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?
A Permanent Memorial for Rod
On Easter weekend a drunk driver hit a truck parked on the street, which lurched forward and knocked over my almost indestructible letterbox that Rod’s
Thoughts / Contemplations
24 March 2021 Some people live their entire lives without changes that affect the way they look at photos except with maybe age, moving to
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.
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
17Jan22 And here it is all built and ready for a ride - my new, much better fitting recumbent bike. If you know me and have an interest in my old recumbent bike get a hold of me. My preference is for a friend to have it to use. If I don't get any takers then I'll put it up for sale. #2022pad #recumbentbike #bike #homegymlife #keepmoving
18Dec21 My older vapes were starting to show their age with their internal batteries just not being what they used to be. So I retired them and replaced them with these two beauties from @VapeKingau. These are the Innokin Kroma 217 and are really quite nice to use. They use a single battery of 18650, 20700, or 21700. I'm using a 207 in one, and 217 in the other. The little vape on the side was a surprise gift from VapeKing! It's a Voopoo Vinci pod that actually gives an impressive ...
23Feb22 This was a screen capture from my Strava account where I'd listed what I did, and it showed my stats down below the photo. This was a relentless 10 round bike and squat exercise my coach at Dark Horse rowing had come up with. This was pure torture! #2022pad #rowing #darkhorserowing #homegymlife #keepmoving #iamadarkhorse #recumbentbike #squats
21Dec21 I came home to find Neurmal sunning herself in the office window. #catsofinstagram #2021pad #latergram
8Jan22 I set up my oil diffuser for an hour of really nice fragrance and set the colours on the diffuser to random. It's a nice way to end the evening. #2022pad #diffuser #aromatherapy #relaxing
This is my new computer that I hope will help me upload photos more often - and I'm hoping it will help solve neck issues with straining to see the the larger screen I had before now. #mbp #newcomputer #2022pad
20Dec21 We had had a thunderstorm a few nights before and when I came home, I noticed one of the trees across the road had suffered a blow and lost a limb. Sadly as I type this on Feb 1st, it's still there, but considerably dryer and browner now. I'd of thought the council would have cleared it by now. #2021pad #treebranch #sunset #latergram
7Jan22 My Christmas card from America came with an official NASA First Moon Landing stamp. Which I'm keeping. That was part of my childhood. #nasa #moonlanding #stamp
24Dec21 On my way home from Christmas Eve with the Rasmussen's, I was on one of the main roads from Seaford that has quite a few roundabouts. I'm not all that keen on driving at night in the first place and then I had someone in a hurry behind me in a big ute. So I made a left turn at the next roundabout and took the esplanade the rest of the way home. I stopped halfway up a hill to take in the view. It was worth it!! The sunset behind the Port Noarlunga Jetty was stunning. ...
3Jan22 Happy New Year! Please excuse my bad handwriting. I won't have to guess next Christmas which annoyingly huge Wemo power switch is the one for the Christmas tree, because I've finally marked it! Yes, I took my tree down today. I forgot to take a photo of it in process so this will have to do! #2022pad #christmasdone #happynewyear2022
20Feb22 I was searching for something to make for my Sunday dinner that was a bit different. This was different! This was roasted sweet potatoes covered with prawns and then a fancy Piri Piri topping. It was stunning. I found the recipe at New Idea Food (17 April 2019) - "Sweet Jacket Potato with Piri-Piri Prawns" and the recipe was actually for one person. It turned out amazing. #2022pad #cooking #cookingforone #sundayprawns
24Dec21 This is baby HH! I don't know if I'm allowed or should use his actual name so I will just use his initials for His Highness! What a sweetie and just look at him enjoying the little wrist and foot rattles Santa brought him! #2021pad #xmaseve #babysfirstxmas @daynax98x @kurtishoey
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