The face of freedom Waiting for the plane Bulbasaur! Squirtle! Charmander! So this was a long long awaited trip. In early 2011 Tim and I spontaneously booked a trip to Japan. We were flying into Osaka, out of Tokyo, we were going to other cities, we had a guidebook and some basic Japan phrases, we …
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Bestbrook Mountain Resort
For the EKKA long week (Brisbane Show Day, moved to a Friday since the show was cancelled because of COVID) we went camping at Bestbrook Farmstay. Have you seen the Bluey episode Camping? This was like that. People camping on both sides of a creek, children playing and making friends, lots of places to set …
Some quiet thoughts
I've been quiet on here lately, thinking about posting, not quite getting there.I'm feeling a bit nostalgic lately. The weather is getting a bit colder and I'm remember the holiday that we took to Canberra just over a year ago - the leaves were falling, it was cold at night but warm during the day …
What I’ve been reading this week
This week I've read a few and seen a few things that made me pause and wonder (and one of them made me cry). So a few links for your Friday night entertainment: 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Shortlist - some stunning photos on here, that left me wanting to know more about their backstories. …
Writing and remembrance
As the one in the family who used to get paid to write things, I was asked to help put together the eulogy for my grandfather. So I sat down with Nan yesterday to try to get some words out of her. Then tried to fill in the rest with my mum later on. It's …
Mumma, Did You Know? 