I love the inkiness of this threatening sky
Moment of stillness
Two buses go past as I wait for the green man to appear.
There are two people loitering near the stop. There’s no sign of the express service in the crawling metal convoy before me. I decide to take the train.
I walk briskly towards the railway station. There is usually an ant like line of pedestrians along this route, not today.
I notice the purple green leaves of a ginger in bloom.
As I near my destination I see yellow and silver carriages setting off to the city.
I smile to myself, at least I have captured a moment of morning stillness.
Being present
A moment forward
Hasn’t happened yet
A moment backwards
May as well forget
Light advances
Darkness recedes
Takes life’s chances
He who succeeds
Living in the now
Releases my strife
Being strong somehow
By accepting life
(c) Robert Jones 2014, All Rights Reserved
Gentle thrust
This picture started as a photograph of the moon with lunar lens flare. I added filters, duplicated and scaled layers in Art Studio for iPad.
I look forward to your comments.
Autumn comes to Sydney
When driving to work we pass this park in St. Peter’s, a suburb about 6km from Sydney CBD.
Yellow Pages
I don’t remember many tv commercials, not a good candidate for being marketed to!
I find this old Yellow Pages commercial amusing.
Sliver of silver
Brightly seen.
Not in sight.
Glimmering,
Then sliver
Of silver
Shining light.
(c) Robert Jones 2014, All Rights Reserved
Blue sky moment
Brief conversation over breakfast this morning while my partner was watching a video clip of Packer fighting on the weekend. The exchange went like this:
“Oh it was the Packer son who was fighting. ”
“Yes James Packer, the father’s dead. ”
“He’s looking old!”
Dear Delia,
When I was twenty five years younger than I am today my friends would rave about your recipes. Unfortunately I am one of those people who like to discover things for themselves. I ignored their solicitations and denied their attention.
I wonder why, just at the time I needed a recipe, your easy entertaining recipe 3, Thick Lemon Tart appeared. This looseleaf recipe was published by you magazine in association with Sainsbury’s Magazine. The photo of you is credited to Peter Knab 1993. This recipe card survived the move from England to Australia in 1998, preserved between the pages of my Desserts And Puddings, Good Housekeeping Step-By-Step Cookery book.
The reason for needing the recipe was to make something with frozen limes harvested last year from a potted tree in our garden. I am happy to let you know that even though my oven doesn’t have temperatures marked, size 1 eggs are not available anymore and I was using key limes instead of lemons the resulting tart was delicious.
Today I’m making your Roasted Pumpkin Soup from Deliah online. I was so impressed to find that you have an online cookery school that I felt the need to recognise your philanthropic approach and introduce myself as a late blooming fan.
Robert
Australian Air
If you’re going to Broadbeach on the Gold Coast you’ll no doubt catch a glimpse of Air. This 37 storey residential tower was designed by Australian based architect, Ian Moore.
I particularly like the bold yellow colour on the back of the building contrasted against the blue sky.
If you’d like to know more about the building, how to stay there and a 2006 review in Architecture Australia magazine, check out the links below:
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