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Unconditional Love - part one
When my beautiful daughter left here, after her last visit,
she was going to Dubbo to the highly regarded Western Plains Zoo.
When she’d gone I thought about zoo visits we’d had when she was a child and decided to reminisce with a cup of tea and some photos.
There were many photos that stirred emotions.
The mess she’d [...]
Love is?
Minutes before this photo was taken, that beautiful calm the sunset imposes was missing, as the waves crashed almost recklessly upon the shore.
Then the transformation occurred. Snippets of orange and pinks began to appear on the horizon. My focus changed from the power of the ocean to the magic forming in the sky.
As nature painted [...]
Sydney And The Deep Blue Sea
After spending a couple of days in Sydney, I’ve needed a couple of days to get over my stay in that beautiful city I spent many years living in, and now my daughter wants to do the same.
In my youth I found Sydney an invigorating city. Full of beauty and life. A rich tapestry of [...]
Love, Like A River Flows
Love like a river flows
Infinite in depth and strength
Forever mysterious,
entrancing,
beckoning
The soul of life
Love like a river flows
….Been thinking a lot about love lately; its lure to continually participate. Looking into this river as the day drew to a close, its stillness reflected life, and I fell in love all over again. I’m not even sure [...]
Talonted
My first promotion of a favourite blog has to be Talonted: http://talonted.blogspot.com/
Not only is Talon an observer and photographer of all things beautiful in nature and in her own back yard, she is also an inspiring writer. Her words are vivid in imagery:
Some things are just beautiful…
like the sweet sliver of crescent moon sitting low [...]
“Order!” she cried.
“Order!” She cried.
Lately there’s been a little chaos in my life. It seems to have come with the decision to widen my depth of field, just a tad, to take the next step, in living my life after sheltering in my tunnel: http://hotmiddlescence.com/there-is-a-crack-in-everything-thats-how-the-light-gets-in/
I have decided to start studying again, basically thereby broadening my opportunities [...]
Moss Vale RDA - Fitzroy Equestrian Centre
My daughter had a horse from a very early age. This horse came to us quite accidently.
I’d gone to rescue the joey of a kangaroo that had died after being caught in a fence. The people that owned the property this kangaroo was found on, also owned horses. My daughter was 4 at the [...]
As Clear as? - Fitzroy Falls!
Toward the waterfall
I used to bush walk in Fitzroy Falls, a beautiful area, where it is easy to walk and think, amongst the sound of birds, and the smell of Eucalypts, or sit and meditate to the sound of waterfalls. Recently I returned to Fitzroy Falls, camera in hand, to take photos of a place I [...]
Rainbows
Rainbows have always held a fascination for me. The way they suddenly appear with that glimmer of sunshine breaking through the clouds. The way they always seem so far away; and where do they end? Where that pot of gold is of course.
As a child I was sure I could find the end of the [...]
Contemplating
This may seem like a bit of a contradiction to my last post of being in a tunnel, but over the last year, I’ve done a lot of doing. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve done a fair bit of contemplating too as well as bit of meditation here and there, but generally a lot of doing. [...]
There Is A Crack In Everything - That’s How The Light Gets In
Once upon a time life was good. Not easy, but good. She was the protector, the provider, the producer, the nurturer. She worked hard and was rewarded with the abundance of life.
He came - a gift from life, in all his abundance of good and bad. He saw, not always what she saw, [...]
Relax, Relax…..Relax!
Why is it that Melo the cat, can just relax - anywhere? Why is it whenever I try to relax, I firstly need to find a quiet space? Then I need something comfortable to sit on, and I need the temperature to be right. Too cold and I’ll have to get up and get [...]
At Times It’s Hard To See The Wood For The Trees
Perhaps it has to do with having survived rather than lived a tough year and wanting that to change. Perhaps it has to do with just wanting a change. Perhaps it has to do with having bought the new camera. I’m not sure, but as those of you that frequently visit can see, I’ve decided [...]
A Sense Of Calm
On the 24th of April it was the 1st anniversary of Alex’s death. It was anticipated with grief,angst and remorse.
I thought about him often during the weeks leading up to ‘the day.’ Not so much him - I always think about Alex. I thought more about the circumstances around that period of time a [...]
Ways of Seeing
If you like cats, the following will be an appealing photo. If you don’t, you’ll probably already be thinking “not another cat or kitten story, that she thinks is cute.”
No, this post is about changing the frame of reference, to get a different picture, a different understanding.
This is the vision that greeted me recently as [...]
Feral Beryl
The inspiration for this blog post comes from Talon. In her post on April 17th she coaxed her readers (actually she warned her readers) to read on….
The post is about her cat bringing home presents and I think these guys are related.
I arrived home this evening to be welcomed with this gift:
Sweet hey? Now [...]
All Things Great are Small
This week I have come down with a cold. It has hit me like a sledge hammer. I haven’t had a cold in years, so I’d forgotten how foggy headed and miserable a cold can make one feel.
I feel as though all the rain we’ve had has fallen directly on me, saturated me, and left [...]
Blue Sky after days of dark clouds
Finally on Wednesday blue sky broke its way through the clouds.
We’ve had grey days and rain for days on end. Grey sky, dark clouds, and all the crap with Telstra/Bigpond. How readily my mood can plummet, when things go wrong and the sky is grey.
What did I do, how did I cope, living in Sydney [...]
The New Camera
The new camera. Notice I didn’t say “my new camera.”
A while ago, I asked my daughter if there was anything she could do for a career, what would it be. She answered, “I’d be a photographer for National Geographic.” Well, I thought I’d help her along. I told her to find a course or do [...]
What to do, what to do, what to do?
These have been the words constantly swirling around in my head since losing my two days a week job. It’s not that big a financial loss, but it certainly will impact on my finances, and it’s an amount of money I can’t really do without. Of course different opportunities present themselves at times like these…just [...]
Country Photos, our backyard
This is a photo taken by my daughter not far from where we live. A place she often visits, to swim, to enjoy, to think, to take photos. My daughter was raised in a beautiful country area of NSW. It’s hot in summer 35c yesterday, and can snow in winter, as you can see by [...]
