Me as a child with our lovely collie Lucky and one of our hens

Isn’t it a bittersweet mindbending thing to look at old photos of yourself? Who even is that person? We inhabit the same body - although even that is almost unrecognisable - but she is a stranger to me at this point. And heavens knows what she would make of everything that has happened in the...

For the "Little Act of Kindness" challenge on Pixels, Paper & Paint - part of the "These Moments Matter" month of challenges Rachel and I are running on our Substack newsletter. Rachel set this challenge. And I found it … a challenge. In the intervening years I have become addicted to...

Party time! :cool: :woohoo:

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What precious memories, beautifully recorded :-)

Gorgeous vintage page!

Great page!!

Gorgeous documenting :-)

Great quote and such a lovely page x

Beautifully done :-)

Magpies can be mean little … (ahems) but to be fair, just very protective parents! We lived in Canberra and Sydney (inner city) and never saw roos or koalas or wombats around our streets - snakes in the garden in Canberra though. And I am very glad to no longer have to worry about poisonous...

Despite the relatively short time we lived there, we still feel so at home in Singapore. From the moment I step off the plane and smell that familiar mix of durian and incense and whatever else goes into the mix, and feel that enveloping humid heat, I think ‘YES! We’re back!’ Nowhere else smells...

Journaling: My weakness is dried plants, this one is special. I love having dried foliage around -and my special favourite is the twig gathered after an island storm, before we moved here. We brought it back to Beaumont Quarter on the ferry - and a few months later carefully packed it in a huge...

Many, many years ago I landed a temp job at the national broadcaster on my return from overseas. I was applying for permanent jobs at the same time, but the temp job turned permanent just as an interview for one of my most coveted jobs came up. I've occasionally wondered how very, very different...

My family joke that I should just go live in France permanently. But this was the very first time I was there, and also the first time I drank Badoit mineral water. No idea why my boyfriend at the time took the picture, but I was glad to rediscover it because to me 'Badoit' is the taste of...

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Love it!

Beautiful! Congrats on the newsletter feature!

I love your writing and love all the details on this great creation :-)