Holidays – day 1

Firstly, many apologies for the slight absence of posts – I have been a number of things 1. sick 2. working like a bastard 3. on holiday All of the above have pretty much prevented any kind of activity, photography, red wine consumption and time and/or access to a computer. Anyway, you now have my undivided attention for a while 🙂

More travels

And before I was even over my travel fatigue from going to England, I had to go back to Brisbane.  Ok, I do get to fly business class, but it’s only a small consolation on a 4:30 hour flight – there’s still the stuck in the seat feeling that no matter what class of travel you can afford (perhaps a first class suite cabin…

Trip to the UK – part 5

And then it was the very last day – we packed up and I drove them back to their house.  They were very pleased to see their mum of course – no matter how much fun we’re having, they always like to be back home. As luck would have it, Ella had a ballet lesson that afternoon, which meant I could (finally) watch her…

Trip to the UK – Part 4

Time, as ever, is the mortal enemy and pretty soon we were down to the last full day together.  It was very overcast and threatening to rain bit we decided on an outside adventure anyway. There’s a lovely old stately home only 15 minutes drive from my parents house that I last went to probably when I was Ella’s age.  No, really, it was…

Trip to the UK – Part 3

It was still freezing cold, but we refused to be couped up indoors – I only had a week and I wanted to get out and about with the kids as much as possible. We went off to the duck ponds for a wander around – there was still a little bit of snow around and the lakes were still frozen several cm thick…

Trip to the UK – Part 2

So, we’ve been having a great time here – it’s been a relatively quiet one this time as it’s been freezing cold, most cool places are actually closed for the winter and we’re all too busy kicking back. We did go swimming which was cool.  No, litterally, it was freezing.  The poor boy (who has the physical appearance of the terminally malnourished) went blue…

Trip to the UK – Part 1

And so the time has flown since last summer and it’s time for another trip to England. No flight photos this time as a) I had a middle centre seat out from Perth and then b) it was dark all the way into London. I went via Singapore which was cool – I like Changi airport, it’s big and clean and has lots of…

Brisbane – Part 3

Another day hard at work deserves a little adventure when it’s all done, so I made a beeline for door and went for a long walk. This time, I turned left out of the office and over the Kurilpa pedestrian footbridge over the Brisbane River and down onto the Southbank. This might have been a tiny mistake, as I was in my suit and…

Brisbane – Part 2

Well well – thanks to being featured on WordPress ‘freshly pressed’, I’ve had about a billion views, comments, likes and subscriptions on this blog compared to the usual regular trickle.   So many new faces – thank you all for coming 🙂 I suppose you’re all expecting frequent new and exciting content aren’t you?  Hope I don’t disappoint! Anyhoo, after a busy day working, I…

Tree Love

Its no secret, I love to walk in the woods or forest, anywhere that has lots of trees. Its the combination of the light, the colours, the smell and just how damn cool they are.  They give off a wonderful vibe, maybe its all that oxygen they’re pumping out that goes to my head – who knows. They also mute the rest of the…