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I was in St Arnaud today, and took a few pictures up there but on my way back to Ballarat, I stopped off in Waubra to take in the view and shoot this as my Project365 photo.
This is a field of canola across the road from the Waubra Windfarm Information area.
I wish I had of been able to get near the old shed, but the side of the road was as close as I could get.
“Lead on!" said Scrooge. "Lead on! The night is waning fast, and it is precious time to me, I know. Lead on, Spirit!" ~Scrooge (Charles Dickens)
The great thing about experiencing the perks of capitalist culture is being able to go to out of the house at 12am and go shopping for Christmas presents. The shops were still fairly busy, this was the only aisle that wasn't crowded. I had to get Alex to stand by the camera and press the button for me. It's official, letting me out of the house, can at times, be very embarrassing, I feel like one of those kids who chucks a tantrum in the shopping centers...
This is inspired by Lovely Jo's creativity Psychedelic Tuna, check out her awesome 365.
Finally, Christmas presents are all wrapped and ready... Time now: 5am...
My baby sister turned 19 today ~ Happy Birthday Bam! :o)
Tomorrow, Christmas eve at Mum's and Christmas lunch at Alex's folks' house. It's gonna be a very bright weekend :o)
Merry Christmas you lovely, wonderful, amazing people. I hope you have the warmth of friends and family with you this festive season :o) Here's hoping that you have all the lovely things in the world, not wrapped in fancy-colored paper, but the warmth and brightness only true kindness can bring :o)
Peace & Love,
Ally :o)
Thirteen things you may not know about me:
1. I was a rebellious teenager and dropped out of high school, but still managed to graduate from UC Berkeley, despite the fact that my high school counselors insisted I would never finish college.
2. I have eaten cat, rat, and drank chicha, an alcohol fermented with human saliva.
3. I spent a summer following the Dead, and selling veggie burritos out of my Volkswagon bus.
4. I have lived in Ghana, West Africa twice, for a total of a year and a half, and have been to 12 African countries. I am dying to go back.
5. My child is a souvenir from a trip to Ecuador, South America, where I was living in a shack in the rain forest, in a town run by a mean Cappuchin monkey named Peco, who I once saw attack a nun. My child is the sweetest person I know.
6. If I go out in public, a random person with an obviously unmanaged mental illness will generally try to strike up a conversation with me. I suppose I exude some sort of welcoming aura, since I work with severely mentally ill people.
7. I was once briefly held against my will by Nigerian diamond smugglers, from whom I was stupid enough to accept a ride while traveling from Cameroun home to Ghana.
8. I am quitting my job in June to spend more time with my child and my soon-to-be step-son, and will be taking photography classes and attempting to make a living doing what I love most. If it fails, I will go to grad school the following year for my Master's in Social Work, or possibly school pychology, and will go back to the mental health field.
9. I took piano lessons for 8 years as a child, and played competitively until 8th grade. I panicked during a big performance and quit on the spot.
10. I have had the same group of friends since high school, although a few people have joined and/or left the group along the way. They are my family.
11. Next week I will be 36, and have no idea how that happened. I am really weird about my birthday and wish I could just get older each year without having one.
12. I still have my son's placenta in my freezer. I brought it home to fertilize a tree, but haven't yet lived in a place I could plant a tree.
13. In second grade, I came home from school and told my mother that I was hit on the playground by a chubby Mexican boy. I wrote in my diary that "a third grader from Mr. Taylor's class hit me in the heart." My now fiance, aka Viva La Maquina, was the only chubby Mexican kid in Mr. Taylor's class at the time. He is my best friend ever. (In the early 80's all Hispanic kids in my school were assumed to be Mexican, but in this case, it was correct, and he is not offended by it.. ;) )
Hit Explore on January 7, 2008. #89
It was a hot day that's turning into a very hot week, so thought I'd grab a shot at Nollen Plaza. The main feature of the plaza is a fountain that consists of a large half-circle-shaped pool with streams of water shooting into it against a wall that is basically a waterfall. The photo I was picturing was simply a close-up of a water stream with the wall of water in soft focus behind.
I actually did that shot (see the next two photos). But, while I was shooting a couple of young girls, one carrying a baby, walked through. My first thought was, hey, get out of the way. But then figured it made for a more interesting photo of kids enjoying the water on a hot day, especially with all three of them in pastel-colored dresses.
Took some photos today and all looked crap, and this is no exception, lol. Anyway, here's my little pocket watch that I bought at Portobello Rd Market.
Usual coffee break distraction this morning. As of the time of posting this pic my solving time exactly matches the average solving time. That's pretty much me - Bang Average ...
If you're interested, the clue for 12a was "What a conscientious nurse makes on reaching hospital? Easy (15)"
Day 347 – Had a great time spending the rainy afternoon finishing up my workbench. I’m really happy on how it turned out and I can’t wait to start putting it to use.
Camera on a tripod with 10 second timer: 1/5 sec @ f/4, ISO 100
Strobist: SB900 Speedlight bare bulb camera left, lighting the workbench and another SB900 speedlight directly behind me for rim lighting.
"Paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all those roughness, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me." ~Oliver Cromwell
The sun looks like it doesn't want to come out and play, but all's good. Off to a baby shower and my Mum's extended celebration with friends...Soon after wil be driving to Kam's for late supper, the party never stops :o) Karaoke will be blaring no doubt, where there are Filipinos around, karaoke is unavoidable. :o)
Thanks so much guys for taking the time to visit my stream, this flickr experience has given me so much and I feel so at home amongst friends who share the same appreciation for expressing themselves. Thank you guys, i look forward to coming by for a visit to your streams tonight. :o)
These tiny flowers are back and are all over the ground and climbing the fence in one section of our yard. Day 362:Project365