Midweek Moment #62: Simple Beauty
As I have more than one photo this week, I'll start with Monique's, which she took while in Tasmania a couple of weeks ago. Walking through the rainforest in cold, wet south-western Tasmania, I took the opportunity to get some macro shots before the rain came...
Midweek Moment #61: Lake Landscapes
I'm going to start with Monique's photo this week as not only is it much more exciting than mine, but it was taken in Tasmania, that place which is never far from my heart. Monique and her husband escaped to Tasmania last week for their first holiday of...
Midweek Moment #60: A Floral Feast
Monique and I can't help ourselves when it comes to flowers, and I hope you're not bored that we're bringing more of them today. But they are beautiful, and it is Spring ... Long-term readers of this blog know I'm firmly in the Margaret Olley trenches when it...
Cute Photos of Cygnets to Make Your Day
We're giving Midweek Moment a miss this week as Monique's been flat-out at work. I thought I'd bring you some photos anyway, in the hope they'll brighten your day as they did mine. Some weeks I find it hard to squeeze in the time for photography, especially when...
Midweek Moment #59: Saying it With Flowers
We've been busy photographing flowers again this week. Well, it is spring, and they are pretty, and they're also more co-operative than animate wildlife. This orchid in my photo was a gift from a friend. It has pride of place on my kitchen bench, and this week it's...
Midweek Moment #58: Everlastings Everywhere
Everlastings seem to be everywhere at the moment, including a forest of them on a verge just down the street from our house. They cover the whole verge, and have turned a boring streetscape into a floral feast for the eyes. The other day, I tied the dogs up to a...
Some Thoughts on Death and Dying
There's been a bit of an existential theme happening with my kids lately, and they've wanted to talk about death and dying and the universe. My older son wrote a poem about a child's funeral. He came up and read it to me and, naturally, it...
Midweek Moment #56 and #57—A 2-for-1 Special!
Life swept Monique and I up in a whirlwind last week so we weren’t able to share a Midweek Moment. My excuses are two book launches, a trip down south, and kid commitments. I'm also trying to make inroads into Novel #2 and preparing my website for an update—there are...
Midweek Moment #55: Golden Sunsets
At the lake where I walk, about halfway around the path there's gap in the fence. If I nip through, there's a dirt track that takes me past the line of Moreton Bay figs, out through the rushes, and into a marshy area that juts out into the lake. I need my proper...
Midweek Moment #54—Rain and Shine
Monique and I have chosen shots that indicate the recent weather patterns. It can’t make up its mind—rain to sunshine to rain again. It's glorious one day—blue sky and warm enough for short sleeves—and the next it’s wild and wet again and we need our winter woollens....
Midweek Moment #53: A Reflection in Rust and a Light in the Dark
We've just said goodbye to our French exchange student, Guillaume. Hosting a student from another country forced us to get out and about, and be tourists ourselves. In the three weeks he was here, I'm sure we saw more of our own city than in the previous ten years...
Midweek Moment #52: It’s Our First Birthday!
It's our birthday: one year of Midweek Moments! Sometimes it's been hard to find the time, and it's certainly required thought to come up with a unique photo each week, but Monique and I agree that this little project of ours has been worth the effort. Not only has...
Midweek Moment #51: Lake Life
Once again, Monique and I have been of similar minds: Both of us have visited nearby lakes and captured the bird life. For me, the lake at sunset is like a balm. The softer light, its golden glow, and the longer shadows. Oftentimes, the surface of the water is so...
Midweek Moment #50: Time Out
We've taken time out from our busy lives to capture our 'midweek moments' this week. Although winter seems to have returned today, we had a break from it earlier in the week. The mornings were still bracing, but for a few days the skies were blue and cloudless, and I...
Midweek Moment #49: Opposites
Monique and I have gone in opposite directions in more ways than one this week. Due to the cold weather, I kept my camera inside, while Monique spent time outdoors in Balingup. Mine's also a little, shall we say, abstract, whereas Monique's is real and sharp as a pin....
