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Christmas Lights

December 22, 2008 Helen  cool things, family, photography, random life  brisbane, christmas, Christmas lights, cool things, family, karl, mum, photography, random life

I have gone out two times in the last few weeks to have a look at Christmas Lights, the first time it was just Karl, Mum and I. We stopped first at a street in Carina which is where the following photos were taken. We then continued on our way to Rochedale South where Mini […]

a little bit of class

November 29, 2008 Helen  family, random life  bag, brisbane, family, fashion, grandmum, handbag, mum, random life, shopping  1 Comment

I remember the first time I saw a Spencer and Rutherford handbag, Grandmum, Mum and I were in the city David Jones. Grandmum was buying stockings, I think it was even the trip when Grandmum bought Mum her good straw hat. There was a sort of inbuilt fancy shelves in the wall and there was […]

Gatton and beyond

November 26, 2008 Helen  adventures, family, photography  adventures, bush, family, grandad, mum, photography, wattle  2 Comments

A few moons ago, Mum, Grandad and I took a trip out past Gatton, just to drive the roads and see what was around. It proved to be a great day for me taking photos with my then new to me 135mm f2 lens. Here are some of the photos The first set were taken […]

Sunday, day of cleaning

November 23, 2008 Helen  family, random life  cleaning, family, home, mum, random life, the farm  1 Comment

I spent this morning cleaning the windows in my room, they were filthy. First I scrubbed, then I scrubbed again and a rinse and then a polish with the window cleaner. Now I have windows that I can bear to look out of. I also managed to get rid of all the cardboard boxes as […]

a missed chance

November 16, 2008 Helen  family, random life  family, grandad, mum, random life, ses, the farm, weather

Mum and I went to The Farm today and just before Mum started cooking tea, my phone rang. “Hi Helen, it’s Leanne from SES, are you free tonight?” It broke my heart so much to say that I was up north so I couldn’t go out tonight. I so dearly wanted to say yes as […]

a little flower

November 2, 2008 Helen  photography, quotes, random life  flowers, markets, mum, photography, quotes, random life, waratah

Since shifting out, I have bought myself more flowers. I don’t go buying flowers every week (my money doesn’t stretch that far!) but maybe once every six weeks or so something will grab my eye at the market and I will walk past it a few times thinking “yes, no, yes, no, yes, no, YES”. […]

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