onward

A belated but heartfelt thank-you to everyone for your kind comments on my (long past) last post, along with emails and instagram checkups in the interim. The second half of 2013 was basically a write-off, so I'm doing away with my predilection for continuity and instead charge valiantly toward a future where blogs sometimes actually get updated.

In the interest of such advancements; some photographs from March - the Labour Day long weekend - where we camped by the beach at Johanna. The sun was hot and the swells were altogether too powerful for swimming, but the beach was something to behold, and falling asleep to the thunder of waves crashing a welcome reprieve from the hum of the suburbs.

A Unit of Measure

From the week just past. We extended the Cup Day holiday, spending both Monday & Tuesday at my friend Dexters family's holiday house in Rye.

As it turned out we were a day late for swimming weather, but the rock-pools provided entertainment enough. The coat of 'fur' which covered the rocks that day was so thick & soft & made the place seem just a little surreal.

But it was so nice to visit the Mornington Peninsular for a change. I grew up in Geelong, so have a tendency to head in that direction come summertime. Though we were just across the bay, the coast here felt somehow different. Or just new, perhaps. Unfamiliar.

3 PICTURES + SOME WORDS

A walk along Merri Creek, an extreme effect from expired film and some important business being conducted over afternoon tea.

It's definitely love for me and my new camera & we've been quite busy together lately. Nothing I can share here just yet, but soon I hope...

Also, thanks to everyone for the positive response to my new Print Shop these last few weeks! Ive obtained perhaps an unhealthy level of enjoyment seeing my photographs shipped out all over the world. If it wasn't already blindingly obvious, I find this whole self-promotion caper to be particularly unnatural. Its something I really need to GET OVER at some point, though, and Im working on it slowly. So, uhhhh, thanks for bearing with me through my awkward flailing and for being lovely awesome non-trolly types around here, generally, come to think of it. You guys are alright!

TESTING

At home, lately. Trying to get the hang of my lovely new camera.

MATES

There are no words, just a kind of 'eeeeeeeeee' sound.

full adult / full jerk

Do you remember Heni from last year? She was staying here again for a few months, so on her last day I took some new portraits to show how she's not such a wee pup anymore (because I'm a massive nerd like that). Poppy wasn't having a bar of it, though. Totally photo bombed before taking over the entire thing. & then laughing at her own 'good joke'? What a complete jerk!

GPOYIGIBWT

low

I am much better at flickr than I am at the blogs - but before the year is through I'll try to offload some of my 2011 photo surplus on this here space.

Q. How many Gratuitous Pictures Of My Italian Greyhound can you handle?

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Young Love

From mid 2009, just a month or so after I adopted Poppy & still some of my favorite photographs of her, yet.