Buddhist Temple in Melbourne Australia  On our recent trip to Melbourne for Christmas, we came upon 4 temples all within a few kilome...

Firewatch Tower, Sopron   We really loved Hungary when we visited as part of our big backpacking trip in our younger days.  It was s...

Gingerbread?  This name comes from the Latin zingiber.   Ooh, I love the sound of that - zingiber!  It seems that gingerbread started off in...

Christmas coffee fruit cake ready for the oven

the city square Brisbane QLD at sunset  

gorgeous orange trumpet creeper  We went for a country drive yesterday and came upon this exquisite creeper sunning itself across an ...

sunset through a bushfire haze Hubby and I took a drive out into the countryside yesterday.  It was a beautiful Autumn day here with ...

puppy sitting the beauteous Scout the red staffy/ie  This is Scout, the gorgeous red Staffy/ie.  We have done a wee bit of puppy sitti...

Mr P. and his lady friend in Kaikoura New Zealand       Hubby and I have been to New Zealand half a dozen times over the last several...

beautiful sculpture of a Clydesdale    We went out for a country drive on the weekend, and ended up in a country town called Boonah.  ...

The Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial    Our niece has just joined the RAAF, so we were down in Canberra for the big ...

gorgeous photo of my MIL     My hubby's mum is now in a nursing home, but in her younger days she was a very stylish young woman. ...

hand-painted coconut shells    Last weekend on our anniversary trip away, we went to a local craft market.  I saw a stall with these c...

sign outside an antiques store in Newrybar NSW    Mr P. and I are enjoying a wee break away for our wedding anniversary down in t...

yep that's me snapping away   A few days ago I went out to lunch with an old mate from work. We catch up about once a month, and ...

feeling a bit headless   Mr P. and I went off early to the markets this morning as our niece had a stall selling her organic pet trea...

my new blender - so pretty   Yay, back to making smoothies for breakfast.  My old blender died over a year ago, and it has taken me th...