A very posh Christmas tree

http://www.instagram.com/p/C08gEjRL9TS/ This is how the other half lives – in Orchard Road, Singapore. Do you find this luxurious decoration inspirational, aspirational or just plain gaudy? Do let me know, and do please have a Merry Christmas, with or without any help from Louis Vuitton!…

Happy New Year – fingers crossed!

I am a tad disappointed in myself for not writing or posting on my blog in approximately 51 weeks. So here I am, almost a year later, wishing you all a very happy new year again, and let’s hope this one is a keeper. My excuses are not only Covid related, but I moved house,…

Happy New Year

I’m not one for short posts or just posting a photo, BUT, here is a photo I took in my front garden recently.   I hope this new year of 2021 springs forth as bold, fresh and beautiful as this yellow cactus flower. Let’s leave all the pricks of 2020 behind us… Happy New Year…

Scenic Cygnet – Tasmania

My husband recently became a bit obsessed with Cygnet, in Tasmania, after watching an episode of ABC tv’s Backroads that featured the town some time ago. (Series 2, episode 8) Not only did the show feature the beauty of the town and surrounding areas but it showed how many residents had moved there from mainland…

A very Australian Christmas 2018

Here in Australia we celebrate Christmas in blazing hot sunshine rather than snow, and with high tides rather than yule tide. This year the family packed up the car, including the dog, and headed north.  We drove all the way from Melbourne, Victoria to the central coast of New South Wales – a journey just…

Cruisey Christmas

Originally posted on Life In Camelot – travel blog:
Last year I spent a cruisey Christmas on board Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 – a rather splendid way of spending Christmas. Obviously there were a couple of thousand of other travellers spending Christmas on board too and, in my journeys around the decks, I was simply…

Cruisey Christmas

Last year I spent a cruisey Christmas on board Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 – a rather splendid way of spending Christmas. Obviously there were a couple of thousand of other travellers spending Christmas on board too and, in my journeys around the decks, I was simply amazed at the lengths some of these people went…

Merry Christmas 2014

Originally posted on Life In Camelot – travel blog:
‘Twas the lead up to Christmas And we were crammed on a plane Flying economy from Melbourne – I swear never again! We landed at Heathrow as the sun was just rising then queued for hours in Customs – not so very surprising! ‘Twas the lead…

Beaches

BEACH noun: beach; plural noun: beaches. a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks.   As I walk our dog along the beach just metres from our home I see summer slowly slipping away from the southern hemisphere for yet another year. I grew up by the beach and…

Merry Christmas 2014

‘Twas the lead up to Christmas And we were crammed on a plane Flying economy from Melbourne – I swear never again! We landed at Heathrow as the sun was just rising then queued for hours in Customs – not so very surprising! ‘Twas the lead up to Christmas In old London Town And our…