Day 119... downtown

Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city,

Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty,

How can you lose?The lights are much brighter there,

You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go,

Downtown, things'll be great when you're,

Downtown, no finer place for sure,

Downtown, everything's waiting for you,

A busy day and no shot had been taken so it was on my way home that I made the decision to take this shot... night photography and movement. The camera was placed on the dash of the car and the photo taken as I drove along

Day 118... contrast

To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction... Newton's first law

I know Newton wasn't talking about colour but when I look at this photo (a vase of sticks in my lounge room) it is what I think of... the brightness of the colour of the wall needs the starkness of the vase and sticks

Day 117... work

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful and the work we do feels like play to us.

Julia Cameron

This is my desk at work... yes that is a row of four keyboards, four mouses, disc machines and monitors.

I love my work, I have to or otherwise I would be crazy... especially after 23 years

Day 116... light as a...

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC)

I wandered down to the River Torrens today, such a beautiful Autumn day in Adelaide and thought I would get that postcard shot* as I sat on the bank the swans came right up to me and the lightness and texture became my photo of the day, the postcard shot will have to wait until another day (maybe tomorrow)

Postcard shot: those shots of our hometowns that we avoid because they are on the postcards in the tourist shops but as soon as we are in a different city we look at taking those very shots.

(Maybe we need to look at our hometowns as a tourist would?!?!?)

 

Day 115... Lest We Forget

A Tribute to ANZAC Day

With their hair a little whiter, their step not quite so sure

Still they march on proudly as they did the year before

Theirs were the hands that saved us, their courage showed the way

Their lives they laid down for us, that we may live today.

From Gallipoli's rugged hillsides, to the sands of Alamein

On rolling seas and in the skies, those memories will remain.

Of airmen and the sailors, of Lone Pine and Suvla Bay

The boys of the Dardenelles are remembered on this day.

They fought their way through jungles, their blood soaked desert sands

They still remember comrades who rest in foreign lands.

They remember the siege of old Tobruk, the mud of the Kokoda Trail

Some paying the supreme sacrifice with courage that did not fail.

To the icy land of Korea, the steamy jungles of Vietnam

And the heroic battle of Kapyong and that epic victory at Long Tan.

Fathers, sons and brothers, together they fought and died

That we may live in peace together, while at home their mothers cried.

When that final bugle calls them to cross that great divide

Those comrades will be waiting when they reach the other side.

Ken Bunker

Day 114... Easter Sunday

The day that the Easter Bunny comes and we all celebrate by eating chocolate eggs...

when I was doing my Easter shopping I couldn't help but notice the huge range of eggs, the colours and the sizes, which got me thinking of them sitting inside each other like the Russian dolls...

so I just had to create that exact thing.

Happy Easter...

Day 113... WICKED

Fiyero: What is it?

Elphaba: it's just, for the first time--I feel wicked.

I went and experienced Wicked... and loved it.

PS is it wrong to be so WICKED at Easter?!?!?

Day 112... Good Friday

Hot cross buns,

Hot cross buns,

one ha' penny,

two ha' penny,

hot cross buns.

Traditionally hot cross buns were eaten only on Good Friday but now they are widely available, and eaten, throughout much of Lent... this year I waited until today, Good Friday.

For everyone who has a break this Easter (here in Australia it is a five day break due to the Anzac Day holiday) I hope you have a great break and stay safe

Day 111... bonus

This morning

I took my photo of my boots,

I was happy with the photo of my boots,

I uploaded the photo of my boots...

but then this guy jumped out

Day 111... boots

These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do

Nancy Sinatra

I have this thing about boots... I love them and so when my delivery of boots arrived from London this week I was so excited.

The wonderful thing is it is Spring in the UK and so their boots are on sale, and here in Australia it is Autumn the perfect time to wear boots... it is meant to be.

I thought about sharing my beautiful boots (four glourious pairs... two casual and two dressy pairs) with you, and when I saw the sole of the pair I knew that I had to share... London Fly.

 

Day 110... breaking through

Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.

Rene Daumal

It rained thoughout the night and then this morning with the dawn the rain stopped and the sun broke through the clouds, giving us yet another beautiful Autumn day

Day 109... Autumn days

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Dale Carnegie

Day 108... vibrant

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Colour catches your eye, it is everywhere but some colours are more vibrant than others. The colours of this plant are definitely vibrant and very eye-catching

Day 107... dragonfly

Your delicate wings rapidly beat the air

The sleekness of your weightless body hovers

Curiously observing as though you care

Steadily searching for lifelong endeavors

Do you bring a message of a tranquil destiny?

Does your evolving maturity convey wisdom?

If I follow, will I find harmony or perplexity?

As you disappear… I am serenely lonesome

Theresa Ann Moore

Today I headed to Morialta as I walked along side the creek, I noticed the magic of the dragonflies dancing across the water. I headed down to the water to capture some of that magic

 

Day 106... my hometown

Day 105... amazing

Bruno Mars, Doo wops and Hooligans Tour,

Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, 15th April 2011

When I see your face

There's not a thing that I would change

Cause you're amazing

Just the way you are

And when you smile,

The whole world stops and stares for awhile