Shambolic Living

Photo A Day May – The Results

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My first attempt at Photo A Day, I didn't manage to keep up on Instagram but I did get a lot of the photos taken, too many to not use, so I'm afraid you are going to have sit through the photo album of my month ... in all it's distorted, poorly  lit, out-of-focus glory. PEACE  is anywhere by the water in my books. The SKYLINE at dusk on a cool … [Read more...]

Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree

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Birds are causing a problem in my life at the moment. A baby magpie has discovered how to fly into our house. He's making it a daily activity swooping through the open sliding doors, pooing on the clean washing and departing. Trying to remember to close the doors, but need one open for the dog. Magpie even worked out there was access via this … [Read more...]

Weekly Photo Challenge – Summer

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While I sit here rugged up in my winter woolies, the Weekly Photo Challenge asks me to cast my mind back to the summer. It was a soggy season, lots of rain and not nearly enough hot sun. However during one warm day Princess Child got out into the front yard and proved you can never be too old for a bit of fun with the garden hose and sprinkler. She … [Read more...]

Exploring Port Macquarie – Whale Watching Season

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It's time for whale watching again. Every year from May to November the giant humpbacks migrate along the east coast to the warmer waters of the South Pacific to breed. They then journey with their newborns back to the colder climes of the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic. My brother captured these shots from the headland at Tacking Point. The … [Read more...]

Weekly Photo Challenge – Out of Focus

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I wasn't planning to play along with the photo challenge this week because I thought it was silly to feature out-of-focus shots. Not that I don't have plenty of them but because we always like to present our best don't we? We relegate the blurry, not quite right to the delete pile because they don't conform to the image of perfection we want to … [Read more...]

Grey stairs.
Father with two daughters.