Yesterday was bleak and blustery, and somehow I drifted into the kitchen, a place I often leave to be Bill's domain. I made my first-ever batch of gluten-free scones. Scones, I believe, are the kind of thing you should bake every week, so that you can remember from one week to the next the little … Continue reading Home-School Science Experiments
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
Another Day in Paradise
It's been almost two weeks since I last walked on the beach. I'm pleased to say it's still there, and still beautiful. I only hope the seagulls hadn't been waiting for me all that time. I had meant to blog way back on Mother's Day - that's the second Sunday in May in Australia - … Continue reading Another Day in Paradise
Anzac Day 2020 – Commemoration in the time of COVID-19
We rose at 6am for the Dawn Service. Traditionally held on our pond deck podium, set up with rows of chairs, in this year of COVID-19 it looked a LOT different. We watched from our balcony as one of our residents played The Last Post, and The Rouse, on his trumpet. And we observed the … Continue reading Anzac Day 2020 – Commemoration in the time of COVID-19
GWEN WILSON The Reluctant Retiree 