Year: 2019

Evening light – sun burning on wood, leaves dappled with rays, calm in the sky, just before the night life kicks in. This walk took us to a bat colony. Hundreds of bats hanging upside down from the trees, all wrapped up and resting. Very soon they will start to stretch and fan their wings,…

Some of these photos have been taken by a new acquaintance Nicki Cassimatis who kindly shared them with me.  At the beautiful and iconic Meigunyah House in Brisbane I listened to speaker after speaker on the subject of “Women Stepping Forth”. Stories of amazing women who in the late 1880s to more recent times, have…

The morning had been spent walking Dougall on the bike path where I recorded and posted a video of a concert of bird calls. The evening was spent at QPAC, at a concert entitled Night Parrot, commissioned by the amazing Katie Noonan who asked Jessica Wells to write a 20 minute piece of music about…

So very much to think about in these two days – lets start with the 15th of July 1974 – the day Greece decided to overthrow the legitimate and democratically elected government of Cyprus. To this day we are suffering the terrible injustice and nationalistic madness which led on the 20th of July to Turkey…

Not a cloud in the sky, winter sun and light draws us both out. Dougall does his best to knock me over in his excitement. He does not succeed. He gambols off the lead in every direction. We meet a man. He looks at the lead in my hand and says “That’s better on the…

Sometimes pictures speak volumes and it is all you need. Finding your happy space is as simple as a day in the garden laying turf and planting more rose bushes. Or for my cockatoos taking my table cloth off the table for the umpteenth time. What is yours ? PS Had to change Happy Spot…

History, Art and Nature are favourites. Combined they make winners every time.  This is the first of the Art Beacons which has been installed in the Cameron Rocks Reserve and which we had the pleasure of exploring last weekend. The artist who was selected to produce his “Magnificent Flying Machines” is Kenji Uranishi. His work…

The Perfect day was spent in the company of Gloria who we are told will soon be joined by Gerard. Gloria is a 2 metre ewe, the work of artist Mark Andrews, standing on the shore front in Teneriffe a suburb in Brisbane, famous for its wool stores. Her partner, in life and in steel,…

I have been writing about legacies recently and this blog is a testament to a remarkable woman who left a vibrant legacy for the whole of Australia – and that woman is Margaret Olley. I had the pleasure and the privilege, (this is a Free Exhibition) to attend the opening of “A Generous Life –…

Did you read yesterday’s blog on Diamantina? I am testing you now, so be prepared …. New experiences have a habit of leading you as if by a magical hand to more, opening avenues and paths less travelled. I was talking about this remarkable woman and her legacy just yesterday.  Today, I chose a completely…