Sadly Olive will not update The Life of Riley any more. The oldest blogger in the world passed away on July 12th aged 108.

Olive took up blogging in February 2007 at the age of 106 with the help of Mike, her helper, and through her blog she became known and loved all over the world.

The blog is an amazing record of the life of this remarkable Australian lady, and also hopefully an inspiration to all of us that you are never too old to start something new.

Little Jenny Wren is an artistic look at everyday life with a mother of three living in Tasmania, Australia. Jenny loves ‘all things domestic’ and in her spare time makes beautiful cloth dolls.

Photo: home-made bread rolls from Little Jenny Wren. Don’t they look delicious?

Especially interesting if you are eager to read all about life in Australia (and other countries) is the A Day in my Life project which Jenny started in March 2008. On the 14th of each month she keeps a diary of everything she does that day, and posts so you can read about it. She has been joined by more than 30 other friends who each keep diaries of their own.

Update: May’s day in my life stories are linked here. There are diaries from Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK, Canada, Israel and Germany.

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