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With a long weekend planned in Sydney to attend the Opera on the Harbour, I felt it was necessary for Mum and I to incorporate a few histor...

This was a pattern I bought ages ago, and until now, it has been sitting in the box with all the other patterns just taunting me to get ...

I meant to post this ages ago, as Summer died and Autumn reminded us that Perth had temperatures lower than 40°C. The seasons are turning...

I got my very first cookbook when I was about six. It was a big bright book with recipes for cupcakes, house sandwiches and pizza faces and...

I must admit, in recent years, I'd forgotten the joy of witty banter. I remember it from years ago, from school: the fast retorts int...

I usually have a bit of a dilemma around Australia Day as I like fireworks, but hate the unAustralian behaviour that manifests itself amon...

It's been a couple of years since my last Christmas tree - last year we were in Seville, and the year before, with Mum galavanting off ...

I haven't written an update on Mum's garden in quite a while. Things have happened and the garden has rippled through the phases of...

I spent the last week cat-sitting up near Joondalup and was delighted to discover that the Textile Traders up that end of the world was hav...

The renovation of the family beach shack has meant that we've ended up at Ikea on more than one occasion. If not buying various bits ...