Category Archives: daughters

Sticks and stones will break your bones…

Posted on April 10, 2018 by

We all know the saying, and it’s got to be one of the most untrue statements we could ever be told. When I was fourteen years old, at that painfully awkward age when self image and self confidence were confusing … Continue reading →

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Hot pokers,dead trees and Hoar Frost.

Posted on June 20, 2016 by

  I never realised just how lucky I am to have such a patient husband until a recent road trip I took with my daughter and the two grand kids to the snow…where there WAS no snow (Weep- it eluded … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, daughters, Family, grandchildren, Humour, husbands, life experiences, Nature, photographers, photography, scenery, Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

More mixed media dabblings with my photography.

Posted on May 20, 2016 by

So I had another go at this, using a photo I recently took of my eldest daughter Keira when we did a “tribal” sort of photoshoot. I tried to take some photo’s of the process, but got caught up in … Continue reading →

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Brushing off the cobwebs…

Posted on May 17, 2016 by

Hello…..hellooo…helloooo…hellooooooo! It’s echoing in here. I know, it’s because the few people I may have got even vaguely interested in what I had to say have now long gone, bitten the dust, in search of more exciting blog fodder. Life … Continue reading →

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When life steers you in a direction…

Posted on February 6, 2015 by

The other night my husband and I went for a late evening walk with the dog. It was just getting on dark and when we arrived the park looked pretty deserted save for a young couple we saw in the … Continue reading →

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Creative people = Messy people?

Posted on January 26, 2015 by

So last night- well this morning at about 2 am my daughter and I sneaked into my husbands room as he slept and rearranged everything. Put all his things in different spots. The reason we did this is because we … Continue reading →

Posted in Arty farty, Australia, Creativity, daughters, Family, Humour, husbands, photography, photoshop | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

An old dog learns new tricks!

Posted on January 17, 2015 by

Photoshop has been the bane of my life for so long now to the point where I’d almost given up on it because it was doing my head in. I think it is the most un- intuitive photo editing program … Continue reading →

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Wheels are rollin’……

Posted on December 13, 2014 by

YES! We’ve got a house! We move in next weekend. Oh my….all that stress, all that pain….but we’re ok now. I hope anyway. Who would have thought that in this day and age – in Australia that there would be … Continue reading →

Posted in Arty farty, Christmas, daughters, Home, life experiences, moving house, photography | Tagged , , | 10 Comments

Clowning around…..while we wait.

Posted on December 4, 2014 by

Still haven’t found the right house to move to…and Christmas is nearly here. I am so depressed, so pissed off, so irritable, so hormonal, so bored, so……everything. To stop from going crazy I have been going through old photo’s and … Continue reading →

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Crafting frenzy!

Posted on July 28, 2014 by

THIS is what is keeping me from blogging! You see I feel this terrible GUILT that I just do not have the time at the moment to be catching up with everyone else’s blogs and if I myself write a … Continue reading →

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