A cut above the rest

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.

Shortness, 40/365

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 😀

I want my winter!

It's still winter!!! come back coldness

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!

Brown Owls in the park

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.

A teeny tiny Brown Owls

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.
Mel and bub

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.

Sprinkles?

Just a quick few lines. I went visit some friends today to take some photos. Madi who must be 2.5ish was looking at my mouth and oh so cutely said “you have sprinkles on your teeth!” referring to the green and blue coloured bands I have on my braces at the moment! Gold!

29 days and still going!!!

Photos from Days 21-29.
I’ve been to the farm, to work, to play, to the airport, to my parents, to my home and many places more!

Crazy Duck in the Roma St Parklands, 29/365
This morning it was Brown Owls and whilst in the park waiting for the others to arrive I was visited by this bird.
Crazy Duck in the Roma St Parklands, 29/365

Seam Sealing the tent, T-20hrs before departing for Mongolia, 28/365
This morning Mum and her two sisters along with three or four others headed off to Mongolia for the next three and a bit weeks.
seam sealing the tent, T-20hrs before departing for Mongolia, 28/365

Waiting for the future to come, 27/365
Sitting on a bench in Adelaide St, waiting before I went into see the prosthodontist.
Waiting for the future to come, 27/365

Not our pick-up, 26/365
Thursday night, Mum and I went to pick Susan up from the airport. These two drivers waited and waited and waited for their pick-ups to come out of the gate.
Not our pick-up, 26/365

All done at last! 25/365
Ekka Wednesday. Oh so lovely to have a mid-week public holiday. I spent the morning cracking pecans, I finally finished my allotment of pecans from Granddad.
All done at last! 25/365

Oh Yeah Transformable Tomas, 24/365
A few weeks ago Karl, sent me a link to this picture. I couldn’t get over how cool it looked. A look at ebay a few days later, a little $$ later and I now have my own Transformable Tomas.
Oh Yeah Transformable Tomas, 24/365

Catherdal Square flowers, 23/365
This is by no means the best photo but every time I walk past this flower bed, I wonder if anyone stops and picks a few flowers? The flower bed is at chest height and it looks so tempting.
Catherdal Square flowers, 23/365

Squished, Dry Cane Toad, 22/365
We were going to pick up the avocados and passion fruit and I noticed this squished dried out cane toad and just had to a little photo 🙂
Squished, Dry Cane Toad, 22/365

Oh little bird in the yard, 21/365
I don’t mind the birds when they stay in the yard, like this one here. When they cross the border of the deck and try to come into the house though, that I don’t like.
Oh little bird in the yard, 21/365

The Met Up Late

Friday night I went to the The Met Up Late at the Queensland Art Gallery and oh what an amazing night it was. Holly Throsby and Bree did their thing very well on a little stage in the watermall. I am very impressed with the video on my camera! It was quite a nice experience sitting/standing on the edge of the water watching and listening.

American Impressionism & Realism: A Landmark Exhibition from the Met, just the title of the exhibit alone alludes to the size of this exhibition. There was eight (?) rooms at QAG all filled with wonderful art, broken into themes such as Cities, The Countryside Abroad, Studios and Portraits, etc etc and then with each theme they had a few Australian works from the same era. It was really good. My faviourite artist from the exhibit would have to be Childe Hassam. Two of my favourite pieces of his from the exhibit were Broadway and 42nd Street and Peach Blossoms—Villiers-le-Bel. The final piece in the exhibit is Northeaster by Winslow Homer and it was very impressive. It was hung at the end of the final three rooms so each time as you moved from room to room you see the painting at the end of the exhibit. It was really well executed.

There is a virtual tour on the QAG site that is quite interesting to look through as well.

Light and Reflections on the far wall of the Watermall.
QAG Reflections

Holly Throsby.
Holly Throsby, The Met up Late

The City at Dusk.
Looking towards the Victoria Bridge

Photo of the Day, To The Sky, 19/365.
to the sky, 19/365

Looking back on the path taken over the river.
Looking back over the Victoria Bridge