Some sad news...

~ Today, I am thinking of a dear UK bloggy friend, Angie from Can you all hear me at the back who passed away on Sunday. Rest in peace.

To the beach...

Yesterday promised temperatures up to 40C so after a morning spent in the cool at home, we headed for the beach. ~ The beach was like a high...

Chillin'...

We are in for a hot day here - about 40C is expected. It's 11am (and currently 31C) and I am on the couch, cross stitch in hand and a...

Delicious...

For a cross stitcher, there is nothing more delicious than a whole new set of colours and a pattern waiting to be started... ~ Aren't th...

Bits of Australia Day...

I got a giggle as I was driving to Mt.G yesterday - these people always have this tree, at the entrance to their driveway, decorated with t...

I Am Australian ~ Song "I AM AUSTRALIAN"

Happy Australia Day!

Wishing everyone a very Happy Australia Day! We don't have much planned for today -actually, Angus is heading in to work to catch up a ...

Learn something new every day...

(picture from adelaidenow.com.au) I've decided that I would like to "learn something new everyday". Reading Kate's blog, O...

Important goods...

Here are the 22 Shoes Boxes of Love I packed up and took to Adelaide on behalf of myself, Zoe, Ebony, Louise & Mel. Kirby had one wait...

Shoe Boxes of Love...

A wonderful initiative to send aid to the Queensland flood victims has sprung up in Adelaide. ~ It's called Shoe Boxes of Love - you ge...

Update on Bri...she's out...

Updated again: Friday 14th - Bri is out of hospital this morning and feeling much better. She has been diagnosed with Glandular Fever so we...

Flooding rains...

I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains. I lover her far horizons, I...

Off to the doctors...

We have a 9.30am appointment with on of the best doctors in the local practice so I hope he can give Bri some relief. I think she may need ...

A trip to the A&E...

You can always tell when a teenager is really sick - they get dressed up to the nines to go to a party in a town 50 kms away (even when you ...

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting...

These yummy cupcakes were featured on Kelli's blog There is no place like home. ..so I decided it was high time I tried Red Velvet Cake....

More de-cluttering achieved today...

(before) This cupboard has been jam packed full of stuff since we built the house and moved in 6.5 years ago... ~ (after) Ta Dah! I am real...