Day 329... blooming hell

blooming hell
1.(UK, slang, blasphemous) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

the series continues... this is number 7 (and I think the last)

Day 328... dreams

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream. - Bern Williams

We all have dreams...   

Day 327... Sydney

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour, in 2003.

The Pritzker Prize citation stated:

“

There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.

”

The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007. It is one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. The dramatic view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is an iconic image of both Sydney and Australia. The bridge is nicknamed "The Coathanger" because of its arch-based design

St Stephen's Uniting Church was the leading church of Presbyterianism in Australia for well over a century until it became part of the Uniting Church of Australia just over 30 years ago.

The present building established in 1935, is the third church as their previous one in Philip St was torn down by the Government of the day to extend Martin Place up to Macquarie St. Their first building from 1901 to 1935 was on the site of the present library next door to Parliament House.

The current church located on Macquarie Street has just been given heritage status by the National Trust this year and is the main "Uniting Church" in the CBD. It is also the only remaining example of its particular architectural style left in the city.



Day 326... clouds

Leaving a sunny Adelaide I arrived to a wet and overcast Sydney, looking across to Central Station the clouds and the clock tower caught my attention more than the skycrapers that could be seen around.

Opened on 4 August 1906, Central Station is the third station to be built in its vicinity since the first station opened 51 years earlier. Central was built to accommodate the growing number of passengers as New South Wales railways expanded.

With its high arched roof, Central's Grand Concourse was one of its most impressive features when first opened and remains so today. Over the last century, imagine how many people have arranged to 'meet under the clock' on the concourse?

Central's sandstone Clock Tower was a later addition, officially brought into use at 10.22am on 3 March 1921. Stretching up at 85.6 metres tall

Day 325...

This is a statue of Right Honourable Charles Cameron Kingston in Victoria Square.

Right Honourable Charles Cameron Kingston (1850-1908) who was the Premier of South Australia from 1893-99 and represented South Australia at the Federal Council Meeting in 1889 and at the 1891 and 1897-98 Federal Conventions. He was the Minister for Trade and Customs in the first Commonwealth Government.

Day 324... joy

I often think of that rare fulfilling joy when you are in the presence of some wonderful alignment of events. Where the light, the colour, the shapes, and the balance all interlock so perfectly that I feel truly overwhelmed by the wonder of it. - Charlie Waite

I was driving along today when I saw the colour of the tree against the blue of the sky, the shape of the flowers and branches and it made me happy... I wanted capture it, the beauty of it as best as I could.

I don't know if i did it justice but I also now get a joy out of sharing that moment from my day... thank you all who take the time to look and share my attempts at capturing moments of my life. The fact that you take the time to look, to comment and to share means so much to me... I do feel guilty that I don't always have the time to share your captures and moments (I really do try)

Day 323... The Don

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport.

The story that the young Bradman practised alone with a cricket stump and a golf ball is part of Australian folklore. Bradman's meteoric rise from bush cricket to the Australian Test team took just over two years. Before his 22nd birthday, he had set many records for high scoring, some of which still stand, and became Australia's sporting idol at the height of the Great Depression.

This statue of Sir Donald Bradman was unvieled on the 25th of February 2002 outside Adelaide Oval, in the background are the spires of St Peter's Cathedral, a sight that many cricket fans from around the world would know.   

Day 322... blooming

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! ~Edward Abbey

the series continues... this is number 6.

Day 321... present

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale

38 days... the tree is up and my first Christmas theme photo has been taken

Day 320.... I see clearly now

Don't call the world dirty because you forgot to clean your glasses” - Aaron Hill

My new glasses, I love the fact that the arms are so colourful and bold while from the front they are black and a little more consverative.

BTW... the background is the inside of my glasses case and are covered in eyes and glasses, with comments like read the print, ez on the eye, look... a lot of fun and very cool   

Day 319... growing

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
Mortimer Adler

the series continues... this is number 5

Day 318... child's play

While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about.
~Angela Schwindt

I spent the day with my nieces and nephew, and being the cool auntie that I am we headed down to the playground... of course with my camera. With four kids though I did not check my settings and this is the result from my first photo of the day... a mistake, yes but I love the feel of motion and play that I captured with that mistake

Day 317... recycling

You must be the change you wish to see in the world." — Mahatma Gandhi

Recycling is something we all can do and something that can make a difference

Day 316... the big guy comes to town

The first pageant in 1933 had eight floats and four bands. The 2011 Credit Union Christmas Pageant will have 63 floats and 15 bands plus nine walking sets, 10 dance groups, one DJ and three choirs.

Day 315... Lest We Forget

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

Day 314... dinner time

It is not what I see outside that makes my images, it is what I feel on the inside that comes out. - Carolyn M D'Alessandro

Day 313... taste

“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.”
Henry David Thoreau

Day 312... growing

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
Washington Irving

the series continues... this is number 4.

day 311... ripples

As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.
Jeanne Moreau

Day 310... to market

The East End Markets were established by Richard Vaughan in 1867. They were located on East Terrace between North Terrace and Rundle Street. By the 1890s there was such competition for stalls that a new site was needed. Richard Charlick, proprietor of a fruit, potato and grocery store, purchased land between Rundle Street and Grenfell Street with the plan of extending the existing market. Negotiations with the East End Market Corporation failed, however, and Charlick established his own rival market, the Adelaide Fruit and Produce Exchange, on that site. It began trading in 1904 and closed in 1988.

In recent years the covered market areas have been demolished to make way for residential developments and other constructions but fortunately most of the original decorative facades with their ornate gables and cornucopia motifs have been retained.

Day 309...

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.
Anne Lamott

Day 308... seeing

Photography helps people to see. - Berenice Abbott

This is the third photo of this flower, I am happy with the way the series is developing...

Day 307...

Here are my hands, so very small, for you to hang upon the wall.
For you to watch as years go by how I do grow,
my hands and I

As a gift for my sister I have created a canvas with the hand prints of each of my neices and nephews, with their handprints and the above saying.

This is the fourth one I have created and I have to say the hardest one as my nephew was not interested in co-operating with me   

Day 306... don't look

If we don't look, she will go away.... don't look

The Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. A member of the Artamidae, it is closely related to the butcherbirds. At one stage, the Australian Magpie was considered to be three separate species, although zones of hybridisation between forms reinforced the idea of a single species with several subspecies, nine of which are now recognised. The adult Australian Magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm (14.5–17 in) in length, with distinctive black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. The male and female are similar in appearance, and can be distinguished by differences in back markings. With its long legs, the Australian Magpie walks rather than waddles or hops and spends much time on the ground. This adaptation has led to some authorities maintaining it in its own genus Gymnorhina. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian Magpie has an array of complex vocalisations

Day 305...

"The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust

This is a landscape that I travel past every working day but I have never seen it looking like this.

A workmate has leant me a Hoya infrared (R72) filter and today I took it out to play... I didn't have long and only took a few shots but I promise that I will find time to play again in the next few days.   

Day 304....

“The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that
comes, the petal falls.”
Kabir

Day 303... hope

This is the South Australian memorial to the Forgotten Australians and Wards of the State. It is in Peace Park at the corner of Sir Edwin Avenue and Brougham Place. It consists of four Huge stainless steel daisies (I only captured three in this picture), each in a different state of opening, as a symbol of hope and healing for children (now adults) who suffered harm in out of home care.

The tallest of the daisies is over six metres and can be seen from quite a distance.

The concept was developed by artist Craige Andrae, who was inspired by his love and hopes for his own small children.

The dedication on the memorial reads:
In honour of children who suffered abuse in institutional and out of home care.

We have grown through awareness and unity. We celebrate our courage, strength and resilience. We are no longer forgotten.

Dedicated to the future protection and nurturing of all children

Day 302... growth

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning - Benjamin Franklin

I first took a picture on Tuesday (http://frameitthenshootit.blogspot.com/#!/2011/11/day-298-no-choice.html  ) and I have decided to try and capture it's beauty as it changes. I thought about doing this with a rose but they change so quickly it would be a daily photo while with this I think I can capture it every few days.

Day 301... seeing

If you can see, you can also take pictures. But learning to see may take a long time. - Anonymous

I never knew how little I saw before I started this project... I would never have noticed raindrops on a spring flower last year, I love this project   

Day 300... colour

Man needs colour to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water. - Fernand Leger

Day 299... ghosts

“The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.” - Bill Cosby

I did my first selfie for day 249 and now 50 days later I do a second... maybe I like to celebrate the day before the big one, maybe I will continue this little tradition that I have started.

The posters in my photo are part of Adelaide Street Art project done by Peter Drew, the photos have been taken from 1920 mug shots, enlarged and placed around the city (a total of 19 different posters in different locations).

Here is a youtube link to a video about the project... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAmi-N5SCDc&feature=feedu

Day 298... no choice

I didn't choose photography. Photography chose me. - Gerardo Suter

Day 297... companion

Photography is more than a hobby for me. It's a constant companion, a passion in a world I can't touch. It gives me solace. - Dan Case

Before this project photography was a hobby for me but in the last 297 days it has became so much more...   

Day 296.... fractal mandala

This sculpture stands outside the Adelaide Convention Centre, overlooking the beautiful River Torrens and Elder Park.

The sculpture is Fractal Mandala by Greg Johns and was created in 2001. The information that is by the sculpture says.... The title "Fractal Mandala" suggest links between new systems of investigation (Fractal) and older systems (Mandala), a paradigm where scientific investigation co exists with questions of spirit/humanities. A work of this time growing out of the perennial philosophies and history of sculptue.... not what I saw but what the artist was trying to convey

Day 295... flying

"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the ground with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and will always want to be." - Leonardo DaVinci

Obviously I didn't take the main photo because that is me falling out of the plane at 14000 feet but I did take the photos across the top.

Day 294... smiles

Colors are the smiles of nature.
-Leigh Hunt