Timeless ValentineAs time goes by from year to year,One thing is surely true, my dear;Though decades come and go,Just seeing you sets me aglow.Time shifts my body; I start to sagWhen I pass a mirror, it can make me gag.My joints all ache; I can hardly move;Still a smile from you and I'm in the ...
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Our Nation mourns…
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As we woke this morning to day four of the worse disaster in our Nation's history, the confirmed death toll at this time is 173 - and still rising. Victorians are glued to their TV's and radios listening to the around the clock coverage of this tragedy. Personally, I feel a sense of numbness and ...
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Heatwave hell as Victoria burns…..
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Just checking in to let all my friends know that my family and I are safe and well. Often when asked by blogging friends where I live, I describe it as Melbourne's outer east near the Yarra Valley. As you would all know by now the Yarra Valley is currently ablaze. The fires are moving in a north ...
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Relief at last…
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The scorching mid 40 temperatures of last week have finally subsided putting and end to Victoria's worse heatwave in more than a century. The extreme heat sparked rail disruptions, power outages, bush fires and an increase in heat related illnesses and deaths. The more respectable summer ...
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You know it is hot when…..
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Oh goodness.... now that is hot!!!
After a week long heatwave that has seen Melbourne's temperatures soar to the mid 40's everyday, we are all feeling a bit overwhelmed. On Wednesday night our power was cut from 8:30 pm until 3:30 am. The mercury didn't drop below 30 all night so we spent a very ...
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How hot is too hot???
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It's HOT - real hot!!
So how hot is too hot?
Hhmm, being a cold blooded girl who needs and likes a bit of heat to warm her body, I don't mind summer temperatures in the low 30's. Melbourne this week is experiencing a heat wave with temperatures over 40 degrees (104 +) all week. That's hot!! ...
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