Monthly Archive: February 2014

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Elephant Seal

When I am in Australia, I do expect to see some wonderful and different animals…but not one from Antarctica. I saw it first in Facebook, then on the newspapers, that an elephant seal was found resting at Sorrento Beach.  

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A Walk for the Birds

It was looking to be a hot week, so when I realized the the morning was deliciously cool, I grabbed my camera with the long lens to take a walk. Of course my hope was that I would meet some birds. I did.  

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We Still Do Sunsets

Things you remember as a child… My mom turned on the movie Born Free one evening, she made a big deal out of it, and I was instantly in love with lions and of all things, the Indian Ocean. There was one part of the movie where the lion cubs...

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New Sofas

  When John moved into this house under rushed and unfortunate circumstances, he didn’t have anything for his living room. So he was given pieces of furniture that others no longer wanted or needed. The sad thing about the sofa that he had, is that it was terribly itchy to...

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Georgie’s Birthday Party

            John took most of the photos for the night as I left batteries for my flash at home. 🙁 He and his fish eye lens did well! Happy Birthday Georgie, and many, many, more!

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Dolphin Cookie Cutter

Since John has this nice 3D printer, I asked him to make me a dolphin cookie cutter. So he did. I found a lovely icing recipe that made that smooth blue look. Instead of mom’s buttercream icing recipe, I used Royal Icing recipe, which calls for egg whites or meringue...

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Lemons and Drumsticks

According to Wikipedia, almost all the parts of this tree is usable: Many parts of the moringa are edible. Regional uses of the moringa as food vary widely, and include: The immature seed pods, called “drumsticks”, popular in Asia and Africa. Leaves, particularly in the Cambodia, Philippines, South India, Sri...

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Heart in 3D

John got himself a small 3D printer. When he first mentioned getting one, it was hard to grasp the concept of a printer being able to print 3 dimensional objects. The more I read up on this, it seemed a wave of the future and a marvel for the medical...

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New Baby Lopez

Today Laura messaged me to tell me that the new baby Lopez had been born! John and I had just been talking to Miranda on Skype just that morning! Funny thing is, because of and by virtue of SKYPE, I was the first family member to see Baby LIVE….ALL THE...

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Veles e Vents Una Vegada Mes

Veles e Vents in English means, Candles and Winds. What do you do when you enjoy an event but your photos didn’t quite turn out quite like you want them to, AND you learn your friends are going the next night? Of course, you go AGAIN! So the production of...

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Veles e Vents

Xarxa Teatre from  Spain, put on a performance here in Perth of Veles e Vents. Thanks to a friend letting us know about the event, John got hit with the idea almost right about coming home time. 🙂 He agreed to take me. The performance is inspired by the work...

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Magpie-lark

So our bird bath had a visitor. Actually it gets a lot of visitors, I just don’t always think fast enough to get a photo.   I sure enjoyed watching him take his bath.