fizzy

Nothing like spending time with friends and family, watching the sunset over the water whilst enjoy a cool and fizzy beverage!

Photocollage using some busy, bubbly photographs.

yes, it's summer

Even though it's winter in Melbourne, summer here in LA makes me think of the beach a lot (I don't get there  enough) and the beach pictured is one of my favorite places I used to go. An easy five or ten minute drive from my house, Brighton and Elwood beaches were my usual haunts for walks or coffee with friends. And the iconic bathing boxes are always fun to see! (LA the beach isn't that far but traffic means it's at least a half hour drive. And then parking is always a hassle!)

at the marina 2005

A couple more images from December 2005, when I first started taking photographs and blogging.

The bird on the post is one of my favorite images from that day.

beach patrol 2005

I've spent the last week cleaning out my office and improving the furniture situation and during that time I came across old work and other things that were nice to see, reminders of the past. The office is looking much, much better but will take another week or two until everything is in order, still waiting on some furniture. In the meantime, after my morning of tidying, I decided to look at some of the first lot of pictures I took in December 2005 when I first started blogging. I spent a lot of time at Elwood, Brighton and St Kilda beaches in the summer, going for walks or having a relaxing coffee with friends and often snapped photographs. These images were from the marina, I liked the character of the boats, the weather and sea-worn wood and the nautical colours.

(Some of you might remember this from my old blog! That blog has since been retired.)

old time elegance

I recently went to a very fun party for a relative's birthday. They held the reception at a beautiful old hall (which I think is being torn down) and did a great job on the decor. Candles, lots of mirrors, heavy velvet curtains, warm dark brown colours, brocade. A few of the pictures I took had an elegant atmosphere and are evocative of old black and white films, of a glamorous time in the past, say 1920's but with a modern twist. Glad I was able to be there!

autumnal

It's Autumn (or 'Fall' as they say) here and the leaves are falling! These images are from my archives, I snapped them in May 2006 near High Street in Armadale, Victoria.

The street where we currently live is also lined with oak trees, leaves slowly changing colours. I have to remember to stop and take some photographs on one of my walks.