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01/11/2024

Happy Halloween 🎃☠️
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Another successful Halloween, with carved pumpkins, baked pies and pumpkin seeds, pirate costumes and trick-or-treating!

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05/09/2024

Waxing Crescent & Venus
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Living in a city is weird and wonderful.

Unless I go up on the roof, this is all of the sky that I can see from our flat - juuust enough, but also never enough.

Having this limited snippet of the horizon often presents fascinating juxtaposition, though, like the silhouettes of the neighbouring rooftops, low-hanging clouds, and a very large airplane departing Sydney Airport, backed by the glowing purple/orange gradient sunset sky, with the waxing crescent moon and Venus glowing brightly above… all briefly nestled together for one fleeting moment.

Witnessing these sporadic instances in time always brings a smile to my face, and capturing them brings me even greater joy. Like catching a frame of a wild animal out in nature, something about cityscape moments like these feels unique and special, despite the far more mundane subject matter and scenery depicted.

Perhaps it just feels nice to take a moment to notice the small, interesting things, document them, and share this fascination with others.

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01/09/2024

We’re Floating In Space
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5hrs away from Sydney, the stars are incredible. Despite the astonishing wind tonight, I was able to get a few clean, focused frames looking up at our impressive Milky Way Galaxy.

We don’t get out of the Big Smoke enough, but when we make it happen, it’s views like this that remind me why I need this time away - well, the views, and the terrific company of good mates that live out here.

One of my favourite things about Australia is the ability to get out into the middle of nowhere, or nearly nowhere, and really feel my insignificance.

We are tiny little specks, a conundrum on this little speck of a planet, floating around in this swirling speck of a galaxy, like all the other little twinkling specks out in this vast, endless expanse of space. It is truly incredible that we are simply able to exist.

All the daily repetition, frustrations, failures, and hardships we carry become far less important staring up at all these stars. It feels good to just look up and let go a little 🔭❤️

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28/08/2024

Sunset Hectic
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Whenever the weather gets weird, I always feel the need to get out into it and document it, and I am rarely disappointed.

The clouds to the south this evening just kept growing bigger, weirder, pinker, more ominous and more beautiful, as the tremendous wind tried to blow me off the roof, and the sunlight continued to fade 🌅💨

I introduced Theo to The Flaming Lips today, and Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots was the perfect musical backdrop to this stunning scene 💕

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31/12/2023

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Hah, I might just only post NYE fireworks once a year from now on 😛

Focus has remained on the little fella and his amazing, ever-changing, constantly developing personality.

It was a big year of firsts for Theo. A broken leg, FINALLY seeing Grandma & Grandpa in person for the first time, losing a cherished pet (miss you EVERY day, Mona ❤️), travelling overseas for the first time (we were FINALLY able to travel back to North America to visit family and friends after 5+ years apart!), battling COVID-19 for the first time, swimming on his own without any real assistance (this child is part fish!), continuing to blow our minds mentally, verbally, and emotionally, riding a pedal bike for the first time, without training wheels, and travelling confidently, unaided, for several meters, only the third time out on the bike…

Look, I’m SUPER proud of this kid and all he’s become in three short years. He has my heart and nearly all of my attention and energy, and I don’t think that’s something that’s likely to change anytime soon.

Take care of yourselves and each other, and we’ll see ya in 2025 😛

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#2024

31/12/2022

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2022 is done and dusted, and I’ve only posted a handful of times… priorities have certainly been elsewhere this past year.

Theo has continued to be my primary focus, and he has been an absolute whirlwind of energy, movement, words, development, and growth. He’ll be two in Feb, and he’s already a small human with thoughts, skills, understanding, strength, stubbornness, empathy, emotions, opinions and nearly a full mouth of TEETH (the one thing he seems to be developing more slowly🤷🏼‍♂️). He blows my mind every day ❤️

It’s been another challenging year of parenting, trying to do the best, but frequently only doing juuuust enough, which is all there is sometimes. It’s hard not to focus on shortcomings as a teacher, mentor and carer. Not eating, sleeping, or exercising enough to keep yourself healthy and sane while teaching a tiny human how to do those things properly is a never-ending conundrum! Certainly something to work on in the new year 😛

It’s odd to be thinking of the pandemic in the past tense to some degree, despite its continuing presence, and considering where things stood a year ago. Our little family unit has managed to avoid it all this time, and what a truly cathartic year it’s been finally feeling able to venture out and catch up with our loved ones. We’re looking forward to even more in the coming year!

I‘ve put very little effort into posting on social media, only posting when I’m feeling particularly creative, inspired or motivated to share. Being time-poor definitely hampers all that. One day I’ll continue posting our 2019 African Adventure…. maybe 😛

Anyway, that’s enough blathering on… here’s to 2023! I hope this year gives you more opportunities to squeeze your loved ones. Stay healthy and safe out there, and be kind to one another and yourselves ❤️

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#2023

16/11/2022

Shell Cove Sunset 🐚🌅
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Last night’s sunset here in Shell Cove was an absolute cracker. Saw the clouds lighting up as the sun went down and decided to go out for an evening sunset stroll on the marina, but the brilliant colour in the clouds to the east had passed by the time we got outside (life with a 2yo, just ‘grab camera and get out the door’ no longer exists 😛), so I thought we’d missed the show.

Thankfully, shortly after reaching The Waterfront, the sky to the west started going off, the clouds above turned to fairy floss and it was all quite delightful with the palm tree silhouettes in the foreground adding that special touch *chef’s kiss*👌🏻

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31/10/2022

Happy Halloween from Australia 🎃🇦🇺
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Halloween isn’t really celebrated here (Australians don’t really need an excuse to dress up in a costume and go out on any given night of the week 😛).

We didn’t have the bandwidth to make him another costume this year, but I feel it’s my duty to share our heritage with young Theodore… so I picked up a pumpkin at Woolies and carved him a jack-o’-lantern, and he approved 😍

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28/05/2022

African Adventure • Day 1 • Part 6 - Sunset Over Wadi Musa & Petra
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The stunning Namala Road brought us past the entrance to Little Petra, and as we passed through the small town of Uum Sayhoun, the sun began to set.

Just outside the town there was a pull-off with a brilliant view of Wadi Musa up on the hills and Petra down below in the valley, all sprawled out in front of us, glowing yellow, orange, red and purple in the last light of day. What a brilliant introduction!

(Jordan is on the Asian continent, so it’s definitely not an African country, but it was on the way from the UAE, and too close not to check out for a couple jam-packed days!)

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28/05/2022

African Adventure • Day 1 • Part 5 - Namala Road
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Our destination, of course, was Wadi Musa, home to the ancient city of Petra. While most GPS will direct you via the Highway Routes 60 and 35, we found a slightly faster (and far more picturesque and fun!) route via the Namala Road.

A road sign stating, “< Petra 55 Km,” is the only hint that you’re headed in the right direction as you turn off Route 65 onto this otherwise nondescript road. Not far up the road we were delighted to meet a herd of free-roaming camels as we started to climb.

As it turns out, a large piece of this twisty, picturesque mountain pass, used primarily by locals, was recently upgraded in 2018, and there’s even a Bedouin rest stop and cafe halfway up the pass with amenities and stunning views.

Once you’ve passed that section the road becomes far narrower, with some tight corners, steep drops, and rougher unsealed sections that can be susceptible to poor weather. You may also come across wild goats, camels or a local speeding past in a 4x4.

I had a brilliant time on the road with our rented Nissan Pulsar sedan as the sun sank lower in the sky, and we didn’t see a solitary soul for most of the drive!

(Jordan is on the Asian continent, so it’s definitely not an African country, but it was on the way from the UAE, and too close not to check out for a couple jam-packed days!)

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28/05/2022

African Adventure • Day 1 • Part 4 - Jordan Valley Hwy / Route 65
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Jordan is on the Asian continent, so it’s definitely not an African country, but it was on the way from the UAE, and too close not to check out for a couple jam-packed days!

After some food, a friendly cat, a salty swim, and relaxing float in a warm pool overlooking the Dead Sea (see previous post), we had a shower and got back on the road, travelling south on the Jordan Valley Hwy (Route 65) as the sun started its late afternoon decent.

Our destination for the evening was still ~3hrs away, which is about all the daylight we had left, and we were definitely starting to feel the jet-lag, but we pressed on down the desolate and picturesque highway, only stopping briefly for a few photos of the shimmering Dead Sea shoreline.

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28/05/2022

African Adventure • Day 1 • Part 3 - The Dead Sea
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Jordan is on the Asian continent, so it’s definitely not an African country, but it was on the way from the UAE, and too close not to check out for a couple jam-packed days!

At over 400m below sea level, the Dead Sea is the lowest place on Earth! It is also the deepest hypersaline lake in the world, with one of the highest salinity levels, meaning it’s easier to float in, and it stings like crazy when it inevitably gets in your eyes 😛

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28/05/2022

African Adventure • Day 1 • Part 2 - Arrival In Amman / Travel To The Dead Sea
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Okay, okay, I know Jordan’s technically on the Asian continent, and it’s definitely not an African country, but it was on the way from the UAE, and too close not to check out for a couple jam-packed days!

The stark desert landscapes on the way into Amman were stunning! We collected our rental car at Queen Alia International (AMM), cranked up the AC, and hit the road.

Our aim was to stop in at the Dead Sea Museum, and then spend the afternoon down on the Dead Sea, one of the saltiest lakes on Earth!

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28/05/2022

African Adventure • Day 1 • Part 1.5 - The Burj Al Arab
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I have to include the full, vertical, uncropped versions of these two photos from the previous post. The Burj Al Arab is simply massive, featuring some of the most incredible architecture and engineering. Humans are crazy and amazing!

During our departure from Dubai International, we finally caught our first proper glimpse of the Burj Khalifa (previous post) and flew out over the city to the coast, passing by the Burj Al Arab (one of the tallest hotels in the world, seen here, shaped like a ship’s sail), and the incredible man-made Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali (previous post), which afforded me some great photo opportunities, despite my grimy window!

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28/05/2022

African Adventure • Day 1 • Part 1 - The Adventure Begins
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On 28 May 2019, after a 14hr overnight flight from Sydney, we arrived bright and early at Dubai International Airport (DXB). We only had a short two hour layover, and then we were on our way.

During departure we finally caught our first proper glimpse of the Burj Khalifa (first photo in this series, just to the left of the light post), the world’s tallest tower (828m/2,717ft). We passed through Dubai on a trip to Europe in 2016, but the desert dust hid it from us, so finally getting to actually see the tallest man-made structure, truly towering above everything else, was a real treat... it is mind-bogglingly tall!

We even had the added bonus of flying out over the city to the coast, passing by the Burj Al Arab (one of the tallest hotels in the world, shaped like a ship’s sail), and the incredible man-made Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali (stunningly massive palm-shaped man-made islands, built completely out of sand reclaimed from the Persian Gulf), which afforded me some great photo opportunities, despite my grimy window!

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28/05/2022

2019 African Adventure
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07/05/2022

Sunset Moon / Hey Neighbour
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I actually went up to the roof for this perdy sunset, with pink fairy floss clouds, a purple glow, bright moon, and… *neighbouring balcony light switches on* oh, hey neighbour!

Despite the close quarters, there’s something special about these crisp, clear, autumn evenings in the city.

❤️🌆🌃

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03/02/2022

Sunset Rainbow
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What a sunset! I scrambled up the stairs to the third floor rooftop (above our flat) to see the underside of the clouds light up as the sun went down, but when I got up there, I was instantly struck by the orange clouds in the opposite direction framing a rainbow directly over downtown Sydney!

I was racing to get dinner in the oven before I headed up, and I didn’t think I would end up catching much up here, but I only had a few moments with this stunning scene before I decided I really should have gone up to the seventh floor rooftop to get a full view of the city skyline... so I legged it to the other roof.

Unfortunately, the two and half minutes it took to get down to the ground, across the courtyard and up to the other rooftop were all the sun needed to dip below the horizon. The rainbow vanished and the clouds turned a dull grey.

What could have been... next time, I’ll just risk it and head straight up to the other roof!

❤️⛅️🌈🌅

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22/01/2022

Sunset Aeroplane
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Zooooooom ✈️

Another gorgeous sunset from the balcony. One day, we’ll leave the flat... or our little bubble here in Sydney... one day.

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21/01/2022

Sunset Clouds Timelapse
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Wednesday night’s sunset was real perdy.

The clouds were moving quickly (obviously not this quickly), the patterns and shapes they created endlessly shifting, and the sun streamed through them as it settled below the horizon, its golden light giving way to beautiful hues of purple, dancing across the sky in the most wonderful ways.

I really love clouds... and sunsets ❤️⛅️🌅

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21/01/2022

This is so damn coooool! Beautiful and fascinating images by François Brunelle 😮

31/12/2021

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2021 was another crazy year!

Our beautiful baby boy was born over 10 months ago, he’s consumed basically all of our time, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s been an absolute trip learning how to care for, teach and just plain live with this precocious little dude!

Getting to know him as his personality develops, and being able to spend so much time watching him explore and discover his abilities and the world around him, has been an absolute privilege. It’s been a challenging, frustrating, and difficult experience as well, but his cheeky grins, giggles and that seemingly ever-present smile melt my heart on a daily basis.

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to challenge everyday life, and it has made the last year one of seemingly constant isolation as well. It’s been far too easy to recede into the new parent bubble, focusing all energy on Theo and his needs, letting valuable personal relationships stagnate to some degree, especially when maintaining those relationships could put him at risk. General parental concern and mild paranoia is exhausting, but we’ve managed to stay healthy and keep him safe, so it hasn’t been for nothing.

I’m hopeful we can find new ways forward this year, picking up where we left off, socialising again, face-to-face or via phone calls and video chats... whatever it takes!

I always have grand plans for social media each year, but it continues to fall by the wayside. Maybe this will be the year I post a bunch of new content... I wouldn’t hold your breath 😛

Anyway, Happy New Year, everyone! Keep fighting the good fight, wear your mask, wash your hands, stay healthy and safe, and be kind to one another ❤️

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#2022

01/12/2021

St Peters Sunset
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I love clouds and sunsets and light beams and colours and angles and shadows and silhouettes...

Tonight was real pretty 😊❤️🌅
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31/10/2021

Happy Halloween 🎃
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Dread Pirate Theo - Homemade costume (and baby) by Julie Sutphen ❤️🏴‍☠️
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22/10/2021

Feeding Time
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Sitting across from this little ball of energy, currently a couple times a day, is increasingly more and more special as he develops, grows and learns.

The food feeds (instead of bottles) will continue to increase, and he’ll continue to learn to feed himself, instead of relying on me to shovel the spoonfuls into his mouth.

But for now, we get to share this time, grinning, giggling, sputtering, chewing, choking, slurping, yelling, coughing, tickling, laughing, and figuring out how it all works.

Since moving him upstairs to his own room he’s been sleeping through the night, and for the last few weeks, so have we... and we are all better for it. Sleep makes everything a little bit easier, and feeding time is now a relatively happy time... and I’m thankful for that.

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