With temperatures in the mid 20’s today……(70’s for those in the USA)  it’s the first time I’ve enjoyed the weather since I came home… It’s 6.30 pm and silence has descended on the house. Today was a quilting day with friends…. We’ve been friends for 35 years or more. We have shared many of life’s…

I spent time with friends again today. We had the compulsory sumptuous lunch, caught up on the comings and goings of family and worked together as a team on our special quilt. I think it’s quite a unique group. Four people from different backgrounds, we are of similar age but dissimilar identities and a common…

I guess you have gathered by now that I love vintage. I’ve been given a wonderful gift of my great Grand Mothers’ Blue and White china. There were just a few pieces but I treasure them… and I have several other special things from a Grandmother I never knew…. an old cookie barrel.Recently I was…

I put my feet up, looked out of the window and listened to  Handel on my ipod… Unwind…… Unwind…… Unwind It was an early start to the morning, cold and dark but interesting. As I anticipated I had a little problem with excess baggage despite leaving a lot of papers and things in Auckland… I…

It seems my recollections of school in Tasmania stirred your memories as well. I was overwhelmed with the emails you sent, both as a comments to the blog and as personal mail. I appreciate the time you took to make comments. I don’t dwell on those memories, you know, in fact, I think that the…

I’m sitting in the restaurant at breakfast. The air is crisp and very cold outside but despite that a few hardy souls dressed in summer attire are jogging past. Class was great yesterday. It was held in an old school building which brings back memories of past school days for me. I went to school…

I arrived in NZ just a tad late… sort of 2 hours really, The plane had a problem, so they changed it….you know, just bought in a spare one…..The flight isn’t too long I only got the back end of a mythical beast drawn… Oh, well the day is shorter due to the time change…

The Iphone and the Ipod are synced with the computer, the bags are packed and I’m off at 5.30 am. New Zealand bound.I’ve worked on my programs all day… refining and tweeking… the bags are a problem though, you can only take 20 kg…. this is for a girl who normally takes 60 kg.I’ve been…