This item here has been the most talked about confection ever!!
Yes... it is a simple lollypop - albeit a rather big, pink lollypop!!This tale of delight began when the lovely Kris from Tag Along Teddies sent me another one of her gorgeous care packages a few weeks back. Kris has been such a good ...
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Fancy a cup of rose tea?
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Does anyone else feel like it's a ho-hum kind of week?Could it be 'fire fatigue'?Like most, I feel emotionally drained by the events of the past 10 days. Of course I am one of the lucky ones who has not been personally effected by the fires but my heart is breaking for those who have lost their ...
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Romance is alive and well…..
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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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