Raggedy Rambles

The Anzac on the Wall I wandered thru a country town 'cos I had time to spare, And went into an antique shop to see what was in there. ...

Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone, I hope you have a wonderful green day with your friends. St Patrick's day is also my great-nephe...

I have joined up to Pay It Forward on Khris's blog. What a great idea! This is how it works: It's the Pay It Forward exchange, bas...

Head on over to Old Red Barn for your chance to win a beautiful quilt. Please tell her I sent you.

Black leather wallet with ALL contents intact! I am so amazed and completely grateful to the son who found Simon's wallet and his father...

A black leather wallet containing provisional driver's licence, ATM card, interim Medicare card, cash, phone numbers (in other words, al...

My first-born has just left home. It's a mixed bag of emotions I'm sure many of you can relate to. These emotions include happines...

I've just had a birthday, on Valentine's Day, and my Yahoo group have a birthday swap where we all send 2 fat quarters to each other...

You've got to love these biscuits! They were given to me for Christmas and I've only just opened them (yes, still fresh, they were i...

... having to clean up palm fronds! Don't get me wrong, I love palms, but they are such a pain when they drop their fronds. They are to...

Yesterday I went kayaking with my friend Trish in the Maroochy River . We also took my dog Peat (aka Shadow , cos he follows me like a shad...

My mum and dad celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on 8 November. This is a pretty amazing feat in itself, but even more amazing is th...

I am really sorry that time got away from me so much that I haven't posted in more than a month. I've just been so busy with everyt...

Here is your official Happy Birthday Dad! Well, it's not really Dad's birthday today..... it was last Sunday the 14th. I couldn'...

I've waited long enough for the weather to warm up sufficiently before getting Peat's hair cut, and he really was just sooo scruffy!...

I've added some music to my blog, which you may have noticed already. I've decided to embed enduring favourites, and include differ...

Strawberries! This is a really yummy time of the year. They are so sweet and juicy. I love them on their own, with my cereal and yoghurt i...

Yesterday, sadly, I went to my cousin's funeral. As part of the service, the chaplain read "The Dash" by Linda Ellis. I hav...

September 11 is a happy day for my family. It's my Mum's birthday! Happy Birthday Mum! I hope we are both here to celebrate many man...

I've been tagged by Khris for the NAME GAME. I need to list one fact that is relevant to my life for each letter of my name, then tag t...

I realised my last post sounded a tad negative, so thought I would balance it out with a positive image by sharing this old postcard with yo...

It's raining again ! We had nearly a week of dry weather and it's wet again. If you scroll down to Friday 24 August, the photos ...

Our rainfall for areas on the coast has broken records for the amount of rain received in a 24 hour period for any month of the year, not ju...