Welcome to the A to Z challenge, a blog post everyday of April apart from Sundays, covering every letter of the alphabet. My theme is travel, that thing that we haven't been able to do over the last 12 months, so it seemed appropriate to reminisce about past travels we've taken, looking forward to when … Continue reading C is for Cardiff, Clun, & Camden Town
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A Short Break in Maastricht
Still dreaming of travel? Today I thought I would share with you our trip to Maastricht in the Netherlands which we visited in September 2019. Why did we go to Maastricht? It was easy to get to from the Highlands - we flew direct to Amsterdam and then we got the bus which only took … Continue reading A Short Break in Maastricht
Top Ten Thursday – St Petersburg
Today for our top ten Tamara at Part-time Working Hockey Mom has asked us to take an imaginary city trip! We picked a location we've been wanting to visit, googled the h*** out of the internet and put together the top ten things we want to see, do, experience, eat, etc. at that place! So many places that I would … Continue reading Top Ten Thursday – St Petersburg
A Hodgepodge of Happiness
It's Wednesday, it's hodgepodge time, with the questions set by Joyce at the blog From This Side of the Pond.1. January is National Mentoring Month. Have you ever had a mentor? Been a mentor? How would you rate the experience?This one is an odd one as I don't always think that we know when we're … Continue reading A Hodgepodge of Happiness
Farewell 2017, and Welcome 2018
It's only a few hours until we wave goodbye to the old year and welcome in the new, so time to be a little reflective on how the year has been. In January I wrote this post, My wishes for 2017, and I think all of these still apply for the coming year.We've had lots of … Continue reading Farewell 2017, and Welcome 2018
Top Ten Thursday – The Beauty of Art
This week's Top Ten is all about art whether that be paintings, classical music, sculptures, literature, theater plays, or operas. Thanks to Tamara at Part-time Working Hockey Mom for the great theme that I think is going to show just how eclectic my tastes are.1. Brett Whiteley's matches entitled Almost Once. This is my favourite sculpture anywhere in the … Continue reading Top Ten Thursday – The Beauty of Art
The Street Art of Melbourne
On our recent trip to Australia we spent three wonderful days in Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. Ken had never been to Melbourne and I hadn't visited for about 23 years. One of the things that I really wanted to do whilst we were there was to check out the street art as I love … Continue reading The Street Art of Melbourne
