I always felt that it was a bit ironic that Jade and I flew to Melbourne so that we could go to Julie-Ann’s funeral, given that she died as a result of injuries sustained in a plane crash.

But we did.

We’re on a a plane right now, on our way home, at the end of what seems like an epic journey. In many ways.

After the crash, and Jacinda’s death, I ( Read more... )

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I was mooching around my favourite websites this morning, when I followed a Tangle of Sandy’s to her blog, where I saw a widget with a photo FULL of gorgeous goodies!  The goodies pic links to Scrap with Stacy’s Birthday Giveaway!.


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Julie-Ann had been doing reasonably well. She’d undergone a few operations to fix various things.

Jacinda’s funeral was today, and sadly, Julie-Ann died a few hours before it. There aren’t any words for this.

I was already missing Julie-Ann. Now she’s really gone. And I can’t imagine what I’ll do without her. I can’t imagine anyone replacing ( Read more... )

Yesterday evening a small plane went down in Western Victoria. The pilot and a fifteen year old girl were killed. The other passenger, Julie-Ann, the girls mother is now in a critical condition in hospital in Melbourne.

Julie-Ann is my “other half” when it comes to DUST - our Etsy Street Team. We share the work of running and managing the team ( Read more... )

23. A picture of your favourite book.

One book? The people who write these must read much or they’d know that for a reader to have one favourite book is impossible. Or one favourite movie, or one favourite thing to eat etc etc etc.

I don’t know. I have a couple of favourites - at least one of which I’d probably never read again, but I don’t ( Read more... )

22. A picture of something you wish you were better at.

Hmm. I wish I were better at reading people.

I wish I was more patient.

I wish I was better at dealing with people.


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21. A picture of something you wish you could forget.

I don’t quite see the point of this one. If I wished I could forget it why do I want to keep photos around to remind me?

I can’t actually think of anything that I wished I could forget. Forgetting implies that if it happened to me I wish it didn’t, and while that may be true of certain things ( Read more... )

20. A picture of somewhere you’d love to travel.


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19. A picture of you when you were little.

I have quite a few of these - although I don’t think I’ve scanned most of them, and right at this moment I can’t think where they are, and it’s too cold to go looking. I should go look for some socks, my feet are freezing! But instead I’ll sit here, write this, and drink my tea, and use a photo I’ve ( Read more... )