LAST WEEK...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

  George Bernard Shaw 

It's been about 10 days since my last post. Nothing very dramatic has happened but I seem to have been very busy.

Last week there was a full moon.

I shot this photo with my iPhone at P:-)'s  place.



Last week I went to church. We began a new series entitled  Live This Now.

It is a series on Deuteronomy which sounds very dry and crusty but the first sermon was very interesting.

Last week I played Words With Friends on my iPhone.

Photo source

One very rude player told me to hurry up and then resigned. I wasn't sorry to see him go. His name was Racist Nazi.

Last week P:-) and I drove my brother to Mascot Airport in Sydney so he could catch a plane to Canada.

Photo credit: Geoffrey Edwards

He will be away for 3 months and we will miss him.




Last week I wandered around P:-)'s yard.

Last week P:-) and I drove to Helensburgh at sunset.

Last week P:-) mended a clip on our caravan so we can take it away in a couple of weeks when we go to Merry Beach.

Can't wait!



Interesting sites

 1.

 Incredible plant sculptures in Montreal

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This plant sculpture exhibition in Montreal is just fantastic!! It is really worth a look. Click here to see it.


2.

Crack between 2 continents

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This is Silfra, in Iceland - the crack between 2 continents. Click here to read more.



3.

What makes a superfood?

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What makes a food a superfood.? Click here to find out.

THE EYES HAVE IT

 God is alive

Magic is afoot

Leonard Cohen

Keeping an eye out school

School began again today. As yet we have no students so I spent time cleaning my desk.

My daughter had created this picture several years ago and I had it sitting at the back of my desk at school.

The picture is done with chalk pastels. I decided to bring it home and plan to hang it in my bedroom, but may add a touch more gold to the frame.

Purchases

I made two very pleasing purchases today.

The first is an iPhone - my first smart phone.

New iPhone

 I have felt I was being left far behind in the technology stakes with my old mobile, which couldn't even download most photos I was sent. Luckily my elder daughter J was able to help me set my new one up but I am on a very steep learning curve.

The second purchase was 13 Corelle dinner plates from Woolworths.

Corelle plate

My old dinner plates were white and heavy and the glaze was wearing off. They just didn't look clean. I had been buying the new Corelle plates because they are light and when I carry a stack of them they will be a lot kinder to my back. Below is a photo of 16 of my new Corelle plates on the left next to 6 of my old heavier plates.

Comparison of plates

 The Corelle plates had been $7 each and I had been buying one each week. But when I saw them on special at $4.90 each I bought all 13 they had in the store, giving me a nice saving of  $27.30.  So I now have 16 of them. I actually prefer my old plates but these new ones are lovely and white, and being easier to store and carry are far more practical.


 Interesting sites

1.

Photo: homeDSGN

Click here to read about this home made from 2 shipping containers.

2.

Photo:Source

  To see some beautiful and surprising photos of architecture click here.

3.

Photo: Source

 Click here to see Europe's tallest living wall on an apartment building in London.