Wednesday Words & Whimsy

April 22 is Earth Day an annual event to encourage us to focus on the environmental issues that face our beautiful Mother Earth. First held in 1970 it includes a wide range of events coordinated globally through earthday.org and 1 billion people in more than…

This week’s Sparks of Joy #28 was found in the kitchen. My daughter, Rachel’s birthday, was on Monday and Sunday morning the family gathered at her house for morning tea to celebrate. As regular readers will know, I love to make special birthday cakes,…

13th November is World Kindness Day and if there is ever a time we needed more kindness it is now! This week for my sparks of joy post I’m putting the focus on showing Kindness not just to others but more importantly to ourselves.…

“Don’t allow anyone to steal your joy.” – Paulo Coelho Sparks of Joy this week #8 – #WWWhimsy It’s time for my weekly sparks of Joy post and finding joy in ‘every day’ things. An Outing with a new group and entertaining the neighbours…

“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.” — Marianne Williamson Sparks of Joy this week #7 – #WWWhimsy It’s time for my weekly sparks of Joy post and finding joy in ‘every day’ things.…

Last Sunday, we hosted my daughter, son-in-law, two grandsons and Wallis the Pooch for lunch. They live about a 5 minute drive away, however, life is busy for them and most interaction is my weekly visit to collect the boys from school plus daily…

Last week was not a great week for me, I felt overwhelmed, overcommitted, there we a couple of family issues and I just felt ‘down’. I’ve been there before and I’m sure you can all relate to this as life isn’t always rainbows and…

Last Wednesday was the last blogging day for my friend and long time blogger Denyse Whelan. Each week, Denyse hosted Wednesday Words and Pics and I enjoyed the connection with the community of bloggers who regularly linked up their posts. I couldn’t let the…