Joy and her camera and...

Hello,
I have a new camera! So small and light and it can do so much! These photoes are from my first experiment with it!
Above is the beautiful bark from a tree near my house. And below is a dahlia from a garden near mine.

I just walked out and began playing!

Oh, and yes... I am still working on my presentation!
I am very grateful for the supportive comments from you! Thanks!
I got sidelined by the dentist (again) and a visitor, but my useful contact (!) is back from holidays and I am hoping to get a federal government bureaucrat (retired) view of my project from him this week.! I will let you know how it goes!

Joy and the message quandry

Am I the only one who sits confronted by all the forms of communication and is bewildered?

A friend asked me if I, or my daughter, might like an old printer she no longer needs.
I have a ptinter, but I didn't know if my daughter needed one. So all I had to do was ask her.
I could have phoned her, but she might have been at work and her voice mail doesn't work very well.
I could text her, but my mobile probably needs recharging, and I would have to find my glasses....
I could email her ~ she prefers that for long complicated messages that are easier to answer in an email.
But this is a short simple question.
So I sent her a message on facebook. She got that on her phone, and answered promptly.


So now I need to let my friend know. I could ring her, but she will be at work and maybe have her phone off.
I could text her, but my phone does need recharging (yes, I have plugged it in now!).
I could message her on facebook, but she rang me and I think it would be polite to ring her back. Besides, I don't think she checks facebook so often.
Okay, I will ring her home phone and leave a message.

That was easy now, wasn't it?

Joy and her car!

Look! Isn't she lovely!
I have named her Cherry Red ~ because she is!

She isn't too old and she hasn't done too many kilometers (unlike me!) and she just squeezed into what I could afford.
My darling mechanic gave me advice and checked her over, and I am going to bake him a cake! (A kugelhopf I think).

How can I express the relief and delight I feel?

Since my health has been bad, a car has been what has stopped me from being housebound. A car has given me my dignity. There are many things I cannot do ~ but with a car I can look after myself. I can manage shopping, appointments and being a mum!

Freedom and dignity! What a precious combination!

Thankyou so much for the kind wishes and support people!


PS When I have made Peter, my mechanic, the cake.... I can DRIVE over to give it to him! Whoopee!

Joy and Her Daughter

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This is what my daughter looked like 17 years ago! In the crusty back yard of the shabby elegant terrace we lived in, and in the gorgeous outfit her Aunty Jan made.

Now she is 18 and what a treat to see her a young woman living independently and embracing life.

She even has a blog!

So while I am determined and exhaustedly trying to find the perfect little second hand car to buy, I invite you to check out my daughters blog here http://lovefoodstuff.blogspot.com/
(she is so laid back and I am SO proud!)

And please cross your fingers that the little green car I am going to see tomorrow is just the one I am looking for!

Joy and the Heart Bunker

I wanted to share this beautiful cartoon by Michael Leunig from last year's calender.
I love it because I have really worked to make my home a lovely bunker of comfort since I am so housebound, and have been even more so after losing my car (written off after being bumped into 6 weeks ago ~ but I am hoping to get another one in the next week!).

I do hope that all of you have a lovely bunker ~ a safe and friendly home, or if not that, a room of your own, and if not even a room of your own, that you can be beautiful and safe in your own heart.


btw I am seeing this year if I can use this blog for some personal posts (that will have 'Joy' in the title) and posts for my YamDaisy project (guess what they will have in the title) and YamDaisy food posts that will clearly be about food. Maybe I will pop some other ones in too.

Cheers everyone!