Tag: Christmas

  • Christmas in Photos

    Christmas light panorama from Frederick Street, Randwick These are some of the other photos I took over the Christmas period. I had meant to post them before Christmas but didn’t get a chance to sort through them all in time, so I thought I’d post them now instead. Most of the photos are from around…

  • Have Yourself An Aussie Kind of Christmas

    Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating in their part of the world today. I hope you are having a wonderful day with your family and friends. To celebrate I thought I’d post another one of my Aussie Christmas songs. Last year I wrote Deck the Ute, an Aussie version of Deck the Halls, and this year…

  • Christmas Light Painting

    Lights shine brightly Under the moon’s Silent gaze: Christmas is here again This photo is from Frederick Street, about fifteen minutes away from where we live in Randwick. The houses in Frederick Street are well known locally for their Christmas displays; almost every house in the street gets into the festive spirit at this time…

  • O Christmas Tree

    Lights and carols Smiles everywhere But my heart misses you This Christmas Our Christmas tree for this year. We were going to buy a new tree as our old tree broke last year and this spare one is really a bit too small for all our ornaments but as we’re going to be moving soon,…

  • Deck the Ute (an Aussie Christmas song)

    Christmas Dinner Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today. I hope you’re having a wonderful day with family and friends, wherever you are in the world. I had a quiet day with my parents today; it was just us as most of our family live overseas and we don’t see our Australian relatives that often. We…

  • Christmas in Randwick

    Randwick Town Hall, decorated for Christmas As it’s Christmas Eve I thought I’d post some of the Christmas photos I’ve taken near where I live. Randwick comes alive at this time of year, with lots of houses and businesses putting up decorations and it’s a lot of fun walking around and seeing what’s new. These…

  • 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…

  • Christmas Rose

    A single rose Its fragile beauty, Slowly dying: All things must end I took this photo a couple of nights ago while looking at some of the Christmas lights around Randwick. This was taken outside one of the more brightly decorated houses in Frederick Street; the rose really stood out against all of the lights…

  • 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…

  • We Wish You an Aussie Christmas

    Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today. Hope you’re having a wonderful day wherever you are in the world. It was hot in Sydney today and we just spent a quiet day at home. We opened our presents in the afternoon – I got the new Stephen King which I’m looking forward to reading – and…