Being fifty-something, I’ve taken a renewed interest in where our food is sourced, who grows it and how it arrives in my fridge. We’ve been exploring farmers markets, trying to buy more local produce, frequenting our local green grocer and generally trying to avoid supermarket shopping where we can. This year we decided to take… Continue reading Grow your own adventure
Being fifty-something, I can decide which events | people | causes I choose to support (and which I don’t). This smallish, niche blog attracts a surprising number of approaches from businesses | PR companies | directories | randoms asking me to sponsor | support | or promote them in one way or another through my… Continue reading The Makery – Boom Pop Up Event (popping up in Geelong)
Being fifty-something, I love to scrutinise the past for “pivotal” moments – those points in time when something changed. Or you changed. Or the world changed. There are the biggies you can draw a line beneath and from then on everything (Every. Thing.) falls above or below, before or after. But sometimes the moment is… Continue reading Of coloured pencils and fugitive moments
Being fifty-something, I’ve had some marvellous neighbours. And some not so marvellous neighbours … like the grumpy old fellow who’d phone to complain if the kids bounced their basketballs as they walked past his house. Let’s forget him and focus on the good guys. A couple of days ago my neighbours messaged to say they… Continue reading Kenneth’s Zucchini Slice … with a nod to our neighbours through the ages
Being fifty-something I sometimes act on a whim. Spontaneity is a good thing, right? When I saw a bountiful basket of plastic toy animals marked “$5 the lot” at a garage sale I felt spurred into action. A folly perhaps? I’d seen several craft projects lately that required toy animals of one species or another… Continue reading DIY Upcycled Animal Toy Planter
being fifty-something 