• Tonight: Yes she’s grinning from one bobbed ear to the other... And for a very good reason! 💗 . Apparently, Maltese-cross dogs are the most popular dog breed in Australia and Buffy (being just that) had the absolute honour of being the Maltese-cross face for the @couriermail article today in case you haven’t as yet seen it. . Thank you Kylie @kylielang for the opportunity of featuring Buffy. I can only wish that you had the time to include your Maltese-cross Chloe in the photo as well. She’s such a little beauty 💝 . See insta stories for the Courier Mail article and @kylielang for photos of little Chloe. Di 💙
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    Tonight: Yes she’s grinning from one bobbed ear to the other... And for a very good reason! 💗 . Apparently, Maltese-cross dogs are the most popular dog breed in Australia and Buffy (being just that) had the absolute honour of being the Maltese-cross face for the @couriermail article today in case you haven’t as yet seen it. . Thank you Kylie @kylielang for the opportunity of featuring Buffy. I can only wish that you had the time to include your Maltese-cross Chloe in the photo as well. She’s such a little beauty 💝 . See insta stories for the Courier Mail article and @kylielang for photos of little Chloe. Di 💙
  • Little Buffy poising like a super model late this afternoon 🌸 Hope this photo is a welcome distraction from the sad news that constantly surrounds us... 😢 . We’re starting Buffy on her Cushings Disease medication tomorrow now that we have her seizures under control. I’m hoping it delays her symptoms from both this and her pituitary tumour which are sadly becoming more apparent.
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    Little Buffy poising like a super model late this afternoon 🌸 Hope this photo is a welcome distraction from the sad news that constantly surrounds us... 😢 . We’re starting Buffy on her Cushings Disease medication tomorrow now that we have her seizures under control. I’m hoping it delays her symptoms from both this and her pituitary tumour which are sadly becoming more apparent.
  • My view tonight. Home. Our own little personal sanctuary. Where we are fortunate enough (and very grateful) to live. We feel very safe here. What everyone should feel in their own home and community. Although, with the past few weeks of bushfire disasters (which has become somewhat of a humanitarian crisis) there are so many 10’s of 1000’s of Australians tonight who are displaced in evacuation centres, have lost their homes or don’t know if they even have a home to return to. Many on holidays celebrating the holiday season. Their every day normality has suddenly/unexpectedly become a new reality of unfathomable heartbreak. . What I really worry about is the aftermath. Even if insured, the days ahead are a hard road to travel. I know, from experience. I’ve been there. Proving claims to insurance companies. Finding accommodation. Feeling immensely grateful for those who offer you a bed till settled. Trying to work when you have so much on your plate already. It’s a hard path to travel. . If you have 1 or $5 dollars to spare a great place to start giving is to @redcrossau. Every dollar adds up very quickly. You only have to see @celestebarber account to see what a difference it makes. The Australian Red Cross really do help the people affected who have nowhere else to go. I couldn’t think of a more worthy cause in the current climate everyday Australians find themselves in. . Di ❤️
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    My view tonight. Home. Our own little personal sanctuary. Where we are fortunate enough (and very grateful) to live. We feel very safe here. What everyone should feel in their own home and community. Although, with the past few weeks of bushfire disasters (which has become somewhat of a humanitarian crisis) there are so many 10’s of 1000’s of Australians tonight who are displaced in evacuation centres, have lost their homes or don’t know if they even have a home to return to. Many on holidays celebrating the holiday season. Their every day normality has suddenly/unexpectedly become a new reality of unfathomable heartbreak. . What I really worry about is the aftermath. Even if insured, the days ahead are a hard road to travel. I know, from experience. I’ve been there. Proving claims to insurance companies. Finding accommodation. Feeling immensely grateful for those who offer you a bed till settled. Trying to work when you have so much on your plate already. It’s a hard path to travel. . If you have 1 or $5 dollars to spare a great place to start giving is to @redcrossau. Every dollar adds up very quickly. You only have to see @celestebarber account to see what a difference it makes. The Australian Red Cross really do help the people affected who have nowhere else to go. I couldn’t think of a more worthy cause in the current climate everyday Australians find themselves in. . Di ❤️
  • First blooms of 2020.. The Children’s hybrid tea rose. We planted a few bushes a few months ago and they continue to deliver regular long stemmed blooms. Happy new year and decade! Yet to write 2020 but it does have a certain ring to it. My thoughts are with those affected by the bushfire crisis in Australia tonight. So sad. Terrifying actually ❤️🌸❤️ #CommentingTurnedOff #HopingForRain #TheyNeedIt #OrAPrayer #WantedToSayHappyNewYear but not engage. Hope that’s ok. Di 💙💙💙
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    First blooms of 2020.. The Children’s hybrid tea rose. We planted a few bushes a few months ago and they continue to deliver regular long stemmed blooms. Happy new year and decade! Yet to write 2020 but it does have a certain ring to it. My thoughts are with those affected by the bushfire crisis in Australia tonight. So sad. Terrifying actually ❤️🌸❤️ #CommentingTurnedOff #HopingForRain #TheyNeedIt #OrAPrayer #WantedToSayHappyNewYear but not engage. Hope that’s ok. Di 💙💙💙
  • Same but different.. 💗 Backed up yesterday for the traditional Boxing Day lunch. Candle swap out, clean tablecloth, cute condiments chooks and paper napkins done the way my mother did them when we were little kids. Always felt so festive and fun. Beautiful part of my childhood memories for special occasions. My mum was, and still is, the queen of table settings in my book. ❤️ . As an aside, Boxing Day is normally leftovers in our home, but my husband suddenly decided to ‘enchant’ our guests by getting busy cooking up some of his ‘signature dishes’. We won’t tell him, but I didn’t know he had any (🧐) as he only ever cooks at Christmas. I was wondering what these actually were as I haven’t seen him in the kitchen since last Christmas. . So while I was busy clearing up the table and dishes after lunch, he was busy lapping the compliments re his magnificent cooking skills.. He received a 10/10. Amazed. But I should add, they didn’t get desert until they rated. I should remember that snappy little trick. 🤗
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    Same but different.. 💗 Backed up yesterday for the traditional Boxing Day lunch. Candle swap out, clean tablecloth, cute condiments chooks and paper napkins done the way my mother did them when we were little kids. Always felt so festive and fun. Beautiful part of my childhood memories for special occasions. My mum was, and still is, the queen of table settings in my book. ❤️ . As an aside, Boxing Day is normally leftovers in our home, but my husband suddenly decided to ‘enchant’ our guests by getting busy cooking up some of his ‘signature dishes’. We won’t tell him, but I didn’t know he had any (🧐) as he only ever cooks at Christmas. I was wondering what these actually were as I haven’t seen him in the kitchen since last Christmas. . So while I was busy clearing up the table and dishes after lunch, he was busy lapping the compliments re his magnificent cooking skills.. He received a 10/10. Amazed. But I should add, they didn’t get desert until they rated. I should remember that snappy little trick. 🤗
  • Christmas Day 2019. Pink hydrangeas from the garden, pink roses from a lovely friend, blue and white for the table and little Buffy bobbing around the back yard at the end of day. Feeling very blessed. Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season. Di 🌸
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    Christmas Day 2019. Pink hydrangeas from the garden, pink roses from a lovely friend, blue and white for the table and little Buffy bobbing around the back yard at the end of day. Feeling very blessed. Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season. Di 🌸
  • I’ve been doing quite a bit of redecorating at home over the past few months with the help of some great friends. The result is a total twist from what we previously had and I’m quite loving it! Feels so soft and summery and I must say, I don’t mind a bit of chintz.. This is part of our living area which reflects back through the mirror to the kitchen, complete with new blind. Many thanks Leilani @mayflowerhouseinteriors for your help with this and to you too Elizabeth @sachsandcornish for all the gorgeous shades. Couldn’t be happier with the result. . I’m now on the hunt for 2 matching items to hang above the sideboard lamps. It’s looking a bit bare I think. But then I’m a ‘more is more’ person 🤗 . I’ll show you more soon. Completing our home room by room. It’s been so satisfying. Di 💙
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    I’ve been doing quite a bit of redecorating at home over the past few months with the help of some great friends. The result is a total twist from what we previously had and I’m quite loving it! Feels so soft and summery and I must say, I don’t mind a bit of chintz.. This is part of our living area which reflects back through the mirror to the kitchen, complete with new blind. Many thanks Leilani @mayflowerhouseinteriors for your help with this and to you too Elizabeth @sachsandcornish for all the gorgeous shades. Couldn’t be happier with the result. . I’m now on the hunt for 2 matching items to hang above the sideboard lamps. It’s looking a bit bare I think. But then I’m a ‘more is more’ person 🤗 . I’ll show you more soon. Completing our home room by room. It’s been so satisfying. Di 💙
  • My dear old friend Kal @kal242817 and his business partners have set up a gorgeous new imported furniture and homewares store in Paddington, Sydney @sunnystantonco full of luxe and affordable items. They are currently having a pre Christmas sale. So I’m ‘unashamedly’ giving them a good old plug! See insta stories for more. . I think it’s always nice to see see ‘good people’ doing good things. Hence this post. Kal doesn’t know I’m posting this 🤭 I’m hoping he’s delighted...Time will tell 😉😂 . We met on Instagram 5 years ago over our mutual love of blue and white porcelain and creating a home. . Step forward 5 years later and Kal’s now selling the dream and I’ve closed up shop due to my illness. It’s funny isn’t it how life throws us curve balls in the most unexpected ways. I’m just so pleased I met Kal. We speak daily. He’s one of the highlights of my life. For those who don’t know him, he’s terribly amusing (insert wicked sense of humour), exceptionally kind and a complete delight in every way. A friend we all need in our lives. . I’m just pleased that through Instagram we had the chance to meet. . BTW this is Kal’s foot in this photo which he texted me earlier this week when they had a bushfire 1km from his home. I’m sure he’d never imagine in a million years I’d actually post it. That’s life I guess! . Buffy update: The poor little baby has a pituitary tumor. We don’t know how long we have her for. Perhaps a year. Maybe less. Hoping a very long time. She still enjoys her food, cuddles and walks. Counting our blessings. Love her so much as does her daddy one. Di x . PS: I changed this account to private a month or so back, so please tell your friends 💙 . PSS: Please forgive me if I don’t respond to insta stories and this post. I have good days and bad days. Today is a bad day, but I couldn’t not share this amazing sale. I want that blue and white bowl!! 🤭😂💙 #seriously
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    My dear old friend Kal @kal242817 and his business partners have set up a gorgeous new imported furniture and homewares store in Paddington, Sydney @sunnystantonco full of luxe and affordable items. They are currently having a pre Christmas sale. So I’m ‘unashamedly’ giving them a good old plug! See insta stories for more. . I think it’s always nice to see see ‘good people’ doing good things. Hence this post. Kal doesn’t know I’m posting this 🤭 I’m hoping he’s delighted...Time will tell 😉😂 . We met on Instagram 5 years ago over our mutual love of blue and white porcelain and creating a home. . Step forward 5 years later and Kal’s now selling the dream and I’ve closed up shop due to my illness. It’s funny isn’t it how life throws us curve balls in the most unexpected ways. I’m just so pleased I met Kal. We speak daily. He’s one of the highlights of my life. For those who don’t know him, he’s terribly amusing (insert wicked sense of humour), exceptionally kind and a complete delight in every way. A friend we all need in our lives. . I’m just pleased that through Instagram we had the chance to meet. . BTW this is Kal’s foot in this photo which he texted me earlier this week when they had a bushfire 1km from his home. I’m sure he’d never imagine in a million years I’d actually post it. That’s life I guess! . Buffy update: The poor little baby has a pituitary tumor. We don’t know how long we have her for. Perhaps a year. Maybe less. Hoping a very long time. She still enjoys her food, cuddles and walks. Counting our blessings. Love her so much as does her daddy one. Di x . PS: I changed this account to private a month or so back, so please tell your friends 💙 . PSS: Please forgive me if I don’t respond to insta stories and this post. I have good days and bad days. Today is a bad day, but I couldn’t not share this amazing sale. I want that blue and white bowl!! 🤭😂💙 #seriously
  • Well our little girl Buffy got home late today. Straight up on her library chair looking like she doesn’t have a care in the world and looking for her dinner. If only she knew the worry she has put us all through this week!! Of course she probably doesn’t remember the fall down the stairs and subsequent seizures:) . We still don’t know why this happened. May be a tumour, an ischemic attack or a host of other things. We could do a MRI at the cost of $3.5K at UQ but what would that achieve? We’d know if it was brain related, but if it was, what would we do. We certainly wouldn’t risk an operation. So we’re being sensible and just enjoying her as she is - A gorgeous little thing who truly charms everyone she meets. . We will need to give her anticonvulsants twice daily from here on in by the clock. I’ve set the timer on my iPhone! She will most likely have break through seizures, but at least I know how to handle them now. . Thank you so much for your prayers 🙏🏼, kindness and good will re Buffy. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Instagram is truly a wonderful community. Thank you also to the many from across the world who have reached out to me this past week and told me that their pups have seizures too. I had no idea!! . Here’s to a new adjusted, retired life for Buffy. She’s thinking she will cash in on her superannuation after all her years of work at @botticellihouse 😂 . We’ve both been through the mill this past 12 months but we are both still here, alive and well despite the odds. That’s what counts. Life and the love of family and friends on our journey through life is such a special thing. I will never take it for granted ever again. You shouldn’t either. Love Di and Buffy 🌸🐶💙xx
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    Well our little girl Buffy got home late today. Straight up on her library chair looking like she doesn’t have a care in the world and looking for her dinner. If only she knew the worry she has put us all through this week!! Of course she probably doesn’t remember the fall down the stairs and subsequent seizures:) . We still don’t know why this happened. May be a tumour, an ischemic attack or a host of other things. We could do a MRI at the cost of $3.5K at UQ but what would that achieve? We’d know if it was brain related, but if it was, what would we do. We certainly wouldn’t risk an operation. So we’re being sensible and just enjoying her as she is - A gorgeous little thing who truly charms everyone she meets. . We will need to give her anticonvulsants twice daily from here on in by the clock. I’ve set the timer on my iPhone! She will most likely have break through seizures, but at least I know how to handle them now. . Thank you so much for your prayers 🙏🏼, kindness and good will re Buffy. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Instagram is truly a wonderful community. Thank you also to the many from across the world who have reached out to me this past week and told me that their pups have seizures too. I had no idea!! . Here’s to a new adjusted, retired life for Buffy. She’s thinking she will cash in on her superannuation after all her years of work at @botticellihouse 😂 . We’ve both been through the mill this past 12 months but we are both still here, alive and well despite the odds. That’s what counts. Life and the love of family and friends on our journey through life is such a special thing. I will never take it for granted ever again. You shouldn’t either. Love Di and Buffy 🌸🐶💙xx