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32/52 sunset

I did the big car-trip-weekend with my Miss 20 back when she was on her Learner license. Then again with Miss 17 earlier this year.

This weekend it’s been Master 16’s turn. Not Yeppoon, nor Agnes Waters, but this time it was to Emu Park… in the rain!

Back on the Sunshine Coast it was forecast to pour all weekend. And my boy drove through over 4 hours of it. But by the time we got to Rockhampton, there were blue skies above us. And check out the amazing photo he took when we finally arrived at Emu Park!

Oh, what a privilege it is to be spending such quality time with my cherubs and watching them learn to drive at the same time.

I love it! Thank you, Lord, for my children!

Have a blessed week yourself, dear Reader 🙂

KRIdwyn

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31/52 cold

You know those cold-blooded animals which need to be at a certain temperature to be able to move?

I think that’s me.

When my core body temperature lowers, my brain slows… and slows… and… s… l… o… w… s…

My body gets numb (probably my Raenaud’s syndrome has something to do with this) and all I think about is getting warm again; warm enough to function.

There are people living a few hours south of me who are waking up to snow this morning… the first time in 24 years it’s snowed. So really, I have nothing to complain about. Especially when, even though it was cloudy and drizzling when Hubby and I started walking the dogs this morning, by the end it was like this:

Bring on summer, I say 🙂

Have a lovely day and week, dear Reader!

KRidwyn

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25/52 on the cleverness of pups

So our new(ish) German Shepherd pup, Rex, is learning from my kelpie, Kiya. “We sit next to the doorway but don’t enter.“ Good, right?

But what if the door is open, and Mum’s walked inside after throwing the tennis ball and we just need to return it to her so she can throw it again?

Problem solved: you stay in the right spot, but roll it toward where Mum is sitting where she’s working. As soon as she looks up, she’ll see it. Yes?

And that’s exactly what happened. Such cute pups! Definitely deserve a photo 🙂

Have a great 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!

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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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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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14/52 I’d like an emotional support dragon, please

Want!

Here’s wishing you the emotional support you need today too, dear Reader!

KRidwyn

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8/52 on focus and distraction

It’s Saturday morning, and we’ve finished Week 4 of term. Nearly half-way there! And I feel like I’m starting to emerge from the ‘head-down-bum-up’ non-stop ‘doing the work’ that’s been my life this year.

Take a breath.

Look around.

Take a second breath – because I can.

It certainly has been a busy start to the year. The line between important and urgent, work and home has been blurred, and I’ve made more mistakes than I’d like to think about… but praise God for sustaining me to reach this morning, this day, this weekend!

A day in which to reconsider priorities, rather than just paddle, paddle, paddle furiously like that duck who seems to be swimming serenely but underneath the surface, the legs are flailing relentlessly.

And this is where I’m thinking I’ll start. This post, which came across my feed the other week, and had me thinking about the spectrum of ‘focus’ to ‘scattered mindset’:

You see, when there’s multiple things pulling at your attention, it’s easy to do the ‘fun’ thing. To mix the ‘important’ with the ‘urgent’ and focus on the wrong thing. To allow distractions to take over, to move you off course. Or maybe that’s just me?

So today, this morning? A reset. A chance to sit back and look. And think. And re-prioritise. Circle those 5 things and – more importantly – identify those 20 distractions.

Here’s hoping for quite a lot more clarity by the end of it! And for you too as well, dear Reader!

KRidwyn

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7/52 on things that make us happy

I love functional things. It comes from being an organiser, I guess. But as I age, I’ve discovered that I like also making time – and spending money – on things that make me happy, too.

I spent a few hours yesterday in at work, starting to set up my office. The furniture arrived Friday, so I was super-stoked about that! And knowing I wouldn’t get time during the coming work week, I unimpressed Hubby and went in to school… but as I was working out what should I go where, I also thought about my new revelation – making room in my life for things that make me feel happy, just because they do.

Hence my Flareon, gracing the corner of my desk:

And I also saw this cutie online. And it made me smile 🙂

Have a smile-y week yourself, dear Reader!

-KRidwyn