As I slowly begin to feel better after all the issues caused by having Hashimoto Disease plus Thyroid cancer, and the subsequent removal of my thyroid, I am now finally starting to enjoy a lazy start to the day! Unfortunately, I have to take my thyroid medication about an hour before breakfast, so I do […]
What I am Loving – Film Never Die
By Sarah in Gadgets, Photography, What I am Loving! 1 Comment Tags: Film, film camera, FilmNeverDie, Fuji, Instax 90, Polaroid, What I am Loving
After a false start a couple of days ago, we drove up a Parkville lane way today, to meet with Gary from Film Never Die. I was on a mission to find an item that had been on my wish list for a while….the Fuji Instax 90… and Film Never Die was the only place […]
Book Review – The Light Between Oceans
By Sarah in Book Reviews, General Tags: book review, Lighthouse, M L Stedman, The Light Between Oceans, Western Australia
First off, I have to mention that “The Light Between Oceans” is not my normal genre of book…I am more into the murder and mayhem of fictional crime. So to read a book such as this is a total change of pace. However, the fact that this novel has won numerous awards, including the Australian […]
Friends are Family
By Sarah in General, Health Tags: friends, friends are family you choose for yourself, Liver Transplant
What a wonderful quote…I am not sure who the author of these words is but they are so right! You never know when you might meet people who become such a part of your life that you can’t imagine not knowing them. One of the totally unexpected consequences of my husband having a liver transplant […]
Having a Ball…with Panono!
By Sarah in Gadgets, Photography, Wishlist Tags: ball camera, gadget, Panono, panoramic, photograpy, wishlist
This has definitely made it onto my wishlist….an amazing panoramic camera shaped like a ball….the Panono! This very clever ball contains 36 cameras, which means you get a 360 x 360 degree shot…and at a very high resolution…108 megapixels to be exact! This makes it the first consumer camera above 100 MP! Its been compared […]
Out of Contact
By Sarah in Gadgets, General Tags: broke my phone, broken screen, embarassing, iphone, shattered
Its finally happened to me…after years of owning various phone, smart phones, laptops and ipads, today I finally did it….I dropped my beloved iphone on our concrete driveway and smashed it! Now my pride and joy has a shattered screen, and is not working quite as it should…might take more than a screen replacement to […]
What I am Loving – The Melbourne Shop by Lumbi!
By Sarah in General, What I am Loving! Tags: gifts, Lumbi, Maps, Melbourne, shopping, souvenirs, The Melbourne Shop
Today we were wandering around the city, and just happened to glance up an alley way, to discover The Melbourne Shop…and what a find! The Melbourne Shop by Lumbi sells items such as cushions, T-shirts, lamps, clocks, bags, ipod cases etc, all featuring graphic prints that represent Melbourne. The store is full of stock, but […]
The Potential of an Empty Diary
By Sarah in General, Stationary Tags: diary
As the rain poured down outside yesterday, it was time bring out my new diary for 2014. The sound of the rain on the roof provided a soothing backtrack as I began to fill in various entries for the weeks ahead…..which is a bit of a contradiction as I love technology, and can’t be separated […]