I usually start with the date stamped in the top left corner - I have a little template one where you write the date in and circle the weekday. Then I just launch straight in. No greeting, just write

Definitely! It looks like our new home will come with a cat enclosure for outdoor time, so I think we'll be adopting one :-)

Ah, that's just a stock photo. The one I'm going to see hasn't been advertised yet so I couldn't show a picture. The little blue house in the photo is very cute though :-)

It's mostly to do with zoning. I'd love to keep her, but the area is zoned for units and I'm slowly being surrounded by them. The zoning also means I can't do a lot of the improvements I'd like to or split

Ha ha! This cracked me up. I also have a friend with a wooden duck problem. I sent her this post and she's now scheming how to acquire one of these ducks from Australia, particularly the one having a drink

Oh I love that, "Six Dinner Sid"! I just looked up the picture book in my library catalogue and we have the one about his Highland Adventure. I might have to borrow it and read it to Timeshare

Funnily enough I was a huge, huge book hoarder until I started working at the library (I also read a whole lot more before I worked there, but that's more to do with lack of time now rather than specifically

Oh wow, downsizing to a camper must have been brutal! But a cool adventure to undertake. I can't imagine losing books to water damage. Purging them by choice is one thing, having the decision taken from

Thanks! And good luck with your November goals too. I love the idea of posting some short stories.

Yes, I've only done it once. Almost achieved it again in January this year, but missed the very last day due to life happening - so frustrating! Good luck with this month! I agree, with the encouragement

Awesome! Just what I need to get my blogging mojo back after a long hiatus :-)

Yes, the top just slides down! It's quite clever. Despite buying one I'd still like to have a go at sewing one. Being a stationery addict does get a little exxy. I'm trying to restrain myself to only truly

If he'd been bigger, I would have been out of there too ;-)

The natural rocks along there are all pretty cool, so many textures! Not a lot of shells or visible sea creatures in the rock pools though, mostly just sand.

We're really lucky, it's only 2 hours from home and within our state.

Thanks for the great eco friendly tips! I think I need to practice the "trash as trash bags" a bit more. My compost game is strong though - we compost everything here too, including a lot of

Oh, I give heaps away! The fallen ones are the ones I can't reach even with a long pole and net, or the ones the bats and birds beat me to.

I love your declaration over your blog: This is my blog. My space. My shares. I OWN IT, I am the only person who gets to dictate how it unfolds. Incredibly powerful and affirming. Thank-you. I'm going

Ooh, that does look cold 😰 I have to admit to never having experienced snow, except from a distance when we holidayed down south one winter. We have the opposite issue to you, it's often too hot and humid

Yes, it seemed my feed had dwindled to just the same few people posting. It's been a very, very long year though. Hopefully, as you said, things are coming back to life a little now. Thanks for the upvote!