It’s been a while! Life goes on, the seasons turn. It’s winter now after a very dry summer. A bit of rain has freshened things up, but there’s still a way to go. Here are some pics from yesterday , as is so often the case here in SW VIC, the skies were beautiful. TilContinue reading “Back”
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Community Projects
This blog is another article from Grow! Spring Edition, 2024. Grow! Is a new zine for garden and art inspo in the South West of Victoria, Australia. Community Projects: Gardens can be more than the space surrounding your home. They can also be spaces for public use including parks, botanic gardens, community gardens, gardens inContinue reading “Community Projects”
Once Upon a Chair
This is the second post from my new zine ‘Grow!’. Meet ‘Once Upon a Chair‘ and the creative brains behind it, Liz. *Taken from Grow! Winter 2024, 2nd edition. Liz has been a creative person from a young age, she has used a variety of mediums, painting with acrylics, oils, sign writing, then teaching herselfContinue reading “Once Upon a Chair”
Grow!
My focus has been diverted lately, from posting thoughts and info on this platform to putting information and interviews in print form. I have a long held fascination with the medium of ‘zines’. In my youth they were an underground way of sharing music and alternative news. I had thought they had died out butContinue reading “Grow!”
A few random pics
Sometimes I feel like chilling out and just feeling the vibe, so here’s a few random pics I’ve taken since I last posted a blog. Enjoy. Til next time!
Roses and Chickens
This weekend the small town I live close to had its annual show. Well, it had been annual for 80 or so years until covid put paid to it for two years, but now it’s back! The Noorat Show first happened in 1933 and has grown to be one of the main events in theContinue reading “Roses and Chickens”
Sunny days
Well it was bound to happen eventually. Sunny days are here! Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of places in Australia struggling with the excess of water we’ve had in recent weeks. And weeks and weeks it seems… but here in my little garden oasis it is ‘sunny days time’. Flowers are blooming,Continue reading “Sunny days”
Soggy and bedraggled
Soggy and bedraggled is the best way to describe my garden and its surrounds here in South West Victoria. The rain is back again after a few gorgeous days, so we’re back to hearing stories of flooding, and dangerous waters. I’m managing to keep on top of the pasture grasses that make their way intoContinue reading “Soggy and bedraggled”
Rainy days
I feel like I’ve been complaining about rainy days for weeks! It hasn’t really been that bad here in regional Victoria. Until now… In the last couple of days a very large rain event has been dumping water on NSW and Victoria resulting in some serious flooding issues and causing more than a little inconvenienceContinue reading “Rainy days”
Botanic Garden stop
I spent a large part of today on a trip further west into Victoria, to the city of Hamilton to pick up a truck. It is Mother’s Day, but seeing as my kids all live three to four hours drive away in the other direction I didn’t have to be anywhere to be showered withContinue reading “Botanic Garden stop”
The Flowerpot Pen 