Category: festivals

Week 27/2024: The depths of winter

Week of 1 July 2024 I felt better this week, and going to bed on time was my main goal. There was also wonderful winter singing and feasting. Sleep, winter singing and feasting Sleep and daylight I wrote a couple of weeks ago about trying to improve my sleep...

Week 11/2024: Queer history walk

A walk into the Queer History of Hobart Week of 11 March 2024 This was a great week! Monday was a public holiday and I took part in two wonderful activities later in the week. More to come on one of these. The context If you’re familiar with the...

Week 6/2024: Pride week and mean girls

Week of 5 February 2024 This was the last week (or half week) of school holidays and I had a few days off before I went back to work. Pride week Flags and marches This week was also the start of TasPride’s 2024 Summer Festival, ‘Together We Can ....

Week 23/2023: Back to back

Week of 5 June 2023 Back to my back This week I had an appointment of some sort every day except Monday, including a double-up on Friday, when I also had to take my mother to an appointment. I went to the physio for the first time in a...

Sustainable living weekend

The Big Weekend of Sustainable Living Ideas On Saturday, Lil Sis and I went to Sustainable Living Tasmania’s Big Weekend of Sustainable Living Ideas, which was held across two venues in Bridgewater. SLT put on free buses from the city to Bridgewater so it was no trouble at all...

19 for 2019: week 14 update

Week of 1 April After my massive week of achievements in week 13, I wasn’t anywhere near as productive in week 14 with my 19 for 2019 list. In fact, I can count the things I progressed on one hand. One finger, even. Status for week 14 Things completed...

12 of 12 April 2015

Today was the Derwent Valley Autumn Festival, which is one of the biggest events held in the Valley each year. The weather forecast wasn’t sensational, but there wasn’t any rain or wind forecast, so we had everything crossed that it would be a nice day. It was a chilly...

sunday selections – power plant

Here are some more photos for Frogpondsrock’s Sunday Selections photo project. Go on over and have a look  – or post some photos on your blog and join in too! First, here’s what this week’s photos are all about . . . On Friday night Juniordwarf, Slabs, my Mum...

P365 – Day 93 autumn festival (Sunday Selections)

On a chilly, windy autumn day, where the rain threatened but never arrived, we went to our town’s Autumn Festival. After a bumpy start, where the ever-present wind blew Juniordwarf’s lunch off the table, upsetting him to the point he wanted to go home . . . ‘I don’t...