Psycho-Babble

Into the Depths

Fairy Bells

Visitor

This little fellow popped in for a visit yesterday. I was trying to get a great macro shot of his little face but he kept climbing onto my camera. This is the best I could do.

January Flowers

Gum Drop

Don't Worry!

Blog Award

I was tickled pink today when I recieved an unexpected blog award from Chris at http://goldenlillycrafts.blogspot.com/  Thankyou Chris, I am glad you enjoy my photographs.

Liebster is German for dearest, beloved or favourite

 

 

This award is from fellow bloggers and must be given to blogs that have fewer than 200 followers.

Here are the requirements that come with this award:

1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them
2. Reveal your top 5 picks for the award and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog
3. Post the award on your blog
4. This is a great way for the blogging community to connect and share blogs that others have enjoyed. I have the privilege of sharing five of my favorite blogs with you.  

*    I love Alison's view on life. Her blog is inspirational and her photos are gorgeous. http://thisbloominglife.com/

*    NellyMary at http://justlikemynanmade.blogspot.com/ has good practical advice for those who are living the simple life.

*   Hazel at http://hazel-dene.blogspot.com/ is always entertaining and inspiring, showing off her adventures living  the the simple life.

*  For a look at life on the other side of the planet, Jacqui living the life of a crofter on Lewis Island, off the coast of Scotland, gives us a wonderful glimpse of live lived beautifully and simply. http://www.thebarefootcrofter.com/

*  http://balconyofdreams.blogspot.com/ Cecilia impresses me by her way of meeting people and presenting their story through her writing and photographs. Written with a sense of humour, she makes for entertaining reading.

Thanks to all the above blogsters, your contributions to my day to day life improves it immensely.

Deb

Coral Bay Turtle

Mystery

In the Pink

The Sparkling Tower of MONA

Did I Tell You How I Lost My Leg?

Dyed Rice.................Why?

I have begun to get myself ready for school this year. Today, I dyed 10kg rice for my kindergarten sensory tub. Looks just so inviting, I want to play in it myself.

Old Church Organ inside a church at Port Arthur.

Everyone's Mum Has Got A W.......ringer

In the Old Richmond Gaol, Tasmania

Warrior

A Bundle of Bunnies

These are bunnies are owned by my new friend Maureen (Mauzi)

Find the Odd One Out

Patterns at Zero Davey

Hobart

All that glitters

Optical Illusion

This building is all mirrored and while queueing to go into the art gallery I noticed this weird sight.  Behind me was a brown tennis court and grass and a rusted iron fence which were all reflected {although warped} in the building. The egg headed guy bottom right is my DH.  He certainly looks alien.

Jan 9th

I was visiting Museum of Old and New Art when I saw this attractive entrance way.

The Skeleton and The Big Sky

Dead trees against the sky have me wrapped up in their pure sculptural forms.

Twinkle Toes

Layla (my grand-daughter) loves showing off her sparkly shoes

Itinerants

Since we take our chooks on holiday with us, we needed a chook house for them so using a bit of ingenuity and some bits and pieces, my girls have a Taj Mahal that gets demolished and moved to a new section of fresh long grass each day.

Jan 5 Pic

Sun getting low in the sky over the bay at Primrose

Jan 4th Pic

This brick wall made sitting at the nursery for an hour less of a problem as I found it easy on the eye.

Jan 3rd Pic

Some days, you wake up and decide you would have been better off if you hadn't left home. Today was such a day for me. We began optimistically enough, as we had run out of pavers to finish the back bit, we rang the landscaper where we had gotten the originals from and he said he had none left but the place where they make them was open today after the holidays, so we could get some there.  We drove to the landscapers (20 minutes) to return 3 pallets and get our refund of $66 back for them, but the man who was working today knew nothing about it so we left empty handed while he said he'd rummage through paperwork to see if he could find out anything about it. We said we'd go to the paver place and see how he went on our return.

When we got to the paver place  (another 20 minute drive) there was a sign on the gate saying that they would be open TOMORROW! So back we went to the landscapers, where Mr Intelligent! hadn't found anything, so we decided to return tomorrow when 'SHE who knows all' will be working.

Then as Roger was walking back to the car he noticed all our coolant had escaped from the radiator and made a massive puddle under the front of the car. On opening the bonnet, we found a big hole in the radiator hose so we were going NOWHERE!!!!  Now being a woman who likes to have everything covered, I pay out a small fortune for RACT Roadside Assistance and have had very little use to call them over the years.  Anyway, we were told the wait would be an hour, so here we were sitting out in the midday sun (33 degrees which is HOT for us Tasmanians) until, 80 minutes later the man turned up, took a look and said "bad luck you are fourth client down the list I cant do anything for 3 more hours for you". Luckily he took pity on us and gave us a lift into the town so we could at least do something, get a drink and get out of the sun. I spotted the library and that's where we spent the next 3 hours till he came back to drive us the 20 minutes back to the shack. Its a bummer there is NO public transport here to the beach.  Anyway my photo today was taken in the library of a leadlight window that I got tired of looking at by the end of the day.

Leadlight window at the Sorell Library

Jan 2 Pic of the Day

There isn't much flowering in the Primrose garden at the moment. but these purple lovelies caught my eye today. 

Happy New Year

 At Primrose:

I awoke to dolphins playing in the bay and I just knew that I will be in for a great New Year.

It is always a good day for fishing when the dolphins are about so later in the day we caught 9 flathead which will feed us for the next few days.

Whenever we go away for weeks like we are at the moment, we always take our chooks on holiday with us.  Here they are having fun playing in the long grass.

 

Between Christmas and New Year, my DH has been working his butt off, turning our Primrose backyard from this.....................

To this...........

Pretty impressive I think, I am so grateful to have a husband who is good with his hands.

Best wishes to everyone for a  New Year where all your dreams are fulfilled.
Remember 2012 will be a 1 pic a day year on my blog even though I kicked off with a few more.
Don't forget to follow me on my NO SPEND YEAR on my other blog:

http://tryhardfrugalista.blogspot.com/

Take care

Deb