Category: Journal
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On assignment.
An expedition. An assignment. A quest. To find the perfect coffee shop. Brew. Ambience. Ceramics.Music. Architecture. People. It’s a big ask to achieve perfection on all the marks. And as the adventure is in the searching, I hope I never find it. As the writer Kate DiCamillo says….. “Say it, reader. Say the word ‘quest’…
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Plaster buddha, wooden beads and a dog collar.
Sitting in the living room is a bespoke plaster Buddha. Purchased on one of my first trips to Byron Bay.Around his neck is a collar from our first dog, Smudge.And a set of wooden prayer beads from my first encounter with the practice of meditation. A small inconspicuous clutter of worthless first things that have…
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Don’t judge a dog by his cover.
Location: the couch. My dog has issues. Lets see… there is thunderstorms, and possums and umbrellas and people wearing hats. And people of colour, and people on disability scooters, and lycra, and anything in the laundry basket and having his claws clipped. There are no doubt more. Every day is a discovery. I suspect that…
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Sunday lake walk.
Shots from a quiet walk along the paved banks of Lake Burley. Everybody that was nobody was out and about. Cyclists, scooterers, and ambulatory deep-in conversationalists. The cardigan crew, the yoga pants posers, the cafe crowd and the fashion outliers. Sunlight held hint of a wry spring smile. Magpies and seagulls amongst it all. The…
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This *might* be the last thing I have to say about climate change.
Here is what I think. We shall not speak of this again.
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The Hidden Genius of Vivien Maier.
I think this is pretty amazing. Whilst digging into the topic of photography on YouTube I came across the story of Vivian Maier. In the mid 1950’s Vivian lived in Chicago’s North Shore area where she worked a nanny. She was a very private person who would spend her days off walking the local streets…
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National Arboretum Canberra.
Location: ///luxury.fire.draw35°17.55096’S, 149°4.29126’E Took Juno for a walk up to the arboretum to catch the golden hour and perhaps grab a couple of snaps. Only he had other ideas, certain that the only reason we could possibly have come up here was so he could pee on a tree from every country on the planet.…
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Its warm inside.
As you know, I am trying to improve my photographic skills. Today I rode my bike into town with my camera (a Canon M50 in case you were wondering) to try a little more street photography. I am still very self conscious walking around with a camera in my hand. This is compounded by the…
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Theatre 3.
Location: ///solved.barn.anyone35°16.89438’S, 149°7.3425’E Theatre 3 is home to one of Australia’s oldest theatre companies, Canberra REP. It is a simple brick building with a seating capacity of less than 200 and it usually stages around six productions a year. Back in another life I played the trumpet, and it so happened that I participated in…
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