Now is the time ……. I have woken early today feeling compelled to write something in response to what’s going on with the mandates and the vaccines and what is happening in Australia politically . So after getting up at 5ish easing into the day , finding a warm cardigan to cosy up in , stuffing my face with picklets and butter and washing them down with pear juice and now sipping on a hot cuppa ….I’m sitting at my laptop ready to go. Image courtesy of Quora.com. I also want to give a shout out to some truly… Read More »
Ocean Art
OCEAN ART I just came home from the most amazing art session with Naomi Pettenuzzo at her Ocean Art Studios in Maroochydore .Every year Arts Connect a cooperative which represents and supports artists throughout the Sunshine Coast hosts an Art Trail wherein Sunshine Coast artists open up their homes and studios for people to come through and watch them at work with a chance to peruse their collections and purchase art direct from the artists themesleves . There are also other events and workshops that happen as part of Open Studios week . This year there are two art… Read More »
More news …..
MORE NEWS…. Back in Yandina once more after a fabulous trip to Yeppoon .Some highlights and low lights once I had left Yeppoon and stopped in Rockhampton in transit I got a chance to visit the Rockhampton Museum of Art which had only just opened a week or so previously The new gallery is a really fabulous new building apparently the second biggest Art gallery in Qld and really nicely set out with an interesting eclectic selection of art mixing up lesser known artists side by side with some really big name well known artists and information about the art… Read More »
Greetings from Yeppoon
Greetings from Yeppoon Wow life seems even more surreal than normal if thats possible with all the strange chaos and turbulance going on in the world at present Here I am on the beautiful Capricorn Coast high upon a hill in Yeppoon with stunning views out to the Keppel Islands . The weather has been idyllic although its a hot one today and the dogs and I are inside and grateful for the airconditioning The dogs in my care are the lovely Lexi a part Husky I have devoted a whole story to upcoming in my story tab and two … Read More »
Convoy to Canberra Update….
12th September 2022 Convoy to Canberra Saturdays march to Parliament house Convoy to Canberra update …… Sadly the amazing FB page the 2022 official Convoy to Canberra with 178k followers got taken down just as the action down there was getting exciting and jsut a s my letter to the editor went to print .The same admin did start up another FB group and there were a couple of other legit groups but also a couple of fake groups filled with trolls and bots which was a bit confusing and disappointing .Luckily I came apon the Northern NSW Convoy… Read More »
2022 Official Convoy to Canberra
Convoy to Canberra passing through Yandina 2022 Official Convoy to Canberra I feel so excited to tune in as many 1000s of trucks and cars have been headed to our nations capital over the past few days to front up to Parliament House in time for when Parliament resumes on Monday 7th February Thousands of Aussies coming together standing united vaxxed and unvaxxed in peaceful protest to tell the politicians enough is enough and we want our country and our freedoms back . Feeling I’d like to do something for the revolution I decided to submit A Letter to… Read More »
What I really think
And so it begins ……. As from 17th of December . anyone in Qld who haven’t been vaccinated will not be able to go into cafes ,libraries ,or art galleries . Unbelievable .The Qld premier Anna Palaszczuk is trying to enforce mandatory vaccinations across the state thereby treating at least a quarter of the population like pariahs and second class citizens . She initially had a lot of suppport here in the state because apparently she kept covid numbers low and managed to achieve the least drastic lockdown regime in the Country . but she has crossed the line sadly… Read More »
KIngs Beach and the Pleiadians Wow basking in the late afternoon golden sunlight at Kings Beach looking across to the Glasshouse Mountains The ocean is calm gently surging and lapping the shore white lacy foam cradling the bay …. Just reflecting on all the lock downs going on down south and how blessed we have been here in Qld . We were able to take off our masks as per last weekend Love walking around freely unemcumbered breathing in great gulps of fresh air Life simple pleasures and necessities never again perhaps to be taken so easily for granted .… Read More »
Achieving a long held goal to self publish during Covid lockdowns .
Last year the surreal and confining circumstances that have presented globally in 2020 although tiresome at times were no real hardship for me overall.I htink I did it easy compared to so many folks . I found myself consigned to staying close to home in truely beautiful countryside the weather was glorious and the air was filled with butterflies going crazy ….. it was a chance for a good long rest ,the air and the creeks seemed to grow clearer and more pristine by the day , the tourists dropped off and the roads were empty in… Read More »
Enough Now ………..
ENOUGH NOW………. ENOUGH NOW ….. On the weekend I was massively inconvenienced by sudden unexpected lockdowns My plans were disrupted and thrown into turmoil . I couldnt do the things I had planned to do .I was put to great discomfort having to stand and wait in line for over an hour for tickets to this art exhibit and watched as the 3 hours window of viewing pleasure I had allowed for a trip to the European Masters Art Exhibit at Qgoma dwindled to just 1 hour and 55 minutes all becuase of the art galleries changed staffing… Read More »