I’m from the ‘Land Down Under’ 🇦🇺 in my adopted home of koalas, kangaroos and dare I say some of the most poisonous spiders in the world.
I’ve recently entered the interesting mid-life era and am an ambivert female who spends her time being of service via volunteering, freelancing as an editor, baking, practising yoga, pilates, zumba and anything else that keeps me focused and active. I’m an avid photographer and wellness instructor and advocate. I dream a lot, believe in magic & rainbows, love dogs especially & all things astrology, am an entertainment junkie (I know my screen stars!) and am a self-confessed thalassophile & foodie.
By nature, I have a kazillion creative ideas constantly jostling around in competition with one another and another kazillion creative projects (of which this is one - my ‘I’m going to give writing another shot’ project) on the go at any one time (wouldn’t life be uninspiring if not?).
I get bored easily and love to learn new things and stay intellectually and creatively stimulated - yup that’s me - I need to shake things up from time to time. Oh yeah, most importantly, I’m a night owl - so generally inspiration strikes late at night 🦉
I look forward to sharing my joys, challenges, lessons, constant observations, humps and bumps (sometimes mountains!) and occasional volcanic eruptions.
I hope you will find my stories, insights and adventures interesting enough to stick around for. Maybe my experiences will provide insight and give you hope. Maybe my learnings will help you, if that is what you’re in search of. Maybe something will resonate, and maybe your wounds will start to heal. Maybe your faith will be restored. Maybe you will find the strength to face your fears. Or even just maybe, maaaybe..my journey will shine the light on your path forward.
Besides random thoughts and curious experiences, when inspiration strikes you will see posts on what helps me relax, de-stress and/or more importantly, escape reality! (don’t we all need this sometimes?)
If any piece of writing resonates deeply or even if only to say “hey”, I would love to hear from you. Maybe we could have an e-tea? :-) {not ET ha ha, or maybe in the future, yes ET - who knows, with the way our world is evolving right now?} Yes, I have a quirky and sometimes cynical sense of humour, so be warned.
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Until next time ✨
(Thumbnail image courtesy Shimmy ‘n Tea, Canva AI)
P.S. Photos on ‘Shimmy ‘n Tea’ will be from my own photography portfolio, unless otherwise stated.
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