high flight

i sat watching the “time team” on abc last night – what a great show, for those who haven’t been lucky enough, its an archaelogically based show, hosted by tony robinson of baldric fame, set mainly in the uk.  last night the team were on the search for a lost spitfire which went down in a [...]

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thank you

pam at RHE for hearing me
mandy for being home this morning
shanti for being funny and being the baby that only you can be
stuie and dad for being stuie and dad and being really bad at being family
gary for being my husband, my lover, a wine salesperson and a fucking legend
auntie jude for listening
the mornington peninsula for [...]

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the quilt show

wow, what a day i’ve had.  di and i went into town today and visited the quilt show that is on at jeffs shed till sunday. we visited dale’s stall and spent way toooooooo much money on all the good things!!! i wish i had some photos to post but photos weren’t allowed so i [...]

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heart shaped thoughts

 
 
Nina writes today of her lifelong love of heart shaped stones.  As i showered under my fabulous outdoor shower (water saver trick – water plants at same time as washing self!!) yesterday, i spied this stone on the garden bed next to the jade plant.  A lovely, non-commercial picture of valentines day.
 i’m so busy trying [...]

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exploration

i’m sure there’s a better way but for now, here’s how you can read of my adventures at riversleigh manor… on my sidebar there is a link to riversleigh manor.  that will take you to the home page of the manor.  a bit further up on my sidebar, is a link to my journeys in [...]

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it’s a nautical theme

today i wandered around mordialloc while waiting for gary and the boys to finish their meeting.  i snapped a few photos and enjoyed the nautical/fishing environment that is what mordialloc seems to be all about.

there are more here
my other exciting news is that i have a lovely new space in Riversleigh Manor.  i’m still trying [...]

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the magic of digital photography

 Oxford, UK
I loved the mystery of this doorway when we visited Oxford.  It leads to one of the colleges, can’t remember which one, but my eyes were lead to the frame within a frame within a frame etc! You can see the original here.
 
Coonawarra, South Australia
And this tree just yelled out to have its’ photo [...]

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afternoon delight

water play – we had such a great time playing together today… i didn’t want to leave!!

“where else would you put promite???” 
thanks for a really special afternoon Shanti!
xo

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today’s photo…

Nothing special, just a funny frog at my friend Marty’s house… tried to capture the beautiful full moon this evening but i’m still trying to master my 70-300mm zoom lens and the result was not pretty!!! so frog it is!
 I lashed out and bought Photoshop Elements today.  It was on special at Officeworks and I’ve [...]

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