Day 197: One home sick still, one off to school camp – gold panning! Nice cold weather for panning. Flickr image used here. Will be able to post more when my son returns with the camera!
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Day 194: Freezing weather here at the moment so we can’t prelong it any longer – decide to get carpet to replace flooded one. This means a visit to the homemaker shops, as yes more consumerism ensues. It’s like a drug, I even get caught up in it. You go to the shops and the next thing your saying you need that, or how nice this is – all stuff that you don’t really need at all. Best to avoid these situations. So a rug is on order and we should be warm soon.
Photo from flickr – feels this icey here!
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Day 190: Sore neck. I went and saw a physio who thinks I have a whiplash injury, from heading a soccer ball of all things! It won’t stop me playing tonight, just no more headers!
Image from flickr: and this is usually the kind of face I pull too.
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Well I’ve been to Cambodia and back and can hardly believe I’ve done it. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to blog from my mobile phone from overseas so I made a journal of my adventures. So I will continue on with my days as I saw them from Cambodia. Enjoy xx
Test blog from my mobile phone
Sent from my Nokia phone
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Day 103: I was looking up some craft projects to take with me to Cambodia to teach the kids. One of the items the school was interested in receiving was more origami paper/ workbooks. So today I looked up how to make a paper crane, after my son told me they had read the book at school Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes . If you don’t know the story (which is true) it is about a young girl who develops leukemia after the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. Sadako starting making paper cranes after her best friend made one for her and spurred on by the Japanese saying that one who folded 1,000 cranes was granted a wish.
Anyway I found out I really suck at following instructions for origami! I couldn’t follow the written instructions and ended up searching youtube for video instruction to help. And finally I have my paper crane, not perfect, but at least resembles a crane!
It’s a lovely sentiment about the paper crane in Sadako’s story and today I’m thankful to know about this and to try to pass it on to you.
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Tagged atomic bomb, Cambodia, Gratitude, Hiroshima, Japan, leukemia, love, origami, Paper crane, photography, Sadako and the thousand paper cranes
Day 84: I’ve been looking at camera gear today. The gorillapod to take with me travelling rather than the tripod – has anyone used these??? Would love to hear feedback about them. Also filter’s for my Canon DSLR – any recommendations here? From what the camera shop assistant was saying filter’s don’t really affect the image/shot that is taken, but mainly just to protect the camera lens from water spray or dust. amateur
I’ve been playing around with light, black & white, different shots through glass and this one below self-portrait, which isn’t original (sorry for lack of creativity today) but here it is! Grateful today for good health, as a few people in my family are struggling with their health. Hope you feel better soon x
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Tagged 365 days of gratitude, amateur photographer, camera, canon, filters, gorillapod, photo
Day 74: I’m suffering today…a head cold. We’ve had torrential rain here and forgot to mention we were flooded (5cm) in our garage which also leaked into our games room. We’ve been busy with the aftermath, stinky wet towels from mopping up water, dragging carpets out that got wet etc.
We don’t really celebrate Valentines day, just a day to get you to spend money again. I did buy my hubby a chocolate rose to show I cared. I was dumbfounded with his gift for me…a new Mac computer….I almost cried! He wants to encourage me with my blogging and photography and so here we are….WOW! I’ve always worked from a PC and windows based programs, so am finding my way slowly around the MAC…can’t wait until I can get more creative!
Stormy
Day 73: My daughter had a birthday party today at a Bowling Alley. It is very noisy…real headache material. She had a ball – ha ha (literally). Here are some photos from my phone camera. Thankful to leave, get some quiet head space again. Gotta love neon lights though, great for photos.
Day 72: Today was great. Caught up with a couple of girlfriends for coffee. Had lunch at Sushi Train and was encouraged to try something new by my friend, after she’d been telling me how good the raw salmon was for me….I met her half way and ate some that was slightly char-grilled (normally I like my fish cooked well and just to make sure it is cooked enough, I smother it in lemon juice) so this was a big step for me. Ahhh the wonder of friends, felt good and alive today. Thankful for great friends again today.
salmon sushi
photo from foodchaser (as I was too distracted to take my own photo, darn it)
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