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
16Sept21 I had an appointment near Christies Beach so took a moment before going home to have a walk by the water. This pink headcover is a sunblocker that I keep in my car in case I'm somewhere and don't have a hat. I'm allergic to the sun and breakout in a rash that lasts forever if I don't protect the top of my head. #muchlatergram #2021pad #christiesbeach #sunblock #sunhat #beachselfie
20Oct21 Happy Belated Birthday - Here's your Seniors card! Woot! I can haz discounts now! I'm so happy to finally actually arrive at 60. My only disappointment is that the age where I can get assistance with some of things I need help with has been bumped up to 65 now. Damn. #latergram #2021pad #happy60th #senior #iamaseniornow #gettingoldisjustfinewithme
20Sept21 This is Neurmal... Hiding in one of the hidey areas of the cat tree. You can make out her collar and I believe she's got her face down on the carpet. Silly kitty. #muchlatergram #2021pad #catsofinstagram #hiddenkitty
21Sept21 You've heard of shoe trees? Well this is a shoe walker! LOL! I hate shopping for shoes so I try to get a few pair that I like when I do need new ones. I always trade off wearing two pairs, and keep a third in a bag for when one wears out. I bought the black shoes, but the other two weren't winners for me. This was a great way to try on 3 pair without having to hobble back and forth or having an untidy pile next to me. #muchlatergram #2021pad #shoeshopping #shoewalker ...
06Dec21 "Abstract Cat". When I glanced over at Noble, I had to do a double take. It's not often you see a three-legged headless cat! #catcontortions #catsofinstagram #tripodkitty #threeleggedcatsofinstagram #Creative #cf21 #2021pad
31Oct21 I survived the challenge and got the certificate! I had to supply my own wine but that's OK! I'm so glad I thought to try for this. It was hard but put me out of my comfort zone just enough. I learned quite a bit over the last week too. Like oddly enough the phrase "Go slower to go faster" - in rowing - is actually true. Weird! Anyway here are my stats and a photo. #latergram #2021pad #rowing #darkhorserowing #homegymlife #keepmoving #iamadarkhorse #2021pad
08 Dec21 My computer club has been going since 1987 - and still going strong. The club Christmas dinners have always been a little bit quirky but this year we had Mother Christmas instead of Father Christmas. Mother was very upset with Father for leaving her down under and not coming to collect her last year because you know ... Covid travel restrictions. So she kindly agreed to come visit our little group and bring us some Christmas cheer. So much fun! And apparently I've been in the ...
07Dec21 My chair is complete. Isn't she a beauty? My posture has improved so much just in the few days of using it so far. The first few days I had some body aches as my posture changed from hunched over to something much more comfortable. I knew my old chair was making my sciatica worse and I felt like I was leaning to the left (physically) a lot more than I should. I have some spinal compression on the left side which really doesn't help that, but this chair so far has really ...
22Nov21 I really thought I'd cracked my phone screen but everyone kept assuring me it was only the screen protector. Everyone was right. Why make a screen protector out of glass?? #cf21 #material #2021pad #latergram
01Dec21 My SodaStream bottle and my Brita Marella water jug. This jug annoys me. It seems to be designed by a tall person with no tremors or thought to people with tremors or with kids in mind. It's too tall to fit in my fridge so it has to go in the door. I can't fill it all the way with water because the top doesn't seal and it needs to be tilted to into the fridge door. Trying to hold it and pour water into my 1 litre water bottle, I have to set the bottle in the sink. ...
02Dec21 Adorable little 'bugs'. These arrived today. Can't wait to see them in use! (Yes, I'll share any pics later). #2021pad #adorablebugs
12Dec21 Finally finished sharing my backlog of snaps to Instagram so took a celebratory selfie - which was also for 12 of 12 day - in my new chair. the pillow behind my head makes it look a bit like I was wearing a headset! #2021pad #selfie #celebratoryselfie
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