Back in the days when Art could still hit those high notes nice and true 🙂

Last night was the final choir concert for the year at the Holy Rosary Church with the Bundaberg Municipal Band. This is what is an important part of my life here in Bundaberg: community music. And while sometimes I may complain about having to go out every Monday evening to choir rehearsal, ultimately, I do […]

This is one of my favourite Christmas songs and here is a great version. Enjoy.

I was excited to receive a dress pattern in the post this week and couldn’t wait to try it. Luckily I took the advice of the pattern and used a material I was not in love with for the first attempt. The dress has a fitted bodice, waistband insert and then gathered skirt. I managed […]

I suppose this was inevitable. I am inspired to drag my paltry single string of fairy lights out of the cupboard and plug them in.

Well this is the kind of nice surprise that youtube can provide. I love Steve Martin.

Here’s another one I prepared on Sunday: In the Bleak Midwinter. I was mucking around with some double stopping. My rusty violin fingers certainly were surprised as you may hear!

Here’s me playing one of my favourite Christmas carols: O Come O Come Emmanuel. I don’t know what came over me the second time through when I went up an octave but apologies in advance for slightly dodgy intonation.

Here’s me playing the piano in the new room for the first time. I chose this simple carol: Bring a torch, Jeannette Isabella. Sorry about the light. No curtains.

In an attempt to make lemonade out of lemons I finished this white top to take to Rockhampton tomorrow and added some daisy chain trim to the hem. (The lemons are Rockhampton. The lemonade is the daisy chain trimmed top that I will wear while there). I also whipped up a skirt to wear tomorrow […]