now a thirtysomething from Brisbane
sweet reading, 42/365
Cloud and Clover, 43/365
Oh Auchenflower! 44/365
Follow the line, 45/365
Moon rise over the Wesley, 46/365
Wesley, 47/365
my new office, 48/365
1 carriage, 2 carriage, 3 carriage, 49/365
Granny Gart, 50/365
an incredible fluke, 51/365
Tree, street light, night. 52/365
Wesley Pattern, 53/365
little shoe lost, 54/365
Two Fridays ago work had a Dining In night which was nice experience.
I wore a dress that had originally been my semi-formal dress prior to a few alterations that Mum and I did.
The dress as it did look.
Mum pinning the hem.
My shoes 🙂 When I wore this dress in high school, I wore a pair of black heels under it. With the hemline going up, new shoes were needed. These were the first pair of shoes I seriously tried on. Were marked at $290, then reduced to $50 as they were a season old and the scanned at $19.95!! Bargain and very comfy as well.
A photo to show how the dress looked after the alterations.
Then a photo of myself and one of the girls I work with near the end of the night 😀
Had some fantastic food, a lot of fun and heard some hilarious stories.
One of the best things I have done this year is to buy my little camera. So handy to be able to pull a camera out of my bag and take a photo.
11:00, late, tired. 30/365
Monday nights can be quite late nights for me it all depends on what happens at SES, if we have training off site it will be a late night. I like to be in bed by 10, then I can easily get up at 6.
Construction City, 31/365
I took and RDO on Tuesday to go out and visit a friend and her new baby. With all the road and tunnel building that is happening in Brisbane at the moment thy skyline is dominated by cranes and the like.
Ready to Fly, 32/365
Every day is a day closer to Bali and I picked up my passport last week and can now leave the country 😀
Today it is not a happy face, 33/365
You may remember the photo I took on day 5, well on this day when I was coming back from the orthodontist it was not a happy face. I don’t think I have ever seen it as an unhappy face before. I wonder what happened to make it be switched to an unhappy face.
Bed time, 34/365
Looking at this photo on day 43, it is hard to believe that when this photo was taken I was sleeping under a doona, blanket and a quilt, now I just have the doona.
abandoned, 35/365
This photo makes me laugh, for a few days, there was this pram abandoned in the park across the lane. There was a blanket it in but that was it. It moved round the park a bit as I guess the basketball kids played with it. Whenever someone walked past they would go nearer to check that there was no baby in it. The day after I took this photo the pram was taken by someone.
Sweet Potato Tree, 36/365
Sundays are farm days and last Sunday I spent some time under the custard apple tree digging up sweet potatoes.
Sandal Toes, 37/365
The start of the days getting hotter. I remember coming home and just grabbing a glass of water and kicking back on the deck.
Waiter, there is a flower in my tea, 38/365
At work I have a Bodum YoYo tea cup which I just love. One of the teas I am drinking the most at the moment is called Japanese Lime, which has these cute little daisies that unfurl and float about as the tea infuses.
A Story waiting to be told, 39/365
Georgie was in in town last week and we met up for breakfast on Wednesday at the Hotel Orient. I was a little early so I went for a stroll down to the river. The sun was blinding!
I’ve been thinking about getting my hair cut for a while now and on Thursday night I finally had it done and I am so happy with it. After the cut she GHD curled it and it felt so classy and looked so good.
When it is straight it sits just touching my shoulders and I can still easily pull it back into a little pony tail or bun. I am also really happy that I think have found my hair dresser at last. I went to Gaia Hair at Sherwood which is just down the road and it is right beside Threads and More (though they were closed). I have hopped from hair dresser to hair dresser over the last few years never quite finding what I wanted. Thursday though, the salon was just I wanted 😀
It is August 25th. It is winter. We still have oh six days till it is spring. It is just about 8pm and it is 30°C according to my trusty oven thermometer. It’s meant to be maybe you know oh 18°C. According to BOM though it is 25°C at Amberley and 21°C in the city – so we would be about 23°C or so.
Oh I hope we get a cold snap in early spring. It’s just not cricket!
On Sunday it was Brown Owls once again and it was a teeny tiny group this month. There were just six of us. Instead of the usual common room we went to a picnic table and it was lovely crafting and talking in the open air.
I worked on my granny square blanket which is slowly growing and enjoyed watching the others in their pursuits.
One of the little highlights was when Mel was picked up her little bub came to pick her up 😀 Three and a half weeks and just adorable.
By some strange reason, I turned up about 45 minutes early and I took the time to enjoy the Roma St Parklands, I took a few photos but this is my favourite. I was sitting on a ledge and this duck, decided it wanted to be look inside my bag, my camera, my other bag etc etc!
I’m going to miss the next Brown Owls meeting, which will be a bummer but I will be in Bali so I will be doing all sorts of other exciting things.