Week 2 in Amy John’s #52Ancestors challenge is well underway, and I’m already a little behind on my writing. The difficulty this week has been in selecting a suitable photo! I’ve browsed through my collection of photos several times, and each time a different photo has caught my eye for […]
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I felt like a change, so I’ve updated the layout of my blog. Saving a screenshot of the previous layout just for posterity. Previous blog layout Posted from here.
A genealogist, Amy Johnson Crow, has posted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge, in which she is encouraging anyone with an interest in family history to share something about their family research each week, based on a weekly prompt. To begin with, the first prompt is “Start”.
It’s been just over three years since I built my pallet garden. Since then it has been relocated to a new address (not a fun exercise!) and I’ve had to replace a couple of plants, but in general it lasted quite well. Recently, however, it has started looking a bit […]
The theme for my work Christmas party this year was jungle. Excited by the possibilities this opened for costumes, we started brainstorming and searching the internet. We stumbled across a photo of someone dressed in feathers and decided a parrot costume would be fun. Searching for parrot costumes we found […]
Almost 12 months on and I have an update on the beetles which are eating our lilly pilly plants. At the time of writing my previous post on this topic, I had thought maybe my hunting had had an impact on the beetle population because throughout January and February I […]
This post has been drafted for over a year now, but since I had already written up most of it I still want to publish it even though it’s been a while. I baked a citrus mud cake with lime curd filling last year for mum’s birthday, which was a […]
My posts seem to come in fits and starts. I get enthusiastic and have a burst of posts, then I lose interest and don’t write anything for several months. It’s been 9 months since my last post, which is a bit disappointing. I’m sure I have some stories to share […]