I followed a link from
Tinniegirl to
The Byron Life where Megan is hosting A Photo a Day in August. I followed it thinking "Yeah, maybe, it might get me into blogging regularly again." Then I saw Megan's photo. A little girl, on a swing, wearing a butterfly jumper with sand, trees and water in the background. Kira loves swings, owns the exact same jumper and while not exactly like Coochie, the background was close enough I took the whole thing as a sign and decided to join.
So, what to photograph today? I cleaned upstairs today and afterwards finally took photos to put up on facebook for everyone to admire my new house! Nothing really worth posting here, but then I went into Kira's room and she was sitting at her desk drawing. Perfect.
Now, I am by no means a great photographer, but I like this. The desk she is sitting up use to belong to Leigh's mother. When they were up here to help us move, they bought it with them and Nanny painted it pink, just for Kira. It fits perfectly under her window and she loves sitting there and colouring. It happens at least once a day. The lid of the desk lifts up, storing all her pencils and papers. I'm hoping she inherits her
great grandmother's artistic talents.
Lovely isn't it!!
A slight cheat - this was taken by Leigh this morning on as he paddled his kayak
Luke had Odo out of his tank. Odo headed for the warmest spot he could find!
fabric! This is the fabric I will be using to finish my two frog quilt tops. The dark blue on the right was chosen by Luke as the backing for his original top. The lily pads next to it may be the backing of the other one, or maybe the blue with yellow dragon flies next to it. The green on the end will be used as a sashing on the back that is now a front! The green and the dark frogs came from one of my favourite online fabric shops - Bug Fabric!
A mangrove seed I took about a week ago. Everywhere we have gone today, I've forgotten to take a camera with me!
The photo was taken with my phone, from the back of the ferry. It was chockers, but everyone was happy and in a good mood.
This is what you want the water to look like when you turn up to paddle at seven in the morning! When we got there on Saturday, there was white caps - not good! Lovely paddle this morning around the island - a couple of dolphins but too far away to take a photo. Maybe next week.
Some times I find it hard to believe I live in a place so beautiful.
Our garden is made up completely of Australian natives. Best thing about natives is once they are established, they pretty much look after themselves - perfect for Leigh and I who are lazy gardeners. We were very fortunate to have Leigh's parents give us money for the garden and they have pretty much funded our front yard! That and the generosity of some of our neighbours who have donated plants as well means we will hopefully have one kick arse garden in twelve months!
and I took photos. I found this little guy on the edge of the sand.
More island.
The other end of the island - closest to the mainland.
This is red rock. Coochiemudlo is a local aboriginal work for red rock. Most of the island is made up of this and it gets every where!
Sun on the water. Taken from the ferry.
