Month: July 2020

  • Lovin’ Life 30/7/2020: An Old Favourite.

    Lovin’ Life 30/7/2020: An Old Favourite.

    My bottle of a much loved but ridiculously expensive perfume has been sitting untouched since the spring of last year. Let’s call it Frivolous Fragrance #1. It’s a heady fragrance.  At its heart are notes of Turkish rose and from there it travels to notes of cinnamon, incense and sandalwood.  I feel dressed whenever I…

  • Life This Week 27/7/2020: Five Things.

    Life This Week 27/7/2020: Five Things.

    I’m writing this post on a Saturday afternoon.  After a restorative walk around the park this morning and before I have to empty the dishwasher.  It’s that time of the year, isn’t it?  A balance of trying to actually relax on the weekend but also trying to catch up on your to-do list while you’re…

  • Canberra. Jindabyne. Home.

    Canberra.  Jindabyne.  Home.

    Nancy Sinatra, these boots were made for walking. And walk we did. On the other side of our road trip. Time flies when you get to hold the brownies in the car and your pit stops are punctuated with coffee. Canberra was looking Friday afternoon fabulous.  The universe has its methods.  Throughout all the chaos…

  • Lovin’ Life 16/7/2020: The Annual Leave Edition.

    Lovin’ Life 16/7/2020: The Annual Leave Edition.

    Hello from the land of annual leave. I’ve said bye for now to this view of Rozelle Bay and Jubilee Park that I usually gaze at whilst stuck in the traffic heading home through the tunnel. And hello to decadent weekday sleep-ins and runs along the beach that end with a mid-morning takeaway coffee. Bedtimes…

  • Life This Week 13/7/2020: A Newtown Weekend.

    Life This Week 13/7/2020: A Newtown Weekend.

    And I’m officially ‘out of office’.   A week of annual leave awaits and I’m looking forward to making a mostly low key time of it. Crochet is my latest passion (just in case you hadn’t already noticed this for yourself) and I’ll be spending as much time as possible on the couch with my yarn…

  • Lovin’ Life 9/7/2020: Five Things.

    Lovin’ Life 9/7/2020: Five Things.

    The things that made me smile this week: 1.  A sunny winter’s morning at the park. Soft sun filtering through the bare branches of winter,  riders cantering on their horses to the side of me and Master SSG scooting ahead of me. Centennial Park never fails to work its ‘oasis in the city magic’ on…

  • Life This Week 6/7/2020: Taking Stock.

    Life This Week 6/7/2020: Taking Stock.

    Hello all, I’ve just discovered crochet.  It’s also so, so close to my annual leave I can taste it.  Which all is by way of putting context to my responses to ‘Taking Stock’ this month. Let’s get to it!! Making : room on the top shelf of the fridge.  Goodbye, unopened jar of caramelized onion…

  • A Sentence (or Two) A Day: June 2020

    A Sentence (or Two) A Day: June 2020

    As I look back on my daily sentences for June, it struck me that the overarching theme among many of them was thought, reflection and goal setting.  This quiet life I’ve found myself has had a surprise benefit of giving me time to reboot my mind and life.  I’m looking forward to approaching the second…