Twisted
by AggieSoon
Found one day on a walk around the neighborhood. The twisted petals looked like whipped cream. Via the Daily Post Photo Challenge: Twisted
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Blue skies and fields of gold
by AggieSoon
It was a beautiful day in the sunshine. We were driving past a rural area of Tasmania. Came across fields that seem to glow yellow beneath that blue Tassie sky. For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday.
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Liquid
by AggieSoon
Taken during one long train ride some time ago. I was heading back to pick up my son from school when the heavens opened up. Thankful I was in a warm, dry train carriage for a while. via The Daily Post Photo Challenge: Liquid
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Riding a wave to better mental health
by AggieSoon
Follow Nomad for long enough and you will come across me wax lyrical about the beach. I’ve said it before. There is something about the sand on your toes, the fresh wind in your hair that makes you forget about your cares for a moment. Turns out that a lot of others feel the same way too. Last year, I came across a surfing group in Sydney’s eastern and southern suburbs that is changing people’s lives. They provide an eight week […]
Layers of soft yellow and pink
by AggieSoon
I have a friend who doesn’t like roses. I don’t know why. I think they’re beautiful. For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday!
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Place in the world
by AggieSoon
I must be a country girl at heart. Walking on a dirt track, beneath blue skies and between fields of gold makes me feel at home. Like I’ve found my place in the world. Via the Daily Post Photo Challenge: Place in the World
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Zuri: Making a difference one dress at a time
by AggieSoon
I came across Zuri this time last year. I was checking my phone one day and their story popped into my Facebook feed. It was this story in the New York Times. I fell in love with their dresses and as I read on, I loved their story and what the company set out to achieve. Before I knew it I was punching in my credit card details and buying one of their fabulous dresses. It was a story about […]
Orange Sky Laundry
by AggieSoon
On any given night in Australia there are more than 116,000 people experiencing homelessness. They are couch surfing in other people’s homes or sleeping rough on the streets. I once met a woman who said she was lucky enough to have a gym membership and a car when she became homeless. Her husband played the stock market and lost badly. The bank took their house. She came home from work one day and found they had changed all the locks. […]
Prolific
by AggieSoon
There once were daisies outside our home. They grew and grew on our street. Maybe the council did not like them, because they are gone now. Prolific no longer. via the Daily Post Photo Challenge: Prolific
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Lessons of care and friendship
by AggieSoon
She was married for six months when her husband got the call. He was offered a job in Australia and he was going to take it. It was 1957 and Australia was half a world a way from Suffolk, the place where M was raised. “I don’t think I would have come to Australia if my husband didn’t get a job here,” she mentions in passing. For more than 25 years, she has been volunteering her time to teach English […]
My Open Mic Night Henna Tattoo
by AggieSoon
I went to an Open Mic Night in Fairfield a few weeks ago. It was organised by a local church in South West Sydney to support people who have fled persecution and conflict. It was an encouraging evening and I enjoyed my souvenir from the night. Thank you Debbie for your Six Word Saturday!
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After school conversations
by AggieSoon
It’s a four year old conversation. Our boy was in Grade 2. His teacher was asking the class to prepare a short talk every two weeks. “So,” I ask. “What are you going to do for your school topic talk this week?” “What I would do if I ruled the world,” he responds. “Oh, I see.” It’s a big job and he had never, until then, shown an interest in taking on grand projects. Thinking he’d provide free chocolate to […]
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