“Don’t sweat the small stuff”

That is the title of a book, published in 1997, that I have not read but I have now got a desk calendar that is entitled “Don’t sweat the small stuff” You can read a review of the book here. Richard Carlson offers 100 meditations crafted to keep your emotions in check, cherish family and…

So many happy memories

A while back I posted about a book I had borrowed from the library.  The book was Hebrides by Peter May you can find the post here.This is a photograph from the book.  The reason I show the photograph is that it rekindled so many happy childhood memories. My dad was born at Boultach on…

Timely thoughts

Camels at the East Gippsland Field Day

This link is to a field day we attended in 2014 and includes some photos from 2010 when our grandson was about four, he is now 10. https://suth2.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/cows-calves-sheep-alpacas-and-assorted-machinery/ This year we went to the field day and we were lucky to have really good weather after having several days of rain. We enjoyed a great…

A girls’ night out

My elder daughter had organised a girls’ night out, just her, her sister and her mum for while I was in Melbourne.  We had a ball.  She had organised for her younger sister to fly down from Canberra for the night and we went out to one of the productions of the Melbourne Comedy Festival….

I have been in Melbourne too.

I have also been away in Melbourne for a few days.  I was spending some time with my elder daughter and her family.  It was the school holidays in Victoria so I was able to spend some time with my grandchildren.  I took my bike down to Melbourne so we went for a couple of…