me, my camera and my life.

Archive for the 'friends' Category

Not Sundae today

Published
by
Helen
on January 22, 2010
in 365, adventures, friends, photography and random life
. 2 Comments

It’s been an interesting last little while

The Kitchen, 179/365.
Dinner Time, 179/365

The Sails, 180/365
Sailing away, 180/265

This is it, 181/365
This is it, 181/365

Day 182 or My big trip to the Gympie area to check out Antique and Op shops.
The Lifeline Sunshine Coast sale at Gympie – the reason for the trip. I came away with a pair of jeans, a few tops, a cardi, a tunic and a few other bits and bobs.
All items $3.50

A canister set that I found adorable – they had one for oatmeal!!
Love this canister set

Isn’t the design on this wash set just so perfect?
Love this design

Fat Hen Creek, 182/365
I’m guessing the creek is full of super nutrients that produce fat chooks?
Fat Hen Creek, 182/365

Day 183, Lifeline bookfest and cocktails.
Fish Lane, I just love this for a street name, I wonder if at some stage there was a fish market here? Taken on the way back to the car from the bookfest.
Something Fishy

Sapphire Sunday at Libertine with Sam and Katherine.
A matter of what to say here. The cocktails were amazing, the food was quite good but the service was beyond belief.
Sapphire Sunday at Libertine

I do believe it’s Mango time, 183/365
I decided to walk home from The Barracks and stopped to smile at the squashed mangos on the road.
Mango, squashed, 183/365

Coro Drive, 17:48, 184/365
Coro Drive, Traffic, 184/365

A fold a day, 185/365
I’ve had this calendar on my Amazon wishlist for a while, imagine my delight when I found it amongst the $5 2010 calendars and diaries at Borders???
A fold away keeps the doctor away, 185/365

Supersize Loftkökur, 186/365
Supersize Loftkökur, 186/365

Contrails, 187/365
I was on the way to work and looked up and saw this :D , can you see the birdies in the bottom right of the frame?
Contrails, 187/365

Today is Friday! Yippea! We are celebrating Grandad’s 90th! Birthday tomorrow. It will be quite a bash, with lots of extended family coming. :D

Have you seen this? – Love Project. I love it :D

hello world!

Published
by
Helen
on December 12, 2009
in 365, adventures, cool things, creating, friends, photography and random life
. 1 Comment

I’m still breathing, still taking a photo a day (today is day 147!! when I tried the other year I only got to day 75). Christmas is just about upon us and as per usual I’m excited and planning all sorts of things. To bring things up to speed here are photos 62-147. Just a few! If you would prefer to be able to read the comments first, here is the Flickr link
I will post some more Bali and Sydney later.

co-joined nanas, 62/365 Our first Bali Sunset, 63/365 Bali Orchid Garden, 64/365 Art Installation.., 65/365 Monkey Village Road, 66/365 The rice and us, 67/365 Fishy Foot Spa, 68/365 fruit platter breakfast, 69/365 Lovina, 70/365 Snorkelling at Menjangan island, 71/365 Lovina, 72/365 Lovina, 73/365 Amed, 74/365 Amed, 75/365 Kuta, 76/365 Somewhere above W QLD, 77/365 home and unpacked, 78/365 Kuta Nails, 79/365 The med files wrapped and ready to go, 80/365 Jacaranda Green, 81/365 Kuta Shirt, 82/365 lamp shadow, 83/365 Sesame Prawn Salad, 84/365 Mulberries :D, 85/365 2P, 86/365 chair, 87/365 Soto Ayam, 88/365 New Shoes, 89/365 My Ubud Ring, 90/365 55K, 91/365 Cactus Jacks, 92/365 Clove strands, 93/365 Presents from Karl, 94/365 Interesting, 95/365 Such a lovely building, 96/365 Tools of the trade, 97/365 My quilt, 98/365 Ladies in Pink, 99/365 dinner, 100/365 A sage beginning, 101/365 too low, 102/365 new shoes, 103/365 new top, 104/365 Washing trolley, 105/365 Lace Necklace, 106/365 crunchy slaw, 107/365 Melbourne Cup Hats, 108/365 Frocked up for the The Trocks, 109/365 Mint, 110/365 Friday Night, 111/365 refelction, 112/365 Twin Houses, 113/365seasame noodles, 114/365 Hey Cus? 116/365 The City, 117/365 Morning light, coloured light, 118/365 red gold, 119/365 lunch, 120/365 Grow! 121/365 big bug/beetle, 122/365 sweet notes, 123/365 Brisbane Sunset, 124/365 Wollstonecraft, 125/365 mmmmm rhubarb, 126/365 Sprite bottle Christmas Tree, 127/365 The Oooooooopra House, 128/365 to unpack, 129/365 love this light, 130/365 1927!! 131/365 Chocolate Roll, 132/365 light, 133/365 me, 135/365 First day of summer dinner! 136/365 progress, 137/365 a wish, 138/365 yellow, 139/365 Christmas is near, 140/365 pretty things, 141/365 pine cones, 142/365 waiting, 143/365 stars, 144/365 Red Ribbon, 145/365 gorgeous clouds, 146/365 having a mango, passion fruit and banana smoothie, 147/365

home….

Published
by
Helen
on October 6, 2009
in adventures, friends and random life
. 1 Comment

Well Toto, we ain’t in Bali any more….

Sam and I on Kuta Beach

We had a really fast flight home – only about 5hrs compared to the 6.5 odd hrs on the way there. Still got home to my parents round midnight. It was still too early to crash so we watched the Glee dvd we had picked up, had Vegemite toast then it was time to crash. Sunday morning we went to Sizzlers for real aussie buffet breakfast, then it was time to drop Sam off at the airport and head home to unpack, wash, sleep etc before heading back to work yesterday…..

I wouldn’t mind been back there …. I miss my mango juices…

Bali, here we come!

Published
by
Helen
on September 18, 2009
in adventures and friends
. 1 Comment

This time tomorrow, Sam and I will be in the car heading for the airport. We fly out tomorrow to spend two weeks in Bali. To say I am excited would be an understatement. The last few days I have had very broken sleep. I packed most of my stuff last night and I am soo looking forward to spending two weeks exploring Bali. Two weeks away from work, family, work, the indecisive Brisbane spring weather. Two weeks of sun, the beach, shopping, eating, exploring, walking and plenty of fun.

Sam and I on the night of my 21st party.
Indo Girls

A Foiled Birthday

Published
by
Helen
on September 11, 2009
in 365, food, friends and random life
. 1 Comment

I turned the pretty average 24 today, I am officially in my mid 20s now!

My breakfast blend
Birthday Smoothie

The girls called me shortly after leaving work yesterday and told me that I was to sleep in this morning and come to work at 0830 instead of my usual arrival between 0730 and 0800. When I walked towards the office, all I could see was Al-Foil all over my desk :D I walked in to hugs from the girls and Al-Foil. They did fantastic job of Al-Foiling my desk, my drawers, my chair, my stationary, everything!

Foil all around
A Foiled birthday

A Foiled birthday

A Foiled birthday

A Foiled birthday
A Foiled birthday

A Foiled birthday

We had decided yesterday to have hot dogs for lunch and one of the girls had said she would bake me a cake. I very much believed that would mean the purchase of a cake from woolies. I was to learn today that no, she had actually baked me a cake! I was quite impressed.

I went down to see one of the doctors and she asked me if we were having the Lamingtons she had given me for morning tea at 0930. I just said ???? what do you mean morno’s?? We are having hot dogs for lunch. Thinking to myself crazy doctor. I went back to my desk and oh about 0930, Cathy swings her chair round to face me and goes “Tea?” I go mmm I don’t know this morning, she goes “come on” and off we go to the lunch room with our tea cups in hand. I open the door to the lunch room and before me I see my fellow medical staff and the interviewing staff and a big spread of mornos :D I was speechless for the second time in as many hours.

My cake!

For lunch Hot Dogs were made :)
Birthday Lunch - Hotdogs

For Arvo’s I had a lamington, well half because Cathy stole half of it.
Afternoon tea, 55/365

Then it was time for the F-111 trial fly-over for Riverfire tomorrow night. I got video of the flyover but it doesn’t currently want to get off my SD card. This is the view from the testing room on the floor below me. oh the city is pretty.
Oh the city from Lv 11
Oh the city from Lv 11
Oh the city from Lv 11

I was absolutely touched at the effort that the girls and boys had gone to to make my day special :D
Then it was home to find a birthday parcel from dear Georgie currently in Sydney :D Now I’m watching the footy and hoping the Lions can beat the Bulldogs….

and just because