Back in April, on a humid + rainy Sunday evening in Sydney after a mad dash home in a downpour from the Convict Museum, I met up with Stella of ShinyYoga who took me to a blissful Yin Yoga class at her studio.  As soon as I got in the car with her we chatted like we’d known each other for years.  But my time on Spider Island (as my friend Matt so lovingly calls Australia) was limited and we had so much more to talk about than could be fitted into two short car journeys so today over on her newly designed website you can read an interview she did with me.

Click here to read and let me know what you think of my new mantra!

There were other people I wish I could have spent more time with in April. The time flew by in the blink of an eye and it’s taken me months to get back into a routine here.

Dear Australia, I’ll be back…..

Happy Sunday dear readers!  The weather in the UK has been glorious this weekend, warm enough to sit outside, bright enough for shades.  Marvellous.  Perfect weather for sunning one’s furry tummy.

I went to London for the day yesterday.  I met up with an old work mate and chatted about everything and anything, ate falafel, drank sangria and sat in the sun on the South Bank and drank mint tea.  Yes, most people have a beer in the sun but clearly I am 97 years old so peppermint tea it was.

The South Bank is that place where money is made in the most bizarre possible way and yesterday it was bouncing stilts.

The South Bank is also the place where there are always books.

Then later on in the afternoon I had a bloggie meet up with the wonderful Phil.  We sat and watched the sunshine on the river and drank more mint tea and talked about writing and Hobart and Purity and Chickenfeed (only Tasmanian readers will have any idea what I’m talking about now….), and how homesick I get for a funny little island off the coast of Australia that has never really been home but has always felt like it is…. and time flew.  Suddenly it was time to go home and I felt the conversation had only just begun.  More soon, for sure!

Today there is sunshine and books and yoga and gardening. I actually loathe and despise gardening but needs must if I want to look at something nice I guess.  And at least it’s warm.

Meanwhile the UK is an island again with no means of access or egress by plane due to volcanic ash from Iceland.  Seriously you couldn’t make this up.  Whilst the ash hasn’t effected me at all thankfully there is something rather alarming about the whole thing.  Much love to all my friends who are stranded around the globe. 

The lovely ReneW has awarded me the Beautiful Blogger badge. Go check out her blog, like Yancy yesterday, she has just given up her corporate job to follow her heart!

The rules for the award state that I should pass it on to 15 Beautiful Bloggers but I’m going to shake things up a little bit. Everyone who reads this blog is a pretty Beautiful Blogger in my opinion, so let’s all get to know each other a little better.

Post a comment here with a link to one of your favourite blog posts and then visit the blogger who posted before you and leave a comment on their blog.

Have fun!

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The rules also state that I have to tell you 7 random facts about myself so here goes (if you share 7 random facts about yourselves in your blog, leave me a link!):-

1. I am addicted to Australian soap operas.
2. I don’t want to get married, but get silly excited when other people get engaged.
3. I have two cats, both named after Foo Fighter songs.
4. My favourite film is “You, Me and Dupree” – I have lost count of the number of times I’ve seen it.
5. I love pancakes – when I was little I ate so many I was sick :/
6. I wear odd socks.
7. For someone who attempts to practice non-attachment, I am very attached to my pink yoga mat.