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24/52 Phew!

So Monday was assemblies and Tuesday was Chocolate Chess (7.30am start) through to Instrumental Showcase (finishing at 8pm).

Wednesday 5am was:

Flew to Sydney

Then:

Sal Kahn: inspiration
Insanely yummy desserts

It’s amazing the people you run into!

And it was a blessing that Livid was on 🙂

Then:

Double-decker train!!! To the duster school for a one day conference and Library visit:

Before flying home, and then today playing violin and bass guitar at church and bring Bible Reader… and then clearing my inbox! (First time this term!)

PHEW!!! I need a holiday now, I think…!

I hope your week is just as full of memorable events, dear Reader 🙂

KRidwyn

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23/52 birthday weekend :)

51 yesterday.

This weekend has included:

Dinner out on Friday night

Saturday morning with my garden and my dog and then a movie with children 1 and 2

Lunch out with my Mum and child 2, followed by an escape room (where we didn’t succeed in the allotted time and the world exploded so I’m sorry about that everyone!) and a movie with Hubby

And then this morning, breakfast (buffet at Caloundra’s Oak & Vine) with mum, Hubby and all 3 children.

Child 1 and 2 even got to decorate the blackboard there:

Woohoo! Loving these 51st birthday celebrations! Bring on the rest of the day, I say!

Have a wonderful week yourself, dear Reader!

KRidwyn

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22/52 Made me laugh!

It’s tragic how we stop laughing after childhood. Laughing is so much fun 🙂

So I thought I’d post something that made me laugh this week. It’s clever, and reminds me of my Year 11 Term 1 Film and TV studies with Mrs Bricknell, all those years ago.

I hope you can have a laughter-ful week as well, dear Reader!

  • KRidwyn
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21/52 sunshine

I’m sitting in some.

I’m enjoying it.

Considering Queensland is known as ‘the Sunshine State’ and my district is named ‘the Sunshine Coast’ you’d think there’d be a lot of it.

But no, not this year.

We’re the final weekend in May and I think I can count on one hand the number of rain-free weekends we’ve had. But this weekend? Right now?

Loving it!

Here’s hoping the weather is being beautiful for you too, dear Reader!

  • KRidwyn

PS Twelfth Night was AMAZING!!!

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20/52 Shakespeare +

I was surprised a few weeks’ back by some titles in my new-to-me Library (I started at the beginning of 2025 but the Library’s been there for decades).

The series is Shakespeare plus modern settings (Star Wars, etc). An interesting find.

This coming Tuesday I’ll be heading to a local school’s production of Twelfth Night… but in a 1980s musical mashup style.

Should be… interesting! I’ll tell you all about it next week. Until then, have a lovely week too dear Reader!

KRidwyn

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19/53 surprised by books :)

I’ve read lots this year, averaging just over two per week, and a couple recently have really quite surprised me with how good they are.

So: two recommendations today, if you’re after titles which tweens / teens might like – even boys!

Enjoy! And have a week full of lovely surprises yourself too, dear Reader!

KRidwyn

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18/52 on childhood films

I watched ‘Christopher Robin’ this week. You know, the Ewen McGregor one?

I had the time and not much energy and not enough headspace to get work done, and it was there.

I was hoping for some light entertainment, maybe a return to the fond memories of when I’d watch animated films with my children (The Tigger movie etc).

And boy, did I get all that – and more! I had not realised how analytical I’ve become… having two daughters in the field of art / animation / films has led to a lot more knowledge than I’d previously had, I guess. And I really LIKED this movie!

But what made it most enjoyable for me, I think, was the voice animations. They were just perfect!

So, a BIG thank you this week to

You made my week!

Have a fond memory-full week yourself, dear Reader!

KRidwyn

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17/52 … and I’ve caught up (again)

I’m sitting on the bed in apartment 2B in a hotel in the township of Agnes Water. It’s 7.37am and I’ve just returned from a beach walk with Miss17, who drove for nearly 6 hours yesterday to get us here – part of the mission to get her to 100 hours as per our state’s requirements of learner drivers.

 

A bush turkey has just walked past the door. The books on the shelves are inspirational. Original copies, not pre-loved library ones, and classics. Good taste, I think, as I wonder if the titles are replicated in all apartments in the hotel… or if we just lucked in due to the apartment number.

There’s legit two bees on the room number plaque too, which is also pretty cool.

But the thing making me happiest right at the moment? That I can sit and write. It’s been a month of either busy-ness or lack of internet coverage, and the fact that this is the first I can actually update my blog with words rather than just photos is SO incredibly satisifying. I’ve missed it, dear Reader, and that also makes me smile.

So. I hope you’ve been well, as I have, and that you find things (a bookshelf, a room number plaque, a bird, time with one of your loved ones) to make you as happy today as I am.

Have a blessed week, dear Reader!
– KRidwyn

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16/52 on perspective

It’s interesting, how people who are not me, view things completely differently to how I view them! Well, I think so, anyway.

Case in point:

Have a viewpoint-full week yourself, dear Reader!

KRidwyn

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15/52 happy place

Posted afterwards due to internet coverage, but this is what happened this week:

Here’s hoping you had just as stunning a week in your happy place too 🙂

KRidwyn