Day 151 - Flyaway

Day 150 - Desperation Cat #2

Day 149 - Recuperation

Day 148 - Drive

Day 147 - Hedgehog

Day 146 - Bovver Boots

Day 145 - Hello

Look closely.
Can you see?
It is carved
In the tree.

Day 144 - Blondie's Eggs Make An Omelette

Day 143 - North-side Kids Represent

Day 142 - La Vista Desde La Zanja Del Infierno

Day 141 - Selfies

Day 140 - Bright-eyed And Not So Bushy-tailed

Day 139 - What You See

Today I received a lovely notebook from my friend Nadine, scattered with some fantastic photography-related quotes like this one from Henry David Thoreau -

"It's not what you look at the matters, it's what you see". 

Day 138 - The Ups And Downs On The Trampoline Of Life

Day 137 - On The Melbournes

Day 136 - Evie's Friday Night Puppet Theatre

Day 135 - One Hundred And Five In Dog Years

Ripper turned fifteen today.

Quite amazing for a Labrador, although unofficial records say that others have lived to anywhere between twenty-four to twenty-nine years of age.

He was a pet shop special, probably from a puppy mill, bought in the days before I even realised they existed, much less knew how awful they were.

Sold as a pure-bred, we received a phone call a few days later informing us 'the vet' thought there was 'something else' in him, and would we like to return him?

There was no way that was going to happen.

Ripper barely set a foot wrong, even as a puppy, apart from the odd escapade with Whoopi (who died in 2011) where they ended up in the pound.

There have been times over the last couple of years when I thought he wouldn't last the week, but he keeps on keeping on, albeit really slowly these days.

He is the most gentle, smart and intuitive dog. I don't think there'll ever be another one like him.

Happy birthday, old mate.
 

Day 134 - Recorder Practice

Day 133 - Conservative Ultra-right Neoliberal Tories on Budget Night

Day 132 - Handful

Day 131 - Nineteenth Hole

Day 130 - F*ck Your Vignette of Vintage Cameras

Inspired by the Fuck Your Noguchi Coffee Table blog.

Day 129 - Suburban Fishing Trip

Day 128 - Lakewood

Day 127 - Coolbardie

I've lived in this house for over seven years and, although magpies are common in Kalgoorlie, I had never seen or heard a magpie in the neighbourhood. Until today. 

'Coolbardie' is the Noongar word for Magpie, and in Wongai it is 'Coolgardie'.

Day 126 - Luminescent

Day 125 - Enough

Carys is always happy to sit for me when I want to try something out, or test some gear.
Tonight she helped me while I tried to work out a new speedlight, an el cheapo Yongnuo YN560-III.
It got a bit much for her after a while.
This was the last frame - the flash was bounced off the ceiling, in a dark room. 

Day 124 - Take It In

Day 123 - Outside

Tomorrow is the Australian Conservation Foundation's Play Outside Day.
Get some sticks and go nuts.

You can find a list of events here.

Day 122 - QF 594 Perth To Brisbane

Planespotting in the local supermarket carpark.

Day 121 - May Day (Winter Is Coming)

How ironic that on International Workers' Day the 'Commission of Audit' was released in Australia, served up by a group of big business, capitalist cronies hand-picked by Tony Abbott.

Winter is coming.

Of course, this photo has nothing to do with any of that *shrugs*.