The world sometimes feels like it’s splitting open at the seams. The first half of the year has certainly been eventful. How will things pan out the…… Read more “Good things I’m enjoying right now.”
Category: Canberra
June wrap up: Life after lockdown.
Current COVID situation Social restrictions have eased recently in Canberra, where there has been no COVID cases for weeks now. Canberra feels like a safe place to…… Read more “June wrap up: Life after lockdown.”
Edited highlights: Mother’s Day, social visits and bye bye home learning.
Lunar phases, as told in Oreo cookies. Life is getting back to some semblance of “normal” after restrictions and now that school is back and I’m working…… Read more “Edited highlights: Mother’s Day, social visits and bye bye home learning.”
April “school holidays” 2020 – Tik Tok, nature walks and essential slime
I’m loving our regular sunset walks on Red Hill. Term 2 started here in the ACT last Tuesday after a quiet and different “school holidays” which took…… Read more “April “school holidays” 2020 – Tik Tok, nature walks and essential slime”
Cruel Summer (but there was still some fun to be had)
I don’t mind Summer but I’m always ready to say goodbye to it and move onto the next season. It’s the end of February 2020, we’re two…… Read more “Cruel Summer (but there was still some fun to be had)”
Christmas 2019: Crazy guinea pig roadtrip to Sydney
Christmas seems like a long time ago now and for so many Australians, Christmas and New Year celebrations were the furthest things from their minds as they…… Read more “Christmas 2019: Crazy guinea pig roadtrip to Sydney”
Hello, I’m back… Spring stories and Winter wrap-up all in one
Hello, I’m back. I started drafting a post Winter school holidays wrap up 2019: You can’t go wrong in Tallong at the beginning of Term 3. Life…… Read more “Hello, I’m back… Spring stories and Winter wrap-up all in one”
29 good things (and a few silly ones) about Winter in Canberra
Sunday of the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, view from Red Hill, 4pm It’s the end of the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, the ski fields have officially opened,…… Read more “29 good things (and a few silly ones) about Winter in Canberra”
Bye Autumn
The sun has set on Autumn. I find it such a calm season. Comfortable temperatures and muted tones. We’ve had a red-carpeted stroll through tree-tunnels of orange…… Read more “Bye Autumn”
Edited highlights: Pancakes, date loaf and Swedish foodstuffs
We like to make things in this house… well, not all the time, we can open packets and buy pre-prepared stuff with the best of them (chicken-on-a-stick,…… Read more “Edited highlights: Pancakes, date loaf and Swedish foodstuffs”
The Alexcellent Life 