A new front door

Our old front door was not one that I particularly liked and I didn’t like the “toilet block” glass on the door and the side panels. We decided to invest in a new door that would let more light into the house and also we would get clear glass in the side panels. This how…

How to fight entitlement

How to fight entitlement. When I read this heading it reminded me that I had heard the word entitlement several times in the recent past so I thought the post would be well worth the read.  I have included the link so you can find out for yourself. https://www.artofmanliness.com/people/family/how-to-develop-gratitude-in-your-kids/ I thought it appropriate with Christmas…

It’s late and your child is not home…

Parents of teenage children would certainly relate to the worries felt when their child does not come home when expected. If you have looked at my list from the 2022 reading challenge you would see that I have read several T.M. Logan books.  I have enjoyed each one of them but this one certainly kept…

Metung Hot Springs

I have previously posted on the beginning and progress of the Metung Hot Springs which has now been officially opened. There has certainly been lots of progress recently particularly around the area of the springs. New signage has been erected on the approaches to the Springs. The Golf Club, which is now known as the…

A reblog from a blog I follow

Graveyards of Scotland is a blog that I follow and I think how I started to follow it was when I posted about visiting Tomnahourich in Inverness when I was a child.  The link to that blog came up on my screen when writing the post because I was visiting a cemetery. https://graveyardsofscotland.com/2022/11/12/one-man-on-an-island/ If you…

A cleaning job

This water feature was desperately in  need of a clean after winter.  Our son constructed this water feature for us when we first moved here. The bowl walls were coated in slime and it didn’t look good. I started by emptying out the bowl and then scrubbing the walls and the bricks that hold the…