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Great fun with Meluxine today!

Great fun with Meluxine today!

May 8

Back from Tassie….

Here’s a shot of Anne from yesterday’s shoot. Hand made bendy lens, late afternoon, rush hour traffic on Edward St lighting the background.

Mum turns 87 today, but was a little pissed that no one sang happy birthday to her at breakfast. New staff, and some sort of typical morning kerfuffle meant that it was overlooked, I guess.

She’s using the guest book a lot, and picks it up whenever she gets a phone call, so she can share what’s been written. I forgot to write in it today, but I see that she’s had lots of visits while we’ve been in Tassie. Good on you everyone!

It seems as though Frank is very sick, so that may mean Mum will be a little morose. He seems to be one of the few reasons she enjoys going out to the dining room. 

I thought this from HONY was quite profound  
“My husband died a month ago. I sometimes wish that I’d focused less on the fact that he was dying, and more on the fact that he was still alive.”

I thought this from HONY was quite profound  

“My husband died a month ago. I sometimes wish that I’d focused less on the fact that he was dying, and more on the fact that he was still alive.”

Are naked knees part of the NSFW problem? 
This is the gorgeous Meghan, sitting in one of the fabulous leather chairs in the bar at the Todos Santos Inn, Baja California Sur. Can recommend both the bar and the accommodation, absolutely beautiful place, and great people to look after you!

Are naked knees part of the NSFW problem? 

This is the gorgeous Meghan, sitting in one of the fabulous leather chairs in the bar at the Todos Santos Inn, Baja California Sur. Can recommend both the bar and the accommodation, absolutely beautiful place, and great people to look after you!

Can you hear the music?

Rei and the old record player. 

I took in the guest book I made for mum today, so she can write down things that happen, and her visitors can write in it as well. Hopefully she’ll be able to use it to remember those things that are eluding her these days. Bring little photos and things so she can paste them in!

Bums away! Shot with my hand made bendy lens. Three of the lovely ladies from Zoefest, 2011. Keira Grant, Rebecca Lawrence and Candace Nirvana. 

Bums away! Shot with my hand made bendy lens. Three of the lovely ladies from Zoefest, 2011. Keira Grant, Rebecca Lawrence and Candace Nirvana. 

busy busy busy

Agreed to go with tardy property manager, hopefully he lives up to expectations!

Mum seemed to be happy and is still looking well and getting around without too much trouble.

Spoke with AJ today too, hopefully she’ll be able to come up and see mum one day soon.

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I’m just finishing off putting together the guest book, that I’m hoping everyone will add something to, every time they visit mum. It’ll help her remember who has visited, and hopefully, with our crazy sense of humour, everyone will add something interesting or funny….

If you like this image, you can buy it framed and unframed from David Murphy’s Cow and Calf Gallery in Stanley, Tasmania! 

This is how my eyes are seeing this afternoon….ninja mode. ;) Off to see the property manager who didn’t turn up yesterday….I hope he doesn’t keep making excuses….
Hand made bendy lens….

This is how my eyes are seeing this afternoon….ninja mode. ;) Off to see the property manager who didn’t turn up yesterday….I hope he doesn’t keep making excuses….

Hand made bendy lens….

More time wasted

Mum seemed much more lucid today, remembering things that’d happened on the weekend with much more clarity. She also went out to enjoy some morning tea with the other residents, so hopefully she had a tasty treat with her cuppa.

After leaving Mum at the dining room I drove to a hardware store to pick up some copies of keys for Lara St, then went to Sunnybank to meet a property manager….for an 11am meeting. By 11:20 he still hadn’t arrived. I rang him, he said he’d be 5 mins. I left at 11:38 with still no sight of him.

Not a good start…..

Tearing my hair out…

Off to see Iris this afternoon. Hopefully we can line up some sewing machine lessons. :)

Apr 8
Dancing with staves - Brooke La Brie showing off her fabulous form at Casa Dracula, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur. 

Dancing with staves - Brooke La Brie showing off her fabulous form at Casa Dracula, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur.