“Get a pet, lose your heart”…perhaps that might replace the “a pet is not just for Christmas” slogan. We happily accept the exchange where we look after our pets’ needs and in return are given un-judgmental acceptance and affection. Cats are of course a different matter –if you’ve ever loved a cat you’ll know that … More A tribute to Sir Springer the cat
Among my blog comments today is the notification that I’ve been awarded the Very Inspiring Blogger Award by new blogger, Su Leslie, from Shaking the Tree blog. Sharing one’s stories with other bloggers is one of the delights of blogging and finding that others enjoy your stories and writing makes it even more rewarding. Su has provided … More Very Inspiring Blogger Award
This week’s Sepia Saturday theme is about work, ideally it would include an image of a woman working but that seems to be so uneventful and ordinary that no one photographs it. Instead I’m including three photos which came to me as part of my aunt’s photographic archive. The photos all feature Army bakers probably … More Sepia Saturday 166: Army bakers
Jill Ball from Geniaus asked us to respond to her Social Media Geneameme. Here are my comments on the Geneameme: 1. Tell us about your favourite social media tool and why you like it. If we can count blogging as social media, which I would, then that would be my favourite. It gives me the … More Social Media Geneameme
This is the finale of my collage series and while it hasn’t been precisely 4x7UP it’s covered the key events of my early years. In this post, I’m once again going to indulge myself a little so I hope you’ll come along on the trip and see some of our travel from a child’s point … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 28 Far and away
As this series was all about my early years and those of our own family, I had to include some Christmas photos. I’m not going to write much about the different Christmases here because I’ve written extensively about them in the Advent Series a year ago. So without further ado, here are some family snaps … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 27 Christmases Past
Going Finish was a pivotal point in the life of those who had worked in the administration of Papua New Guinea. Some of the old-timers left prior to Independence, as did those who were convinced “we’d all be ruined”. Others remained for a number of years after Independence. Some left as their jobs became handed … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 26 Going Finish
The theme of this collage was the events and experiences of my first 28 years so how could I not include a photo which related to the Independence of Papua New Guinea. Regular readers will have read other posts on this topic here so for this story I needed a different angle. It occurred to me … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 25 Behind Independence
One of Mr Cassmob’s employment conditions in Papua New Guinea in the 1970s was first-class (!) return airfares for his family every two years (initially) then every year, from place of employment in PNG to Melbourne, Australia. So if you’ve sometimes wondered which gold mine we’d discovered, you now know why we’ve travelled so much … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 24 Across the Ditch
This week’s Sepia Saturday topic is a “Group Portrait of an Unknown Family”. Among Mr Cassmob’s inheritance from his father is a batch of photographs with no known connection to his family. Many of them were taken in Denmark in the 19th century, a country where his family has no known links. On the other hand, one … More Sepia Saturday 165: Mystery pics from Aarhus and Copenhagen
Family history across the seas 