

    Today’s post is inspired by Jo Tracey’s Sentence A Day posts that she does on a monthly basis. Except you know me, I can’t write just one sentence so it’s two sentences (or more) a day from me! Master SSG got his swimming ribbon for being able to swim from the platform before rolling over and floating. …

  • Life This Week 30/7/2018: Happy 120th, QVB!

    Life This Week 30/7/2018: Happy 120th, QVB!

    The Queen Victoria Building is 120 years young this month.  But between 1893 and 1898, this heritage listed, this 30m by 190m rectangular jewel of Romanesque Revival architecture has a very special place in my heart.  It was one of the first places I explored on my first trip to Sydney a very, very long…

  • Life Lately. A Mascara Called Caution, Amongst Other Things.

    Life Lately.  A Mascara Called Caution, Amongst Other Things.

    I took the need to pick up my Mecca Beauty Loop gift box as a sign and an excuse to drop some clams on a tube of Hourglass’ new mascara.  It’s proper name is Extreme Lash Mascara but I choose to call it Caution because that’s the word that caught my eye on the packaging.…

  • Lovin’ Life 26/7/2018: Doona Covers and California Rolls.

    Today’s Lovin’ Life is dedicated to the life changing YouTube video.  It’s one minute and fifty three seconds of sheer brilliance. If you’ve ever struggled with trying to put a new doona cover over a doona that’s any size larger than a single, the California roll technique will change your life.  It’s so easy yet…

  • Saturday. ‘A Simple Favour’ – Darcey Bell.

    Saturday.  ‘A Simple Favour’ – Darcey Bell.

    Winter weekends in Sydney are pretty special at the moment. Sure the nights are freezing (by Australian standards) and some of us need to dress as if we were hitting the snow when we go running in the morning on suburban streets but once you get past all of that, this is what you’re blessed…

  • Lovin’ Life 19/7/2018: Winter and Other Things.

    Lovin’ Life 19/7/2018:  Winter and Other Things.

    Things I’m lovin’ this week: Being able to get warm in Sydney’s big chill It’s officially Cold in Sydney right now. Not just your regular puffer jacket and a large cup of tea to keep your hands warm bold but waking up in the morning to frozen water pipes cold.  I’ve been lucky enough (so…

  • Les Bleus. The Beautiful Game. Bastille Day at The Rocks.

    Les Bleus. The Beautiful Game.  Bastille Day at The Rocks.

    If you’re French, I suspect you are more than just a little bleary eyed today. via Stuff.co.nz Congratulations Les Bleus on your dazzling World Cup win.   I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know the first thing about soccer and what constitutes a good game but every time the World Cup rolls around, I…

  • Life This Week 16/7/2018: What Is Courage?

    Life This Week 16/7/2018: What Is Courage?

    Courage feels and looks beautiful. Courage is hitting rock bottom or seeing that worst fear materialise and then living to see the next day and the day after that. Often the days are filled with nothing fancy, special or heroic but the very fact that breaths are being taken and feet are being placed in…

  • Coffee ‘Art’, Beetroot Cake, Other Things and … The Quick Flick.

    Coffee ‘Art’, Beetroot Cake, Other Things and … The Quick Flick.

    I know, I know.  You’ve read the title of this post and you’re here at paragraph one for The Quick Flick bit. Can’t she just start with her review already? Sorry.  But I have so much (mildly interesting stuff) to discuss first. Like how I made my very own tornado coffee ‘art’ in the froth of my…

  • Lovin’ Life 12/7/2018: Perth Is (More Than) Okay.

    Lovin’ Life 12/7/2018: Perth Is (More Than) Okay.

    Perth, you’re okay.  You’re more than okay.   You’re fresh air, wide open spaces and a sky whose colour and texture changes with the breeze. You’re sleek new finds and proud terraces houses reminding a recently upmarket suburb of its working class roots. You’re new trees that line the perimeter of purposefully built apartments, offices and…