Traveling

Dear friends,
This is a photo of a place on the way to where I used to live. I am traveling so much further now and I am so pleased with my efforts. I saw a new psychologist yesterday and traveled to Prahran an old stomping ground. The psychologist is going to be so helpful on my journey. I feel so empowered. I am going from strength to strength. The psychologist said I was such a warm person and I shone like the sun. I was so humbled by that. It meant so much to me as I have worked so hard in my life with my mental illness.
I bought a silver eagle to celebrate. He may be a falcon!!
i'm also glad I couldn't sell my rings to the auction house I passed. i am so glad.
What a great day I had yesterday and I get to journey there again and again with more adventures.
lots of love from susan in australia

Joining National gallery

Dear friends,
I have been doing so well with my adventures and overcoming my fears little by little. Bolstered by the great experience of going to the zoo I went to the National Gallery of Victoria again and decided to join. One of my friends mentions so many nice stories of coffee in the lounge and relaxing with the paper and free exhibitions.
I joined and had lunch at Persimmon restaurant and had watercress and goats cheese gnocchi and seeded bread....two seeded bread and water. It was wonderful. i was so thrilled. I had the view of the persimmons with and without their leaves. I will add photos tomorrow. Need to keep up to date with photos more with my blog. I will learn how to do that.
I had coffee in the members lounge and it was so civilised and special. I am so blessed.
I saw two exhibitions one on drawing and the other some african art.
Blessed be.
lots of love from susan in australia

Opal necklace

Dear friends,
Yesterday I bought a beautiful milky opal necklace from my favourite jeweler mIchael. It reminds me to look for the color in my quiet times. Zippy time it is easy to see how wonderful life is but when I am quiet and mildly down I find it very difficult. This week I am going to a spiritual director and a psychologist to see if they can help me be more positive about my quiet times.
lots of love from susan in australia

Art work

Dear friends,
I was just looking at a ladies amazing blog full of her art and there was so much to see. She had done so much. It suddenly occurred to me that if I had done art for 20 years instead of being a librarian I would have a lot more art too. I'd also have more art if I weren't sick. Why I wonder is so much art so important to me. I have some wonderful art and am pleased with what I have made. On I go to make some more.
lots of love from susan in australia

Mali at the zoo

Dear friends,
Yesterday I went to the zoo by train to visit the new baby elephant Mali and her mum and to look at the butterfly house, australian animals and the bird aviaries. I had a wonderful time. As some of you will know since my breakdown it has been hard for me to travel far from home but step by step i am doing much better. This was a tremendous journey for me and so many fears challenged and over ridden.
Hopefully I will get a photo to post here when I get more organised.
lots of love from susan in australia

Another zippy mode and SMSing

Dear friends,
You guessed it I am in zippy mode again. i have a note on my calendar to do the blog once a week to keep myself up to date with things but when I am in quiet i have nothing I want to say and I can't be bothered with it all. I don't do my journaling either when I am quiet. I have a quiet journal but mostly it is zippy who fills in what has happened on the most recent quiet time.
Guess what I did yesterday I learnt how to SMS. Yes indeedy i am finally into the 21st century and can SMS. I have only one friend whom i am doing this with but I am pleased as she wants to do it each day. I will do it when I get on the computer each day. Like in the days with my computer it will grow with whom I SMS. I thought I could do it with my nephews just to be in touch with them which would be lovely. Then I have a couple of other friends who don't like emailing but love their phones. Who knows I may get an iphone. I must ask my friend who has one to show me hers a bit more to get the hang of hers and see if I want one!!!
That's all for today. Will see you when I feel inclined.
lots of love from susan in australia