Lost Aussie on the loose

Flying Away

Yes, it's that time again ... bags packed, checked in and sitting in the departure lounge waiting to embark on the long haul back to the US.

I'll see you in a couple of days, or maybe inbetween if I keep my eyes open when I stop over in London.

Ciao

Posting Over at Vision and Verb

I'm posting over at Vision and Verb today - if you'd care to stop by and take a peek.

 

Happy Thanksgiving

To my American Family and Friends,
wishing you peace, plenty
and a day filled with goodness and grace.

White on Blue

Lancelin, Western Australia

No, it's not creamy white icing atop a blue cake, this is a massive sand dune, towering above the Indian Ocean at Lancelin, Western Australia.  Absolutely magnificent.

Today I took a road trip to the Pinnacles  and as part of the trip I got to see someI Koala's, Kangaroos, Lobsters, walked in the desert and topped the day off with some high powered off roading 4-wheel driving and sand-boarding.

I'll post more pics tomorrow as my computer is having a bit of a nervy tonight ... but yeah,  I get out (now and then) ....  hehe!

Country Colour

There is really nothing like the colours of the Australian countryside - or  the "Bush" as we call it.

A place on earth resplendent with the brightest hues of blue in the skies,

the palest taupe as trunks of the massive and towering gum trees,

golden fields of grass that streak to lemon and green besides the lovely full dams,

not forgetting the rusty brown red of the earth

and clear indigo blue of the crystal clear creeks.

Nature's palette at it's very best.

I think this lovely poem says it all far more eloquently than I can  ....

THE COLOURS OF LIGHT

This is not easy to understand

For you that come from a distant land

Where all the COLOURS are low in pitch -

Deep purples, emeralds deep and rich,

Where autumn's flaming and summer's green -

Here is a beauty you have not seen.

 

All is pitched in a higher key,

Lilac, topaz, and ivory,

Palest jade-green and pale clear blue

Like aquamarines that the sun shines through,

Golds and silvers, we have at will -

Silver and gold on each plain and hill,

Silver-green of the myall leaves,

Tawny gold of the garnered sheaves,

Silver rivers that silent slide,

Golden sands by the water-side,

 

Golden wattle, and golden broom,

Silver stars of the rosewood bloom;

Amber sunshine, and smoke-blue shade:

Opal colours that glow and fade;

On the gold of the upland grass

Blue cloud-shadows that swiftly pass;

Wood-smoke blown in an azure mist;

Hills of tenuous amethyst. . .

 

Oft the colours are pitched so high

The deepest note is the cobalt sky;

We have to wait till the sunset comes

For shades that feel like the beat of drums -

Or like organ notes in their rise and fall -

Purple and orange and cardinal,

Or the peacock-green that turns soft and slow

To peacock-blue as the great stars show . . .

 

Sugar-gum boles flushed to peach-blow pink;

Blue-gums, tall at the clearing's brink;

Ivory pillars, their smooth fine slope

Dappled with delicate heliotrope;

Grey of the twisted mulga-roots;

Golden-bronze of the budding shoots;

Tints of the lichens that cling and spread,

Nile-green, primrose, and palest red . . .

 

Sheen of the bronze-wing; blue of the crane;

Fawn and pearl of the lyrebird's train;

Cream of the plover; grey of the dove -

These are the hues of the land I love.

  Dorothea MacKellar

(Photos taken at Beedelup Falls and Ballingup, Western Australia)

Off Down South

I'm off down in the wilds of South Western Australia again, spending at bit more time with my Mum.

It's been a wet and rainy Spring, and the land is lush and lovely.  There was no rush to get here, so I made quite a few stops along the way to snap the local landscape.  There is always something interesting to see.

Oh Nuts!

Well, Saturday has come and gone (in all parts of the world) and my demo went of nicely, and thank you very much to all the lovely folk who stopped by to visit.

I used the photo above to demonstrate how to print on cheap fusible interfacing that had been primed and layered with Golden Digital Grounds.  We looked at a number of different ways to print on weird and wonderful stuff and it was great to see bright wide eyes and ooo's and ahh's of amazement at what could be accomplished.

Gotta love those lightbulb moments!!!
And thank you to Jackson's for inviting me and Cindy for dropping me in it :-)

A Whale of a Time

After a trip cancellation earlier in the week due to bad weather, I finally got to take to the high seas and do a spot of Whale watching. 

It was a glorious day and we saw LOTS of whales.  Unfortunately I only had a 200mm lens on my camera but we were able to get quite close to these lovely creatures so there were a few decent snaps to be had.
The boat charter guy even put down a sonic listening microphone thingy, so we were able to hear them chattering amongst themselves.  How fabulous!!

Anyway, here are a few pictures for you to enjoy!

Doing A Little Demo

If you are in the neighbourhood, I am going to be doing a Mixed Media demonstration using Golden's Digital Grounds at Jacksons in Joondalup.  I'll be talking about creating your own mixed media substrates and the use and application of the digital grounds for inkjet printing.

Here is the blub from Jacksons Facebook page!

 

Posting Over at Vision and Verb

I'm posting over at Vision and Verb today ...

Pop along if you will!

:-))

Marie