Marg

@MikScarlet Really feel for you. Going through something similar right now though not quite as drastic. But already my spine is a real awful mess so heaven help me as I continue to get older. Sorry to hear of your pain! Just sucks mightily hey 🫩😩

After a nightmare night with pain I receive the results of the CT scan of my whole spine. Base of spine collapsing & nearly all of my upper spine deteriorating due to age & over reliance on that part for movement. More proof of how crap biology is 🤣

@xskinn Poor boyo… he does look at little bit sad. No Unit mini me’s hey…

My little man is home and it’s taken an hour to get him settled but he’s ok.🥰🥰🥰Ian

@dineen20dineen One of them, with a bit of graphite on it pierced my palm when I was 10 leaving a wee grey spot. Still have it over 60 yrs later. Maybe in could be used to identify me in a disaster 😳😬

Memories from your school days

@duuuuuug @normboy562 Have heard this idea from a family member recently. Thought it a cracking idea! And even those already living on super to contribute too for the greater good ( as long as it eventually came back to them or their family upon their death…)

@normboy562 If they're trying to take $$ out of the economy then why not vary Superannuation deductions accordingly? The $$ would still stay with the owner in that case and not be transferred to a bank with ever increasing profit margin.

We worked our guts out to buy our first home, went without just to survive. Now retired, I still can't fathom WHY the RBA exists only to make life IMPOSSIBLE for those who can't AFFORD it the MOST, PUNISHING WORKERS because "THEY can't think of any other way to fix inflation? 😡

@amtrusova Absolutely gorgeous! Your son knows it too 😀

Acrylic on canvas 30×30 cm “Frog” For those who don’t know the story… The kids were catching a frog in a children’s pool, and my son managed to catch it. We just wanted to observe it for a few minutes — maybe 10. But other parents started shouting that he had to release it immediately. One woman became especially aggressive — she grabbed the container with the frog from his hands and threw it into the bushes. It was an unpleasant moment, the children were upset. Later, we talked a lot about it — about respect, boundaries, and not assuming things about others. So we decided to keep this moment in a different way. I painted this frog for him. He looked at it and said: “Mom, this is your best painting.” So here it is — my best painting. #frogpainting #acrylicart #texturedart #impressionism #artstory

@boringoldboomer The beaches around Esperance are my most favourite in the world!

I went on a holiday down to Esperance Western Australia for a week. On the way there I stayed overnight in Kalgoorlie. It was pleasing to see how vibrant Kalgoorlie was. With the gold price above USD $4,500 per ounce it was no wonder the town was rocking with activity. It was even hard to find accommodation as the gold mining companies have booked out all the hotels and motels for their employees and contractors. Esperance was beautiful as ever and the weather was warm with amazing blue skies during the day. if you have never been there make sure you go. You won't regret it. On the way home we drove through the wheatbelt and stayed one night in Kondinin. Travelling through the wheatbelt was an eye opener. I hadn't been that way since 2020 and was amazed at how prosperous it seemed compared to 6 years ago. This period has seen a string of record wheat harvests along with record high grain prices. Visiting Kalgoorlie and the wheatbelt reinforced to me how resilient Australia is as a country. Even though we continually have lousy governments, this is ignored in these areas and once we have a pinch of luck we reap the benefits. It may not be the lucky country anymore, but it certainly is a country that keeps hanging in there even with all the bludgers infesting it. Just imagine what could be done if we had some competent people running the place.

@vitt2tsnoc When I was working, I was so fortunate to only have to work 3&1/2 days a week. Sure a lot of the rest of the time was consumed by childcare, household chores & shopping… but I did feel that I had a life. Feel sorry for those with families working ft!

I genuinely think if we all moved to a 4 day working week it would change the course of society. People would be happier, healthier, less angry, more present, I really think it would change the world.

@MargaretOG66351 After 45 yrs of buying them every day, almost never now…

Genuine question for the Twitterati: Do you still buy a daily newspaper? Or even a weekly one? I'm a newspaper addict......because I worked as a journalist.

@Ana9Lisa Gorgeous! But note it is neither woven nor knitted but crocheted … those are “ granny squares”. Very nice regardless.

Hoy vengo a compartir esta manta maravillosa que ha tejido mi madre paso a paso, es super preciosa y estoy super orgullosa de ella. Ella teje para ella misma, para tranquilizarse, pero es que hace cosas tan bonitas totalmente a mano que las tengo que enseñar.

@Shorty368550310 Being creative still as we get older is very important.

Good morning/afternoon 👋🏽 Shorty went to Art & Craft, this morning. I hadn't been for over a year, thence apprehension. 😁 All good, it was good to be creative, again. How are you, all.🤔🦋

@amtrusova Very beautiful & love your story with it 😌

Acrylic on canvas 50×80 cm «Evening Path Home» Cows were the very first subject I started painting about 10 years ago. They come from my earliest memories — from a small town in Russia where I grew up. Almost every family had one or two cows. Calves were born, everyone drank fresh milk, and life felt simple and real. I remember how the herdsman would walk through the streets, calling them, gathering them into one big herd. The sound of hooves, the quiet movement, the rhythm of the day — all of it stayed with me. When I moved to Belgium almost 13 years ago, cows appeared in my life again. I live in the countryside now, surrounded by fields. It’s different here — cows belong to farms, to large barns and private pastures — but they still carry that same calm presence. For me, nothing compares to the feeling of home and the deep nostalgia they bring. #eveningpathhome #acrylicpainting #texturedart #cows #nostalgia

@xskinn It was so moving. What a brave upbeat guy he was. Inspiring!

Thank you James and the Valentine family for allowing us into your lives in tonight’s Australian Story. A Year Of Living Gratefully. We all dream to leave this world a better place when we go and James certainly achieved that in spades. Ian #JamesValentine #AustralianStory

@Tanyaelisabeth Enjoy it while you can. Blink your eyes & they are independent adults often far from home 🫩. But we are so fortunate to experience such lil special moments. So many never do & have no idea…

I’ll tell you what the best part of motherhood is I snuck into the boys room to give them a kiss goodnight, my middle one was still awake pretending to be asleep, I snuggled his blankets around him and I gave him a kiss goodnight on the cheek, no matter how hard he tried, still with his eyes closed, pretending to be asleep he could not hide the smile on his sweet little face the second I gave him a kiss how absolutely humbling it is to be loved like this

@Piecesofnature1 Lovely! I’m a watercolour dabbler too ( “ artist” sounds too grandiose haha) … how do you like the paper & what is it called? Thanks.

May flowers and their berries painted on handmade French paper. #hawthorn

@SarahB55002543 @MikScarlet Feel for you. It just sucks doesn’t it!

@MikScarlet I know the feeling i have permanent severe intrinsic nerve damage to my spine and in chronic pain 24/7

I so wish people understood the real impact of severe chronic pain. Went out with friends for a birthday dinner, but had to leave early because I couldn't take sitting on hard chairs anymore. Had to leave everyone just to get back & lay down. This is daily life right now.

@MikScarlet Going through similar right now. ( Except for me sitting is ok but standing or lying down awful… hence very disturbed nights…) When I try to talk about it folk just brush over it & also forget to ask re it next time 😮‍💨

@NimraShahzadin Ohh how gorgeous! Cats are very intuitive. Glad you have such a faithful companion 😌

I’m an alcoholic. I got sober in July 2022. When I first got sober, I was a mess. I started walking every day in an effort to get healthy and clear my head. From the very first walk, Carl refused to let me go alone. This little farm cat would trot right beside me for the entire 10,000 steps. No matter what, he simply wasn’t comfortable with me walking by myself.

@merkin_about Had another ol’ comfort food tonight… tuna mornay ( the one with corn added) but spiced up somewhat with a bit of chilli. Twas nice & comforting on a cold night but won’t help my expanding waistline 🫣😖!

Mac n cheese with a crunchy breadcrumby topping. Not pretty but perfect comfort food.

@aparachick I don’t think anything will change their minds ( though the almost 50 yr old might soon do the govt sent poo test…) They even lost a friend from bowel cancer & they know another who… seems… to have defeated it 🤞. You can lead a horse to water but…

@violet1919 Get them to read this Marg. And also a good friend of mines father died from bowel cancer and her sister had it aged 26 too. cancervic.org.au/get-support/st…

Today my brother would have been 76. He had bowel cancer at the age of 45. 12 inches of bowel removed. All gone, so we thought. At the age of 50 he was diagnosed with tumours in his lungs and brain. Within 2 months he had passed, just after New Year. 1/

@aparachick Trying so hard to get my kids ( now well into their 40s) to do this as we have had a lot of bowel cancer in the family but they still think they’re bullet proof sigh 🫩😮‍💨😖

If you’ve got a family history, please do a kit. We were told the type of cancer my brother had was very genetic and to test every 5 years. It’s also on my husbands side so his siblings also do 5 yearly colonoscopies.