Beachy Whites

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Beachy Whites

Just a little fun with some beachy whites.. It's such a glorious sun-shiny day today.. and after so much rain and with the prospect of autumn on our door step I decided to celebrate the gift of sun and all the glistening whites it brings.. And where better on a day like today. .. than at the beach... 

Hope you are having a lovely day too..

And thanks everyone for the lovely comments on my last few post...

Today's post is linked to White Wednesday hosted by the lovely Kathleen from Faded Charm

So if you are in the mood for some more whites

That's the place to be

And for some more feel good posts.. I'm also linking to
Feel Good Wednesday Hosted by the lovely Sarah from A Beach Cottage

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS

All Photography, Text and Artwork [beingRUBY.blogspot©]

Australian Bush Colours: The Banskia

The Banskia [man]

Yes I know this is my third post in the same number of days.. Unusual for me.. Perhaps it's withdrawals from my time away from blogging.. or perhaps it's just creative avoidance. I'm good at that.. I've been cleaning through my years of 'stuff' I've accumulated in my garage.. Boxes and boxes of books and 'things' that have relocated with me each move, some long forgotten. 

Yesterday I found my Snugglepot and Cuddlepie book by the Australian author May Gibbs.  What a brilliant and talented author and artist she was.. inspired by the wild flowers and bushlands surrounding her Sydney Harbour home, she created a world full of fantasy and beauty for many an Australian child and grownups alike. I loved and treasured her stories and drawings as a child. The characters she brought to life came from an imagination that most of us could barely emulate. Anyway.. getting off the track a little.  Seeing her book reminded me of her  Banskia Man. My images above  I created back in October last year. Not sure why I haven't posted them before.. but here they are now... A little bit of Australian Bush Colour..  Inspired and created by shots I took of the scrublands bordering my local beach..

I will try and find a good link for you to give you a taste of May Gibbs.. [still looking].. Meanwhile hope you enjoy these images..

Thanks for the comments on the Noosa post.. I know I'm posting quicker than usual and will attempt to get round to visit all.. Just have a sudden urge to create [or avoid cleaning the garage]

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS

Photography, Text & Artwork [beingRUBY.blogspot©]

Subject:  [wildflowers, Sydney Australia] Oct 2010

Changing My Perspective

sometimes 

small changes

can change your perspective

but

sometimes

you need to change the entire view

I've really missed photoshop these past few weeks.. the ability to take an image and make subtle changes to highlight different aspects of a view.. Suddenly things that were previously not visible, take centre stage and the entire perspective alters.  In life.. this is called a paradigm shift.. and I think I'm needing myself one of those right now. 

I'm feeling the need for change..

Perhaps a few months in Europe might do the trick

What do you think guys?

Should I ?

'Pack up all my worries in my old kit bag

... and ... Smile ... Smile  ... Smile'

Just thinking out loud

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS

Photography, Text & Artwork [beingRUBY.blogspot©]

Location: Local Beach [Sans Souci Australia] Feb 2011

:To The Moon Alice: Feb 2011

To The Moon Alice

February 2011

[This is a pre-recorded / scheduled post]

If you are reading this.. then I have finally been sucked into the vortex of the 'Bermuda Triangle of Stupid Stuff'... A worm hole in the universe where time and space have no meaning and internet connectivity belongs to an 'Alternate Time Continuum'...

The initial slippage into 'Land of No Normality' commenced shortly after January's Full Moon.. So here's hoping that I am presently wandering the beach front in search of February's Full Moon and making a wish for a speedy return to Normal Land....

With luck on my side... I may even get some shots of tonight's Moon... But for now... Here is one from January ... [perhaps that explains it.. perhaps January's moon is demanding a showing....]

PS Still away visiting friend's ... Hope to be back shortly and visit all you lovely people who make my life happier.. and NORMAL [in a good way!!!]

Have a Wonderful February Full Moon

MOON NOTES

Wow.. forgot the moon notes

The Moon was Full: Friday February 18 18:36pm [Sydney Time]

Moon Names: Snow Moon, Hunger Moon

Ruby's February Moon Name: Hidden Moon

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS:

All Text, Photography and Artwork by [Being Ruby©]

Location: Sydney

Walking With The Wild Things

WALKING WITH THE WILD THINGS

I'm still trapped here in the 'Bermuda Triangle of Stupid Stuff' ... but each day it seems it's grip on me is dissipating... Soon I'll be back to my beloved evening walks along the bay... camera in hand, capturing the beauty of the day's end.. Watching the wild things wash and play at the water's edge after the heat of a summer's day...

Speaking of heat.. we have just concluded a week of heat wave days ... topping the chart on Saturday with a max of 43c [approx 110F for you US folk] which groaned on through the night only dropping to 30c in the wee hours... Thankfully by Sunday evening our blessed southerly buster blew in .. and brought cool breezes.. rain.. and dramatically cooler weather.. we are now maxing 21c... but expected to return to summer by week's end.. So.. to those that received comments from me on Saturday... I apologize for my incoherent blabber and blame dehydration and hyperpyrexia .. For those that didn't.. I apolgize for my absence and blame dehydration and hyperpyrexia ..

I also haven't had a chance to take any shots lately.. can you believe I haven't had a camera in my hand for over a fortnight??? ... So I'm keen to get back to it... and take you along on my evening passeggiata..

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IF WALKING ISN'T YOUR THING

YOU CAN ALWAYS PULL UP A PARK BENCH

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AND SIT AND WATCH OTHER WILD THINGS AT PLAY

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Wishing You All A Wonderful Week

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS:

All Text, Photography and Artwork by [Being Ruby©] January 2011