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  • Sacred Kingfisher

    One of the frustrating things about not having a super-zoom lens is not being able to get great bird shots – this little kingfisher isn’t really dominating the frame. Although I guess a longer zoom would mean dragging a tripod around everywhere, which I’m not anxious to do. I waited for ages focussed on him…

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  • Wedding Cake

    Smitten Kitchen’s wedding cake project was an invaluable aid when I was planning and executing my brother’s wedding cake earlier this year. I had never made a tiered cake before, and Smitten Kitchen was a great source of information for recipes and construction tips. I used two of the recipes from Smitten Kitchen – the…

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  • A wedding

    My brother was married in October (which still sounds strange – my little brother, married), and I took some photos. His wife-to-be looked beautiful. I made the cake, with a fair bit of help putting together the tiers and the flowers. It turned out quite well, and after the happy couple left for their honeymoon…

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  • Gonzo

    Gonzo the puppy came to the choir spring picnic on the weekend, played with his cow toy in the corner and was cruelly prevented from eating an illicit sausage passed to him by a couple of children who were being particularly generous with their lunch. The choir I’ve been singing with for the past few…

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  • The Great Wedding Cake Experiment

    “Oh, we’re not planning on having a cake anymore,” said my brother. “But! Cake! Wedding! Cake!” I spluttered at him incoherently. And that’s how I came to be researching wedding cakes prior to his wedding, which is three weeks away. I knew I didn’t want to do the traditional fruit cake under hard icing, because…

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  • September Wallpaper

    It’s spring!  The last remnants of winter chill are disappearing, and we have had our first night of rain after months of blue skies.  The cats are starting to shed their enormous winter coats, which I’m sure is more comfortable for them but means that I am more likely to look up and see a…

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  • Early mornings

    I have decided that I live too far from Brisbane to do the Bridge to Brisbane again. I am not sufficiently enthusiastic about the event to make getting up at 3.45am worthwhile. I don’t particularly enjoy hanging around in a crowd of thousands of people, waiting for everyone to start making their way over the…

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  • Oranges

    I went down to some disused train tracks this afternoon to have my photo taken with the choir I’ve been singing with for the past few weeks. We must have looked a bit odd, wandering along beside the road with our orange silk scarves blowing in the breeze. I watched the photographer’s equipment with some…

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  • In the vineyard

    I went down to Thumm Estate this afternoon to celebrate part of Kat’s hen’s weekend – we lunched on bruschetta and smoked salmon terrine, with a sparkling shiraz, then headed over to have a tour of the port barrels. There was much hilarity. I bought some coffee liqueur which was just divine, and a sparkling…

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  • Pink

    I just adore my (relatively) new 50mm lens – super crisp, and the wide aperture creates such gorgeous depth of field.

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