Saddened by the passing of Rob Hirst.

As I  sit and write this blog post I know I feel compelled to write ✍️.  As a teenager of the 80s here in Melbourne Australia I grew up with a great love of our greatest political band Midnight Oil.  Rob Hirst was always my favourite member and just about every heterosexual teenage girl of my vintage were attracted to Rob as he pounded away on the drums to create Midnight Oils wall of sound. If Peter Garrett was the political mouthpiece for Midnight Oil Rob Hirst was the charming one, the one with the wit and humour of the band. I feel saddened by his battle with pancreatic c cancer.  Just weeks ago he donated his drum kit to a charity auction.  The reserve price was $10.000 Australian dollars. It sold for $90,000 Australian dollars,  such was the esteem he was held in. I know I will feel different when I now listen 🎶 to Midnight Oil.  I ask if you are a fan of Midnight Oil that you watch the documentary about them on ABC iview called The Hardest Line and that you read my past blog post 📫 about it.

Positive Example Of Where I’ve Felt Loved

Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?

This post has got me thinking about the times I’ve felt loved. Certainly all my memories of Susanna are those when I always felt loved, she treated me as her sister and there are many examples of where she showed me love, but today I want to write ✍️ about another time when I was shown love.

Throughout my marriage I would occasionally invite Russell to share a meal with us, if I was cooking 🍳 something like a casserole.  I enjoyed Russell’s company and definitely wanted my husband to spend more time in Russell’s company. My marriage fell apart in August 2012, and I moved to my current address. In about January 2013 Russell politely asked me if he could come to my place, with a friend 🧡 and cook dinner for me. He wanted to do so to thank me for the times I had cooked for him.  I was taken aback and accepted the invitation for him to do so. It was warm summer evening the night Russell came to cook dinner and he cooked a lovely Indian meal. I can remember sitting in my lounge room having had  delicious meal and it occurred to me that I was really happy  that night and it was the first time since leaving my marriage that I felt happy and contented and loved. Russell gently showed me that he was a true friend 🧡 and would be around in my life for the long haul. I realised that I had done the right thing leaving my marriage and that if I had to go through everything I did in the past, it was worth it to be where I am now, with the friends like Russell and Susanna .I felt gracious and grateful 🙏🏽.

Where can I reduce clutter

Where can you reduce clutter in your life?

This is a very pertinent question because I am currently decluttering my place ready  for me to move in the not too distant future.  I have been a hoarder and kept every gift and greeting card given to me over the past 30 years.  I have donated a lot to the Salvos shop and given a lot to friends and family.   The main thing I now hoard are books 📚 and photos 📸 but I want to keep most of them and get rid of a lot of stuff in have accumulated.

Quote of the day from Audrey Hepburn.

I just read a great quote from one of my idols Audrey Hepburn.  It is as follows 

“Nothing is impossible.  The very word says I’m possible”.

This definitely is food for thought. Audrey is one of the classic beauties from the 50s and 60s  I love so much that includes Princess Grace,  Natalie Wood etc. They were stunning women whose very lives changed the lives of the women who came after them.

Favourite animal

What is your favorite animal?

My all time favourite animal would have to be dogs. I love ❤️ my little dog 🐕 Lily with all my heart.. She is the love of my life. Being an Australian i love our wildlife,  particularly 🐨 koalas,  wombats , kangaroos and platypuses.  I also love 🐘 elephants and giraffes 🦒.

My most memorable road trip

Think back on your most memorable road trip.

Probably my most memorable trip by road was when I took the Overland train to Adelaide,  the Ghan train to Alice Springs and then a bus tour around the Northen Territory,  Urulu then down through South Australia and back to Melbourne. It was the last trip I took with my parents before my dad passed over.   It was amazing.  My favourite places were Urulu , Coober Pedy and the Hermansberg mission, where Albert Namajera painted.  (I hope I spelt his name correctly).  It was a remarkable trip because it reminded me that I live in a vast and scenic country and it was wonderful to share that experience with my parents