Waiting for Lush

“Arrgghh” The Aunties often wait for Aunty Lush, with some fear and trepidation – being in another country just highlighted it… The day was warm. The Palem Garden Hotel Bali was gleaming. The pool twinkled and waved. It was quiet except for the occasional laughter from outside the gates. The sisters though were wary. It […]

Bali High?

Dearest Darlings, So the girls have just returned from an adventure in Bali. They have thrown their wet towels and bathers over my head. Then showered me with gifts… of the work variety. They threw me pics and video of their time there while I kept the home fires burning… hmmppfff Love the Valet

Black Ginger Martini anyone???

On a warm evening in Bali, we went for the usual pre-dinner drinks. We selected a lovely beach-side bar and perused the cocktail list (my nieces’ refused to drink the local brew – Bintang). ‘Hmmm the Black Ginger Martini sounds delicious, what’s in it?’ we asked, ‘Madam, it is a martini with black ginger’ was […]

Celebrity-Chef hags!

On Friday night I went to La Luna, a fab restaurant in Carlton (Melbourne) with my hubby and friends Shez & Lizard. Chef Adrian Richardson is renowned for his skills and, now I have met him I can tell you first hand, a great bloke too (subtle name dropping). As we were seated, Lizard mused […]

Procrastinators Unite

It took a month of hard work but it was worth it. THE AUDIT – National compliance for a national service, no getting around it. How I stopped worrying and learned to love the audit… The house was cleaned within an inch of its life; Those damnable blackberries, once the bane of my life, were […]

Bali, Bali, Bali

This time next week I will be sitting by (or in) the pool, gasping at the heat and excitedly awaiting the arrival of my four sisters, sister in law and three nieces (and the arrival of my Bin Tang and spring rolls, yum)! I’ve been planning this trip since the middle of last year, reason? […]

cloud data

These works are from an exhbition with images reflective of data used to create weather maps. It was held at Space 22 and featured video projections through banners with weather maps, throwing shadows across the walls, people stepping between, becoming the image shadow.

Weeds by Aunty Verve

I honestly don’t know the difference sometimes, but these were gorgeous, reds, yellows and fabulous greens… and as I was moving out I simply had to take them with me somehow…. Love Aunty Verve xx

‘this is not a holiday camp you know!’

this was Dad’s favourite saying when we were growing up was which he would say every time he found us not ‘working’… so every few minutes… however his concept of ‘holiday camp’ has changed a lot over the years, especially since he retired. Okay mum and dad were heading interstate for a holiday…   Date: Sat, […]

Travels with Our Aunt

‘What a lot of traveling you have done in your day, Aunt Augusta’. ‘I haven’t reached nightfall yet’. In the 1969 book ‘Travels With My Aunt‘ the main character is a rather lacklustre retired Bank Manager Henry Pulling, whose main occupation is tending to his dahlias. At his mother’s funeral his Aunt Augusta sweeps in […]