Category: What I’m Doing Now
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Friday Photo Fatally Flawed
I’ve done the maths. My earnest endeavours to reduce the photo files via Friday Photo are completely unrealistic! In 5.3 years, on current performance I might have reduced the number to about 13,000. That’s assuming I don’t add any more photos. I’ll be totally bored and over it well before then. Fortunately I can lighten…
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Wrens Nest: the joys of the bush
The rewards for water monitoring Imagine me, draped along the elegantly leaning tree pictured in the background of this photo. Balancing somewhat precariously, I did manage to find in the shrinking waterhole, a spot with sufficiently deep water to immerse the water monitoring probe. Somewhat stagnant now, the puddle-like waterhole will soon become a much cleaner…
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Children’s Artwork makes you smile
We are hitting the road for ten days on a spur of the moment road trip north. It’s my birthday tomorrow, and George came over early this morning with his Dad and little brother to wish us a good trip. George had been busy on a birthday card drawing for me. It’s a sophisticated piece…
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Glimpse of a life: the unexpected joy from a gifted collection
Rosemary’s mother was an academic, who, when she retired, took up painting. Amongst her bookshelf-lined walls were three rows of art books. Would I like them, Rosemary asked? My bookshelves are full to brimming, but how could I resist more art books? I will take them over time I said, and go through them at…
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Enjoying Noosa Open Studios
A mini gallery springs to life. These pretty flowers are in a jardiniere from my mother’s collection – a memory from my childhood. The encircling cards, miniatures of a painting series are, in my mind, fallen petals. Visitors to Noosa Open Studios like the space I’ve created too, which makes me happy. Right now I’m…
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If a chance comes your way to get away take it!
Nellie Bay Magnetic Island I’ve flown the coop to hang out with headless pirates at Scallyways, a cafe that oozes creativity, using repurposed objects eclectically so there’s heaps for the eye to explore while you tuck into a hearty spud meal or indulge in a sweet treat. The playlist is pretty good too.
ART by Jude Tulloch 