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Time to take to the skies and make my way back "up North".
Thanks to everyone for all their notes of love and support.....
I'll "see" you in a couple of days.
and to J & D ...be good boys (since I know you are doing Blogs in IT now!) I love you..xoxo
Where the time has gone I don't know.
Tomorrow the boys go back to the Boarding House to begin a new school term and I'll start to close the house and get ready to head back to the States.
It's always nice to contemplate life again with my hubby, cats, dog, cronies and my studio but these days it seems to take more and more courage to leave the boys. The consolation is always found in the fact that they love their school, have great friends and are both very well and healthy here.
...Inbetween taking up new trousers, pressing dress shirts and preparing to pack, there is lots of hugging (and eye leaking) going on!
We're back from Perth, safely ensconced in our country abode with the fire on and the winter chill locked firmly outside.
The driving down was not too bad until we hit the rain about an hour out of Albany. Combine pelting water with some nasty wind and there you have a good recipe for not stopping at GO or collecting $200 on the way back!
I've downloaded some pics that I took during the week. The one above is of the lake at Edgewater, near Dad's house.
This one is a typical winter photo of the "beach boys!
and last but not least..a little faux fun.......
Sounds like many of my 'top-side' acquaintances are sweltering in the summer heat!
This one is for you then.....
created using a stock photo (the swirly orange stuff) for a challenge piece over at Digital Art Quirks
The boys and I have hopped in the Batmobile, driven up the road and are taking a few days of RnR up in Perth, which is considered to be the 'big city' in Western Australia (some 400kms north of Albany).
The balmy winter days of 19C are making our stay quite delightful - perfect for strolling around the ciy shops and the odd jaunt on the beach.
Unfortunately I have left behind the wherewithall to download pics from my camera so will just leave you with a stitched up collage of some tourist site pics that I have doctored a little in PS.
I'm taking a leaf out of Tiffany's book and combining a few projects into one creative moment.
This piece will suffice for a digital swap featuring numbers as well as for the theme of Inspire Me Thursday.
It's one of those rare creations where there is scratched paper, crayon, paint and glue involved...before the digital bits got done!
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the
strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face
is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs
and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the
great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best
knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while
daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and
timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
We drove up to see my Mum yesterday. She lives in Manjimup, some 200kms north of Albany. It might not seem terribly sensible, but it is way much colder up there than it is down here - I have come to the conclusion that I am now totally spoiled by living with Central Heating!!!
While I was at Mum's I snapped some kewl pics of the bit and pieces in her garden and orchard. This lovely late rose amongst them.
On our way home we stopped at the local grocery store to pick up some of the winter produce - namely manderines and apples. They grow in abundance around here and the ones we bought today have not been anywhere near the market..direct from the farmer to me!! That is what you can call truly FRESH FRUIT!!
69c/ per kilogramme for the green ones and 99c per kilo for the Red!
I wonder if customs would have a problem with few pounds of each?
and last one for the day...
The sunshine popped out for a few moments today so while I was passing time waiting to take James to an appointment we parked down by the Museum and snapped a few pics of the "Objects of Interest"
This first one is the masthead of the replica boat Brig Amity. I've taken her picture before, but like her a lot, she's worth repeating!
Nothing like a little alteration to create a bit more interest in this picture of a stationary box car wheel.
Coupling? Would that be a programme on the BBC or part of a train?
All Wound Up.... a propeller salvaged from one of the ancient boats that seems to populate strange corners of this town.
and finally....a little froth and foam. There was little or no sand to walk on this afternoon. High winds and a huge swell had swallowed up the beach. Even the seagulls had taken refuge on the football field in the town center!
Oh so grey and wet but one cant complain after all the sunshine we've been having.
Regardless of the drab weather..the highlight of today's adventures was definitely a hands on tour of a much lusted for Epson 7000 series printer... oh yes!..I must have one of these puppies and soon!
It was also fun to spend some time with a fellow nutcase who thinks that immersing ones self in Photoshop is waay more interesting than just about anything else you can think of! :-)
