Welcome to ‘Gaelyne’s Sanctuary’. If you’ve visited in the past (welcome back!) you probably noticed I’ve given my site a new name and look. I’ve spent several months working on this revamp – mostly trying to find the time to work on it. I chose the name ‘sanctuary’ because I found working on it has given me a sense of peace while the rest of my world seems to be falling apart. My husband was fighting lung cancer, so life was a little crazy then. It’s a place where I can come and make one small corner of the world a little brighter.
I have a variety of interests but they boil down to cooking, writing, taking photos and playing Bingo on Facebook. I hope you enjoy your visit and feel free to talk to me in comments or on the contact page.
What's in my Sanctuary?
My Blog
I had a few off-site blogs before deciding to have a blog on my own site. I don't blog very often, but when I have something I want to share, I'll write about it. The topics range from general, fitness, cancer, diabetes, vaping and maybe a rant here and there.
Recipes
I love cooking, sharing recipes and enjoying myself in the kitchen. Most are recipes I wanted to share with my kids or have available so I wouldn't lose them. I don't do fancy stuff, but I like challenging myself with learning to cook something I've never made before.
Photos
I enjoy taking photos with my camera and have a few projects I do such as Photo of the Day, and 12 of 12 days and a group on Flickr and Facebook called Challenge Friday. If I happen to cook something I'm pleased with, I'll often take a photo of it for my pic of the day. Mostly the photos I take are snapshots of my life, which is pretty mundane, I think. But my world is different from what my family in the USA experiences so sharing seems a nice thing to do.
What's New?
Highlights for 02-27 May 2019
Finally, the rain has come! Thursday, May 02, 2019 We’ve been needing rain for months now and last night and today we finally have had
Highlights for 22 April – 28 April 2019
This was a weird week because Monday was a public holiday – Easter Monday – and Thursday was also a public holiday – Anzac Day.
Highlights for 14 April – 22 April 2019
I’ve had an interesting week… Sunday, April 14, 2019 This past week had some super wonderful highs, some majors lows and lots of in-between. As
Highlights for the Week of 31 March – 7th April 2019
Sunday Beach Highlight Sunday, March 31, 2019 I had a lovely walk by the beach this evening, and I’m not sure what magic made it
Highlights for the Week of 26-29 March 2019
It’s here! Tuesday, March 26, 2019 My new rowing machine is here and man is big. I love it – and even learned how to
Highlights for the Week of 18-24th March 2019
Monday, March 18, 2019 I have an old rowing machine and I’ve been working at using it more but it has issues. (Like you come
Don't Miss...
Roof Restoration
Last year I had a roof leak repaired and they showed me photos of work that needed done on the roof. It took quite a
Photo a Day 2020
These photos are 2020 my Photo a Day selections. I try to take photos on most days, even if it’s just what I made for
Photo a Day 2019
These photos are my Photo a Day 2019 selections. I don’t take pics everyday, but I try to on most days, even if it’s pretty
Photo a Day 2018
These photos are my Photo a Day 2018 selections. I don’t take pics everyday, but I try to on most days, even if it’s pretty
Challenge Friday
I’ve joined another photo group, where a challenge word is given on Fridays and we have a week to take photos that represent our interpretations
Random Instagram Pics
My Facebook Fitness Page
08Jul20 Yay! My @darkhorserowing mug arrived! Enjoying a nice Earl Gray tea. #rowing #darkhorserowing #homegymlife #keepmoving #2020pad #latergram #homegyminspiration
24Jul20 Knots for Kitties! After removing the shoestrings from my shoes to put elastic inserts in, the cats wanted to play with the string and I know that’s dangerous so I made them a couple of safer toys by wrapping the string around a post on their cat gym and making sure the knots were tied tight. #cf20 #2020pad #catsofinstagram #cattoysofinstagram #knot
27July20 I made myself the cutest little ham. I took a photo of it to show how small it was (barely 1kg) and used a coffee cup (yes, my extra special Rowing mug) for size comparison. I still ended up with about 5 meals from this small ham. One the night I made it, some leftovers with baked beans the next day and a few packets of sliced ham steaks in the freezer for future meals. #rowing #darkhorserowing #cooking #cookingforone #ham #catch #drive #release #recover
10Jul20 Neurmal absolutely loves company from anyone of the male species. Shaun and I decided to have a drinking night - he took a taxi over and an Uber home. This was early in the evening and Noble was giving his drink a sniff to make sure it was OK. He reported back it was a bit strong. LOL. #goodfriends #catsofinstagram #latergram #drinkingbuddies #2020pad
04Jul20 Erik gets a lift home. We had Lunch Group today and both Erik and Anne came. It was such a pleasure to see them again. #goodfriendsgoodtimes
04Jul20 Shaun joined our Lunch Group and fits right in. We’re all a bunch of misfit geeks! #goodfriends
14Jun20 Avocado and Bacon with prawns over high fibre @vettapasta spaghetti. Added some green onions for good measure! SO very tasty! #muchlatergram #2020pad #cookingforone #cooking #prawns #avocado #bacon #vettapasta #whatsnottolove
22Jun20 I wanted a clock or something useful with a screen and a clock so went looking at various things like the Amazon Echo Show 5 but finally came to the conclusion that I just wanted to see the time. Anything else I can do on my computer or phone anyway. So I grabbed my old phone and put it to use. I also use it for recording rowing sessions because I removed all social apps and notification type things awhile back - no interruptions. It also has a camera that I think is better than my ...
21Jun20 Neurmal pretending to be asleep while trying to get my pizza crust. No, I didn’t let her abscond with it! She was just so cute about it though. #latergram #2020pad #catsofinstagram #catstealingfood #toodarncute
27July20 Last Sunday my Tesla app informed me on my phone that the Powerwall was running my house electricity. I didn’t take that to mean I was off grid, but that’s what it meant. By time I realised, the Powerwall had used up it’s stores so my lights went out. I went to flip the meter isolator switch and waited for the grid to reconnect. I did NOT expect it to suddenly start making grinding gear and spark-like noises! I had my phone in my hand so I recorded it. When a friend stopped by...
19Jun20 Today I tackled some LYR (Lift Your Rowing) course modules and then rowed to honour Juneteenth which was 1900 meters. All up I think I did 30minutes of a very good workout. All under the watchful eye of my trusty Gym Advisor, Neurmal. #muchlatergram #2020pad #rowing #darkhorserowing #homegymlife #keepmoving #catsofinstagram #juneteenth
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