August Break 2025, Day 24: Leaves (late)

We popped up to the site office this morning, and so I took my phone with me in order to snap some leaves that I had noticed recently. Both have interesting texture and structure to them. Both are a mystery to me.

August Break 2025, Day 23: Wet

We are in a drought situation here, there’s very little that is wet – except for this coriander that I have just been rinsing and now need to dry off. I often don’t rinse my herbs but Coriander seems to be grown on sandy soil and there’s nothing more horrible than gritty coriander. This lot …

Photography and Mindfulness Pause 5: Light and Shadow

There was little sun today, chasing shadows was a bit of a wild goose chase

Photography and Mindfulness Pause 4: Sensation and Emotion

Life got in the way a bit and I haven’t had space in which to envelop myself in this exercise. I will return to it later. This is Confusion And this is Euphoria

Photography and Mindfulness Pause 3: Gargoyle with Leaves

Pause 3 involved a, eyes-closed breathing exercise or two. Then opening the eyes and focusing on something in your line of vision (I am paraphrasing.) I conducted this exercise out on the deck and piked up on all of the fallen leaves, but in particular the way that the little stone gargoyle had grabbed on …

December Reflections 8: Fave Photo of 2020

The sunflowers made it to the top of the page because I was so very pleased to finally take a shot of a field of sunflowers but I think I might get a better one someday so it did not receive the ultimate accolade of Shot of the Year.