Vivaldi Sound & Light Show
We went to the Vivaldi Sound & Light Show at Saint Stephens Cathedral in Brisbane. See a few photos & some short videos that share the essence of the evening.| Write of the Middle
Have you heard of the Fat Mum Slim Photo-A-Day Challenge? It was started in 2012 by Chantelle Ellem who blogs at Fat Mum Slim and it’s grown into a huge global phenomenon. Chantelle lives on the coast in northern NSW... Read the Post The post Fat Mum Slim – Photo-a-Day – August 2025 first appeared on Write of the Middle.| Write of the Middle
ART CHAT #30 Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand 28 May 2023 It’s been a long time since I’ve shared any new additions to my New Zealand trip sketchbook. The last time was Oamaru & Lake Tekapo on April 30th. There’s been... Read the Post The post ART CHAT #30 – Aoraki/Mount Cook, NZ first appeared on Write of the Middle.| Write of the Middle
We went to the Vivaldi Sound & Light Show at Saint Stephens Cathedral in Brisbane. See a few photos & some short videos that share the essence of the evening.| Write of the Middle
Snap, Crackles & Zen with Min| Write of the Middle - Snap, Crackles & Zen with Min
My Mooloolaba holiday is over and I'm suffering with some post holiday blues so what better activity is there to do than to re-live the holiday by writing a blog post about it! We arrived at Mooloolaba some time after 2pm on Saturday 10 February to this view (including the photograph above). This is what I've| Write of the Middle
Altocumulus Undulatus – What is that I can hear you asking? I think maybe the photo’s above will somewhat give it away! I have never seen anything like this before in my life! The photos you see above was the... Read the Post The post Altocumulus Undulatus! first appeared on Write of the Middle.| Write of the Middle
Hello! I've been away. On Friday last week we left for Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast. We've been to Mooloolaba many times - here's a post I wrote about a Mooloolaba holiday that will show you more of this area and surrounds than this post. It was a short two night visit to Mooloolaba this| Write of the Middle
In December 2013, on my previous and first blog, I participated in a blogging challenge run by the fabulous Kerri Sackville. It was a weekly series of #MyFirst themed challenges. On this occasion, the challenge was to write a post on #MyFirstBestie. It occurred to me when I was recently updating my About page, that| Write of the Middle
Today is a special day so it didn't feel right to blog about anything else. It's the 3rd of May and it's my Mum's 80th birthday and my daughter's 26th birthday. Yes, they share a birthday! In fact, Mum and Dad came to look after my 2 year old twin boys on Mum's birthday 26| Write of the Middle
I thought it would be interesting to take a look back to July 2015, 10 years ago, and see what posts I was sharing on the blog back then. In 2015 I was 51. Now, in 2025, I am 61.... Read the Post The post 10 Years ago on the blog – July 2015 first appeared on Write of the Middle.| Write of the Middle
Update following eye surgery. Update on tooth drama. Sharing about joining Splat 'n' Chat and hoping for a better second half of 2025!| Write of the Middle
BILATERAL CATARACT EXTRACTION and INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANT - What a mouthful! The time had finally come for my eye surgery. My right eye (the worst one) was to be done on Monday 20 June and my left eye was to be done the next day on Tuesday 21 June. The Tennis Player (aka hubby) has| Write of the Middle
When we first bought the house we’re currently living in back in 2007, the pool had a slippery slide into it and the small curved decked area beneath the slippery slide was timber sleepers that had seen better days. Fast... Read the Post The post Pergoda, Pergola, Gazebo or Cabana? first appeared on Write of the Middle.| Write of the Middle
Taking Stock June 2025 is a collection of photographs and word prompts and immediate thoughts in order to do a stocktake on life at this point in time.| Write of the Middle
Coolum Beach holiday wrap up. One week on the Sunshine Coast as a pre-surgery and birthday getaway. What we did and photos!| Write of the Middle
If you've been reading posts here at Write of the Middle for some time, you might remember that in June 2022 I had eye surgery. I had Bilateral Cataract Extraction and Intraocular Lens Implants. What I didn't tell you in that post was that I also have a condition called Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy. I'll| Write of the Middle
The Healing Power of Pets is a real thing. In this post I'm specifically focussing on the comfort my cats give me. For grieving people, pets provide support that can be incredibly soothing. Sharing your space and time with an animal can help fill the silence that loss often brings, offering a sense of companionship and| Write of the Middle
FELICITY 3 May 1941 - 14 November 2024 Today I'm sharing the eulogy I wrote for Mum's funeral. They call it 'Words of Remembrance' in the Catholic Church now. This is an edited version, removing only references to the names of people and places in order to maintain some privacy and protection because the big| Write of the Middle
Hello 2025 and Hello Everyone! Welcome back from our 4 week Christmas/New Year #WWWhimsy break. I feel strongly that a good digital detox break is beneficial for us all. I know I feel more refreshed and ready to start again after a decent break away. If you're interested, you could read the post I wrote| Write of the Middle
Hi Everyone, I'm taking a break from the blog and #WWWhimsy this week and Sue Loncaric and Debbie Harris are kindly guest hosting #WWWhimsy. Please go to their blogs - links below - find their latest post, and link up your posts today. Sue Loncaric| Write of the Middle -
I felt the need for a brief and cheery post this week after last week's emotional poem. Just recently, on a day my sister visited Mum and I wasn't visiting, The Tennis Player and myself took off in his new car and headed to Tamborine Mountain. It was a chance to give his new car| Write of the Middle -
I started writing a post about the impact of grief on my creativity when all of a sudden words started coming out in the form of a poem and thus my whole post idea and subject changed. I might post about the impact of grief on my creativity next week perhaps. Many of you would| Write of the Middle -
DAY 21 (2 June 2023) Today we woke up to our last day. We fly home this afternoon! There's feelings of disbelief and sadness that it's all over, but also gratitude and appreciation for all the amazing experiences we'd had over the past 3 weeks. We went to breakfast in the restaurant where we were| Write of the Middle -
DAY 20 (1 June 2023) For our final full day on the South Island of New Zealand we decided to do that day trip to Kaikoura we’d planned to do or we knew we'd kick ourselves later. Today's post covers that day trip from Hanmer Springs to Kaikoura and back again. We're very glad we| Write of the Middle -
It's that time again - Taking Stock time! If you've followed me for a while you'd know that I do a Taking Stock post quarterly every year: towards the end of March, towards the end of June, towards the end of September (this one), and towards the end of December (yet to come). They're a| Write of the Middle -
DAY 19 (31 May 2023) Today is my 59th birthday - the last birthday of my 50's! It was planned that I be at Hanmer Springs for my birthday. I fell in love with the little Alpine Village when I was researching our road trip around the South Island of New Zealand. I wanted to| Write of the Middle -
NZ Trip: Last Day visit to International Antarctic Centre, Christchurch| Write of the Middle
DAY 18 (30 May 2023) Late yesterday afternoon we arrived at Hanmer Springs. We've just had our first night here. It's so nice to not have to rush off anywhere this morning and to have breakfast included with our accommodation. We’re staying about 7kms outside of town along a gravel track at beautiful Braemar Lodge| Write of the Middle -
We're coming into the final days of our NZ Trip. This post picks up with us leaving Lake Tekapo. Read on to see where we go next! DAY 17 (29 May 2023) Lots of time on the road today! We farewelled Lake Tekapo but not before dropping by to see The Church of the Good| Write of the Middle -
Draw Your Day & how I’m feeling about it Just a quick Art Chat today to wrap up my pre New Zealand Draw Your Day's! I've done a couple of others since these in the new travel sketchbook but they can wait until we get back. It's been very busy around here which I don't| Write of the Middle -
Time to get back to my New Zealand trip posts! There's still a few to cover yet and I'd really like to get them completed this year, so let's pick up at Day 16. We had arrived at Lake Tekapo from Dunedin the day before. Today's post is very photo heavy so grab a cuppa| Write of the Middle -
ART CHAT #24 SHOW 'N' TELL It's been a long time since I've done a general Show 'n' Tell Art Chat post and it's pretty common knowledge now, for those that regularly read my blog, that I haven't been doing much art lately. I'm kept busy these days with visits to Mum and my mind| Write of the Middle -
It's time for another Taking Stock post. In case you didn't know, I do quarterly Taking Stock posts each year (so four). This will be the second one for 2024. The first Taking Stock post for 2024 can be found here! This Taking Stock post is a bit of a different one. I usually like| Write of the Middle -
There was a fishing trip we or maybe just he might have gone on but the wet weather meant we didn't manage to fit that in. It was ok because we fit enough into the days we were there. Our travel booking paperwork mentioned basket weaving as an included activity that I was looking forward| Write of the Middle -
HELLO, I'm back! ... and I hit the ground running so didn't get time to prepare a post on my week in Fiji. Hopefully that will be next week! So why did I hit the ground running? Well, my sister (who I share visiting Mum with through the weeks) had a couple of nights away| Write of the Middle -
I'm continuing on with our road trip around the south island of New Zealand in May/June last year. It was a three week trip so too much to cover in one post, hence several posts and more to come yet! If you haven't seen the previous posts from the trip and you're interested, you can| Write of the Middle
May is always a busy month of birthdays around here. I think I've written about this fact many times on the blog but this year I'm feeling more reflective than previous years. May 1 - was my father-in-law's birthday (deceased now) and is my niece's birthday (she's the tennis players brother's daughter who lives overseas| Write of the Middle
Today, April 10 2024, is settlement day. It's significant because from this day on our family home is no longer ours (all going well). Please bare with me. I'm a very sentimental thing and I have to pay homage to my family home. It's been our family home since it was built by Mum and| Write of the Middle
Time to get back to posting about our NZ trip from May/June 2023. My last NZ Trip post was published on 15 November 2023. We'd had a day trip to Glenorchy and it was our last night in Queenstown. This post picks up the next morning on Day 11. DAY 11 (23 May) It was| Write of the Middle
I've had a bit of a break away from publishing NZ Trip posts but time to get back to it! DAY 10 (22 May) Today we took a day trip to Glenorchy, a small town at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu, around 45 kms from Queenstown. It's home for around 200 people. Glenorchy was| Write of the Middle
