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Oh … it has been so, so, so long
Seriously, embarrassingly long … so much so, that I don’t even know where to start. Much has happened … and not happened, and then happened again. And the world marches on whether I am blogging about my exploits or not. But, I have not been idle. I have spent the last year playing with a…
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Going out on a limb here
Throughout the lost years of COVID lockdown in Victoria, a team of talented crafters of all ages and all walks of life have been pouring their hearts and souls into making handcrafted hearts for the Have a Heart Project. Commenced on March 23, 2020 (first day of lockdown #1 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) the Have…
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My Heart is Full to Bursting
This was the week we were to launch our lovely little Have a Heart Project at Box Hill Community Arts Centre in Victoria … but of course COVID lockdown in Victoria (Australia) had other plans for us. So we are ready for when the time comes. I thought that I was feeling ok about the…
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With any luck …
2020/2021 has been such an unpredictable couple of years!!! Back when we went into our first hard lockdown here in March 2020 Victoria (Australia) we had no way of knowing that 16 or so months later we would still be dealing with the impact and restrictions of what would be an excrutiatingly testing time for…
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Where did that time go …
It has been somewhere near six months since we went public with the wonderful “Have a Heart Project”. It has seen me through the very worst of COVID lockdown here in Victoria … in my opinion, a necessary but challenging time for most. I keep saying that the hearts have kept me sane … and…
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Welcome to the Have a Heart Project
The Have a Heart Project is a celebration of life, love, loss and recovery and everything in between. Just ambling … Life is full of important and memorable moments, sometimes joyful like finding a true friend, finishing school, starting a new career, falling in love, getting married and the birth of a baby or personal…
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Two months and counting …
Time is flying at a scorching pace … we are several months in with only two months to go to deadline for our Winter Solstice Garden Project. We have had some truly lovely and very inspirational flowers sent in … gorgeous, and we are enjoying every minute of playing. We have also received lots of…
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Time does not stand still …
Hard to believe we are a week into February. And things are moving along at a rapid pace … My team and I are starting to disseminate the massive asset that we have accumulated for our 5000 Poppies Project over the last six years … 80 large “mats” (approx 10mx1m) … plus few additional 3.5m…
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Happy New Year … I can’t quite believe it’s 2019
How fast did that Christmas/New Year break go? Happy new year all … wishing you a wonderfully creative year full of beauty and joy, family and friends, and all the wonderful things that light your fire. The weather here in Melbourne has been beautiful and conducive in the main, to reading, relaxing and a bit…
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Time for a new project …
The 5000 Poppies Project is now in wind down mode and I am turning my head to what’s next. It has been five plus years pulling together the 5000 Poppies Project with the aid of a fabulous team of incredibly generous poppy makers and spectacular volunteers … but that means there has not been a…