Barrack St, 8am.

Snow day.

From a month or so ago.  The first and third photos are from my Pentax K1000, and the middle one is from an Olympus Trip 35.

OMG, I'm going to blog you!

Last night, Lisa, Debby and I frocked up and went to the Casino.  The plan was to float about looking enigmatic and find men to buy us drinks but, tragically, everyone there was too busy gambling or drinking or fighting out the front to notice three girls in evening gowns and furs.  

A bit dejected, we explored - watching the card players and the roulette wheel, wandering down deserted hallways and into the band room.  We found the plexiglass elevator and rode up and down a couple of times.  There was a group of people at the bar laughing at us, and they called us over.

"Hey!" the woman said, "I love your outfits!  You girls are all so cute!  I love how you're all dressed so differently, like you've each got your own style!  I love how individual you look!  Are you fashion students?"

No, we explained.  We're all a bit sad and heartbroken and decided to dress up and come out here to find men to buy us drinks, but they're all too busy gambling to notice us.

"OMG, I have to take your picture - I'm totally going to blog you!  It's so cute that you're all heartbroken!"

So dutifully we posed, while her husband and friends watched from the sidelines.  She took a great fancy to Lisa, and got her to stand by herself for one shot.

Her husband said, "You girls want to come with us?  I'll buy you drinks, come on!"

So we did.  Mission accomplished.

Oh, and the strangers who took our picture and bought us drinks?  Tim "Rosso" Ross, his wife Michelle, and several members of Grinspoon. (gee, they've aged...)  I can't wait to see if Lisa in her emerald-green dress shows up on the blog..

A teapot in a tree.

Well, why not?

Foreshore.

I went walking today with Andy along the Battery Point foreshore, somewhere I'd never been before.  I liked being able to spy into the gardens and back windows of the huge houses lining the water. 

BLC.

Oh BLC, how do I love thee?  Let me count the ways.  Friday night was a huge nostalgia trip for me and undoubtedly for many others.

Lisa's lyrics cheat sheet to "Rice and Poetry."

Sigh.  It's 2005 all over again.

Knit graffiti spotted outside Parliament yesterday.

My mum, peeking up the stairs at Narryna in Battery Point.  Isn't she cute?!

I wish I had a Huon pine canopied bed to sleep in.

Pretty Pip!

Marina.

Taken on New Year's Eve at the marina.

I took these two on Christmas Day, on the way to my Christmas dinner.  I am SO lucky to be able to look up and see that mountain anywhere I happen to be.

333A.

Spotted in South Hobart last week - nerdy of me I know, but still cool!

Home.

Hobart.

Taken with a Fujifilm disposable camera. More here.

Dog.

I was in Hobart yesterday for a quick reconnaissance mission (more on that soon!), and spotted this gorgeous dog in a wine barrel on my way to meet my friend Mary for drinks. I just love the blue paint, and the matching lilac gate and bench!

Hobart

I went to Hobart a few weeks ago, and was blessed with glorious weather the whole time I was there.


Hobart has some gorgeous buildings and some REALLY ugly ones.




The Aurora Australis.




Having fun in TMAG.


Tom at TMAG.


There was an exhibition in the courtyard at TMAG of works by school students, made from salvaged and recycled materials. This one was titled Death by television.


St David's Park used to be a cemetery. When it was turned into a park, all the headstones were stored away and, later, set into walls.