http://www.helenthura.com helen thura, employed, 20something, cook, listener, photographer, woman. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:54:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The other Friday, I took an early mark from road and headed south on the M1 to say hi to the Family and explore new roads, old roads and roads that don't fit as either new or old. Mum and Grandad had planned this trip to check out the new Pacific ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/07/21/tweed-exploring Have you ever bitten into a strawberry and feel your entire mouth start to smile? A smile that starts as your lips feel that first drop of strawberry juice and extends upwards and upwards as your teeth close together after the last bite. That is what these strawberries pictured taste like. ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/07/15/strawberry-fields-forever I started writing this post a few weeks ago but I didn't get a chance to take the last photo for the post till today. So now I present a tale of Cherry Tomatoes. At the moment, each time we visit the farm one of the things that I do ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/07/08/cherry-tomatoes Saturday night, what a night it was at The Zoo, by far my favourite show of the year and I think the favourite show of the year for many of the other punters there. Why? Well Peter Combe was in town and playing at The Zoo :D. I was going ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/06/28/peter-combe-and-the-juicy-juicy-green-grass-band Thursday night saw me at The Tivoli with The Dwarf for the second night of Angus and Julia Stone. What is most likely a shock to most people is that I haven't really heard that much of the Stones prior to the concert and what I had heard, I found ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/06/16/angus-and-julia-stone-the-tivoli Yesterday was the Queen's birthday public holiday and I spent most of it at my parents sewing, I have finally finished the top of my 21st birthday quilt. I turn 23 in September...... IT looks so good and I can't wait to see it on my bed. Today is Tuesday and ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/06/10/bit-of-a-wrap-up On Saturday Mum and I went on our first YHA Bushwalkers walk, a pleasant 10km stroll up Mt Mitchell in the Main Range. There were fifteen of us on the walk and was it was meeting some new people and walking in clear weather. One of my highlights ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/06/10/mt-mitchell My life is in a bit of a weird place at the moment. The internet is still not connected at our flat yet so to use my computer/the net I have to come home and when I do come home I don't really like using the computer - sort of ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/05/31/a-mish-mosh-life Friday night after I work I met up with Thor and her family and crew at the Australian Cinémathèque at GOMA to watch a selection of Icelandic short films and then Sigur Rós's concert doco Heima as part of a month long program that GOMA is running called Iceland Waves. ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/05/19/goma-delight Toto, I think this looks like Wooloowin. Toto, this is Wooloowin! As some as you know, I moved out of home yesterday to a block of flats at Wooloowin - a whole transport zone closer to the city :) Yesterday was spent packing, unpacking, sorting, rearranging etc etc. I have moved out ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/05/11/toto-i-dont-think-we-are-in-kedron-any-more An overflowing container of cherry tomatoes, a visit with the most treasured man in my life, getting covered in Cobblers Pegs as I lift up the vines gently plucking each little red ball off the stalk, dicing a handful through tuna mornay for dinner. A family table; laughs, love and ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/05/07/sweet-red-goodness We certainly didn't. Mum is now with phone! Due to changes in how Grandad is been looked after, Mum now has a mobile to keep to date with all the happenings that come with the healthcare of an 88 year old. The last 24hrs have proven most interesting in watching Mum ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/05/06/would-you-believe-it Last Saturday I went to another wedding (surprised? lol no) with Tim. A nice casual laid back affair at the semi-local hotel for the couple The Glen Hotel This photo cracks me up no end. It is like, the little fella is going, no way am I wearing that bow ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/05/01/a-wedding-at-the-glen It is that time of year in Brisbane when the streets are filled with squawks and squeaks of baby Noisy Miners. One crazy couple decided that one of the palm trees on our driveway was the perfect place to put their nest, they "wove" together three fronds, two to form ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/04/25/baby-birds The last two weekends I have been smoothing dresses, toting camera bags, playing light stand, changing memory cards and taking the odd photo at two weddings with Tim Harris oh and having a total ball of a time as well :) Wedding 1, was a small affair at Woody Point ... http://www.helenthura.com/blog/2008/04/22/wedding-weekends