Shadow Shot Sunday #60

Howdy! The Shadow Gallery collages feature a selection of photos from participants from last Sunday. If you’d like to join in SSS, please do. How? Shoot a shadow, post it on your blog on Sunday (or close to Sunday), then add your link to Mr Linky, and visit other players. First-time participants are required to click here for further info before submitting links. Thanks heaps and I hope you enjoy all the shadows!

Shadow Gallery

The Shooters:
1. TwinkleStarArt 2. ChickenSue 3. Chie 4. DiahnOtt 5. RinklyRimes 6. Carin 7. MolokaiGirl 8. Kenobiitti 9. HighDesertDiva


The Shooters:
1. Terri 2. OurHomeSchool 3. Dorte 4. MagicalMysteryTeacher 5. Storyteller 6. VisualVictuals 7. Hejoko 8. SweetRepose 9. Cara


The Shooters:
1. DavidZen-Kennedy 2. Gerald(AckworthBorn) 3. TwoBarkingDogs 4. GalleryJuana 5. Clara&Marcela 6. SarahWallis 7. DigitalPolaroids 8. JustLikeMartha 9. Viivi

Here's my Shadow Shot Sunday #60


This shadow cast from a rather fancy looking plumbing device doovey on an old weather-worn concrete wall really appealed to me. I spotted it while sitting in an outdoor city cafe sipping (er...guzzling) coffee.

NAIDOC WEEK 2009

This week Australians has been celebrating NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance committee) week. As it happens to be the last day of the celebrations today I decided to compile a collage using some of the photos I took on Friday at the NAIDOC Family Fun Day Festival at Musgrave Park.

"NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community." ~ NAIDOC website. The website contains a lot of great information about the history of NAIDOC, and particularly interesting is the gallery of NAIDOC posters dating back to the early 1970s.

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An exciting event happening today at Portside Wharf is the Coffee and Chocolate Affair. This much anticipated event will showcase exotic coffee and chocolate cultures from all around the world. Also taking place today at the very same location are the Boutique Markets. As they do on the 2nd Sunday of every month. What better way to spend a Sunday in Brisbane I say! Coffee. Chocolate. Shopping. Oh sweet bliss!


Happy Sunday!

i'm a bear. so there.

baby its cold outside and i wish i was a bear so i could hibernate all through winter and not leave the house if i didnt want to and what would be really neat would be to have a job that didnt require me to leave the house like my friend jason who is a web designer and boasts to me about how cool it is to work in his pjs all day long and im thinking jason is very lucky that he wasnt born way earlier and had ambitions of being a web designer in the 60s because computers in those times had minor roles only in b-grade sci-fi movies and they certainly werent commonplace in homes and online simply referred to clothes hanging in the sun before being neatly folded or ironed and web designers were nothing more than eight-legged arthropods that weaved intricate traps to capture insects and so jason is very lucky and its still so very cold outside and im pretending to be a bear which explains why there are no full stops or even any semicolons because bears dont know how to correctly follow the adverbial conjunction rule anyway and even if they did they wouldnt bother with trivial matters such as punctuation while hibernating says the bear with a sore head


you made me a mix tape - print by juliapott

taking the measure of a weirdly ordinary world - hand stitched art by aquarabbit

a drift - original illustration by benconservato
above are a few bears that im currently smitten with and i had intended to also share pics of my brisstlye market purchases but having to wake up for work when it is still dark and then arriving home close to dark ive not yet had an opportunity to take photos and now that im a big grizzly bear and i have these big clumsy bear paws im finding it tricky to operate a camera but with practice i hope to have it all figured out soon

Shadow Shot Sunday #59

Howdy! The Shadow Gallery collages feature a selection of photos from participants from last Sunday. If you’d like to join in SSS, please do. How? Shoot a shadow, post it on your blog on Sunday (or close to Sunday), then add your link to Mr Linky, and visit other players. First-time participants are required to click here for further info before submitting links. Thanks heaps and I hope you enjoy all the shadows!

Shadow Gallery

The Shooters:
1. SaraChapman 2. bj 3. WickedChildDesigns 4. ParallelBotany 5. AussieNikkiInUSA 6. JustJody 7. MarthaZ 8. KristyWorden 9. Katie


The Shooters:
1. Martha/Menagerie 2. HappilyRetiredGal 3. Alexa 4. Peggy 5. Charlie&Grace 6. April 7. Bobbie 8. TheExplorer 9. Vicki/BeachBum


The Shooters:
1. Annette 2. Babylonezoo 3. Bentley 4. Xaria(c/Shannon) 5. prkl 6. Carletta 7. DaviMack 8. LongIslandDailyPhoto 9. Sally

Here's my Shadow Shot Sunday #59



Including a pic of the source of the shadow wasn't necessary as it's obvious what it is, but the bright blue sky makes me happy! I saw this windmill on a visit to the Caboolture Historical Village earlier this week.


This Pioneer Slab House (which also has shadows!) is one of the 70 buildings showcased on the 2 acre Caboolture Historical Village grounds. There were many exhibits and displays to view and the ones most fascinating to me were the old tin toys and the typewriter and camera displays. They were fun! The aim of the village is to preserve the stories of our pioneers from settlement until now. The complex is only 45 minutes north of Brisbane, yet once there, it really does create a sense of being in another world entirely!

Here are a few more photos from the village I took on my visit. I selected the ones with shadows to post...





I mentioned the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market last week and predicted it was going to be the best market ever. My predictions are so rarely accurate, except in this case I can happily report that I was bang on the mark! The market took place yesterday and it was a fantastic event. Congrats to the hard-working organisers and to the creative pool of multi-talented BrisStyle stallholders for making it THE BEST MARKET EVER! And thanks for not making me look like a doofus for claiming it would be! I must confess to falling into the doofus category for forgetting to take my camera along! Just a typical scatterbrained Saturday morning for me. I'll soon take some pics of the stash of goodies I purchased to share here during the week.

Y'all have a happy ol' Sunday!
Shadow Shot Sunday Participants

1. Bobbie 2. Sweet Repose 3. Gallery Juana 4. robin-one still frame 5. Margaret Gosden 6. VisualVictuals,GA 7. Sylvia K WA USA 8. Molokai Girl 9. Carin 10. Jacqui 11. Gemma 12. High Desert Diva 13. justjody 14. cara, brisbane, australia 15. Sarah Wallis 16. Chie 17. Charlie and Grace 18. BABYLONEZOO (France)

19. Sara Chapman in Seattle 20. wickedchilddesigns 21. Sunnymama 22. Rinkly Rimes Australia 23. MonikaRose 24. alexa 25. ginger 26. david zen-kennedy NYC 27. Long Island Daily Photo 28. The Explorer, Philippines 29. Diahn Ott 30. Rita/Cashjocky USA 31. Just Like Martha 32. Terri - teelgee 33. Vicki 34. Maria Berg, Sweden 35. Digital Polaroids 36. Dorte

37. Magical Mystical Teacher 38. Sherrie 39. Gerald (Ackworth born) 40. prkl, Finland 41. Twinkle Star Art 42. DaviMack 43. Summer Kitchen Girls 44. Two Barking Dogs 45. chickensue 46. Kenobiitti - Finland 47. hejoko Finland 48. maryt/theteach 49. Clara & Marcela 50. Viivi Finland 51. The Pagan Sphinx USA 52. storyteller 53. David C. 54. Ourhomeschool

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Shadow Shot Sunday #58

Howdy! The Shadow Gallery collages feature a selection of photos from participants from last Sunday. If you’d like to join in SSS, please do. How? Shoot a shadow, post it on your blog on Sunday (or close to Sunday), then add your link to Mr Linky, and visit other players. First-time participants are required to click here for further info before submitting links. Thanks heaps and I hope you enjoy all the shadows!

Shadow Gallery

The Shooters:
1. maryt/theteach 2. Gemma 3. Sunnymama 4. PaganSphinx 5. Ria 6. Bee 7. SummerkitchenGirls 8. Yyam 9. Jacqui


The Shooters:
1. DiahnOtt 2. Rita/Cashjocky 3. Lisa'sRetroStyle 4. Sherrie 5. Shannon 6. MargaretGosden 7. Ginger 8. MonikaRose 9. Jabblog


The Shooters:
1. JulieKing 2. BrandiB 3. OneStillFrame 4. RaeBurton 5. DavidC 6. Jen 7. SylviaK 8. TwinkleStarArt 9. Paz'sNewYorkMinute

Here's my Shadow Shot Sunday #58


A couple of water fountain shadows. I caught them joyfully dancing. To the tune of what I'm not sure.


I received this cool award from talented Sydney artist Sam of Matou en Peluche (Plush Tomcat) blog. Thanks Sam! Here's a small sample of Sam's gorgeous retro-art deco inspired charcoal & pastel drawings.


Pop over to Sam's Etsy Shop to view many more of her beautiful prints. And great news! Sam is currently having a 3 for 2 winter solstice sale. I'm not a fan of winter but this news has suddenly made it sweeter!

I also received the 'Love Ya' award from BrisStyle buddies Amanda (Twinkle Star Art) and Ali (Charlie & Grace). Thanks heaps guys! As I've already received this award I shouldn't accept it again but I wanted to say thanks anyway. And it gives me a perfect excuse to show off some of the lovely items Amanda and Ali have available in their shops! Oh and BrisStyle team members are having their very own market next week! You'll find details at the end of this post. If your finger hasn't dropped off already from all of the scrolling...


A selection of Amanda's adorable childhood inspired illustrations. Many more prints are available here.

You can find more cool creations by Ali here (for big folk) and here (for little folk)...so so cute!
The upcoming BrisStyle market is shaping up to be THE BEST MARKET EVER! If you live in, or anywhere near Brisbane you'll not want to miss it. With approximately 50 talented local artists and crafters selling their wares there promises to be something to appeal to all tastes. Even yummy cupcakes! And great coffee! And live music! For further info and a full list of participating stallholders check in on the BrisStyle blog.


Handmade heaven in Hamilton!
My sincere apologies for the length of this post. I do generally try to keep the focus of Shadow Shot Sunday posts on the shadows and save other things for posting during the week but it doesn't always happen that way. As computer time will be very limited for me this week I don't think I will be back blogging again until next SSS, so I've basically crammed two posts in one here today. Have a super week ahead everybody. xox

Happy Sunday!
Shadow Shot Sunday Participants

1. Lisa's RetroStyle 2. Bobbie 3. GalleryJuana 4. BABYLONEZOO (France) 5. High Desert Diva 6. Shannon 7. jabblog 8. Molokai Girl 9. prkl, Finland 10. robin-one still frame 11. Tom Hilton 12. Margaret Gosden 13. justjody 14. Jacqui 15. Rinkly Rimes Australia 16. Martha Z 17. maryt/theteach 18. ctmott 19. Chris 20. Gemma 21. Sunnymama 22. Martha - Menagerie

23. Sweet Repose 24. lisa/parallelbotany 25. Terri - teelgee 26. Sara Chapman in Seattle 27. girlichef 28. Annette - In This Life 29. Carletta 30. VickiS, FL 31. Bentley's Photoblog 32. April, Canada 33. David C. 34. MonikaROse 35. Aussie Nikki NC USA 36. Vicki 37. Yyam 38. The Summer Kitchen Girls 39. Long Island Daily Photo 40. Alexa 41. Jen 42. bj 43. Charlie and Grace 44. DaviMack

45. Magical Mystical Teacher 46. Maria Berg, Sweden 47. The Pagan Sphinx, USA 48. Just Like Martha 49. Tanja, Finland 50. elizabeth schmid 51. Kristy Worden 52. Katie 53. wickedchilddesigns 54. Happily Retired Gal 55. julie king 56. hejoko Finland 57. Joanna P 58. Chie 59. Sarah Wallis 60. Sherrie 61. srp 62. The Explorer, Philippines 63. Sally In WA, USA 64. Linda M 65. Scrappy-Gram 66. Christy

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Universal Peace Tour

Last Friday I attended the unveiling of the Jade Buddha. The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is the largest Buddha carved from gemstone quality jade. It was created from a rare boulder of translucent jade (called Polar Pride) which was discovered in Canada in the year 2000. The discovery was described as "the find of the millennium." The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is currently exhibited at Reddacliff Place (NOT King George Square, as stated in all of the promotional material btw) and will be touring the rest of Australia this year, with Sydney being the next stop-over in early July. Here is the Brisbane unveiling as I witnessed it.






A colourful onlooker preferring to view the proceedings from a distance

Many speeches to sit through first. Waiting, waiting... Here we go. Ta da!

And here's another photo. Looks a little odd and futuristic from this angle...

This statue is truly a spectacular sight to see in person. The tour of the Jade Buddha commenced in Vietnam early this year and it will depart from Australia early next year to travel throughout America and Canada. Tour dates and locations can be found here. The aim of the tour is to inspire everyone who sees the Buddha to reflect upon peace. A fascinating short film on the making of the Buddha can be found here. I'd be keen to see photos of the Jade Buddha in various locations around the world. Hopefully somebody will start a Jade Buddha for Universal Peace group on Flickr. Maybe they already have? I'll go check on that.


And how adorable are these!?! I won this cute set of gocco printed blank notebooks from talented artist and designer Valerie of Cabin + Cub. I can often be found lurking around Valerie's beautiful blog and Etsy shop admiring her artwork, so I was very delighted to win these! Oh happy happy joy joy! Thankyou Valerie xo