Member Spotlight: Finding enjoyment in all things with member @Babybird

You’ve likely spotted member @Babybird featured in our newsletters for fantastic recipes and all things positivity and inspiration! We always have a smile on our faces here at the SDC HQ when we see member @Babybird has a new post. In honour of this, we reached out to learn more about them. Without further ado, meet member @Babybird.



I am 68 and was a fashion designer of christening wear. I had my own label, Cutiepye, and my first order was 3,500 units from a shop. Most of my designs are still under my phone number.

I’m a jack of all trades and have lived on a farm for 18 years. I even used to cut my own wood.

I enjoy cooking and travelling. The many places I have travelled to include China, Singapore, Hong Kong, and a European River Cruise. I also visited part of Africa, Italy and Greece for two weeks, then part of the Middle East. My next trip will be the France River Cruise.


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I enjoy gardening, driving, exploring little towns, meeting new people, learning new cultures, and trying new food. Most of all, I enjoy living life fully.



I have itchy feet and don't like doing nothing, so I keep busy. Put it this way, when I am out on the road, it's like I am breathing, especially among nature.



I divorced over 20 years ago and used to run a singles’ social group of 300 men and women. I organised trips and nights out, days away, etc. Out of that group, 12 couples met and got married.

I previously worked at Telstra as a Supervisor in their complaint department. I also worked and have a diploma in welfare. I worked as a nanny, at a childcare centre, with the elderly and in disability care.

Animals come to me to help or play. Remind me to tell you a story about kangaroos one day. And the wombat.



I joined this club to expand my horizons. It’s been good for different viewpoints and cultures.

Fun fact about me: I enjoy live music and belly dancing.

If someone tells me I can't do something, I take up the challenge and prove them wrong. I am also into alternative stuff, such as meditation and yoga. Lately, I’ve been learning about foraging and identifying edible plants and their benefits.

Words of wisdom: Never let anyone or anything get you down. It’s their opinion. Only you know who you are and what you are capable of doing.

I left school at 13 and looked after my four siblings while my parents worked. Later, I completed my education with flying colours.



I’m a positive person by nature. I’ve been on so many journeys in life, good and bad. The bad made me a fighter and stronger. The good I enjoyed and expanded.

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Hi Babybird - It is so nice to see behind the recipes which are almost my go to when I open SDC each morning - thank you.

You are obviously very positive and I am envious of you - I have had similar things in my life, although I am a bit older than you 😀 have been through a bit but I like the fact that you said you if someone tells you you can't do something prove them wrong. I have just learnt to do this and am feeling a lot better about myself too.

Thank you and SDC.
 
Babybird, thank you so much for the insight into your very active life. I have read your recipes now for a very long time. I have saved a lot of them in a file on my PC. I hope you don't mind.
I too am setting out on a European River Cruise in early May. Along the Rhine from Amsterdam to Zurich. My wife, myself and another couple.
I assumed all along that you would be female, however many of the things that you have mentioned could be attributed to either gender.
Just for the sake of it, could you please confirm your gender? Not that it makes a hoot of difference; it is only me with my old-school inquisitiveness and curiosity. They are attributes that are difficult to drop when you enter into the twilight years.
 
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Babybird, thank you so much for the insight into your very active life. I have read your recipes now for a very long time. I have saved a lot of them in a file on my PC. I hope you don't mind.
I too am setting out on a European River Cruise in early May. Along the Rhine from Amsterdam to Zurich. My wife, myself and another couple.
I assumed all along that you would be female, however many of the things that you have mentioned could be attributed to either gender.
Just for the sake of it, could you please confirm your gender? Not that it makes a hoot of difference; it is only me with my old-school inquisitiveness and curiosity. They are attributes that are difficult to drop when you enter into the twilight years.
She’s a sweet very knowledgeable woman 🤩
 
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What a lovely person you are, you seem to have a very big and generous heart that you share with those around you. You have a great thirst for life and the people you have met in that life and love to pass on your joy of things in your life. i loved your comment that when you are out in the countryside you feel like you can really breathe. I feel the same way .
keep on with your joy of life and living
Thanks just doing my bit
 

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