These shoes were made for me!

I have been to Melbourne for two days as I had a voucher that needed to be redeemed. My children gave me a voucher for my 70th birthday in December to get custom made shoes at Habbot in the Royal Arcade Melbourne. It has taken me this long to get myself organised to make the…

Your feet’s too big. . . .Fats Waller

I have “well proportioned” feet, rather than saying BIG! It never ceases to amaze me that it is such a difficult task to find shoes that fit.  In some of the big department stores they only stock women’s shoes up to size 41 so my size doesn’t even rate a mention.  I say all this…

Tuesday travels. . . . .Melbourne

As we have been in Melbourne for a couple of days I thought it could be my subject for Tuesday Travels this week and continue with my Scottish travels next week. My husband came with me this trip and we had an enjoyable couple of days.  The weather was very good, which is unusual for…

Dead like you. No not as a result of my fitness resolution.

My latest read was Dead Like You by Peter James. This is one of his Roy Grace Novels. I first heard of Roy Grace on Books +  on the ABC radio national.  There was an interview with the author and I was enticed to read his first book – Dead Simple.  You can download the…

New shoes, new shoes, red and pink and blue shoes. . . .

Tell me, what would you choose if they let you buy? That’s a memory from childhood triggered by Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris, the book I am reading at the moment. The poem is one that I had to learn when I was at school.  It is a happy poem and one that brings back…

Magical shoes to mark your place.

This is a delightfully different bookmark.How wonderful is this bookmark? My mind immediately goes to the Wizard of Oz.  I found it atthis website.