Some recent sketches

I came by to this blog today because a friend has asked me for some photos. I am surprised to see a number of people are still following this blog :). Thanks.

I have been posting lots of artwork on my new blog; here are a few recent ones:

Hope you are all well.

Impressions of my neighbourhood

Around my neighbourhood in Melbourne, Australia. The building is not so colourful, but I could not help myself when I had a few boxes of watercolours to play with.

It is Paint Party Friday again!

A couple of night shots – this is a view of the port

And restaurants at night for Weekend Reflections.

We had a lovely sunny day yesterday. I took this photo with my iPhone when I was out walking. We don’t normally have clouds like these – they remind me of the Simpsons on telly.

Have a happy weekend.

A few photos from home…

Glorious Melbourne sky.

Hot chocolate.

A colourful section of my wall…mostly (not all) my drawings and paintings.

Fun stuff. 

More fun stuff…

Happy Weekend.

Precious water

Have a nice week.

Macro Monday

Mirrors

Taken in a Japanese restaurant while I was in Malaysia recently.  2 mirrored walls facing each other…

Mirrors covering escalators… taken in QVB in Sydney.

Visit James at Weekend Reflections for more.

Sydney macro… and more

Photos taken in Sydney. 

Thorny macro shot taken at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney – visit Macro Monday for more macro shots.

All in a row… No quite macro.

Recognise this? Close-up of Sydney Opera House

Maybe more recognisable here…?

Have a nice week.

Come to breakfast with me…

I hope you are hungry. Let’s start with coffee. The barista gives me heart-shaped patterns… A nice start :)

No sugar for me, thanks.

Tomato and poach eggs on thickly sliced bread, plus freshly squeezed juice

Evil looking eggs with grilled halloumi on fried corn bread.

Grilled eggs in tomato sauce 

Roasted capsicum and eggplant with bacon. There are eggs too, but they are hiding somewhere in that pile…

Aaah, a healthy looking breakfast, with salmon (you can see it at the bottom right).

And on days when we don’t feel like eggs, a pile of mushroom with toast is just lovely.

Hope you are having a nice weekend.

In the city

Photos taken in Melbourne, Australia

I was in the city a few weeks ago. Christmas deco was still all over town… Starry sky for Skywatch

The Melbourne GPO dates back to mid-1800. It was a postal hall for a long time, but now it is a retail centre. I will take more photos when I am there next.

Outside the Melbourne GPO. I don’t know what this sculpture is about, but lots of people sit on it to get photographed.

A door securely padlocked in Melbourne’s Chinatown…

Hope you are having a nice week.

In black and white

This is a pedestrian bridge in Melbourne, Australia. Every time I use it, I feel like I am walking twice the distance to cross the road.

Visit Sunday Bridges to see other bridges.

Hungry?

A few more sketches from camping 2 months ago.

It was Sunday morning and many people were packing up to leave. This family of 4 took very long to fit everything back into their car. They had lots of things – luckily their car was big…

Our car was tiny compared to theirs. But we had no problem fitting in a tent, inflatable mattresses, clothing, a computer plus art materials. No problem packing up too… it was quick and easy.

Creative Every Day

Hope you are having a nice Sunday.

The beacon

Photos taken in Port Melbourne, Australia

Beacon standing all alone bathed by orange

Zooming in… I am not able to see those buildings with my eyes, but the camera did a good job (with 24 times zoom)

The pier behind gets busy during summer with cruise ships coming and going,

Another sunset

And another…

Happy Weekend.

Skywatch

Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb is supposedly one of the top things to do in Sydney. I have never done it but I guess the view must be fantastic up there. I know a friend who has done it twice.

The summit is 134 meters (440 feet approx) above Sydney Harbour.

Visit Louis at Sunday Bridges.

Ice Skating in Melbourne on my birthday

Today is my birthday. 

My husband and I went to see the movie The King's Speech, which we both enjoyed very much. Have you seen it? It's quite funny, and very entertaining.

 

 

Later, we went ice skating, where I took this photo. Ice skating is not something we do often, in fact, we have both only done it twice in our lives, the first time when we were both teenagers (separately that is, since I did not know him then). Today is the 2nd time for us both. Since both of us are comfortable on roller blades, we did not find it too difficult but it was fun, nonetheless.

After lunch at one of our favourite Malaysian cafes, we went home to put our feet up a little. In the evening, we played tennis and had nibbles and drinks with friends.

It has been a really fun-filled day full of activities.Gotta pack those celebrations in since birthdays come around only once a year... actually we tend to stretch ours to birthweeks.

Sydney Skies

Photos taken in Sydney a couple of weeks ago.  Blue and lots of grey… for Skywatch

and Creative Every Day (please scroll down all the way to the bottom).

Blue above the Town Hall

Grey over Skyview Observation Wheel

And more grey…

Still grey…

Skywatch

View from our hotel window… more grey with a bit of blue showing…

The same building as the previous image, with an artistic impression of a bluish sky…

Creative Every day

Happy New Year!