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Chai loving....
Do you like Chai? It seems quite the in-thing now and yet I still feel pretentious and awkward when I whisper my order to the barista ..."Excuse me do you make your Chai with real leaves or syrup?.......
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Convalescence...
I'm over emotional and shaky on my legs. Although I expect a fair bit of that has to do with the drugs they've given me to handle the pain. Pain which now takes on a whole new meaning ... it's cause...
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Chicken update....
Hi there peoples! How ya been? Me? Great!!!Thanks to being utterly spoilt by these two and cheered up the two above them....... I've also been cooked for....(crispy Salmon on a bed of Spicy Cranberry...
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Ginger, Walnut, Date cake... with a twist...
Hubby is learning to bake. He's an amazing cook but baking is his next Everest.Over the weekend he treated me to a Walnut, Ginger and Date cake that was so delicious I asked him if I was allowed to...
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Vintage Paper Christmas Wreath
Inspired by these projects on Pinterest I had a go at making my own vintage paper Christmas Wreath.(Well technically it's a more of a round starburst than a traditional circle with a hole in the...
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Oh I do love to be beside the seaside...
A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.Franz Kafka On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.Alexander PopeThere is one spectacle grander than...
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On Motherhood ....
Modiglianiwhen they hand you your child...(unless you were blessed enough to pull life out yourself)they do not have any advice that suitsbecause they are not us and we are not them...and this is not...
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A little more … a little less...
There's a rhythm in rush these daysWhere the lights don't move and the colours don't fadeLeaves you empty with nothing but dreamsIn a world gone shallow In a world gone leanSometimes there's things a...
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Shhhhh.....
What do you do to keep calm?Do you think it's ok to lose your marbles?Are we really a sea of tranquility beneath it ALL?What does it mean to stay sane?Weren't all the greats at least a little bit...
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Hot… just so hot...
It's February which means it's hot. Well here in Perth, Australia anywayI always catch myself wishing for a seasons change just about the time it ACTUALLY does start to change - and I find that rather...
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Turning 40…keeping it real… gratitude and all the other stuff
So I'm 40or … put another way…I've arrived at the halfway mark if I live to be 80…or…I've spent 14 600 days upon this here planet!Hip hip hoooray!! A wonderful weekend of celebrationsA trip planned to...
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Start spreading the news… cheesy but it had to be done.
Now this may be run of mill, ho-hum, yawn material for some of you jet setters out there but, for me, it's pretty spectacular stuff…via hereWe leave for the United States tomorrow night!It's my first...
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Land of the Free… Home of the Brave
Washington DCWhen Francis Scott Key penned those words he was not vacationing with family and staying in luxury hotels. Quite the opposite. He was inspired by the nation's flag flying victoriously...
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The Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, NH
About three years ago I watched a documentary titled Stephen Fry in America & fell in love with the area known as New England. Fast forward to this year and I was blessedenough to visit this...
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Adult tantrums, swearing and other such immaturities...
A beautiful lady gave me this pebble two weeks ago.Ironically it was a lifeline - handed to a drowning woman.You see I've been having a rough ... year.I have toyed with the notion of confessing it all....
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Industriart (again)
Some of my long time readers may recall my visit to Industriart way back in 2012 (I know! Where the bleep has the time gone??) I had the good fortune of conducting a rather casual interview with the...
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What does it mean when you belong to someone?
If you call me up, I'll say a few wordsBut I'll try not to speak too longPlease to be kind and I'll try to explainI'll probably get it all wrongWhat does it mean when you promise someone?That no matter...
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Pinterest ... the pros and cons
To pin or not to pin? That is really not the question here at all. The question is how not to pin for two hours (or until one's bum goes numb) at the expense of other more productive activities. Indeed...
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I've seen it all before ...
How often do you surf the web?For your consideration... In just a few minutes of web surfing you can view hundreds (maybe even thousands)of images, ideas, foods, faces, places, projects, products,...
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Boring Blog Business . . .
I've been away. Mentally and Physically. Jaunts down south (to a farm stay) and the beach house as well as jaunts to nurseries to plant the garden for spring. Mentally my mind continually vacates to...
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The complications of loving you (Mary Oliver & I)
“from the complications of loving you i think there is no end or return. no answer, no coming out of it. which is the only way to love, isn't it? this isn't a playground, this is earth, our heaven, for...
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A blog neglected
I have visited this space so many times with the sincere intention of sharing.I log in and start typing and then save as draft - often after only two lines.I've done this sixteen times. SIXTEEN.Then I...
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Attitude
Thank you so much everyoneI read your comments, your private messages and even your emailsEach and every word made my HEART SINGI have read many a blog post where the writer doubts and of course many...
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Romeo and Juliet
image via hereA lovestruck Romeo sings a street suss serenadeLaying everybody low with a love song that he madeFinds a streetlight, steps out of the shadeSays something like, "You and me babe—how 'bout...
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Let me introduce myself . . .
I'm the woman who faced a health crisis, thought she might not make it and then did***I'm the woman who has family and friends that are not of this world***I'm the woman who has loved flowers and...
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