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print your social media photos

23 Saturday Jan 2016

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instagram, memories, online, photo album, printing photos, real life, social media

I don’t get many photos printed anymore. I scroll through them on a small screen instead, which isn’t the same. Having an actual album in your hands feels like such a luxury. 

Once a year I download my Instagram piccies into a little square soft cover album. I go to the cheapest photo book site, a lot of them do it, some of them can even interface with Instagram and automatically load one square photo per page. There’s no need to write text within it. It’s quick. It’s simple. It’s clean and crisp. 

I don’t print photos from other social media – not Facebook or Twitter.  Instagram is where I put the visual stuff. 

I’ve just got round to doing my 2015 Instagram which should arrive soon. What I love most about doing this is that it’s a visual overview of what grabbed my attention last year. There’s definitely a pattern in what I find notable, beautiful and funny and it changes each year based on where my life was focused.   

These little books are a small and tangible reminder of an instant snap shared, that would otherwise not be savoured beyond that one fleeting moment.  

 

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Gucci the python comes out to play

25 Saturday Jan 2014

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Australia, python, wildlife

Epic morning of de-hedging around the shed today, with the help of two friends. The weather was kind with an overcast sky and some light rain. The chooks over the back were clucking. There was one rather large toad which startled us a bit.
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And then…just when we could see the fence through the massive bougainvillaea, we noticed Gucci. All tucked up and sleeping peacefully, right where one friend had been snipping branches. None of our sawing, clipping or heaving had disturbed his slumber…until his cover was nearly all gone of course. Then he started moving. And so did we!

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summer storm in the subtropics

22 Wednesday Jan 2014

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Brisbane, lightning, storm, weather

3 seconds worth of dazzle

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#AusvEng ODI today at the Gabba. The last ball.

17 Friday Jan 2014

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Australia, cricket, england

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Australia pulls a win out of a loss. I still don’t know how it happened.

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Distract and conquer – keeping teenagers safer

29 Friday Nov 2013

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Broad gawwwwwwn

24 Sunday Nov 2013

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Ashes, cricket, gabba

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Was taking a panoramic shot when Mitch got Broad. Brilliant.

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just me, the birds and my roses

12 Saturday Oct 2013

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family, flower, garden, heritage, legacy, roses

Nice and quiet here today. I love this suburb. Lots of people out walking but all for the same reason – enjoying a peaceful morning. It’s overcast and grey and there is a bit of drizzle around… the garden is giggling.

I’m old school when it comes to roses. If it doesn’t smell like a rose, I don’t see the point. Mr Lincoln, Freesia, Gold Bunny, Honey Dijon, Double Delight are some of my roses that all have a strong fragrance.

I break my own rule when it comes to my favourite rose. It’s called Julia’s Rose. It buds up a deep brown colour and when it opens it fades to the colour of parchment. My parents had it growing in the garden I grew up with and although it doesn’t have a scent, I love it because of its unusual colour. Parchment. What a delicious word to describe a flower. This is my favourite rose.

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poppies

31 Saturday Aug 2013

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design, Flowers, garden, interior

I don’t think I’ve ever seen poppies sold as cut flowers in Brisbane before. These are beautiful and are opening very quickly in the heat. 27 degrees celsius and it’s not even spring yet.

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Last rah-rah game for the year for me

09 Sunday Jun 2013

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Tonight the Queensland Reds hosted the British and Irish Lions at Suncorp Stadium. The Lions are put together from the best of the 5 nations and they haven’t toured here for 12 years. It’s a special occasion that tens of thousands make an effort to come watch. Tonight the stadium was a sell out.

There was also a lot to prove for the Reds players with a great chance to impress for Wallabies selection – assuming the kiwi coach of the Wallabies likes you of course.

Unfortunately, the weather closed down the opportunity for consistent running rugby – with constant drizzle, the tactics sent the ball up and under more often than not and the handling mistakes increased from both sides.

Although the Reds scored 2 tries to one, we lost 22-12 with missed kicks and penalties. The atmosphere was fabulous though. The Lions fans are here to party and my God can they drink! 🙂

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a nice morning gardening

02 Sunday Jun 2013

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I had a nice couple of hours this morning setting up this little side garden. Three different camellias and a ground cover rose called Purple Rain. Lovely.

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epic day of gardening

21 Sunday Apr 2013

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preparation, pruning, roses

An epic day of gardening today.

6 roses planted, two transplanted.
Heaps of herbs are potted up. I dummied up a shade ‘sail’ for a sunburnt hippeastrum. I’ve savaged the hedges until the bins are full. Last job is the watering – and its a satisfying way to finish the day. Watered plants and the smell of cut grass – awesome.

Now for a long, hot shower. I can already feel it in my back – ha.

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This is Australia

27 Sunday Jan 2013

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The current weather radar for Australia Day is looking pretty grim for the east coast. A downgraded cyclone has lashed up north and now the coast gets the water and the wind. From the Far North down to Central Queensland is already flooding with the coastline communities just north of Brisbane copping a shellacking from tornadoes!?!?!? We never get them near the coast. Weird times. Weird weather. Buckle up, cos its been a mild summer and I think we’re about to get the sting in its tail.

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blender christening

08 Tuesday Jan 2013

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Fruit, summer

Frozen banana, mango, orange pulp and zest, pear and apple juice and a dash of soy milk. Swirl on some maple syrup and voila!

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Pull over and breathe a while

06 Sunday Jan 2013

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Beach, relax

On the drive back from a wedding up north, I took a detour an hour out of the way to hit the coast for a late lunch on the beach. It was not the best weather for it – but it was lovely none the less.

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2013 come at me

01 Tuesday Jan 2013

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As far as my annual tarot reading goes, it’s game on for 2013. According to these cards, the end of 2012 was full of irritable niggle and restless dissatisfaction. No kidding!

The next steps, however, are in clear air and full of good potential. One issue will be the need to keep moving along this new path and deal with the old ways crumbling without needing to blow everything to hell in the process. Temper temper!

If you’re debating whether to give something new a go, but hesitate because you think you’re too old to begin an “apprenticeship”, consider where you’ll be this time next year if you don’t make a start…in exactly the same place you are now.

2013 is not the year to stagnate, ladies and gentlemen. Hang on tight or you may be left behind.

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A pre-new years resolution – achievement unlocked

29 Saturday Dec 2012

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back2basics, food, tradition

Well well well. I’ve gone and baked my very own bread loaf from scratch for the first time ever. 2013 will see more of these and the growing of a garden to cook from.

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an Aussie Christmas

28 Friday Dec 2012

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A belated Christmas check in with you all. I hope you had a sane day/s with your family. If not, I hope you were safe and warm and fed and at peace. I fear more and more people don’t have “somewhere to go” during the holidays. I hope if you weren’t with family, you got a smile from someone.

Our family’s Christmas venue changes each year – and that’s ok. What ties us to the years before is what we do on the day.  We make sure we do the little things each year to celebrate the season and the beginning of a new year.

It’s a simple as:-

  • a tupperware server full of nibbles – chocolate scorched almonds, choccie peanuts, jubes, rumballs, cashews, macadamia nuts. And it magically refills overnight to be full again for the feet up tradition of watching the Boxing Day test and the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race
  • a bowl of mock chicken dip (my Nanna’s recipe and made by mum)
  • a tray full of mangoes – eaten over the sink or in a bowl with ice-cream
  • copious cups of coffee and tea and a good chat over each one
  • cold roast chicken and ham off the bone with salads galore for lunch, dinner, lunch, dinner…you get the idea!
  • christmas cake or pudding with custard – although no-one ever has the room
  • short walks in the heat to stretch the legs and amuse the dog
  • a christmas tree with gifts under it and cards amongst the branches
  • at least one gag gift – this year I got an M&M dispenser….”You get in the bowl!” Ha.
  • no twitter/facebook/texting – but lots of calls

And the best Christmas gift of all – a cracking storm that dumped enough rain to fill the tanks and back up the down pipes.

Here’s cheers to you and yours.

The best Xmas pressie an Aussie can get

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look for the silver lining

10 Saturday Nov 2012

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So, the second day at the Gabba for the first Australia vs South Africa test in 49 years has been delayed due to rain. Rather than wait all day, I’ve bailed and will go back in for tomorrow’s play (fingers crossed it happens).

Regardless, there’s always a silver lining if your eyes are open – here’s the pretty view on the way back to pick up the car.

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A new hope for Star Wars

03 Saturday Nov 2012

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This weeks announcement that George Lucas is selling the Star Wars universe to Walt Disney doesn’t faze me at all.  I’m in the “Han shot first” camp, so in my eyes, Mr Lucas sold out a while back.

I spent today unpacking more boxes and came across my Star Wars library. I haven’t added to it for a while, so there’s some gaps for sure, but I was surprised how much I remembered about each new twist in the Universe. I loved Timothy Zahn’s stories and the X-wing series was a joy.

My hope for the future is that Disney doesn’t cash in with a cartoonish fluff piece that doesn’t mesh with the novels already written around the original trilogy. ** For the benefit of young players, that’s episodes 4-6, not 1-3.

Some of the best sci-fi writers around have fleshed out generations of interaction, plot twists and tragedies faced by the characters we all know and love – I hope Disney will respect those.

And in case any Disney peeps see this, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t make “Vector Prime” until I’m ready. I bawled my eyes out for days when I read that – I couldn’t bear to see it happen.

Kthx, Laurene

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Bledisloe washup

21 Sunday Oct 2012

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Well well well.  A draw – which is just like kissing your brother a la Angelina Jolie.  Can’t believe the Wallabies got out of that one without a loss…or a win…or something. Well done!

But what a torrid and horrible affair.  It was stinking hot and humid. DUMB time of year to play a game in the subtropics. Stupid ARU – but that’s hopefully the last half-arsed decision John O’Neill gets to make.  An 8pm kickoff, which means it was 9pm for the Mexicans on daylight savings and 3 hours later (instead of 2) for our friends across the ditch.

The HAKA – the cut throat one, not the original

I wrote yesterday that you have to go far to find a Kiwi supporter that sticks the boot in for no reason. Not that far, as it turns out, section 730 is the distance.  There was a whole row of them, in fact. I don’t mind excitable commentary, the history lessons, the constant attempts to troll back inside their minds for a name that alludes them entirely (for the record, it was Frank Bunce you were trying to remember, you dipsticks), but I do mind being covered in your stinking beer before the anthems are sung and the affected accents that seemed to get stronger as the game progressed.  Oh, and if you could mind your effing language when you’re in a section with kids, that’d also be awesome!

As for the game – I have NEVER seen the All Blacks show their frustration like that before.  They were seriously pissed off. The Wallabies were up in their faces (with knees, foreheads and hands a-groping) and the Ref took care of the rest.  The number of errors and subsequent penalties took your attention away from the defence! defence! approach of the Aussies. Solid effort in scrambling tackles and the numbers at the ruck was the best in ages. But the stop/start of it all was farcical. I hope the Aussies take some heart from the effort, but for mine, I’d have loved an attacking game of running rugby – even if we lost it.

DEFENCE

 

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All Blacks

19 Friday Oct 2012

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We had the chance to race out of the office to catch the All Blacks signing session in the Queen St mall this morning. Tomorrow night is the third Bledisloe Cup match (Australia vs New Zealand in rugby union) – a tournament within a tournament (the Four Nations ‘Rugby Championship’) and it’s meant to be the best of its kind.

Bledisloe games should be the best running rugby around but I’m sad to say that I don’t reckon the Aussies are up to the contest. The forwards don’t get going forward, the backs can’t cover, the play makers are swamped and the number of players out with injury is ridiculous. And don’t get me started on the coach! The All Blacks are gonna steamroll us and then some.

I’ll always hope Australia wins (or at least plays good rugby), but there’s something impressive about the way the NZ team go about their sport. Even the fans are experts on the game – no really – you have to go a fair way to find a deadset arsehole who rips into Australian fans for no reason.

Unfortunately, there’s a heap of reasons for Kiwi fans to crow at the moment, so tomorrow night is not gonna be a comfortable one.
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Oops – nearly forgot. Banana and maple syrup muffins.

14 Sunday Oct 2012

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My bad.  Here it is – all in one bowl.  Oven at medium heat (180 degrees celcius).

3 ripe bananas and 2/3 cup of caster sugar – mash up in a bowl. Go easier on the sugar if you like. The end product is on the sweet side.

Melt 75 grams of butter, add a tablespoon of maple syrup and one egg – stir in well.

Then add 1 and 1/2 cups of self raising flour – mix in.

And you’re good to go.  Into muffin or small loaf pans – I use paper cases ‘cos it reduces the cleaning up and my oven is rubbish 😦

Bake for 20 mins – go for a light brown on top or the old skewer test.

Frosting options – while still hot, skewer a few times and drizzle more maple syrup over; allow to cool and smother in nutella and shredded coconut; or you can be fancy and do the proper frosting  using 100 grams of cream cheese and 2 more tablespoons of maple syrup.

Enjoy.

Banana and maple syrup muffins

 

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Something that makes me happy

11 Thursday Oct 2012

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It never fails to make me feel better to smell a freshly mown lawn. My mower went under in the floods so I’ve splurged on a mower man who comes once a month. On a weekday morning, I hear the whippersnipper fire up when I’m in the shower. The mowers are going when I’m blow drying my hair. And by the time I am dressed and walk out to the kitchen – I look out on my lovely, looked after backyard. Somehow it looks more ‘clean’.

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every little helps in getting healthy

03 Wednesday Oct 2012

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I’ve been feeling under the weather for a while now.  Just when I think I’ve got the dreaded lurgy licked, it’s back with a vengeance.  Given the fab fruit coming into season in the Aussie summer now – this bug has no chance!  Fresh juice to drink, use to do my soaked muesli, add to yoghurt and glasses of water to keep hydrated.  I’ve got vitamin c coming out the wazoo at the moment.

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twitter’s recipe collective – chocolate & beetroot cake

26 Wednesday Sep 2012

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It seemed simple – a general tweet out to the twitterverse asking if anyone knew a chocolate beetroot cake recipe…

I figured I’d at least get some suggestions on where else to look.  All my recipe books had buttermilk in the ingredients and that’s just plain wrong.  And google keeps failing me.

I’d always depended on my Mum’s recipe – and I’d lost it.  Funny thing was, so had she!  So Mum started calling her friends, and I turned to the biggest hivemind I know and tweeted.  I follow quite a few foodies – funny that! – who retweeted my request a few times to spread the question a little wider.

My tweep-in-shining-armour was an English gent who thought his Mum might be able to help and he offered to add my request to his email home.  Well, bless her if she didn’t come through!  Awesome.  A lovely lady called Shelagh on the far side of the world has shared her recipe with a complete stranger in Australia.  And I hope she doesn’t mind, but I’m giving a copy to my Mum in case she never finds where she’s written hers! 😉

I made muffins instead of a cake, as I took it to work for my team to taste.  They never believed me that you can’t taste the beetroot.  Thanks to Shelagh and her travelling son Omar, that’s a save for my recipe collection.

I’m very very grateful.

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A little pot plant gardening

23 Sunday Sep 2012

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My front door went from zero to hero with my pot plant revamp today. I had two very heavy black pots with ugly little plants left behind when I moved in. I knew they’d filled them up with dirt but I didn’t realise it’d petrified into stone 🙂 The other owners did mix their soil with beanbag foam though! Yikes.

Now it’s dug out and with some lively Aussie natives. I can add a few each month now and build a sweet and colourful entrance. Yay!

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Meet mah boiyz

17 Monday Sep 2012

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This is Sith – flash and sizzle

 

It’s been a long time since I’ve had a Siamese Fighter.  I had quite a few, one after the other – Kostya, Ali, Lionel and Clay – and they were amazing. But when Clay died I didn’t have it in me to get another.

Well now, in my new home, I dragged out my old tank and went looking for a new fish.  Caboolture Markets hosted the Betta Australis International Betta Show a few weeks back and I put my name down for 4 of the non-placers (assuming I’d be able to afford one of them).  Then, by-the-by my brother says he can make me a new tank – with compartments for a couple of fish.  DILEMMA!!!  Now I had to wait to see whether my ones were still available and if I got the call to give me their prices. As it turned out, I got the chance to buy up to 3 of the ones I’d liked, but could only afford 2, so I grabbed my favourites and have a third section in my new tank to use for water changes or maybe even a boudoir for a little lady.  *wink wink*

“Artie” is named after the late, great Artie Beetson.  He’s both NSW blue (where Beetson had to play to make a buck) but the Queensland Maroon surrounds him and shows through.  “Sith” has his name because he’s black and vibrant red and the first of the two to fire up.

If you’ve never kept fish, they can seem quite sedate, but they honestly have their own personality and attitude that you see in them.  It’s been a couple of days now and they are both settling in, starting to respond to feeding time and are not scared away from my hand at the top of the tank.

I think me and my boys will be just fine.

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Star Wars Family Car Decals

24 Friday Aug 2012

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I’m not sure which one I am.  Mostly, I’m a Jedi – Yoda-like with sage advice and teachings.  My workplace treats me like a Stormtrooper pawn when I’d much prefer to be a shoot-to-kill Boba Fett.  I can speak bits of a few languages – C3PO.  And can hotwire machines like R2D2.  And as much as I AM a Princess, for one week every month, I’m Chewbacca and could tear your arms clear off of your body.

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ThinkGeek :: Star Wars Family Car Decals.

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market day

01 Friday Jun 2012

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Wednesday is market day in Brisbane City – Reddacliff Place next to the “lego block building” that houses the Brisbane City Council allow farmers markets to set up.  It’s an interesting mix of stalls – a lot focused on the single/professionals living in the inner city.  Not sure it’s “straight from the farm” prices, but it’s a nice wander through of a lunch hour. $2 for a macaron, $5 for a bunch of gerberas, $4 for a large bag of lollies and fresh honey, fruit, vege and herbs.

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new home starts with colour

01 Friday Jun 2012

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I’m looking forward to moving in to my own place – but the thing I’m most excited about is painting one single wall in a room.  That’s all.  It’s the only thing that would make me happier in the place.  Strange by true.  It’s currently a happy and bright blue colour – a cross between Valleys Diehard and French Royal – but it’s too bright for my idea of a bedroom.  My perfect bedroom is dark and cosy – so paint will be the order of the day.  I don’t want fancy shmancy, no tricky techniques, just a deep and calm colour.  I was tossing up a purple, but think I’ll go a dark storm grey … kinda like this…how exciting. 🙂

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if you’re happy and you know it …

26 Saturday May 2012

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attitude, balance, community, home, perspective, truth

A salute to Jeremy Piven for this photo.  Ain’t it the truth though?  “Oh woe is me” has never been so prevalent…First World Problems they’re called.  Where’s our sense of perspective gone?  Have we forgotten where we come from?  We grew up in houses – not in mud huts.  We were dry and clean and warm.  Do we not look at those around us – all struggling with problems of their own – or do we look straight through them?

I refuse to believe Australia is getting to the point where everyone who has more “haves” than “nots” doesn’t give a stuff until it’s them that loses out.  There’s a lot of community spirit around, I see it everyday.  I’ve been in workplaces where it’s the lowest paid members of staff who always “bring a plate” to celebrate life’s milestones.  I’ve been in workplaces where the top dog earning nearly $200k a year can’t put a bottle of plonk on the table – because the tank in his beemer is nearly empty.

What’s the minimum you need?  A roof, a job to pay for it and you and your family healthy. Period.

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we’re none of us Robinson Caruso

24 Thursday May 2012

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Today’s lesson is that we’re never on our own, never really the first at anything. Someone has always gone through what we find ourselves faced with. And there’s a comfort in that. If other people can deal with my problems and come out the other side then so can I.

  • feeling lonely
  • scared of losing their job
  • actually losing their job
  • traveling solo
  • being broke
  • feeling unwell
  • facing their mortality
  • burying a loved one
  • scaling a mountain
  • breaking new ground
  • asking for help
  • raising children
  • breaking the rules

    We’re not “Pat Malone”. Someone has done it before us. The context might be different, but the experience is the same the whole world over. And you know what, others come through it with less support, less resources, less education, health, wealth and security then we’ve got. Being mindful of that gives a perspective that is priceless. Hang on to it.

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  • stabby plants

    24 Thursday May 2012

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    I get that the bird of paradise is a hardy plant, drought resistant and tropical as, but I can’t like it. I’ve tried but each time I see one I itch. The flowers aren’t beautiful, they could poke your eye out. There’s no scent. The leaves look dusty and get scrappy as quick as you look at them. Seriously, I will pull them out of any garden I am in control of.

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    hello puppy hello

    24 Thursday May 2012

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    This photo makes me smile every time I look at it. He doesn’t care he just ate chook poo or rolled in a cow pat…but I did :). He just wanted me to stay outside and play with him…and I did that too. 🙂

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    courage, dear heart

    21 Monday May 2012

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    I’ve been thinking about getting this tattoo for a while. I need something to help remind me to respect myself – my thoughts, my feelings, my wants and my needs. I find I let them (me) take second place quite often.

    I think there are a lot of people like me out there. We have no say at work because we’re the ‘drones’. We go along with social plans and ideas because its not polite to make waves – and really is it a big deal? And of course we all get brought up to accommodate family – no question – because we love them. Fair enough.

    I need something to remind me that my say isn’t always secondary, even though:-

    1) I get scared. I’m terrified of making a wrong choice so I dither and am unsure.
    2) I worry too much – thinking things through an infinite number of “if this, then that” scenarios.
    3) I retreat from conflict. I don’t want to offend or upset anyone.
    4) I compromise – or delay agreeing 🙂
    5) I don’t act on my ideas because I fear judgement and derision.
    6) I get depressed about feeling “pushed into” a position that ultimately my behaviors allow.

    So, I want a visible and constant sign to let me know that my choices are ok and that my say counts. My decisions made for me might disappoint others, but that’s not my problem. I should stand my ground.

    “Courage is a kind of salvation” – I’m hoping Aristotle was right.

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    my own “Reds” scarf

    20 Sunday May 2012

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    I’m well pleased with my first knitting project for the winter.
    It’s a very easy scarf but I think it looks great.
    Go the Reds!

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    art vs graffiti

    20 Sunday May 2012

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    Another Banksy got wrecked in Australia this week – the parachuting rat bit the dust.  I’m not sure Banksy would care really.  Graffiti in itself is meant to be transient.  A fleeting glimpse of something a little more special decorating the ugly functional walls we build to trap ourselves.

    I call his work art because it makes me consider the reality of life I might not normally see or understand.  It’s poignant.  It’s simple.  It packs a punch.  It’s much more than glary colours and funked up lettering.

    This is art.  Long may it reign.

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    family gatherings

    20 Sunday May 2012

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    I love family get togethers. My family gathers for a meal every fortnight to catch up and share what’s going on.  It’s not a long amount of time, given the travel distances, but it’s a good time.  It’s so we can all connect in to each others lives.  Otherwise, we get too busy with all the “have to do” to really know how each other is going.  It’s not enough to just trust they’ll tell you if they need something.

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    magic Maurice Sendak

    20 Sunday May 2012

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    I want to receive snail mail addressed like this!  Magnificent

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    oh the pain, the pain

    15 Tuesday May 2012

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    I’m nowhere near rock bottom – health, wealth, work or family-wise – but some of these are areas are keeping me awake at night.  I can foresee a period of struggle ahead.

    Any more rubbish heaped on from anyone and I’m gonna drown myself in this bowl of jellybeans.  And I’ll do it, too!

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    learning curve

    14 Monday May 2012

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    Spent most of yesterday beating myself up for not understanding the “tone” and intent of a meeting – I botched it.  Nothing worse than walking out feeling blindsided and underprepared.  It’s that classic “spend the next 24 hours thinking of all the things I shoulda/coulda/woulda said instead of what I did say” moments.  Shit.

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    here’s to Saturdays

    09 Wednesday May 2012

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    a friday photo

    09 Wednesday May 2012

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    This is the gateway to family and friends, lots of animals, a craft room full of pretties, gardens aplenty, beautiful land, all the weathers and way too much food.

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    how to survive office chess

    09 Wednesday May 2012

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    Work has been a little unsettled of late.  There’s a reshuffle going on with the higher paid members of the office community – not that anyone is saying anything.  It’s like the powers that be are more happy to shift everything on paper and then tell the pieces the news and suffer the fallout.

    I am one of the pieces.  So how do I deal with being the last to know when it’s my 8 hours a day that’s changing?  Beats me actually – I don’t do it that well.  I go back to the important principles of leadership.  The things I value in a boss – honesty, straight-forward info, handshakes, open communication and telling it like it is to the face of the person that it is too…if that makes sense.  Basically I think I expect the kind of behaviour that doesn’t get delivered in times like these.

    My “Queen CLM” title (ie. career-limiting-moves) comes from my not being able to look a game-player in the eye once I see how they make their moves.  I lose a lot of respect for people very quickly.  I know they don’t care about it – but I’ve never been good ~ never will be good ~ at pretending how they play the game doesn’t matter.

    I don’t smile when someone’s blowing smoke up my arse. And I sure as hell don’t thank them for it.  But, that’s my problem – so I buy myself some roses and sleep well at night.  Not sure how they sleep – but that’s their problem.

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    working wednesdays

    09 Wednesday May 2012

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    Hump Day.
    Be kind to yourself day.
    Get through it day.
    Not even pay day.
    Wednesday.

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    making plans

    09 Wednesday May 2012

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    Planning a lot at the moment. Lots of lists about what directions I want to take for a whole host of things. Home. Work. Hobbies. Travel. You name it – it’s open for change.

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    tranquility

    09 Wednesday May 2012

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    This is one of my go to photos for remembering a quiet time. Early morning, cold air only starting to lift, dew still wet. A beautiful pear tree and water gauge.

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    birthday boy, ahoy

    06 Sunday May 2012

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    Not a bad subject to try to get my eye in on.  Gorgeous George.  Well, sort of.  I’ve broadened him somewhat and his nose is too bulbous, but I’ll keep on practising.  I know I’m very rusty – and it’s something I want to get back into.

    The hardest thing to do is to not tear it up along the way – my “internal critic” is a vicious bitch at the best of times.  Imma gonna slap her silly for as long as I can.

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    firesprite

    05 Saturday May 2012

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    My favourite grevillea – by a mile.  I like it’s name in particular.

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    TGIF

    04 Friday May 2012

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    It’s been a long week.  I didn’t even realise until yesterday that this weekend is a long with the Monday a public holiday for … Labor Day?  Ironic really, given the result of the state election held last month.  Labor Day reminds me of the story of the traveller who stopped at the tree in the outback – the one with the $5m art installation and shed build around it.  $5m for that but the locals don’t have a dentist.  Says everything really.

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