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I like naps, cake and gin. Free Palestine. 🍉
Haha! My “suggestions” on Insta are wild. Luxury yacht charters, $1000 a night hotels & now this.
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Haha! My “suggestions” on Insta are wild. Luxury yacht charters, $1000 a night hotels & now this.
Oh no. What a shame.
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Oh no. What a shame.
Currently spending a night at a motel that has not been renovated since the early 80s. No way are we getting in that spa. 😱 The pelicans seem a bit whimsical, a stark contrast to the horror movie vibe the entire room gives off. 😅
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Currently spending a night at a motel that has not been renovated since the early 80s. No way are we getting in that spa. 😱 The pelicans seem a bit whimsical, a stark contrast to the horror movie vibe the entire room gives off. 😅
😤 It’s there, but not strong enough to overcome a bit of light pollution. Also I should have charged my camera & dragged out the tripod, the phones cutting it. #1 is directly south, #2 is ESE.
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
😤 It’s there, but not strong enough to overcome a bit of light pollution. Also I should have charged my camera & dragged out the tripod, the phones cutting it. #1 is directly south, #2 is ESE.
Like, be serious! These readings are nuts.
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Like, be serious! These readings are nuts.
Every year the kids ask me what I’d like for birthday/christmas gifts & I always scratch my head & say 🤷♀️. Now I make an effort to notice when I see something I like but think is frivolous & text one of them to ask for it. So far DIL #2 is buying me these gorgeous cocktail picks.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Every year the kids ask me what I’d like for birthday/christmas gifts & I always scratch my head & say 🤷♀️. Now I make an effort to notice when I see something I like but think is frivolous & text one of them to ask for it. So far DIL #2 is buying me these gorgeous cocktail picks.
This sums it up, really. The rest of the quote is just unnecessary.
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This sums it up, really. The rest of the quote is just unnecessary.
Did some pruning and ended up with a pile of herbs we won’t be able to use, so I’ve put them out on the letterbox with a “free” sign. Hopefully the regular dog walkers along our street will help themselves, I hate to throw perfectly good produce in the green bin.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Did some pruning and ended up with a pile of herbs we won’t be able to use, so I’ve put them out on the letterbox with a “free” sign. Hopefully the regular dog walkers along our street will help themselves, I hate to throw perfectly good produce in the green bin.
I was a child and did not live in Sydney, but thanks to the Naked Vicar Show, I knew some things about 🤢 John Laws. Here’s a fact:
![Text from Wikipedia: Laws recorded nine singles between 1959 and 1962, including many songs he wrote himself.[47] He recorded eight solo albums in the 1970s. His first three LPs and the seventh, You've Never Been Trucked Like This Before, are primarily covers of country and middle of the road hits; the fourth, The Mind and the Music, was made up of original Laws songs.[48] In Love is an Expensive Place to Die is an album of Laws' poetry set to music. You Must Remember This is a collection of standards from the forties with one song co-written by Laws.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mnidhz2cuavqi5t6iuwmcd4z/bafkreigbpytm5vmuoti6vgdtajrrwyvq7ktroo6g6khpc5er75vrd4joka@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I was a child and did not live in Sydney, but thanks to the Naked Vicar Show, I knew some things about 🤢 John Laws. Here’s a fact:
Watching Alien Earth (which is actually pretty good) & immediately clocked locations in Bangkok plus Phang Nga Bay, but then the genius’ island lair just made me think of Tracy Island. 😂 Showing my age.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Watching Alien Earth (which is actually pretty good) & immediately clocked locations in Bangkok plus Phang Nga Bay, but then the genius’ island lair just made me think of Tracy Island. 😂 Showing my age.
I sowed broccoli & beetroot seed and planted more lettuce seedlings. You can’t have too much lettuce over summer. Never icebergs though, they all mature at once & I struggle to use them. I have cos & mignonette, much better for home gardeners.
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I sowed broccoli & beetroot seed and planted more lettuce seedlings. You can’t have too much lettuce over summer. Never icebergs though, they all mature at once & I struggle to use them. I have cos & mignonette, much better for home gardeners.
I love that this garbage advertorial completely ignored Kylie. She’s RIGHT THERE IN THE PHOTO. 🤦♀️
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I love that this garbage advertorial completely ignored Kylie. She’s RIGHT THERE IN THE PHOTO. 🤦♀️
Finally started Christmas shopping & found these gorgeous books for eldest granddaughter. 😍 She’s always asking “what’s that bird?” when we’re at the park, but she’s a bit young for a field guide.
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Finally started Christmas shopping & found these gorgeous books for eldest granddaughter. 😍 She’s always asking “what’s that bird?” when we’re at the park, but she’s a bit young for a field guide.
It was bloody excellent, even if the sauce split. Husband was mortified, I just scooped it into my gob with a fork because it tasted fucking amazing & also only one hand working. 🤷♀️
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It was bloody excellent, even if the sauce split. Husband was mortified, I just scooped it into my gob with a fork because it tasted fucking amazing & also only one hand working. 🤷♀️
Granddaughter’s birthday party this morning, we had a full on bay animal farm(!) and a yard full of toddlers on a sugar high. Luckily there was wine for the grownups.
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Granddaughter’s birthday party this morning, we had a full on bay animal farm(!) and a yard full of toddlers on a sugar high. Luckily there was wine for the grownups.
Teeny-tiny tomato seedlings, finally potted on for the first time today. I was sadly behind sowing my seeds this year & then only these two germinated. Hopefully they’ll grow quickly, but if not I have four other varieties that are well advanced.
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Teeny-tiny tomato seedlings, finally potted on for the first time today. I was sadly behind sowing my seeds this year & then only these two germinated. Hopefully they’ll grow quickly, but if not I have four other varieties that are well advanced.
One-handedly planted out some lettuce seedlings that have been languishing in their punnet since the day before I broke my arm. I think they’ll survive. Also potted up two tomatoes I started from seed & discovered a broken off piece of my rock orchid that I tossed into a shady spot is flowering.
October 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
One-handedly planted out some lettuce seedlings that have been languishing in their punnet since the day before I broke my arm. I think they’ll survive. Also potted up two tomatoes I started from seed & discovered a broken off piece of my rock orchid that I tossed into a shady spot is flowering.
Who is buying these old Qantas bar carts? 😂 At 125,000 points, that’s about the cost of a return economy flight to London. So around $1500-1800. 😳
October 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Who is buying these old Qantas bar carts? 😂 At 125,000 points, that’s about the cost of a return economy flight to London. So around $1500-1800. 😳
Big improvement on the clunky plaster cast. I’m supposed to wear my sling as well but oops, forgot today. 😬
October 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Big improvement on the clunky plaster cast. I’m supposed to wear my sling as well but oops, forgot today. 😬
Wait. I thought they shelved this stupid renaming idea?
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Wait. I thought they shelved this stupid renaming idea?
A weird adventure I once had. Post-bodybuilding show, ridiculously tanned, stupidly lean & about to demolish some Indian food. You only had to ask me once to show off my biceps 😂
October 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A weird adventure I once had. Post-bodybuilding show, ridiculously tanned, stupidly lean & about to demolish some Indian food. You only had to ask me once to show off my biceps 😂
How is this “inclusive”? Pandering to bigots is not what inclusivity means. 🙄
October 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
How is this “inclusive”? Pandering to bigots is not what inclusivity means. 🙄
OK, after seeing the incredible stage musical, I need to rewatch the original Back to the Future
October 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
OK, after seeing the incredible stage musical, I need to rewatch the original Back to the Future
Magpie Alert says not over yet.
October 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Magpie Alert says not over yet.