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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 […]
Read More Where did that time go …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 […]
Read More Welcome to the Have a Heart Project“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” Albert Camus 1913-1960 Today we are excited to be installing our gorgeous […]
Read More WinterGarden is Blooming in Fed Square …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 […]
Read More Two months and counting …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 […]
Read More Time does not stand still …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 […]
Read More Happy New Year … I can’t quite believe it’s 2019The 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 […]
Read More Time for a new project …It seems I have not posted for over a year and I have no excuse really …. just a little pictorial story of what has been going on in my life over the last little while. 5000 Poppies : 12,000 stemmed poppies were planted at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne 2017. A few thousand stems […]
Read More Spring 2018 …The last few months have been a whirlwind of poppies and knitted lace … plus a few pom poms. This week the gladRappers has installed its amazing wintry lace trees in Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne. As part of Fed Square’s Winter Solstice Festival, we decorated twenty trees with who knows how many […]
Read More Winter in MelbourneMy last post showed our crochet coral artpiece called “In Our Lifetime” which pays tribute to the plight of Coral reefs … in particular the Great Barrier Reef in Australia … but also other reefs around the world. This was our rationale : There is a tragedy unfolding on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia […]
Read More And it WAS fun …