Category: Thoughts

  • Outside the Coach and Horses

    Bright lightsBusy streetsStretching without end: Will they lead me home to you? Looking across at the Coach and Horses Hotel in Randwick. The Coach and Horses is about five minutes from where I live and I often pass it on my way back home from a walk. It dates back to around 1859 and is…

  • The War Memorial at Dusk

    A list of names,All that survives Of a sad past: History repeats I took this photo a couple of days ago while going for a quick walk, just before dusk. I often find myself wandering past the local war memorial on my afternoon walks… it’s the main feature of a small, peaceful park in the…

  • The Great Clock in the QVB

    Watching days Turn into years, Pass before my eyes: Time waits for no one A belated Happy New Year to all of my friends and readers out there. I hope 2012 will be a good year for you and everyone close to you. Thank you to everyone who left comments and sent me emails over…

  • The Great Clock in the QVB

    Days turn to yearsAs life passesBefore my eyes:Time waits for no one A belated Happy New Year to all of my friends and readers out there. I hope 2012 will be a good year for you and everyone close to you. Thank you to everyone who left comments and sent me emails over the New…

  • Cenotaph at Christmas

    Bronze soldiers Monuments to war From another time:We remember I was in the Sydney CBD yesterday, looking at the Christmas decorations and doing some late shopping. The crowds were awful, particularly in the shops, but the atmosphere was quite festive and pleasant and I actually had a lot of fun walking around, taking photos. I…

  • Another Christmas

    Another ChristmasA time of mirth and laughter:My heart misses you Listening to carols Thinking of old friends: Must be Christmas Again I took these photos on Thursday night in Bondi Junction. Every year the two Westfield centres are beautifully decorated for Christmas and this reindeer display is my favourite; it hangs down across all six…

  • Coogee Memorial

    Blue ocean Holds my heart and tears Reminds me of you So far away Today is the ninth anniversary of the 2002 Bali Bombings. The bombings killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, and Bali is often considered our version of September 11, the moment when our part of the world changed forever. Many of those…

  • Arum Lily

    A single flower Growing in an empty bed: The first sign of spring I took this photo a few days ago. Living in a block of flats we don’t really have much of a garden, just a small communal flowerbed, but a few days ago we noticed this growing in it, an arum lily. Apparently…

  • Trees at Sunset

    Winter leavesBlowing in a gentle breezeFalling to the earthToo soon I took this a couple of weeks ago in Alison Park, just as winter was beginning to give way to spring and the trees were starting to regain their colour. I was on my way home and saw the sun setting through the trees, so…

  • September 11: Ten Years On

    In many ways I almost can’t believe that it’s been ten years since September 11. Perhaps it’s because I remember that day so well and it had such an impact on how I looked at the world but it feels like it was only a few months ago to me, maybe a year, not ten.…