Fishy Tails I had the most amazing experience whilst out in the Noosa National Park recently both fishy related .I had taken a walk along the stunning and beautiful coastal trail from Hastings street Noosa to Dolphin Point and was really pleased to see a pod o f dolphins swimming and playing right at Dolphin Point . I did sadly witness an act of utter stupidity by a couple of boaters .The dolphins actually came in very close to shore and a paddle boarder was clearly keen to get up close to them and gently and silently and respectfully paddled… Read More »
Not so silly love songs
Not so silly love songs Lately a few of the old favourite love songs have been popping up out of the blue unexpectedly .Take for example I was down at Maroochydore Plaza not long ago It was school holidays and pretty full on with all the school kids milling around and I was standing there in a daze feeling a bit overwhelmed in the food court waiting for my Hungry Jacks order when suddenly the song “Baby Its You “ explodes in my mind I havent actually heard that song on the… Read More »
Doreen’s Poem
Celebrating the end of World War 2 Photo courtesy of www.iwm.org.uk Doreen’s Poem My mother Doreen Coveney is a dark horse.I always found her emails quite articulately expressed but recently with the death of the late Queen Elizabeth I was inspired to know what mum made of it all and wrote and asked her to share her recollections with me . As kids the Queen was always part of the wallpaper of our lives . We were working class and by no means royalists but somehow her Maj was a constant fixture for us kids even if only… Read More »
Keeping it real ..
The deeper story …keeping it real With so many surreal chaotic and seemingly unbelievable things going on in the world you look to the things that are working ,the places where the light still shines ,where kindness and order still prevails ,where nice things and good things still happen and you say amen to that .I am grateful for being close to mother nature and being able to appreciate her many gifts I am grateful for my supportive private FB groups and holistic healing and art and good friends and the chance I have to travel and stay in… Read More »
Now is the time ….
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 »