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Category: celebrations

  • The advent season

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    I love advent calendars! Ever since I discovered them at around age 8 I have loved the surprise behind each window and the anticipation for the next day. This was also made even more wonderful since my birthday is in December and I treated that day as a special advent birthday present. My Mum made…

  • Happy Australia Day!

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    Yes it’s Australia Day! The F18 have already done their flyover and the cyclist has done his annual 50km coffee ride with some of his cycling buddies. The boys are chilling out with their projects, one which is us attempting to make lamingtons by following this recipe. So all in all a typical Australia Day…

  • Random resolutions :: Happy New Year

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    People who know me well know that I’m not a fan of New Year’s Day… just as I’m not a fan of the first page of a book. I have no clue what it is but I always feel happier when the 2nd of January rolls around and when I turn to page 2. Maybe…

  • Decorating the tree

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    We got our tree yesterday and decorated it in the afternoon. Here is a selection of photos of our decorations that I took while waiting for cookies to bake. We have a rather eclectic mix since we buy 3 new ornaments each year and these are some of my favourites. What about you? Do you…

  • It’s my birthday

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    Yes – it’s my birthday, again! I can’t believe this is now my 5th birthday post, which translates as I can’t believe this blog has been going for 4 years. My birthday posts traditionally have involved technology of the Apple variety but this year is an exception, although technology is still involved. I’m the happy…

  • Happy Anniversary

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    This one if for the cyclist – it’s our anniversary today. Gee I married well! :: image resources :: Vintage postcard Postmark stamp created from this tutorial at Fuzzimo Stamp by me from an image by Charles Bayliss. Jane Austen from dafont FG Jasmine from My Fonts

  • Decorating for easter

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    I made these cute eggs and bunnies a couple of years ago from a download courtesy of Sidsel at Spagat Blog. You can view all her downloads here which includes the Easter decorations. I misplaced them last year, I think they got buried in the bottom of the Christmas box. This year we found them…

  • Christmas and Paper Boat Press

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    In our family we have a tradition of buying 3 (yes just 3) new ornaments for our tree each year. As you can imagine our tree has a very eclectic mix of one of a kind ornaments collected over the years. Fortunately this tradition has only been in existence since moving to Canberra so our…

  • It’s My Birthday

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    Do you know what this is? It’s my birthday present – new brakes for my bike. This is one of the many reasons I love my husband; his uncanny knack of buying practical and/or interesting birthday presents. Granted… I really needed new brakes. Over the years I have received some great presents. The first year…

  • Happy Mother’s Day

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    With my good friend and walking buddy and about 5100 other people I took part in the Mother’s Day Classic walk/run for breast cancer research this morning. So no breakfast in bed for me. Canberra turned on such a beautiful day. Please excuse the quality of the images they were taken on my iPhone but…