I would normally end #blogjune with a reflection post but I am not going to. Instead I am going to copy an idea from my Day 29 2016 Blog June post and write about 7 things that I am loving right…
Day 28 – social butterfly
Over the weekend I attended not only my first social gathering outside of the home since the COVID-19 lockdown, but 3 social gatherings. The first was dinner on Friday night at the RSL at the end of our street for…
Day 27 – family treasures
In amongst tidying up the study/craft room I spent some of Saturday morning going through a box of family photos I inherited when my parents died. In amongst the box was a couple of metal Kodak slide boxes full of…
Day 17 – more memories
After yesterday’s post about my father it is only fitting that today’s post is about my mother. If anyone has taken a close look at my Instagram posts you may have noticed that I use the hash tag #domesticgoddessinthemaking for…
Day 16 – one more thing
It only dawned on me this morning that there is another visual item that reminds me of my Dad and I was surprised I didn’t think of it yesterday. It is a small transistor radio. After my Dad retired, well…
Day 15 – two visual items
Thank you to Librarians Matter and Snail for today’s blog post prompt. I have been pondering Kathryn’s question “What two visual items remind you of your parents?” all afternoon since I read her post this afternoon. It has been 14 months since my…
Day 14 – new family member
After 44 years of never owning a cat or a dog, today that has changed. We had been thinking of getting Miss A a cat for awhile now. Mr A had cats and dogs and an assortment of other pets…
Day 11 Blog June – What I did today
It is 8pm and I feel like I have only just stopped for the day. My fitbit stats reflect this as I have done 18,699 steps so far and have done 9 hours with more than 250 steps per hour.…