Australia – should be Hugh-ge!
Tonight is the world premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s movie, Australia. … Despite the fact that the name of this flick puts me off (seriously, naming a movie after an entire nation? That’s a long way to fall, man!)… well, I’m…
Conversations with Dash: the wedding photos
I was going through my wedding snaps last night. I wanted to send a couple to my sister to remind her what a lovely day her wedding had been, how much fun everyone had had, and how beautiful she is.…
You asked for it…prints and prices
I have been asked on a number of occasions about getting prints from this blog. I am so amazed and flattered that people have bothered to enquire… and I have finally decided to look into getting some prints done up…
Vows and wows…
My baby sister got married yesterday. It was a simple wedding, just as she wanted. Surrounded by people she loves. Who love her. By the sea. In Paradise. To her “laughing cavalier”, V. And right alongside her adorable daughter, Salina.…
Nearly there…
Tomorrow is Jeanie’s wedding. The organising has been loud and furious. Mostly loud. But all is well. Jeanie and V have escaped the pre-wedding madness momentarily in their ‘honeymoon unit’. I think it’s a grand idea. I am finishing trimming…
November Fairy Dust
At the very end of October, every year, something magical happens around Queensland… Actual Fairies visit one night… And sprinkle a little magic through streets and backyards from the city to the bush… . It’s purple fairy dust!. SEE ……
Wedding Wednesday…
Long post alert – get that coffee first! It’ll be worth it! Promise… We arrive in Paradise today (Prado permitting) to help my darling little sister prepare for her wedding to V… I anticipate some fun girl-time together, as well…
Carsick…
It’s all seemed a little bit sunshine and roses here at Granite Glen lately, hasn’t it? All going a bit too swimmingly? A bit on the saccharine side of sweet perhaps? So I thought that I would let you in…
A break at the beach…
Last weekend, SSB, Dash, The Little Woman and I packed up the Prado and vamoosed from Granite Glen. Not for good. Just for three-and-a-half days. (Can’t forget the half day. It all counts!) It was our much-anticipated, long-planned mini holiday.…
I Once Met a Man – Tommy Emmanuel
Debby posted an amazing clip of a gifted American guitarist on her blog today… took me back to my journo days. I was 20-something (almost two decades ago) and wide-eyed, armed with a heavy black battered Nikon, a notebook and…