“Ruff”, Stan
Backache, headache; tomorrow is the day
Moving house is an opportunity to lift some of the weight of possessions from our shoulders. I knew this before we started packing 70 crates, why wasn’t I more ruthless? We have so many items that we have trailed with us from place to place.
Today we gave away three pieces of furniture to a man that restores things, in the hope that they can find a new home.
My mother’s 1950s Singer treadle sewing machine that she could never use because of the callipers she wore. During my childhood it sat under the window of the spare bedroom in my grand parents house. Topped by a potted aspidistra; years of water damage led to the slow degradation of the veneer beneath. I inherited the sewing machine in 1972, using it to alter clothes and make soft furnishings.
Our bed for the first ten years together; an early 20th century slatted oak head and foot boards. It had lain in the loft wrapped in polythene for the last three years.
A momento of one of our happy excursions to the southern highlands of New South Wales. A small Art Deco side table with a diagonal grain veneer top.
This represents the start of releasing the pretty things from our nest; a new chapter.
Purple
Over the last few weeks I’ve been admiring the regal colour of the flowers of the jacaranda trees.
This one is located on the upper campus of UNSW, Sydney, Australia. One of the Faculty of Medicine’s buildings provides contrast in colour and form.
Confetti
Buffeted by the breeze,
Stars bob upon the trees.
Rose tinted petals fall,
Flittering to rest; small.
Featherlight on the ground;
Confetti all around.
3 D commemoration
Thank you to our friend Andi Mether and the Chalk Urban Art team for helping us to commemorate our wedding day by being part of the largest 3D chalk picture in Australia.
A perfect day
Receiving this bouquet was the first of many happy surprises on our wedding day.
On 24th October 2014 we entered the British Consulate, Sydney, Australia as bachelors.
We were the twelfth couple to be married.
We left the Consulate as bachelors.
We have been married in our hearts for the last 20 years.
Friendship
Take a moment
See beyond walls
Life abounds here
I took this picture recently in the Garden of Frienship, Sydney, Australia. It inspired me to write a few words about the physical, spiritual and psychological aspects of friendship.
Beyond silly
While eating lunch I noticed the misuse of the word passed on this sandwich board. On her way out, a fellow patron corrected the spelling without removing the ‘ed’. The result, an equally ambiguous message.
Twilight exercise
Thursday afternoon, Manly Beach, Sydney, Australia.
Harbour sunset
From onboard the Manly to Circular Quay ferry, Sydney, Australia.
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