Tag: Share Your World 2016

Sharing My World This Week

Where did the year go? How can it be week #50 already? Anyway here are my answers for this weeks challenge.

What is your favourite smell? What memory does it remind you of?

I can’t pick just one favourite. I like the smell of coffee and toast in the morning, and the smell of something good in the oven. I like the smell of freshly mown grass and a pavement after it’s been raining. However, the smell that brings back memories for me is the smell of coal burning. When that sooty smell is in the air I remember all the happy times we had riding on and photographing steam trains.

SAR RX class at Adelaide Railway Station.

SAR 520 class “Sir Malcolm Barclay Harvey” at Adelaide Railway Station

Pichi Richi Railway – Quorn SA

NSWGR 3801 hauling the Bicentennial Train in 1988.

What type of pet do you have or want to have?

At present I have a dog (Cindy) and a cat (Polly). In the past I have had canaries and finches and when I was a child we also had budgies. I enjoy birds more in the wild now though.

Are you usually late, early, or right on time? 

I’m more often early than not. I like to allow time in case something goes wrong especially when travelling and often I allow too much and end up spending two hours at the airport before a flight. I always try to get to appointments a few minutes early to have time to compose myself as I get nervous when I have to see people.

The only time when I used to be consistently late was when David and I were out shopping together. I’d want to go off and look at dolls, clothes and other things that he was not interested in so we’d arrange to meet after half an hour or so. I hardly ever got back to him on time. Luckily he didn’t mind.

For recharging, would you rather meditate, swim, walk, listen to music, write, read, yoga, qigong other?

When the weather allows I like to sit in my garden and listen to the birds and the sound of the wind chimes that hang in the apple tree.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

Last week we had our annual Christmas parade in Geeveston and although it was cold I’m grateful that the rain stayed away. Our Op Shop had a float in the parade and we were lucky enough to win a prize.

This week I’ve just done a quick trip to Hobart to see Ovation of the Seas and over the next week I’m looking forward to catching up with friends for a pre-Christmas get together.

Sharing My World This Week

What do you value most in a friendship?

Feeling so comfortable that I can be myself and not feel I have to apologise for my habits or beliefs.

Do you prefer eating the frosting of the cake or the cupcake first?  Do you prefer a specific flavor?

I have to admit to liking the frosting but I don’t eat all of it first. I like to save some for the end as well. I don’t really have a favourite flavour.

Have you ever been in a submarine?  If you haven’t, would you want to?

I have been on guided tours of submarines and found them difficult to manage because of all the ladders. Given the opportunity I would not choose to go on another.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman James R. Evans – http://www.defenseimagery.mil/assetDetails.action?guid=23ba6a14523e0f73059fe08baee27ca3d60f6eed, Public Domain, Link

If 100 people your age were chosen at random, how many do you think you’d find leading a more satisfying life than yours?

Probably quite a few, but life is so random at times that I wouldn’t like to suggest a percentage. Sometimes you feel on top of the world and that nobody could be happier than you and at other times you feel exactly the opposite and I am sure that is the same for all of us.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

Last week was a quiet one for me. I haven’t been to Hobart lately. I can’t seem to get motivated to go. I spent it doing the usual things, working at the Op Shop, blogging, watching Netflix in the evening. I enjoyed watching an exciting cricket match on TV on Sunday night which Australia won and I made two Christmas Puddings.

Later this week we have the Geeveston Christmas Parade. The Op Shop is putting in a float so I’ll be staying late at the shop and will try to take some photos.

Sharing My World This Week

As it is getting close to Thanksgiving for my American friends, this week Cee has asked us to list what we are grateful for. Normally I don’t find this an effort but this year I have felt as if the world was going a bit crazy or maybe, (probably) I am becoming a grumpy old lady and finding it harder to hold onto my belief that the world is fundamentally good.
I can still find good in some things though so here goes.

1. Your home life? – My pets, they make me laugh and give me a reason to keep a routine going.
2. Your family? – I’m extremely close to my sister even though we can’t meet as often as we would like and David’s family is my family too and I know they are there if  I need them.
3. Your blogging community? – My fellow bloggers are wonderful as they entertain me with their photos and stories and say nice things about mine. I feel like I know many of you.
4. Your city or immediate area in which you live? – I am grateful every day that I am part of such a kind and caring community as Geeveston.
5. The regional area in which you live? – I fell in love with the Huon Valley for its beauty. I love living the country lifestyle where I can have space around me and hear the birds.
6. The country where you live? – I used to be proud to say I lived in Australia, not so much now but we don’t have war, we don’t have famine and we are still a democracy. That’s about the best I can say.
7. You? – Apart from aches and pains and a loss of flexibility I have my health and my independence.

Ronja Huon at Port Huon Wharf

Jetty – Huon River

Apple Blossom in spring – Huon Valley, Tasmania

Wooden building at Policeman’s Point, Huon Valley Tasmania

Church Street is the main street in Geeveston.

What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful to the kind neighbour who brought Cindy home when she got out the other day when I was not home.  I’m grateful that we have had a few sunny days although the weather is still a bit unpredictable. The next week so far is a blank slate but I will try to get my Christmas cooking under way and I hope that our cricket team will do better in the next Test Match which starts later this week in Adelaide.

The new etrance to Adelaide Oval

Adelaide Oval – east gate

Sharing My World This Week

Are you a traveller or a homebody? 

I am a little of each. I love to travel to places near and far but I love having a home to come back to. I would be frustrated if I could never go and see new places and experience new things but I also like to see my familiar things around me, my pets, my garden and my stuff. I couldn’t be one of these people who never wants to put down roots.

What kind of TV commercial would you like to make? Describe it.

I’d like to make a commercial encouraging people to be more well-mannered and courteous and to set a good example for their children by teaching them to respect others. I think humour is a good tool so I would make it funny so that people might remember it in a good way and not because it was annoying.

Describe yourself in a word that starts with the first letter of your name.

I had to have a think about this one. I don’t think I’m Vain or Vicious. I could say Voluptuous although it would not be my first choice.

I think I am going to run with Virtuous because I try to be.

List some fun things for a rainy day.

I’ve had plenty of practice at that lately!

• Taking photos and doing research for my doll blog.
• Reading posts from my favourite bloggers
• Browsing online shopping sites.

I am often at the Op Shop during the day so my days off are usually spent either doing chores or errands which I don’t count as fun things to do but in the evenings I am:

• Binge watching old TV shows on Netflix or YouTube. “Star Trek Voyager”, “Dad’s Army” and “The Goodies” have all been favourites this winter.
• Knitting fashion doll outfits.
• Reading a good book.
• Chatting with friends online.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

Last week I was grateful for getting a dry day at the cricket on Saturday even though the team did not perform well. I got to take loads of photos which I’ll be sharing in a couple of days.

In the week coming up I may catch up with friends or with my sister as I haven’t seen her for a few weeks. I’m not sure yet where we will go or what we will do.