Category: All things creative
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judetullochartist NEW SITE COMING
Right now I’m working on a total redesign of my site. I’m aiming to make it easier to navigate around the three broad areas I blog about: ART, TRAVEL, and NATURE. The work is “backend” out of sight to the viewer, so for the moment, my site will be a simple blog roll with perhaps a little less activity than usual. Stay tuned though for a new, more visually exciting website.
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A Processionary Caterpillar Breaks Away
“As the caterpillars grow, a brown stocking-like nest of silk is formed at the base of the tree at the spot where the eggs were first laid.” Queensland Museum That’s what I first saw when weeding around this tree. I thought it was animal fur but my instinct told me no, as there was no […]
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Yak on Track: Bhutan Memories
Confined to couch with a nasty bout of Laryngitis, I recently read Yak on Track by Heather Mc Niece, who, with a very fit friend, did Bhutan’s Snowman trek, one of the hardest treks in the Himalayas, with fourteen high altitude passes, spectacular scenery and ever changing weather conditions. The book was an easy read that bought […]
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Photo Friday – hiking in Morocco
Because I am not a professional photographer, the photos I take are not always the best shots technically. I snapped these hiking boots at a trekking lodge in the Azzaden Valley in the Atlas Mountains, without stopping to focus or compose the shot. Our the guide was ready to set off for the day so […]
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Road Train through Mt Surprise
Mount Surprise is a tiny settlement (169 residents according to the 2016 Census but probably fewer in 2020 when I visited) located on the Gulf Development Road. There is a pub, (built circa 1910 and for sale when I passed through), a couple of cafes, a caravan park, a service station, school and a gem […]
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Friday photo: The Lone Ranger AKA Bloganuary #4 my favourite childhood toy
Right now I am going through my dad’s photos, writing, and notes. The time is right. Towards the end of his life, with the help of wonderful carers, dad put together photocopies of his favourite photos of my sister Rob, my mother Jill, and me. I do not recall whether this was my ‘favourite’ toy. […]
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Road Trip of my dreams
I am taking this opportunity to re-live my wonderful road trip in the USA in 2019. We are still locked out of the wider world down under in Australia. It seems bizarre and unreal. I appreciate the road trip my husband and I did in the USA all the more in the current context. The […]
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Peregian Creek flows again
The little water hole where I spotted the Wren’s nest is now a bubbling creek. There’s a monsoonal low to the north right now, causing rain, high tides and blustering winds on the Sunshine Coast. A shame for the tourists who have flocked from the southern states now that the border is finally open, that […]