It’s no secret that the husbear and I have long loved Coochiemudlo Island; it’s our happy place. What I have kept secret however, is that we bought a holiday house there about a year ago! It’s been a loooonggg time coming. We first dreamed of buying a property on the island, in the late 1990’s […]
Bring Back the Chamber Pot!
In these days of indoor plumbing, you’re probably surprised to learn that there are times when I think a chamber pot would be darn handy. As a tiny tot, my nickname was “Jolly Juicy Janet”. I can only assume I was a happy child (and am still a happy person); while the “juicy” referred to […]
23 Obstacles to Blogging
What do you do when it’s gone 9pm on a Sunday night, and you just KNOW that if you don’t have a fresh blog post published in the morning, your adoring public kidults will be cross?! You write a post about WHY you haven’t managed to get a blog post done, that’s what! I bet […]
Painting for Fun
Do you remember as a child, when you just did painting for fun?! Somewhere along the way, most of us lost that joy of creating – whether it was painting, drawing, pottery, or whatever. For me, it was in my high school art classes. Rather than nurturing my inner artist, they pretty much destroyed it […]