One Year On

Almost to the day and here I am once again with fresh intentions ~     
this time I am going to be a little easier on myself and post when
I want to rather than having to push to photograph each day.
The first few photos are hence going to be a sort of chronicle of
the last year which has been wondrous to say the least. However
I will leave that for my viewers to see and perhaps share a little of
the experiences and sights I’ve seen.

I can’t take credit for this photo
Harley took it near Chiang Mai. He named it :
“this is my dragon, get your own”

turn the spool a couple of times

Tomorrow we are going to Thailand and already I thought that there will be some excellent photo opportunities whilst we are away. And here I echo my niece Katherine, when I say how is it that there are seemingly endless things to photograph when you are away from your usual surroundings? Oh the despair of taking the known for granted. So here is a pic which draws attention to the everyday which I see on my walk with my husband and dogs.

Oh and today there are two pictures because it’s not everyday you get to see such a beautiful man in the bath.

make sure the film catches

these seeds of weeds always look so wonderful in the early morning light.

slot in the film

Monday today, so back to work and not so much time to take photos. I was going to do a study of a painted bus shelter on my way home but it was not all that attractive.  So I ended up in the supermarket taking pictures of rows of smarties whilst the checkout lady and all the customers had quizzical looks on their faces. This photo represents “smarter than smarties” .  Step into Kids Open learning School.

Slide out the spool.

Today I had the privilege of being able to view two wonderful exhibitions at the WA Art Gallery.

One, the last day of the W A Indigenous Art Awards and the other the work of  master photographer Richard Woldendorp.  A window seat in any plane journey is always my preference. Flying over this wonderful wide brown land I marvel at the expression of the arial view depicted by some Aboriginal Australians in their paintings. Doreen Reid Nakamarra  (my people’s choice, who sadly died last week) a member of the Pupunya Tula artists, was one very special visual artist. Just how do a nomadic people know what their homelands look like from above?

And to have the two exhibitions together…… magical.

Here is my pic for the day taken at a school fete:

 

 

Open the back cover.

The Box Brownie was my very first camera and when I asked my wonderfully creative husband what I should call my blog that was one of his first suggestions so hence, here I am in blogland. Inspired by one of  my sisters and her daughter following the photo a day this blog is dedicated to the beauty of life, awareness and the simplicity of the every day . It is my intention that this be a testament to my enjoyment of life and  my progression as a photographer.