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.
Affiliate Links
Want to see some of the cool gadgets I use, or buy something that I've shown in my photos or videos? This page will give you all the links to things I've used myself and found worthy of sharing. Affiliate links earn me a little bit of money which helps me to continue hobbies like doing videos and taking photos, but it doesn't cost you anything extra when you buy from one of my links.
What's New?
Rowing, Home Automations and other Challenges
As I write this, I have a cat that’s reminding me it’s time to go to bed – and before I do, to feed her.
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
Random Instagram Pics
My Facebook Fitness Page
13Feb23 I didn't fall down! I was trying to find my robovac, and without thinking got down on my knees to look under my bed. My right arm was sprained earlier in the week so, I couldn't use it to get purchase on the side of the bed to get myself up. And because the vacuum had been 'crying for help', I had got up to look for it without my walking stick, which would have been (and eventually was) a great help in getting up. So when I first realised I was stuck, I sat and ...
12Feb23 Two sunsets. The first photo represents how I saw the sunset between the trees. The second photo is what my camera 'saw' when I first went to take the photo. But I was seeing the stripes of the previous photo that was zoomed in a bit. Weird! #2023pad #sunset
11Feb23 Lunch Group. Shaun and Per enjoying their lunches. James and Shaun - I think they were a bit surprised I interrupted them to get this shot! #lunchgroup #lunch #MtCompass #mtcompasstavern #fishplatter
11Feb23 Lunch Group at the Mt Compass Hotel. This was the Fish Platter and I couldn't finish it. I took what was left home and had it for my dinner. It was really good. I even took Per's salt & pepper calamari home too! We plan to return as everything was lovely - the food AND the service. @MtCompassHotel #2023pad #lunchgroup #lunch #MtCompass #mtcompasstavern #fishplatter
10Feb23 My Pink Tigger! The pink is from my nightlight, which makes everything pink when it's bright when I first come to bed and it slowly fades to very dim through the night. But isn't GaliLEO so cute stretched out and about as conked out as you can get? #2023pad #catsofinstagram #pinkcat #sleepingcatsofinstagram
9Feb23 I thought I had possibly broke my arm, so got a ride to the hospital to get it x-rayed. It wasn't broke (phew!), but it was badly sprained. The day before I had, for 10 full minutes, stood at my boxing bag and beat the heck out of it. That didn't help - so I had muscle soreness from that, but then I was carrying a water reservoir from my dryer and bumped into a wall, wobbled or otherwise was carrying it awkwardly, and that's when it started really hurting. The dryer is...
07Feb23 I ordered this for my desk as I realised a lot of space was being taken up by loose items on my desk that could be better in a more contained space. It worked great, and I love the 'free pen' that came with it - it even writes nice! Find my affiliate links in my Linktree link
07Feb23 GaliLEO has a few 'Atomic Habits'. One of them is sleeping anywhere, and the other is stretching out and being comfy on his back, showing off his beautiful tiger belly! #catsofinstagram #cathabits #catbelly #atomichabits
05Feb23 Both Neurmal (on the left) and GaliLEO (on the right) on my bed at the same time. It didn't last long, but it's progress. I've had GaliLEO now for about a month at the time I took the photo, and the two cats are still learning to share their world with each other. Not the best of friends, or photos for that matter, but it's my photo of the day #catsofinstagram #2023pad #catsnotfighting
04Feb23 The sunset was beautiful, but I loved the view of the rays of sun through the trees. Some days it's the simple things. #2023pad #latergram #sunset #trees
04Feb23 Funeral for a friend. My friend planned his funeral, in terms of who would speak, and asked his favourite local Jazz band to play. It didn't make saying goodbye any easier, but as funerals go, it was beautiful and very well thought out.
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