Various vacation snaps...

Luna having some fun on the way.....

A camel in a situation it would not normally find itself in....

Me, playing on the beach at Rockhampton.

Xander playing on a different beach...

The back of the car while we were inspecting the flooding in Rocky

The boys somewhere off in the distance at low tide at Hervey Bay.

Beach and Bush....

I might have mentioned it was raining...

This used to be a lovely little walkway!

Why I became me...

Or at least part of the reason.....
This is my parent's hallway... And about half the books in the house...

Doing my hazard study!

On a conference call and getting some much needed sun at the same time!

Now this is the way to work!

Gold Coast

On a work conference call right now.... And this is what I can see!

Yesterday....

As I drove home yesterday afternoon it looked like this.....

But an hour later from my bedroom window - it looked more like this......

Storm on the way home

On the way home from doing just a couple of last bits of Christmas shopping.
You could see the storm moving towards the range.
Truly beautiful and very humbling.

(I was so upset that I only had my cellphone camera with me!)

Super Powerful Zak

This weekend's little project....
I am not sure what Izak's super hero / anime character name is... but I am sure he has one!

at The Entrance

Down towards Sydney a couple of months ago...  it was just a tiny bit pretty!
Sometimes taking photos is about saying something.
Other times it is just a form of appreciation.  The are people and places that you get to see, be with or be part of that just confirm that there is more to this than physics or chemistry.
I certainly appreciate being part of a universe that gets to look like this!

Yesterdays rainbow

The nice thing about rain is that it stops... Eventually.
Somewhere off in the distance is the rainbow, even if you can't see it
from where you are.


Of course the fact that it stopped raining for a little while meant that we were able to go to the markets...
Some Christmas presents might have even been purchased!
Ruth and the boys admiring chickens....

Feedback

Sitting in the conference room, working stuff out (again).
This time, at the request of my Megaboss.. collating all the "feedback" I receieved so that I can work out a development plan for myself.
Of course the fact that I took this photo means I might have reached a point where my concentration was not completely on this.... but let's pretend it was taken by my photojournalist that I have with me all the time to document my life!

First of the house

I have promised to show the house.. here is the start of that....
Here is the front.  The garden has gone in since we got back, so that is why the trees look puny.

More of a tour soon!
(You can spot the photographer in the picture!)

THE SUN!

The sun came out for a few minutes this afternoon!

So we took advantage of it.

Still raining

It is still raining...
doubt if it is ever going to stop now.
It is lucky we live on top of a mountain!  I have a feeling in a couple of weeks we might be sea front property.

The boys and I had fun out in the rain for a little while this afternoon.

Weather right now....

This is what it is really looking like at the moment....
Rainy.  Cold.
It does not feel warm and summery at all......

Driving to work

My drive to work is basically through the bush.
A pleasant drive rather than battling traffic.... only wildlife to dodge.
I spend the time learning things, talking to people or just being.

BTW 2 things about this photo...
1. it was not taken this week - it WILL NOT stop raining right now..
2. I am sure that this photo was taken by someone else... it would have been irresponsible to take it myself!

A wall

A wall that has been through a lot...
I suppose it did its job.....