So after all the excitement of the Gatsby Party, my poor friend turning green, a huge, but very beautiful lightning storm that was extremely camera shy and enough feathers floating about the vessel to

On waking from my little nap on the pool deck, I felt quite refreshed, it was only then it occurred to me that I may have been snoring quite loudly. However, I dismissed this concern fairly quickly when

As the sun sank slowly in the west and tera firma disappeared over a darkening horrizon, we scampered off (well in my case limped off, explanation below) to freshen up before indulging in the first of

Having secured a splendiferous last minute deal on a cruise from Brissy to absolutely nowhere, I was keen to get myself on board and enjoy a couple of days of R&R. Source As soon as we boarded we were

So, it’s taken me an entire week to get back to Steemit after my pre-cruise venting session but finally I have managed to pull it together. To recap breifly, I was feeling exhausted after my Mum’s recent

I don’t vent very often on Steemit (or anywhere else for that matter), but some days the insanity of life just has to be shouted to the world, if for no other reason than, to feel better for having gotten

So I saw on my feed a few days ago that @aggroed was going to be hosting a panel on crypto currencies, trading etc and very excited I was (ohoh I'm channeling Yoda!) Then I saw the time, 2:00 am my time

As I mentioned in my recent post, February in South East Queensland is hot... Damn hot! Now that's fine we have 11 months to prepare for it, we know it's coming, it's not like we are surprised, in fact

It went over. It went under. Now it’s over again, but now with a bigger margin for those who have come to their senses and wonder why the hell they are following this lunatic women from Australia who never,

For me like everyone else using the Roman calendar, January has been the start of a new year. And this year it also just happens to be my very first anniversary on Steemit! Now I have to say I was a bit

A balmy Queensland breeze was blowing out of the south-east, relieving the sweltering heat of the day that had been… . Okay, stop, that’s enough of the romanticised BS version… Source An enormous bloody

I was dozing off while typing up a post earlier tonight (or is it this morning?) Anyway I took a break from writing to look through my photos for some relevant images and came across this. My photo This

Tragically our short vacation in the big house on the canal at Surfers Paradise was moving at lightning pace, as were most of my grandchildren… Source So, as mentioned in Part 2 there was a tiny problem

Day 1… Having returned from the Gold Coast I had been catching up on some much needed sleep and writing posts on our little trip away for Steemit. Because I’m a bit voluminous it’s turned into a series.

Source So having finally secured a holiday venue that could contain us all safely (albeit that not everyone was sleeping over), where we could have an 8 year olds and an 87 year olds birthday celebration,

Source Undaunted by the hospitality industries attempts to break us with rooms that only hold a family of 5, cannot cluster us in close proximity and don’t seem equipped to prevent children from exiting

So the tail end of 2017 did not go all that well for our family with the passing of my Mum right on Christmas, which with 12 grandchildren was a bit of an issue, because Christmas just didn’t really happen.

As I mentioned in my previous post we Aussies do like to take advantage of the Christmas/New Year break to catch up with far flung family. In my families case we have all the hotspots in South East Queensland

We are an island nation… So dare I say there is a valid reason for our obsession, with sun, sand and surf, and well with water generally, and this extends to anything that can be parked adjacent to it,

As 2017 drew to a close, so did a profound chapter in the life of my family, with the passing of my Mum on 27 December 2017 at age 84, with complications from advanced dementia. Because as a society in