Count Down

With only 19 days before Shane and I head off on or 12 month Aussie Adventure, we are now down to doing the last of the organisation. A couple of our first few nights have been booked, a lot of research has been done, the lists have been drawn up of the last minute jobs that need to be done and we are starting to pack up the house ready for Rachel, Luke, Clare and our new baby (due any day now) to move in. I would like to invite everyone to join us on our adventure via my blog updates. I may not be able to update every day due to some places not having Internet coverage but I will get online as often as I can. I  will also be keeping in touch via Facebook, Emails, Phone and Skype. So if you would like my addresses for any of the above please just contact me. I look forward to you joining us and would love some comments either on Facebook or on 53Buddhas.

Our Home for the next 12 months

She now has a name that means a lot to both of us - Myrtle

Something starting with a....

Something starting with a......

 

This is the prompt for today's photo a day with www.fatmumslim.com.au

This was definitely an easy one as these fellas decided to start chomping on our trees and doing a lot of screeching at 5.00am. The word that came to me straight away was ANNOYING!!

 

Beautiful but NOISY!!

 

Medicine Wheel - April Message

Oh I must say I really love my April Oracle Card message from my Medicine Wheel 2012/2013. Who would have thought I actually picked this card for this month almost 12 months ago. With all that has happened in the past 4 months this card now sits perfectly with my life.

Transformation

Card Meaning - Positive changes are coming. Old structures, beliefs, and ideas are falling away and will be replaced with vitality and new pathways. Soon you'll be seeing the world in a fresh way.

 

Your Soul wants you to know - Like the Phoenix that rises majestically from the ashes, a big change in your life is at hand. Your at the beginning, in the middle or at the completion of an enormous transformation in your life. Don't hold onto old structures and limited ways of thinking. Even if it looks as if your are in murky waters this is only the clearing that occurs just before rebirth. It's all for the highest good.

My 60th Milestone

Well here I lie in bed at 3.30am on the morning of my 60th birthday. I have had my granddaughter Clare overnight and she just woke. After a cuddle she drifted back to sleep but unfortunately I haven't. Now I lie here wide awake with lots of unimportant thoughts wandering through my mind. I have always been of the mind that when this happens just write those thoughts down and once they out on paper (or in my phone in this case) they are out of my head and I can then get to the task at hand and that's going to sleep!! I remember back when I was just 20 years old and preparing for my wedding. Like all new brides to be I had plenty on my mind. But me being me and not one to ask for help - even back then. I had the whole kit and caboodle to think about and organise. As it was well before mobile phones, I had my trusty pen and paper on my bedside table and each and every night they would get a good workout. I must admit it would always work and after I had all my thoughts down on paper I could then get off to sleep. As I lie here my thoughts turn to just how quickly i have reached this milestone and what I want for my 60th year. I always am very reflective and like to plan ahead on my birthdays and on New Years Eve. But this birthday I am going to do it a bit different, rather than saying I want this, that and the other to take place I am going to commit to live everyday to its fullest and live my life as healthy, happy and fun as I can possibly make it. So I am starting my 60th year of with a day that is totally concentrating on a Davine indulgence day full of fun, relaxation and pampering.

Miracles

Last month my Medicine Wheel message was GRATITUDE and as it turned our I was way more grateful for the months outcomes than I ever thought I would be. Moving onto a new month, March is my birthday month and my Medicine Wheel message is MIRACLES. My message is not to just expect a big miracle but to keep my eyes open for all the small miracles that are happening in my life. With that thought in the forefront of my mind I have noticed a few small but sweet miracles already.
One of my small miracles today was realising that even though I thought I looked after myself and did things for Davine on a regular basis I haven't of late. So starting today I am going to get back in the habit of doing something for me every day. No matter how small or how major, I am going to live my life to the best of my ability each and every day.

Autumn or Fall

Here in the Southern Hemisphere we welcome in Autumn. Ever since living in Canada and New York back in the late 80's I have wondered why in North America this season is called Fall yet here in Australia we call it Autumn. So as with anything these days I googled it! As far as I can tell in Canada and USA the season was once called Harvest due to this being the time when harvest of the crops took place. Then the season was changed to Autumn.  The Elizabethans then casually used "fall" around the 16th Century to denote it as the time when the leaves fall. Both terms were brought to America when the English colonized it, but fall eventually won out there, while "autumn" is still the word of choice in England. The origin of Autumn is more difficult. It came from the Latin word "Autumnus." According to the Latin Dictionary the word Autumnus means  autumn; autumn fruits| harvest.  The word Autumn was used by the English, hence we use it in Australia due to our English heritage.

Then comes my next questions. Why are the change of season dates in Canada and USA around the 20th of the month yet here in Australia the season change on the 1st of the month? That will have to be another google. Can anyone answer this question for me?

Fall Upstate New York 1987
Davine, Rachel and Shane

Fall Upsate New York 1987