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WPC – Windows

Your inspiration this week is windows. Use a window to frame your shot. Show us what you see out the window from the place where you usually blog, use a window to give structure to your photo, or make a window itself your subject. Windows

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WPC: Structure

Following some strong winds in Brisbane a couple of weeks ago, Chief was removing a large palm frond from the swimming pool when he noticed a little gecko floating on it. The little gecko scurried off when Chief tried to remove him and he ended up on the glass panels surrounding the pool. This gave […]

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FOMO – That’s it!

So, I’ve had a brief period of trying to drink alcohol in moderation which has and hasn’t been successful. During the week has been easy and so too having a few dry days – yay! go me. Last night Chief and I attended a black-tie gala dinner. We were greeted by waiters offering trays of […]

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You Are Creative – Write Your Own Poem

After finding a poem I love for my creativity journal, my next exercise was to write my own poem. Don’t overthink it. Just create an image or a moment with words. Remember, you are creative. Embrace that creativity and give it a go. In line with my most recent posts on my relationship with alcohol, […]

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Application is Essential

I scheduled my last post to be published long after I was tucked up in bed and woke the following morning with a sense of relief, knowing I’d come clean about something that had been bugging me for some time. My post had created quite a bit of reaction on my personal Facebook feed; mainly […]

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Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

This may or may not be the right forum to delve into such matters as personal relationships but it’s time I duly ‘fessed up’. You see, besides my maturing marriage I have become deeply entrenched in another long-standing relationship. We’ve known each other a long time now but it’s only in recent years that ‘things’ […]

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WPC: Unusual

This week’s photo challenge –Unusual  For this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge, please post a photo that is unusual in some way for you, whether it be through technique, by subject, or in some other unique way. This theme is wide open to interpretation because only you know what is unusual to you. Here are a […]

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The Tears of Tiny

I’m offloading emotional baggage; I am cleansing my inner self. It’s been inside for over forty years. I have a wonderful friend who has been on her own spiritual journey for some years now and she is there to offer me words of wisdom, inspiration and guidance at any time if  I’m ever in need. […]

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You are creative – find a poem you love

Last week I wrote about my ‘you are creative’ journal.  The first page I turned to had me writing down one of my favourite quotes and this week I’m finding a poem I love.  Of course there are lots of wonderful poems out there, If by Rudyard Kipling would be one of them. The children […]

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WPC: Bridge

My weekly photo challenge shot is one of Story Bridge spanning the Brisbane river.  I took this on my Samsung Galaxy 8 about three weeks ago and I was pleased with how it turned out. Story bridge was opened in 1940 and connects Kangaroo Point with Fortitude Valley.  It is the longest cantilever bridge in […]