our place

yesterday afternoon we went to our local gallery to view the current exhibitions and we came home via the lanes and back roads around our place. the real reason was because in the morning we had passed by a swamp and saw a pair of jabirus sitting in their nest and I sort of hoped that they might be there in the afternoon again so I could get a photo.......but no. I love to drive around these back roads off the main highway. there's always something to look at.......birds, animals, water lilies, swamps....

and no the countryside around us doesn't actually look quite like this.....I've just been playing again.....can't help myself.

happy week!

my church

I love old churches and in particular I love this one which is just up the road from my place. I love that I've known this building for such a long time. when I was a little girl I went to sunday school here, and I used play the organ (at least I would attempt to play!) when my Mum was cleaning the church. it's also where my son was christened when he was a baby. it used to sit in a different spot from where it is now, but many years ago a new highway was being built right through the middle of where the church was. so the church was carefully moved to it's new home not too far from where it was....but now closer to us. I love to photograph it at different times of the day, especially late in the afternoon when the sun is golden on it's walls and shining through the stained glass windows. and I love to wander in it's small yard especially in autumn....which is hopefully coming soon. do you have a special place or building that's a part of who you are? I'd love to hear about it.....

magpie finds

I was busy updating one of my little shops Magpie Finds on the weekend. lots of goodies still to get listed but here are a few ideas of what you can find there at the moment.

love, love

pretty sure I've shown you these blocks before but I've been taking some snapshots around my house so thought I'd give you another peek. love painting on these old and well worn children's blocks. I wonder how many little imaginations have been inspired by playing with these.....they have been used by my son and my sister's daughters and grandchildren and countless other little visitors to our homes. what stories they could tell. and the little birds? we found those in a shop in Varanasi....another treasured memory

chillies

I've been playing around with photos and my new image editing software. this was a fairly ordinary snapshot prior to a little playing....

vignettes

small collections and vignettes around my place

pink

pink is such a great colour don't you think. whether it's full blown hot pink or soft and dreamy pale pink, it looks great in so many places and evokes many emotions. my favourite colour combination is hot pink and luscious red......lovely!

rainy days

it's been a very wet and rainy start to the year. if you look closely enough nature provides some lovely photo opportunities after the rain. a little play with colour adjustments and image editing and the world becomes quite surreal.

wordless Wednesday...on a Thursday!

new tools

last post I told you about the new camera. here's another little snapshot.....I am really loving this camera. so much to explore, so many photos to take!

and I now have another new toy oops! tool. I needed to buy a new laptop - my old one was slowly and painfully dying. so last weekend we went shopping. I came home with a desktop rather than a laptop....change number one. I have always used a pc - always. period. I came home with a mac....I didn't go with the intention to buy a mac. I was going to buy another pc. but oh my goodness....one look at the iMac and I was gone....big time!

lovely large screen, amazing clarity, great workhorse for photography.

but using a mac is somewhat different to using a pc - obviously! it's not like getting out of a holden and hopping into a ford and off you drive. no. I have spent the week finding my way around and gazing at the lovely BIG screen...and the clarity of my photos....anyway it's taken quite a few days to sort through resizing photos so I can post here. not sure if I've got it right but there's a photo up there! that's a start!