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we went for a long drive yesterday, with some visitors to sydney who were keen on seeing more of australia. so off we went to the nation’s capital. the crowds from earlier in the week had left, and canberra on the weekend remained it’s sleepy sunny self. after a picnic of vegetarian wraps and egg sandwiches we we visited parliament house.

this is what i saw:

happy friday, friends.

i am not sure if there is anyone out there anymore; what with my adhoc presence around here. but if you are, thank you. i am glad you are.

today i am loving simplicity, in an attempt to slow things down around me. in doing so i am trying to change my routine a little. instead of going home and getting caught up in things and planning; i’ve parked myself in a cafe. the boy with the messy blond dreads made me a delightful scone sandwich and a perfect cup of coffee. they have some spanish music playing, the fans are twirling above me. i could be out of sydey for all i care to think right now. i am happy to stay here for a while. until i need to make a break to shop for picnic rations for our long drive down south tomorrow morning.

but before all that; i just wanted to show you this lovely wrapping, perfectly simple and simply made me happy when it arrived from japan, sweetly wrapped. it took me a few hours to finally open it. i was quite happy for it to sit there for a while, before having to rip the paper up.

more simple beauty for your day::

postmortem: scotch and espresso | sundaymorning | untitled | untitled

signing off for the day -

do you feel like starting from scratch sometimes? like you want to go back to the time when you had an idea, a certain pull towards something, someone, some place? go back to that first itch and re-learn whatever it is that brought you to the beginning.

i feel that often. i think it is a aspect of my personality and it can be truly frustrating as it is exciting.

right now, i’m going back to those first heady days of photography. i would have been 16 and signed up to photography class in highschool, where we learned to work on manual cameras, with film in the darkroom.

i feel like being back in this space now. sorry for the silence.