Mar 29 2008

Be patient - I am having problems uploading my photos so now have a backlog of 5 days.Okay got 1 photo,but not the others- Telstra is pissing me off ,big time !!

Mar 28 2008

Welcome to Buster, (playing the drums) he has come for a few days from Palm Beach Kindy & we have to fill in his diary with his doings & photos of his doings ! Daisy hasn't put him down ( mainly for fear of the puppies getting him & shredding him )he sleeps with her, if she doesn't have him, then I usually have him tucked under an arm.

Mar 27 2008

Palm Beach Pool at 6.30 pm this evening.Amazing light - I love this photo.

Mar 26 2008

Camera obsessed Daisy, again.

Mar 25 2008

The bottlebrush trees attract the lorikeets early in the morning who whistle & screech before dawn even breaks - wakes us all up,well me really,I think kids sleep through everything.

Mar 24 2008

Mar 23 2008

Easter Sunday lunch with friends - Paella for 6 adults & 9 kids,there were no leftovers ! Well done David.

Mar 22 2008

What do you have to do to get a good photo of the moon ? It was a full moon last night - perfect opportunity,looked great,clear sky, easy to see but rubbish photo ! There was an eclipse a few months ago & again I took photos as it was happening -great idea but again rubbish photos.........I need to investigate this further.

Mar 21 2008

Mar 20 2008

Playing around with the camera on monochrome.

Mar 19 2008

My boys always leave everything to the last minute & getting ready for rugby training is a classic.I feel this photo depicts the occasion perfectly.

Mar 18 2008

The Easter Bunny came to Kindy today for Daisy & this is her offering - rather cute ! Musing about the chocolate intake over the weekend, not mine, but the kids. Do I give all the chocolate to them in one go,so they can OD on it & not ask for more as they will be too busy feeling icky or bouncing off the walls .Or do I regulate their chocolate intake, & have 5 low key (no pun intended)hyper kids around, always asking for more..............

Mar 17 2008

Just walking out the door to pre-school when Daisy dashed back inside for something.........
Her tiger ears !

Mar 16 2008

This did not come out as pretty as it actually looked.After all the rain we had this summer our autumn is proving to be wonderful with warm daytime temperatures & glorious warm waters. It was late on sunday evening as the sun was setting on the Pittwater side of Palm Beach. A few of us had gathered for drinks & nibbles with families to enjoy our late summer evenings, kids having a late surf, kicking a ball around, our dogs being adored & cuddled & the adults having a drink & picnic along with a good old chinwag.

Mar 15 2008

This is the centre of my life - not willingly though.Boring day today catching up on all the washing that came back from 3 days at camp for the triplets,and this is the last of it !

Mar 14 2008

This is interesting. It looks as if someone is taking a photo of Hunter from inside the microwave - hence the dots.
The kids use the camera almost as much as me & I find some very interesting pictures or films of things they should not be doing which I will post from time to time for your amusement.

Mar 13 2008

No comment !

Mar 12 2008

The water today at kayaking was so clear you could see the sea grass on the bottom very easily. It thrives in shallow coastal water, especially sheltered waters like Pittwater, and needs good light. It acts as nurseries for prawns & fish which we saw plenty of today. The fish were actually jumping out the water in schools - missed the photo opportunity as couldn't get the camera out of the waterproof bag quick enough ! This photo turned out well, I thought.

Mar 11 2008

A particularly malevolent looking Milo !

Mar 10 2008

After all the rain we have had,my garden around the pool looks very lush.Does need a tidy up though !

Mar 09 2008

I just love this Hibiscus growing outside my dining table window.Brings back memories of breakfast in Pengosekan,Bali !

Mar 08 2008

Harley on his way to his first LAV dance.

THE DJs are altar boys and girls. There are voice-recognition security checks, rules against lingering kisses and even bleeped versions of Eminem's hits are too dirty to play.

But somehow, north Sydney's junior high school dance party, Lav, has done well for nine years.

Its driving force is Dionisio Danai Paunlagui Penollar, from the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in Homebush, who has continued his work as "DJ Father Dan" while studying for his imminent ordination.

Mr Penollar preaches disco without the fever, where courtship is strictly controlled. "As a minimum, hands have to be above the hips - hands aren't allowed to wander. If they do, chaperones will tap them on the shoulder. And if they're kissing for too long, a chaperone will tap them on the shoulder," he said. "You have a real risk of passions rising after the dance and we don't want that to happen."

Such measures have not stopped the crowds. Officially called the Combined Schools Dance Party, the monthly event attracts 400 to 500 teenagers from all denominations in years 7 to 10 from at least 20 schools. The event began in 1997 as a fund-raiser for altar servers.

Mar 07 2008

End the day with a surf at Palm Beach

Mar 06 2008

Too complicated to write about just thought it was a funny composition.

Mar 05 2008

Daisy having fun on Photobooth

Mar 04 2008

Got a few of these holes around the garden, good for twisting ankles when hanging out the washing.

Mar 03 2008

Would you pay $7m for this - it is waterfront, not ocean though.

Mar 02 2008

Norfolk Pine tree.These are planted all along the beaches here & are massive. People plant them in their gardens not realising in 10 years they cost thousands to get rid of. They are fast growers,originate from Norfolk Island(duh !)but drop bits that are almost un -decompostable(!). They only look good at the beach, to provide shade !
This photo was taken using the Natural Greenery option.......ahhhhh,thank god for technology !

Mar 01 2008

Chilli at 4 months