Style

How's this for style ? Spotted in downtown Newcastle Sunday afternoon, jumped out of the car in the rain to snap the shot, the kids thought I was mad.

whales

The wild weather resulted in this incredible creature being washed ashore on Sunday. Lu and I went for a look but it was the smell that was most overwhelming. It had a long skinny jaw with large sharp teeth and a huge bulbous head with tiny eyes. Very prehistoric looking.

Family Walk

A Wonderful weekend of following intuition and walking towards water. Found an amazing gully in the middle of northern Sydney suburbia. Sydney harbour is really a very special place. I imagine the indigenous folk who enjoyed it for millennia certainly thought so.

Our Local Park

A wonderful icy bite in the dawn morning as we walked through the park today. There's a sandstone structure at the centre of the park and I wondered what was the thinking behind its construction. Four crusty old lion's head emerge from the sides. All around the park large fig trees create interesting shapes with the concrete slab footpaths.

Can you believe that tomatoes keep going in the garden ! There's corn there too but I think the Sulphur crested bushrangers will tear them up before long. What really excites me at the moment out there is the raspberries, the broccoli and the tadpoles in the pond who have little leg buds growing.

The little things that matter

What a day! A serendipidous and salubrious flow just danced through today. Ran into the right people from out of the blue, the sun was shining on the world and I just felt totally grateful for all the goodness and blessings that fill my life. A lovely walk to get things moving in the morning, with a beautiful sunrise, then off to a meeting with Ric Woods (photographer and artist) which was just inspirational, then into work for a quick stint that was busier than I thought (which is GOOD!) and then, Oh my sweet lord, my guitar guru Matt is making me a guitar and today the strings went on.. if ever I have heard angels sing it was today with Matt letting loose with some flaminco riffs that were just glorious ! I was too overwhelmed to take any photos. Had a lovely afternoon shared with the kids doing some gardening and a computer game called Angry Birds.

All in all, a lovely peaceful, productive day for which I am deeply grateful.

Stormy Paradise

Its been wild and beautiful weather here lately, strong winds, big tides, torrential rain. The back garden is a mire, but the veges are thriving. The bees keep to themselves in the rain, but are still out there finding plenty of pollen I notice when conditions allow. Fantastic surf on Sunday! 5-6 foot swell, some bigger sets, off shore winds, sun was out, puurrrfect. Went down from the water tower to one of my favourite spots and got some rippers. Some big wipe outs too and a bit of a sore neck Monday to boot.