Daily Archives: September 12, 2008

Sharing…

I came across a few things in digi land today that I think are just fab. Have to share:

  • Jessica Sprague shared information about a fabulous new tool called vi.sualize.us where you can save links of your favourite visual inspiration from the internet. It’s like Flickr, but for the entire web. You’ll see a new link to my own account under my links over there on the right.
  • Jen Wilson has just released her new digi line of products called JWD Academy and, as always, there are a bunch of very inspiring challenges on offer. Make sure you download the handbook. That’s inspiring on its own.
  • KSharonK has a free mini kit on her blog today that will be just perfect for scrapping some of my Aussie photos.

  • Lauren Reid released a fabulous kit while I was away. It’s called Sundown and, again, perfect for my Aussie pics. Now if I can just find some time to scrap. Here are the papers and you can buy a bunch of addons including some cute doodles and an alpha. Link to Lauren’s store.

  • And I just saw that Little Dreamer is having a 40% off sale on the 15th. Perfect!

Did I mention I’ll be back at work next week? Ugh! Best find some time to scrap now…

P365 Day 226 – August 14th 2008

This is a portrait of my Great Grandmother Purdie, that must have been taken at around the beginning of the 20th century. It’s one of those things that I saw every day as I was growing up but never really looked closely enough to appreciate it. I think she’s quite beautiful and now when I look at it I try to imagine her sitting there while her photo was taken.  I wonder what she was thinking that day about the events in her life. Was she thinking about her children, the work she had to do, things she was worried about or happy about…? Wish I knew.

Such a different experience from the point and shoot culture we have today and the fact that everything is recorded in photos, scrapbooks and blogs. I wonder what my great granchildren will think about when they look back on my photos and stories in a hundred years.

P365 Day 225 – August 13th 2008

When Thomas and I travelled to Australia last year, we had the opportunity to visit a local farm/petting zoo. The owners were kind enough to let us visit even though they are closed during the winter months. The most exciting thing for Thomas was being able to feed a baby Joey.

Of course when we travelled back this year we had to make a trip to the farm again. And again, the owners were kind enough to let us visit during their off season. Sadly, the Joey we fed last year came to a rather unfortunate end at the hands (or mouth) of another animal, probably a dog. The wombat had also been released into the wild – good for the wombat but we missed seeing him.

The good news is that there were still a number of kangaroos, deer and other animals to pat and Thomas showed that he definitely has Aussie blood running in his veins. He showed absolutely no fear of these gorgeous creatures that towered over him. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, especially after a story appeared on the news a week or so later about a man who was attacked by a kangaroo while he was out jogging.

These kangaroos were VERY friendly (I took this photo with my 50mm so he was close).

The native birds were just stunning.

 

And Thomas had the opportunity to collect some extremely fresh eggs. I reconfirmed my status as a city girl by staying clear while mum rolled up her sleeves and helped. I prefer my eggs nice and clean and neatly packaged on the supermarket shelf. Free range, of course.