Shambolic Living

Man-Made

Janine — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:48:10 +0000

I live in a place of great natural beauty, our beaches are pretty impressive. However, on the man-made side of things we haven’t actually excelled. There’s not a lot of great architecture or design in my town. When “man-made” came up for the photo challenge the first thing that came to mind was our Glasshouse,...

The Catch Up

Janine — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:06:44 +0000

It’s not that I have a tendency to “fail” I just sometimes take on a few too many challenges and then have to play catch-up at various points along the way to actually complete the task! So here is my latest photo-a-day pictures. 1. Something I Do Every Day – I made a list, God...

Reflection

Janine — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:40:50 +0000

It’s the birthday month so, as with last year, I am in a spiral of anxiety about my life passing me by and things left undone. Next week I’ll give you the final update on how Project 44 panned out. As I reflect on what I attempted, and what I achieved (or didn’t) I’ve been...

Favourite Things

Janine — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:37:58 +0000

On a list of my top ten favourite things books would have to come out number one. I’ve been a big reader since … well forever. Books are an escape. A doorway into another world. What else would make my top ten favourite things list? Well if we discount people (’cause you know some days...

Five O’Clock

Janine — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:22:55 +0000

Five o’clock has changed over the years. Back before husband and children, five o’clock was knock-off time. The packing up of the desk, the washing of the coffee mug, the last-minute wrapping up of a day’s work before heading out into the city streets with the hundreds of other commuters. Striding past the decorative shop...

TV

Janine — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 05:15:20 +0000

The black box has overtaken the house. The screens are bigger. Rooms are built simply to house the apparatus. There’s a lot of talk of how bad it is, but is it an evil, mind altering instrument of destruction? Or is a window to the world? A tool which can teach and inform, entertain and...

Breakfast

Janine — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:13:08 +0000

I nag my children about how important breakfast is and make sure they eat something as I throw them out the door of a morning, tossing lost socks and forgotten homework after them. Yet it is a case of do as I say, not as I do. I don’t normally eat breakfast. Unless it’s the...

Colour

Janine — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:17:12 +0000

The drive each day to my work is not a particularly attractive one. Out of our new development suburbia you turn right onto the old highway, past a semi-industrial area, through roundabouts which could take you off to the flourescent lit, big-chain supermarket where they can sell you everything you will ever need, all under...