Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. This week, three from the list of books I was looking forward to in 2020: Continue reading
Tag Archives: swimming
Things that are making me happy this week
01. Alas, conditions did not favour diving this weekend but I did enjoy some time on the shore looking at the angry sea. Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. My first dive (from Rye pier) – exhilarating, terrifying, exhausting, addictive. Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. They were filming an ad when I was swimming this week (hence the stupid lifeguard chair). I’ll let you know if I appear in the background. Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. I’m a little late posting, but that’s because I finished last week and started this week in Anglesea, for two days of surfing with the kids. It was glorious. Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. Supernova was devastating (I took a box of tissues….). And really good. Go see it. Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. My Yarra River walking project continues. Today we followed the River through Ivanhoe. Pic is taken under the Banksia Street Pipe Bridge. Continue reading
The best of lockdown
Has there ever been such a grim title? Sorry, it’s the Pollyanna in me. I started writing Things That Are Making Me Happy posts seven months ago, when Melbourne went into its first lockdown. There was a brief gap between lockdowns one and two, but not enough for anything to feel ‘normal’. For me, that’s changed in the last two weeks and being able to see family and friends, and enjoy some dinners out, has been marvelous.
So, before I immerse myself in Melbourne’s ‘new normal’, I thought I’d remind myself of the highlights of ‘happy’. Here’s a quick summary of the best stuff – Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. My favourite shades of blue (I took a few days off work this week and got in two extra swims).
02. My eldest son finished school – hardly the Year 12 celebrations they expected but they marked the occasion as best they could. Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. I promise not to post pics of my local every week… But being able to go swimming again is making me VERY, VERY HAPPY. Continue reading