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New eye on the evening
I brought home an old/new Nikon lens from my trip back to Chicago to see my family last week. I feel rich with this addition, and took it out far a walk around…
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Neighbors
I stopped to see these heifers and steers that I pass each morning and evening on the road yesterday afternoon. They were pretty curious, unlike the stunning purebred Brahmans up the road…
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Two and a half hours at the show
It was all about the kids on Saturday at the Inverell Show, from the cattle to horse events, puppet shows, pig racing and the motocross bikes that had the boys, young and…
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Wet woods
It is dry again. Hot, but thankfully not that blistering ridiculousness we had a few weeks ago before the rain. I went outside tonight and scented smoke on the wind. I was…
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Today we went to the show
We went down to the Bundarra Show this morning. The poultry were back after many years, and there were some fine birds there. The showjumping was horrible and we saw two riders…
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A wonderful gift
My camera is acting up again, and tonight, in an attempt to clean it, I accidentally smudged the CMOS sensor with grease or something. I’m more than a little cranky with myself.…
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Country resting place, gallery
I spent part of New Year’s Day at the Delungra cemetery. It was kind of a fluke. I was passing on the gravel road, and decided to pay a visit. I had not…
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Biography
Born at the wrong time. Her father was last hired, first fired. Her mother was flattened by postpartum depression. They found their feet when she learned to walk. Later, she bought her…
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Old friends
“Where is the bus?” Rita said. Anya was busy studying the new iPad her son had bought her for her birthday. The internet eluded her, but she could play a few of…
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A hot afternoon
A day of relentless, punishing heat. We got through.
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Bushland
These are all photos I have taken this year on the bush block here at our place. It’s about 80 acres of land, with a creek, gullies and a variety of…
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The day that changed everything
Iris’s father said he would be right back. Said to wait for him outside the restrooms, and the entire family sat and waited, and waited. He didn’t come back. Instead, a staff…
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Anthill
I’ve got a thing about anthills and their mysteries underground. I took this one in the 114 degree heat this afternoon, out in the paddock.
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Moment
It was the end of the night, and he had been working up his nerve all evening. She said no.
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Scattered
Sheep in the wheat stubble across the creek.
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Poise
Scene from Australia Day, 2014. I love this photo because of the earnest expression of the young girl in the white dress. On a day of frothy dresses and snags on the grill,…
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Introduction
Somebody, it was my husband actually, suggested that I start a blog. I immediately rebelled, as I often do without thinking things through. “I’m not like that,” I argued. I should say,…
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