4 Words I live by

 

I did this collage recently for an on line challenge.

Credits can be found here http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/art-journal-caravan-2011/p112469-four-words-i-live-by.html

A Special Visit

 

Last week it was great to have a visit from 2 of our nieces Eliza and Lauren. They arrived on Tuesday and we barbecued on Tuesday night. Then on Wednesday we were up early and off to Eumundi Market for some serious Retail Therapy. This was followed by lunch and drinks at Noosa Surf Club overlooking Noosa Beach and Laguna Bay. We all enjoyed a great seafood meal and then we window shopped on Hastings Street where we found a shop called Gelatissimo which sold the most amazing gourmet Gelati. Yummm. Back home we had another gossipy evening and next morning the girls popped in to RDA with Alan and then left for Mapleton and Montville and the rest of their trip. It was really good to catch up with them :)

A Recent Digital Collage

 

I still love creating my `Digital Art’. I have joined an on line Art Journalling group and this page was done as part of that. If you are interested the credits can be found in the SBG Gallery – Art Journal Caravan section

A visit to Montville

 

Last year for my Birthday Sue bought me a Gift Voucher for this cafe in Montville. It is located in a beautiful setting with a view of the Sunny Coast and has great food. So 6 months later I finally got there. Yesterday Sue and I whizzed up to Montville for a morning’s shopping with a break for Morning Tea and then lunch at the Cafe.  The weather was perfect and we had an excellent `girl’s day out’.  Montville never disappoints :)

Kung Hei Fat Choy

 

Welcome to the Chinese `Year of the Rabbit’. I photographed these 2 little guys just outside our back door.  As a person born in the `Year of the Rabbit’ I am looking forward to the year ahead.  Coincidentally my mother was also a `Rabbit’ -  and yes we did have a lot in common :)

Maclean Old and New

 

I took this photo on a trip to historic Maclean N.S.W.  in October last year. The building on the left is the old Bank of  N.S.W. c1892.  I remember being horrified by the proliferation of signs – they all seemed to detract from the historic feel of the old buildings and made me realise just how much visual pollution we have around us every day in the 21st Century. So I got to wondering what it would look like without the signs and here is the result :)

I ran a couple of filters and got to work cutting out stuff and it felt good. Once I had eliminated all evidence of 2010 I thought my picture needed some people so I found a nice little group and put them in the frame. I know they didn’t have all the modern conveniences in the early 1900’s but life would have been a whole lot more peaceful without the traffic and visual noise. Just the Horses and Carriages clopping down the street and perhaps just a little horse manure on the road to navigate around :)

Australia Day 2011

 

Perfect weather in Queensland yesterday meant hundreds of people went to the beach and the rivers for barbecues.  We stayed home but Alan raised the flag on our flagpole. Then at lunchtime our next door neighbours rang around and invited everyone to an impromptu `street barbie’ and we all turned up. We had barbecued sausages, salads, enjoyed a few drinks and wished each other Happy Australia Day. At sunset we heard the cicadas and the kookaburras while we laughed, ate, drank and talked.  Not a biting insect was seen or felt :) A wonderful summer evening with good friends and neighbours, a perfect end to Australia Day.