Mum and I are back in the kitchen. Guess what we are cooking now? HOT CROSS BUNS! Mum said she has never cooked hot cross buns ever before. I know my dad loves to eat them. Dad eats them for breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout Easter. Mum asked me to go and look up the…
It was time for art again, so I jumped back into my 19c art smock! Mum said. “Grace you need to put paint all over your hands!” Gosh maybe mum hasn’t had coffee today as there is NO WAY mum allows paint on our skin! Finn and I looked at each other, maybe the isolation…
It never crossed my mind when my children headed off to school that one day I would see myself juggling HOMESCHOOLING, my profession and life, due to a pandemic. Our journey begins like a normal school morning, kitchen chaos, my half sipped cup of tea on the bench, Grace having difficulty finding socks, cereal bowls…
I am a SERIOUSLY MESSY ARTIST, I get paint all over me, on my clothes, my hands, my face, my hair and even sometimes on my toes! I hoped to paint every day through homeschooling. Mum said I better find a plan to cover myself in plastic as she wasn’t washing excess clothes!!! Step 1…
We weren’t panic buying but last week when mum opened the laundry cupboard to check we only had ONE roll left. So mum and I headed to the shops. They had just delivered a pallet of toilet paper and everyone was grabbing it, it was crazy. We looked like we were one of the panic…
Dad said you are only as healthy as the dirtiest person in the family, THEY ALL LOOKED AT ME! Finn pointed out I had nutella on my cheek and I was licking nutella off my fingers. I don’t know why they reacted I washed my hands sometime today! Mum just rolled her eyes! Dad growled,…
Our story keeps unfolding quicker than I can type! Victoria, followed by NSW began the lockdown of places where people gather like bars, clubs, museums, large venues, weddings limited to 5 people, funerals limited to 10 people attending and no essential flights and travel. Lots of places overseas had already closed, even Disneyland! So many…
This story begins with a medical lesson from mum. Mum is going to ask Grace and I five questions. 1. What is a coronavirsus? Finn: Gosh mum wasn’t joking it was a medical lesson! It is a virus that causes watery eyes, head colds and lung problems.Grace: said it was a really BAD flu and…
Our road trip plan was to finish the Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail and then head to Melbourne to watch Richmond play at the MCG. When the game was closed to spectators we headed back towards home to have two nights at Beechworth. We zig zagged along the backroads before arriving at Beechworth. Friday morning…
Carved into the mountainside above the Upper Yarra Valley at Warburton is the O’Shannassy Aqueduct Trail. The trail follows an historic, now-disused open water race, built between 1911 and 1914 to channel fresh water from a weir on the O’Shannassy River to Silvan Dam. The water was for the people that lived in east Melbourne….