Green, And Blue

…and apricot, too!

This old town is heating up, and the garden seems to be coming back to life.
I hadn’t been outside for a couple of days, but in that time the frangipanis have suddenly gone green!

Some bits, at least 🙂

The desert rose is thinking about blooming…

In amongst all the green, my succulents are more of a dreamy pastel palette –
from blue, melting in to a happy red-orange

…to gentle apricot, with a heart of pale green.

Baby version!

😊

I had forgotten just how lovely, and subtle, their colours were.
What a beautiful world 🌏
💖

Published in: on October 6, 2026 at 11:16 pm  Leave a Comment  

Musing Music

Just right for a Saturday night 💖

What will be…

…and what is.

Beautiful!
🌸

Published in: on October 3, 2026 at 7:58 pm  Leave a Comment  
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This Spinning World

Earlier, I was enjoying the late afternoon/early evening cool.
The cars were swishing past.
The frogs were singing.

I know that, technically, it’s spring.
But this evening was a strange, and comfortable, mixture of autumn/winter with a bit of summer thrown in.
I sat in my comfy chair, reading and soaking up peace.

I had flowers on my windowsill.

😀

And fairy light in the growing dark.

This year has been galloping along.
Winter was a bit of a blip, and this season doesn’t know what to do with itself.
My comfy chair held me, dreaming, in the memories of long ago springs (summers – autumns…)

Tomorrow, this world will turn a bit more, moving me on to long summer days – and a steady, mellowing heart.
💖

Published in: on October 2, 2026 at 8:09 pm  Leave a Comment  

Having A Wild Thyme

Tried out a new cafe today – Wild Thyme Farm on Brisbane St (Ipswich).


Coffee.
French pastries.

A brioche bun for brekkie! 😀

I sat in the corner, between two huge canvases.

Looking at the art and trinkets on the opposite wall…

Not forgetting what’s hiding in the rafters…

It was nice to be out and about. I can see myself going back, although on a day when I have more time. The brioche bun was very nice 🙂 But there are other pastries to try…
There was an feeling of being a bit unfinished – it’s an evolving concept, I think.
They were playing the Penguin Cafe Orchestra album that I have, which hurtled me back about thirty years – to places (and cafes) in my past.
And I wandered out to the next part of my day, under the cloud of a purple vine.

Published in: on September 29, 2026 at 11:55 pm  Leave a Comment  
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An Afternoon Safari

It’s the middle of school holidays here, and you never know when you’ll unexpectedly come upon a child-oriented display.
This time around we found a mechanical menagerie in the mall.

They mimicked the real animal sounds – some more believably than others.

Who’s the king of the jungle?

Not this lion.
It appears to have led a hard life…

The tiger of the library.

And the zebra of…indifference?

Never mind 😀
There was also a flappy parrot (with an implausibly big butterfly behind a tree)

We were there later in the afternoon, when there were no visiting children.
Just us, in the cold spring evening, remembering school holidays of the past.

Published in: on September 26, 2026 at 10:50 pm  Leave a Comment  

Light As A Feather

I had a few big(gish) things to do this week – mostly good, but I still needed to ration out my energy supply to meet the deadlines…
All done now 😀
Still shopping tomorrow, but that’s more of a go-do-come-home thing (with the possibility of chocolate! 😂)

Even when I have a schedule that mostly includes things that I enjoy, it can feel quite heavy in the anticipation – will I be able to do it all? I don’t want to let people down!

And now I’m on the other side of this week.
Feeling as light as a feather!

💖

Published in: on September 24, 2026 at 9:59 pm  Leave a Comment  

Honest

I’ve had a bit of a sniffle the last few days.
Not one of the big 3 (4?) – Covid, Flus A & B, or RSV – I checked 🙂
I thought I’d have to cancel much of my week, but I’ve been steadily feeling better.

Lots of books to read! 😀

In the times when I don’t feel up to going out into the world (which have been many, over the last years) I can sometimes feel useless and a bit dimmed…but sometimes I’m happy and enjoying my uninterrupted reading time.
I used to just feel…icky. Dark. Sad.
Still do, from time to time.
Then I need to look at myself, work out what’s going on, and remember that I’ve been through it before.
Be honest about where I am.
Where I’ve been.
Where I’m going.
And then, just…persevere!

Pretty soon the sun will come out again.

Honest!
❤

Published in: on September 22, 2026 at 11:17 pm  Leave a Comment  
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The Evidence In The Teeth

There’s a Lord Peter Wimsey book called “In The Teeth Of The Evidence“. It’s a collection of short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, where the title story is centred around a dentist. I was thinking about it yesterday…

I had my teeth looked at yesterday – not something I enjoyed.
I haven’t seen a dentist for something like ten years, but my name finally reached the top of the free dental register.
I don’t really like to have my face touched – I don’t wear make-up, and have never been able to contemplate contact lenses. Poking around my teeth and gums was quite upsetting, and I felt a bit weepy after.
One of the surprising things (at least to me) was the big TV screen attached to the ceiling. The penguins soothed me somewhat 🙂

I took a calming wander after round the nearby Salvos store, and had a little smile to myself when I looked up and –

😀

I’m hoping to be able to get away with just a clean.
Can’t see any gaping holes on the x-ray, but I don’t really know what to look for…

Still, there are cute penguins in this world.
And flowers.
For no reason!

💖

Published in: on September 19, 2026 at 11:44 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Celebrating Sweetly

We had our anniversary this week – 32 years!
When did I get so old? 😊

There were other things happening throughout the day, so thought we would celebrate the next day.
Then – cancellation! And off to the shops for a bit of cake…

Yes, we still went out the next morning.

Choc-mint cake.
Why do mint flavoured foods taste more minty when they’re green?

Speaking of food colours…

A lovely lavendery colour – they almost look like they should be ube (purple yam) flavoured.
They’re actually “brown sugar pancake” flavoured.
I don’t often buy oreos (they tend to be a bit bland) but these sounded interesting. They also tasted good. If on the (slightly) bland side…

Our celebrations have been low key, but sweet ❤
And yesterday, also accompanied by a leaf-heart in our view 🙂

Published in: on September 17, 2026 at 11:29 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Feeling Springy

Also feeling like I’ve not been here for a bit.

Spring is dipping its toes in the forecast data, then dashing back out again.
It’s a bit like watching small children trying to get the courage to actually immerse themselves in the sea, rather than just paddling in the receding waves…
My plants are showing little shoots of green, but the flowers are still undecided on their timeline.
Thankfully, other gardens around town are more advanced.

From little green brush-like sprouts –

– to bright pink splashes of joy!

I’ve finished the painting I was working on.
Just as well, since the last day to enter it into the Ipswich Art Awards was yesterday.
I don’t know how it will stand up to all the other entries, but I’m happy to have got there 🙂
Every other year I’ve only realised the due date some number of days after it has been and gone.
Now I’ve just got to remember to take it in for display next month!

I’m not sure if there are rules about not showing the artworks to anybody before the exhibition.
So I’ll just share a blurred snippet here…

😂

A quiet day today, full of satisfaction. And books.
(also – some sugar)
All the washing dried, and I even had a good sleep last night.
Even if the weather couldn’t decide where it was going, I had a green, growing, spring-like day.
❤

Published in: on September 14, 2026 at 10:26 pm  Leave a Comment  
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