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Hello and thanks for popping in for a visit. I’m sloshing around in my gumboots today. . . it’s been pretty wet here since the weekend. In fact, it has been very WET. . . that flooding kind of wet, but we’re quite safe and relatively dry where we are. There has been some road closures and ...
Read More about Doin’ the gumboot shuffle

Now in its 24th year, Wintersun is Australia’s leading retro nostalgia festival. For the first time, Port Macquarie has been host to this wonderful festival for the past 10 days. After a week of beautiful sunny days, the weather over the weekend turned for the worse. Under cloudy skies, we ...
Read More about Elvis has left the building. . . and Port Macquarie!

Today I have. . . things to do. . . places to go. . . people to see. . . but here I sit. . .  playing with pretty things on my desk! Perhaps I should get started. ...
Read More about Enjoy the moment. . .

Yesterday it occurred to me that I never show photos from my classes and decided that I’d take my camera down to class last night. I planned on snapping a few photos throughout the evening, so I could share with you today the incredible creative talents of ‘my girls’. Well. . . um, good intentions, ...
Read More about Sit long, talk much, laugh often

You may call me ‘completely stupid’ (you wouldn’t be the first). . . ‘sucker for punishment’ or perhaps ‘easy pushover mum’. . .  would you believe I succumbed to another sleepover birthday party. I seem to recall after last years Arabian Nights 13th birthday sleepover party (read about it here) ...
Read More about Fiesta Mexicana. . .

If you’ve been following my creative journey for awhile, then you may remember about this time last year I rather reluctantly took on a new challenge. . . One that I was soooo unprepared for! I put on my driving instructors hat and began teaching my eldest daughter to drive. In those early ...
Read More about Strap yourself in for the ride of your life