Recent drawings

In between blogging and gardening, I’ve been meddling with art :).  Here are 2 recent pieces competed in pen and watercolour.

Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia

We had a lovely spring day a few weeks ago. My husband and I decided to ride our bicycles to lunch. If we had driven instead, I don’t think I would have seen as much as I did.

Photos 1 and 2: lovely blue skies in spring

3rd photo: first floor of a shop, with interesting decorative features

4th photo: Old building with lots of character. There’s a  lovely sculpture seen through the 3rd balcony in the middle (not visible in the above photo). This is shown in the next 2 photos…

5th and 6th photos: Lovely sculpture of a girl

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The engagement

“Will you marry me?”

“Yes.”

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Along the famous Great Ocean Road

Here are more photos from our recent holiday along the Great Ocean Road.

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Photos from Lorne (Australia)

My husband and I have just returned from holiday and these photos were taken during the past week.

Lorne is a seaside town situated along the famous Great Ocean Road.

 

 

It was a morning when the mist was low (2nd photo) and earlier on, we could barely see the mountains.

 

This lovely colourful building is a hotel

Sheoak Falls in the Great Otway National Park is a good 7 km hike, from  outside of Lorne – really good to get some exercise during the holidays!

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Thank you for visiting. Have a lovely week.

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Music in the air

 

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Scenic Sunday : Idyllic holiday at the Whitsundays

These shots when my husband and I were holidaying at the Whitsundays, Australia in 2008.

We had a boat take us to our private beach on a different island every afternoon…

We were lucky to spot 2 humpback whales. We think they were dancing for us… (but it all happened too quickly for the amateur photographer to act)

This is Edwina, a banana loving wallaby. She is the resident pet at the hotel at Paradise Bay.

This photo was taken from a helicopter which took us to our hotel from Hamilton Island.

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Have a good week ahead.

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Skywatch Friday: Balloon Ride over Melbourne, Australia

My husband and I took a balloon ride over the city in 2007. It was a memorable experience.

The ride started at about 5:30 am. 10 passengers got into a balloon. A few balloons were launched at the same time. It was pretty looking a the other balloons against the backdrop of orange sunrise. The ride lasted about 50 minutes.

Freeway and suburbs outside the city

 

The Melbourne CBD

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos. Have a nice weekend.

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Skinny little Bok Choys…

10-day old seedlings growing next to an open window stretching out sideways towards the sun…

This is an earlier drawing, of the same but younger seedlings: 2-day old seedlings no longer afraid of the birds above…

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