About Simply Susan

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Made in England, Susan grew up particularly enjoying collecting second hand books and visiting jumble sales for bargains. She moved to Australia where she developed a passion for 'Treasure' hunting in opportunity shops. This led to her home becoming a refuge for orphaned bears and an assortment of hand made objects. Susan loves to spend her time creating beautiful country crafts and writing poems about her creations and life experiences. When not busily sewing or writing Susan enjoys hosting themed afternoon teas for her friends and relaxing in her home on the beautiful Gold Coast. May you enjoy Simply Susan's musings.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

God's Art Gallery

'The heavens declare the glory of God' so the Psalmist says, and I immediately think of the night sky; the beauty of multitudes of twinkling stars and maybe the moon. However, the day sky also displays God's glory for us, if we will only look up!
A free display for each of us to enjoy and wonder at every day,that points us to Him. Maybe a clear, cloudless, cerulean blue or sky heavy with thunder clouds, each one is different. How blessed we are to have such an magnificent variety of art treasures to enjoy each day and to be able to thank the Artist for being so generous with us.
Here are one or two for your consideration...Keep your own collection fresh by looking purposefully up each day.
Simply Susan







Thursday, May 2, 2013

Excelerators and Airblades (Hand Dryers)

Ladies, have you experienced the fantastic jet engined hand dryers that are starting to appear in ladies rest rooms?
My first experience with one of these fantastic machines was at Williamstown airport in Newcastle. I was flabbergasted and delighted at the same time that my hands could go from sopping wet to dry in only 10 seconds!
How tired I am of leaving restrooms with wet hands as a result of there being multiple toilets and hand basins, but only one or two hand dryers to service a room full of ladies with wet hands, dryers that frankly are so ineffective to be absolutely useless!
I wonder who designs these facilities? After encouraging hand washing as the most simple effective means of infection control, the wimpy dryers that oh so gently blow warm air, taking a minute to dry properly, nullify the benefit of the wash and frustrate the patrons, who are ofter observed wiping their wet hands on a tissue, or the back of their jeans!
Speak up ladies, in support of these fabulous machines that, whilst repositioning the flesh on your hands, dry them so effectively!
Hooray for such fantastic machines.

Simply Susan