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Melbourne: Hosier Lane
Graffiti is a complicated art form. It begins as Tagging. Tagging is the street mark of a defiant kid with a spray can. Her sign. In its truest form it is a personal shout out against the dark, it is furious and subversive, often sadly hateful, linear, painted on the run – literally, and is not designed to…
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Melbourne: Trees and Trams
(For some reason this morning none of my photographs would load for the early post. Thankfully, and for no apparent reason, later on the problem fixed itself – apologies to earlier readers who missed out on these few pictures.) In New Zealand this would be called a Dairy in Ausralia they call them a Milk Bar. Interesting,…
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Little Gatherings
Melbourne turned on a lovely day for us yesterday. My cousin arrived then we journeyed into the city in Melbourne and had a lovely lunch with a few members of The Fellowship, (Kate, Ella Dee and Ardyz, – delightful ladies – thank you so much for inviting me to lunch.) I am not a lady who DOES lunch so I…
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Australia: Melbourne. Again.
Yesterday after a somewhat harrowing journey with the added interest of a flight that took off over two hours late, I finally arrived back in Melbourne. After greetings, a few of us walked to a grand little pub called Lincoln for a beautiful small plate dinner and a glass of Australian Chardonney. The walk was wonderful.…
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Through the eyes of a son
Today I leave Wellington and climb back on and off …another couple of planes and head back to Melbourne, Australia. But before I go my Senior Son took Camera House for a walk around his Wellington garden. Tomato Sauce simmering in the kitchen and all. Have a lovely day. Love celi
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Wellington, The Pause
I am in Wellington, New Zealand for a very fast family visit. Just two and a half more days then I am flung back into the void. You have been here (Wellington) with me before and there are a lot of family things needing my attention in Wellington so I am going to pause and I will not post…
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