Success!!

I will post some photos tonight, quickly, and then tell you all about the opening night, tomorrow.  It's late and it's been a huge weekend, so I need to sleep.

It was a great success and I will do all the appropriate raving tomorrow.

Nite all.

He's Here!

Unexpectedly, my brother and his close lady friend arrived today, instead of tomorrow!

It's the first time that I've met her and she is nice and bright and intelligent and articulate and friendly and happy and easy to get along with.

However, it is almost 1am, so I'm off to bed ... but I do a short post so that you know I am still alive :D

I hope to have photos of all the family tomorrow, so watch this space!

Nite all

Ready Mr Music

We arrived at the gallery this morning to find that all of the photos had been hung, but they had been completely rearranged.

Adoring Husband appeared to be a little perturbed by this turn of events, and it took a minute to convince him that I was happy with the new arrangement.

It looks fantastic!

So, as promised, I have a few photos of the gallery with my photos on the walls!

I didn't photograph all of the walls, but we'll take more photos on opening night.

Tomorrow we prepare for another house full of people/family for the weekend and then we are ready Mr Music!

I think I'm starting to get excited :D

Nite all.

Framed and Hung

It took five hours to frame 65 photos and hang 40 of them.  The other 25 will be hung tomorrow morning.

Even if I do say so myself, they look fabulous!!

I had to cull 20 due to space issues, which was pretty tough to do, but I think I've kept the best on the walls.

I will take the camera tomorrow and get a photo of inside the gallery to share on here.

I'm sorry that all of my posts have been so short here lately, but my brain is so full of what I still need to do, that I'm having trouble stringing enough words together to post anything!

Just a few more days and life will return to normal again.

Go me!!

Nite all.

Quick Pics

Adoring Husband and I headed off to Maryborough this morning, planning on getting started on the exhibit, and were just out of town when he said to me "Where are your photos sweety?"

They were still at home on my desk!

What a doofus head.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we didn't get to Maryborough, so I need a good night of sleep because we have a big day of framing and hanging tomorrow.

Here are a few photos from the weekend.

It was a great weekend and just what I needed as a distraction before this heavy week coming up.

Time for bed.

Nite all.

Whale of a Time

That's what The Nikonian sent me in a text after she arrived home today.  "I had a whale of a time" lol

Fifteen of us, including seven from the JPEG flickr group all went whale watching today, and what a great day it was!  There were heaps of whales and some fantastic shots were taken.  Lots of shutters going off at speed as the whales surfaced time and time again.

Everybody had a great day.  The weather was glorious, though a little cool for the first half of the day.

We all got some good shots in and I'm looking forward to seeing everybody's shots on flickr over the coming days.

Sadly, The Nikonian had to leave straight after the whale trip, but the others are staying another night, so we all came home to load our photos onto laptops and tablets and Ooooh and Aaaah over our triumphs.

After a few nibblies and drinks, we headed down to the river for some sunset and bird shots.  There was just enough smoke haze on the horizon to create a bit of colour right at the end of the sunset.

A few pelicans, seagulls and yachts to add a bit of interest.

Then we decided to head home and agreed to come back to the river after dinner in search of Tawny Frogmouths.

So we all lugged our tripods and camera gear in the dark along the river path in search of the elusive Tawnies.  We nominated a 'torch bearer' who searched the ground and the trees with the beam of light to no avail.

As we neared the end of the path at the second boat ramp, when we were just about to give up and take photos of the moon, the Arty Farty Crafty one said "What was that?  It just flew into the tree!"

We aimed the torch and there before us was a Tawny Frogmouth sitting on a branch, almost the perfect distance for some wonderful photos.

So we spent about twenty minutes annoying the crap out of the poor bird, torch shining in his face while we snapped away.

We decided to leave him in peace and go down to the beach for moon shots.

Half an hour later, we slowly headed back along the path, all feeling totally exhausted from one very full day.

Home made Baileys and birthday chocolate for 'JFocus' and then one by one everybody gradually made their way to bed all calling out "good night" in very happy and satisfied voices.

It has been a huge day and I am absolutely exhausted.

We will all be up early in the morning hoping to catch some photos of the Bee Eaters around the house and I think I'll take everyone across the road to the lagoon.

So, I'd best go get some sleep in preparation of another big day, because Adoring Husband and I  also have to start setting up for the exhibit on Friday.

I think I'm getting too old for all of this excitement!

It was so great to see you Nikonian.  The visit was just a little too short!

I will post photos tomorrow after I've had a chance to look at them properly.

Nite all.

We're Here!

This is us.

Need sleep.

Nite all.

More Hours

Ok, just for the next eight days, is it possible that somebody out there can arrange an extra 5 or 6 hours onto each day?  I'd really appreciate that.  Thanks.

What a hectic day!

I really expected to be totally organised and completely ready for a whale watching trip with lots of friends to share the experience.

I think I would have been, if a job I took on, hadn't taken 5 hours instead of 5 minutes like it should have.

It put me so far behind the eight ball, I have been struggling all day to catch up, but I think I have to concede defeat now, at 11.30pm and hope that I can rise early enough to finish my 'to do' list.

I really must bath the dogs in the morning too.

So much to do, so little time!

I haven't had a chance to get out and about with the camera for a couple of days (aside from the job that I did yesterday) and I'm suffering withdrawals.  Thank goodness the flickr girls are coming for the weekend, loaded with their cameras and paraphernalia!

Here is a photo that I prepared earlier.

Nite all.

Not enough hours in today

Just popped in to let you know that I am still alive, but have no time for blogging tonight.

It's already after 1am and I'm still trying to get these real estate photos finished and sent.

I'll catch up tomorrow.

Nite all.

Oh and thank you for your comment yesterday Judi - I agree that she is lovely :D

Excited

I'm excited about this weekend, the whale watching trip and seeing my new photographer friends again.  It should be a fun and relaxing and exciting all at the same time.

I really hope that there will be lots of whales and I can't wait to see everyone's photos when it's all over.

Got a bit to do around the house tomorrow and then some grocery shopping on Friday and then the mob should be arriving on Saturday.

There will only be six staying with us now - but that will make it very comfortable.

***happy dance***

Today, we had a lovely visit from the Chicklet family.  We had a nice relaxing lunch outside and then we played baby golf in the garden and collected some frog ornaments.

It was only a short visit.

Chicklet is stringing lots of words together now and is counting and knows her colours and is so interested in her world and exploring and running.

I really enjoyed my time with her today and I actually remembered to take photos!!  Yay!  I think both Vegan Chickie AND Adoring Husband reminded me at different times.  Thank goodness I have them to nudge me along!

Now I need to rest my weary head.

Nite all.

Lucky Thirteen

So my framing issue is not as big an issue as first thought.

I am now short thirteen A3 sized frames.

My three options are:

1. Contact all the framers in town and try to get thirteen cheap frames made up.
2. Go to Crazy Clarks, Sams Warehouse or another el-cheapo shop and buy cheap frames.
3. Reprint thirteen photos at a smaller size so that they fit the frames that are available.

Option three is the least expensive and the one that I've selected.

All is right with the world again.

I had my final meeting with The Artist this afternoon.

On Monday, Adoring Husband and I will get the reprints done on the way to the gallery.

While the gallery staff are disassembling this months exhibit, we will frame the photos and then on Tuesday, we will spend the day hanging them in the gallery and cataloguing.

Everything is under control.

I had a nice lunch with the girls down at the park today.  The weather was beautiful and nineteen of us ended up in an entertainment area belonging to one of the ladies who lives on the water front.

She has her house on the market and she has asked me to take photos for the real estate website because she isn't happy with the professional photos that have been taken.

Funny how this is the second job I've been asked to do because a professional photographer has not been satisfactory.

Speaking of photographers.  I found our wedding photos yesterday, and looking at them now, they are even worse than I remembered.

I've kept them out to show the girls when they are here on the weekend.  I know that they will be horrified and will share my pain.

I wish I'd known the Nikonian back then.  Her 'happy snaps' would have been a million times better than the photos that we have.

You live and learn.

Crikey!  I just looked at the clock and it's almost 12.30am!

I have the Chicklet family coming for lunch tomorrow, so I'm off to bed, so that I can be fresh and rested for my baby.

MUST REMEMBER TO TAKE PHOTOS!

Nite all.

Good news. Bad news.

The Bad News:

A quick trip to the gallery in Maryborough this morning to check that my odd-sized photos fit into the frames provided, turned into a 'sick feeling in the pitt of your stomach' kind of morning.

The gallery lost my booking for the frames and have now promised at least half of them to somebody who has an exhibit in one of the upstairs galleries.

I guestimate that I will be about 20 - 30 frames short of what I need, but the artist was still to get back to them with numbers.

The gallery staff have kindly contacted the Hervey Bay gallery to see if they have any to spare for the month, but we won't know the outcome of that until tomorrow.

**sigh**

So I am sending positive energy into the universe.

I am skipping and dancing with flowers in my hair and a smile on my face and wishing for all good things to happen during the next 24 hours.

There are huge storms brewing all around me and they are going to blow and wash all the bad energy away and bring happiness and sunshine my way.

Thinking happy thoughts.

The Good News:

On the good side ... I am very happy with the way my final 9 photos printed, especially the three I selected for the large size, and especially the musical instrument shot that I shared here a couple of days ago .. AND .. I got them printed at half price!

What I expected to be about $120 turned out to be $67.  Bonus!!

I hope that tomorrow will be ALL good news.  So watch this space and I will keep you posted.

Nite all

Memory Lane

Adoring Husband has misplaced the Canon discs from our cameras.

When his computer crashed last month, he lost the Canon program that loads photos from the camera to the computer, so today we searched high and low for the discs so that he could reload the program.

Even though our searching proved fruitless, I found some hidden treasures that I would like to share with you.

L-R Gramps Fordham(dec), Nanna Fordham(dec), Uncle Rob (dec), Aunty Robyn and her parents.

Me, aged 15 - school photo from Pine Rivers High School, Strathpine, 1975

Me with my cousin, both aged 4, before appearing on the TV show Romper Room (according to my Aunty Jackie)

My Dad's family.  L-R Ian (I think), Jimmy, Nanna Griffin, Gramps Griffin, Brian, Noel (Dad aged 16) , then on the bottom row Ken (I think) and Wayne.

You see, everything happens for a reason.

I have been searching, on and off,  for my father's family photo for almost a year.  A cousin, who I haven't seen for about 40 yrs, contacted me through facebook and provided me with so much family information that she has collected while doing our family tree.  I promised to send her this family photo, because she didn't have one of the whole family together.

For the week following our initial contact, I turned this house upside down trying to find it, to no avail.

I knew it would turn up eventually ... and today was the 'eventually' ... all because Adoring Husband lost the discs.

So even though I was quite annoyed that I had to waste time searching, in the end, I was very excited to find these treasures!  Everything happens for a reason.

Here's a photo of one of my boys feeding the Butcher bird down at the Seat of Knowledge.

Every day this week, the bird pops in and has a little feed.  Gentleman Jim gives him a little whistle and they have a chat.  So nice.

I've sorted through some jewellery that I will display at the gallery while our exhibit is open and now all I have to do is find a way to do the postcards.

I've discovered that you can get stickers that go on the back of photos to make them look like postcards, I just need to access some at a reasonable cost and that I can get quickly - like within a week!  Cutting it a bit fine.

Big day tomorrow, so I'm off to bed.

Nite all.

Springing

Spring is springing into action!

I arrived home from the Seat of Knowledge this morning to find these two guys sitting on my fence.

Wattle Bird

Rainbow Bee Eater

There was a bit of a battle for territory going on, but they didn't fight too hard.

Our Grass Tree has grown a new spike too, which is pretty cool.

You can see the fog in the background - taken at 7am today.

My head has been extremely fuzzy all day.  Going to bed at 9.30pm was not a good idea.  Waking up at 3.30am was an even worse idea!

Midnight til 6am suits me fine.

9.30pm til 3.30am does NOT suit me at all!

So Spring may be springing, but I certainly was not springing anywhere today.  It was a rest day for me and I ate chocolate.  Lots of it.

Tomorrow, I hope my brain will be fresh again.  It will be a better day.

Nite all.

Dozing

It's 9.15pm.

I've had three glasses of wine since 5pm and am now sitting on the couch watching my footy team get creamed by the team most hated in the league.

I am dozing.

The wine has done me in!  I am going to bed.

Thought that I would generously share one of my favourite pics for the exhibit before I go.  This will be blown up to a large size.

Nite all.

A Quickie

Is this the biggest dog you've ever seen in your life?  The dog's owner is not a short woman either!

Stopped in for a quick coffee with Vegan Chickie and Chicklet today ... and then got a quick shot of the pier at exactly midday.

 
I wonder if the fog lifted after this?  There was no fog at the other end of town!

We did some printing today, but we have to go back on Saturday to see the girl in charge, so that we can get a good price on the larger prints.

I submitted my entry into the "Wind" brief for the EOS Photo5 competition today.

I felt a bit pressured, with so much going on at the moment, but I really want to enter all five briefs this year so that I qualify automatically next year and NOT have to be under any pressure in 2013.

Anyway, as I the title says, just a quickie tonight.  My pillow beckons.

Nite all.

Making Music

What a full day today has been!

Of course, the Seat of Knowledge was the first stop this morning and it was great to see The Little Gnome back from his trip to Rubyvale, where he spent a little over two weeks with his grandson and family.

We missed him while he was gone!

Afterwards we had a date with some acquaintances to help them with their camera, computer, electronic photo frame and TV/DVD.

That took three hours.  It was a pleasant three hours because they are lovely people, and Adoring Husband did most of the work.  Ok, Adoring Husband did ALL of the work!

They were most appreciative and we got a big bag of fresh veggies from their garden as well as the offer of some plants from their bromeliad garden and a dinner invitation for some time in the future.

These people will be at the exhibit opening night and will be serving nibblies to the patrons as well, to help out, so that's a lovely gesture.

We drove home from there to have a quick lunch and then I pedalled up my street, for the musical instrument photo shoot, at BP's place.

The moment B took the instruments out of their velvet lined cases, I fell in love with them.

They were so shiny and smooth and sleek with beautiful lines and the light danced off them as B moved them around on the black sheet to suit my requirements.

I took 90 photos.  Some of them I aimed and fired, but most I just held the camera up high and at different angles shooting blind.  I really enjoy that kind of photography and I am almost always pleasantly surprised by the shots I get that way.

I have selected five of the best and I think I will use them on a panel for a series of shots.  There is one in particular that I will enlarge.

I have three photos that I am enlarging as features.

So far, all is going to plan.  Fingers crossed, it will continue to do so!

Tomorrow is the opening day for submissions to the EOS Photo5 competition and I still haven't decided on my 'Wind' photo.

I wanted to submit one of my musical instruments photos, because they are 'wind' instruments, but having read the brief again, I don't think it would be acceptable.

So now I have a wee dilemma and I'm not sure what to do.  I do my best work under pressure!

This is the photo that I have rejected for the brief ...

I have four other wind shots set aside, that are possibilities.  Need to ponder for a little while.

Got another busy day ahead tomorrow, so I'm off to bed.

Nite all.

Good Business

So yesterday afternoon, I got a phone call from an acquaintance who lives next door to a friend of mine.

She was very unhappy with the shots taken by the photographer that her employer used, so she asked if I would take a photo that she could use on her business cards and stationery for her new job.

I said that I'd 'have a go'.  She said that she would be here after work at about 4.30pm.

The way she said it, made me think that she believed I had a studio here.

An hour before she arrived, I pegged a white sheet up over a wall on the Eastern side of our house, which at that time of the day, is in shade, and I took a couple of practise shots.

When she arrived, I led her through the house and outside to my makeshift 'set' and explained to her that portrait shots were not my forte, so I couldn't guarantee that the shots would be any good, but that I would do my best.

She did seem a little surprised to be standing in front of a pegged sheet in my back yard!

Surprisingly, it only took about a dozen shots to get one that we agreed on.

The tricky part was then finding my way around photoshop to make the crinkly white sheet in the background look like a solid colour behind her.

I suffered my way through for a while, becoming very frustrated.  I even found a site called Elements Ten for Dummies.

I'm obviously dumber than a dummy, because I couldn't understand it at all.

Finally, in desperation, I sent my friend 'The Nikonian' a private message in facebook and asked her to explain in simple photoshop terms how to perform this task.

One paragraph later (thank you! thank you!) and WHALAH!!

Not too bad for my first business card photo!  Even if I do say so myself!

She offered to pay me for the pleasure, but I told her it was my 'congratulations on your new job' gift from me.  When I emailed it to her later, she replied with a very pleased message, thanking me.  Thank goodness!

Very nerve racking these shoots.  All good experience, and each time I push myself a bit out of my comfort zone, that just improves my photography.

Tomorrow, Adoring Husband and I are helping a couple learn how to download photos from their camera to their computer and then how to create an email with a photo attached.  They also want to learn how to put information from their computer to a memory stick.

Then another photo shoot for me!  This time with musical instruments.  What I thought would be one musical instrument, has turned into almost an orchestra of instruments, so I am very excited at what I might find when I arrive!

So it's a big day ahead for me.  Best get some sleep!

Nite all.

Almost Famous

Well, my fifteen minutes of fame commences as of tomorrow.

The town Newsletter was published and issued today, with our photos and story on page three.  Woot Woot!

My photos arrived from the Sunshine Coast after being printed by my friend down there and they look so much better than I expected.  I am very pleased and it's a weight lifted from my shoulders.  Now I only have 50 more to print, which we'll do this week.

Will take a couple of the odd sized ones to the gallery this week to make sure they have frames to fit them.

I still have to organise the postcards eep!

Need to write a blurb about myself so that the patrons can read about me.

Falling into place nicely now I think.

Played in photoshop a bit this afternoon.

I can't imagine ever knowing all there is to know about it.  Every time I open it, I find something new.  I need to sit with someone 'in the know' (you know who you are! lol).

That's all I'm sharing for today.  Off to bed for yet another early night.

Nite all.

Excellent Show!

Jon English - Rock Revolution.

If you get a chance, go see it!  You won't regret it.  More talent on one stage than you could ever imagine in your wildest dreams.  Breathtaking Brilliant Bravo.

The mini challenge in the 104 group this weekend was 'From a Low Angle'.  Here are my photos that I have just posted onto Fb.

I think I might go to bed early (11.30 is early for me!).

Nite all.

Goin' to a Show

We are out this evening for dinner and a show "Rock Revolution" which is Jon English's new show.

I saw his last show twice and obviously, it was excellent!  So I'm expecting to have an enjoyable night.

Needless to say, I will be home too late to update here and that's why I am here now.

Drove into town with Kaz this morning.  It's a really nice opportunity to catch up because we never get time together with just the two of us.  This is the 3rd time I've driven into town with her on a Saturday morning and it really makes for a great day, to start like that, instead of on the dreaded speeding bus!

Thanks Kaz :D

Of course, the best part of the day was seeing my little Chicklet, who ran to greet me when I arrived this morning.

She was very happy all day and I discovered that she is just like her Mama, in that when she gets tired, it doesn't take much to get her giggling.  Actually, that's a bit like me too.

I read "Are You My Mother?" to her (the shortened, more fun, version), three times.

There was lots of giggling and lots of new words.

She knows how old she is and holds one finger up as she announces "ONE!"

She is a climber.  She climbs on her little table, the chair, the lounge, the coffee table.  A bit scary for poor old grandmothers.

I forgot to take photos!!  Again!!  I think I can get one more Saturday visit in before things get too busy for both the Chicklet family AND for me.

Soon they are off on their overseas holiday and when they return, they may be living somewhere else.  There's a chance they could leave even before that!

Takes my breath away just thinking about it.  Ugh.  However, we will worry about that when it happens and not before!

Anyway, that's most of my day ... now I have to go and make myself beautiful for Jon English.  I'll tell you all about it tomorrow.

Nite all.

Caravans and Campers

The Maryborough caravan and camping expo is on this weekend and it opened today.  Adoring Husband and I were there bright and early, got a park directly across the road from the entrance gate and walked through those gates at approximately 9.03am lol.

It was a beautiful day and my nose took me directly to the closest coffee bar where I got a skinny latte to help start my day.

Next I tried an amazing vibration machine that got all the muscles working in my body and the blood well and truly circulating through my veins.  Straight after that, I bought a fabulous military style cap with a diamonte 'peace' sign, which came with a free pair of diamonte polarised sunglasses.

Four hours later, we had walked through almost every caravan and campervan there, chatted with half of our community who had decided to attend today too, found some gluten free wood fired pizza and gluten free ice cream, bought some bamboo socks and some accessories for our campervan and had the ingredients to go home and cook my famous roast chicken and veggie soup.

It took me all afternoon to make the soup, which could be my best effort yet!  Adoring Husband ate four bowls of it for dinner!  Delicious.

I'm very unhappy that my football team lost their game by one point tonight and I'm pretty sure that Number One Son will be equally unhappy with his team who also lost by one point tonight!  Ugh!

Tomorrow is Chicklet family day, so I'm off to bed (yet another after midnight bed time!).

Nite all.

Ball of Panic

In relation to the impending exhibit, I have my good days and my bad days.

I think I've had a lot of good days lately, because my progress has been coming along quite nicely and I have felt 'on top' of things.

Today, however, I've felt the little ball of panic in the pit of my stomach.  Every hour or so, it gives a little rumble and a tremble.  Enough to send some adrenalin surging through my veins.

I think that I should probably make a new 'to-do' list.  That will either calm my nerves OR get that adrenalin well and truly pumping!

So, in response to this negative physical reaction, my brain has responded with a nice strong defensive ramble, which I have already shared with BGWLBH, and which I will now share with you!

Begin Manic Rant

I have had a DSLR camera for almost 4 years.  

I learned how to use a DSLR camera in manual mode, 16 months ago, in a two day workshop (admittedly, with an EXCELLENT teacher, who doesn't know I have this blog, so I'm not sucking up lol), and where I also learned how to compose my shots.  

The flickr group, photographers who have completed the same workshop, have also provided VALUABLE advice, critique and feedback over the same 16 month period.

I challenge anyone with such limited experience, to find 100 quality photos in their collection, that are good enough to print enlarged, (ranging from 8"x12" to poster size) and display them in a public exhibit.

Seriously, this is not an easy task.  It is especially more difficult, when the theme of the exhibit is FAR REMOVED from what you class as your 'forte', which in my case, is birds and wildlife.

Not to mention the 'photoshop' issues.

I'm not sure if I'm trying to convince you or me here ... but I reckon I have done a pretty amazing job just to get to this point.

End Manic Rant

So there is a good reason for me to have a little ball of panic in the pit of my stomach right about now.  I hope it doesn't hang around too long.  

I expect it to be there on opening night, but I'd really like it to make rare appearances between now and then.

I'm doing ok.  

I have my boys at the Seat of Knowledge, helping me start my day in a happy and relaxed manner.

I have Adoring Husband cooking dinner every night and being the perfect house husband in support of my endeavours, while leaving me alone to focus on the task at hand.

I also have my online photography friends who have been wonderfully supportive along the way and who prop me up whenever I begin to wallow in negativity.

My lovely kids who are proud of me and my even lovelier granddaughter who makes my heart race every time I see her and makes me want to be a 'Boz' to be proud of.

I'm doing something that I absolutely love and I have this opportunity to share it with my world, small as it may be.

I'm doing ok indeed.  Life is pretty darned good.

BE GONE this ball of panic!!

Nite all.     

Puberty Blues

I read the book.  I watched the movie.

Tonight I watched the first episode of the TV series Puberty Blues.

It was like being a fly on the wall and watching myself as a teenager.

Everything is so accurate.  The fashions.  The attitudes.  The language.  The roles of females.  The arrogance of males.

Not once, during that episode, did I disagree with even one line of the dialogue.  So spot on.

It's quite frightening to watch and I wonder if it's the same for teenagers now.

I can still see the same attitudes in my generation of married couples that I know today.

I hope things are different for the current younger generation.

My brain is mush from six hours of learning how to use photoshop, so this is another short but sweet post.

Instead of posting photos, I am giving you a link to check out some beautiful photos by somebody else.  Somebody who is most proficient in photoshop!

http://www.joelsantos.net/Joel_Santos_-_Photography/Home.html

Nite all.

Canon EOS Photo5

Yes!  It's that exciting time of year again!

EOS Photo5 is the competition that inspires everybody to create amazing photography. And while the inspiration is just 5 simple items in a little brown box, there’s no end to what you can create.

https://www.canon.com.au/en-au/worldofeos/photo5/Enter

Vegan Chickie introduced me to this competition a couple of years ago, but last year I made my first submission and I entered four of the five briefs.

With thousands of people entering every brief, it's very difficult to think of something new and original.

As I was once told "Everything has been photographed.  It's all been done.  So it's about how you can do it in a unique and beautiful way."

That is where I struggle.  I'm certain that I have an imagination lurking in the recesses of my brain somewhere.  I just haven't found it yet.

So, because I missed the final brief last year, I have to apply for the little brown box, by entering the Open Brief which is 'WIND' and the entry date is 23rd August.

Time to get my thinking cap on and time to start prodding for at least a glimmer of my imagination.

I did want to start with a good night's sleep, but it's already after 12.30am so I guess that idea is out the window.  We'll try for that tomorrow night.

Nite all

Pelican Party

The usual - a day in front of the computer screen playing with photos.

This afternoon, I went for a ride.  I had to visit the 'Shell Man' briefly and then I rode down to the beach.  There was a lady there feeding some pelicans.  She had some carcasses of the fish that she had caught earlier in the day.

It was the highlight of my day ... until I discovered that the Brahminy Kite chick in the nest is still being cared for!

Last week, one of the older Brahminy Kites fell dead out of the nest, onto the road.  The man who lives in the house under the tree had told me that there was a chick in the nest and I was sure that it would die without the older bird to care for it.

This afternoon, I watched a Brahminy Kite in the tree opposite the nest as he ate some food and then flew over to the nest.  I could hear the chick making noises!  Such a relief :)

So all is right in my Brahminy world again :)

Nite all

Boz is a beautiful word.

It was too windy to ride around town this morning, so after I left the boys, I did one quick ride along the river path and then I came straight home.

I cooked a hearty, sausage, eggs and tomato breakfast and then sat down at my desk all day.

Played a bit with photoshop and learnt some more about it.  I still don't like it.

I am easily distracted.  Gekko's birthday party is a perfect example.  I spent some time on the photos from his party today.

I need to focus on the job at hand!!

Oh and I also played with photos of my baby.

She's got such a cheeky little face sometimes.

I had a good visit with my Chicklet family and my favourite word in the whole universe is "Boz".

Off to bed for me.

Nite all.

Happy 60th

Just a quickie before I climb into bed.

We attended a 60th birthday party tonight.

Gekko - in the red and black stripes

Most people were leaving for home at around 10pm.  Gekko hasn't been well, and then on top of that, had a motorcycle accident recently ... so we are grateful to be celebrating his 60th birthday.

He was surrounded by a good crowd of family and friends tonight and he was a happy man.

Happy 60th birthday Gekko :D

Nite all.