Month: January 2011

P365 – Day 22 the baby on the computer

Our trusty old Mini DV camcorder has finally given up the ghost for good. We’ve known for a while that it’s time to upgrade, but like any good procrastinator, I’ve put off looking for a new one. And besides, a lot of the websites I’ve looked at are actually...

P365 – Day 21 find me friday no.1

Welcome to the first edition of Find Me Friday here on pastpresentfuture. I really enjoyed the pictures of various buildings around Hobart in last Friday’s post. So much so that I thought I’d do it again. But this time it has a twist. At the end of each Find...

P365 – Day 20 out of the frying pan, into the fire

or, things are not always what they seem. This is my coffee cup at work. I’ve had it for years and I use it every day. It’s one of Gary Larson’s The Far Side cartoons. I bought it for myself many years ago when I changed jobs. It seemed...

P365 – Day 19 back to school part 1

This time in exactly four weeks, junior dwarf will have started school. Actually he will be starting Kindergarten, which, for our interstate friends, is the non-compulsory year of school that comes before kids start school proper at the age of five. It has different names in different states, and...

P365 – Day 18 where the wild things are

Today I read Where the Wild Things Are to juniordwarf for the first time. I’d got the book ages ago and put it away for him until I was ready to give it to him. Of course, I forgot about it. I was reminded of it when I saw...

P365 – Day 17 creating keepsakes

The January issue of Creating Keepsakes arrived in my mailbox today. It’s the Australian edition of an American magazine, so it has pretty much everything the American one does, with Australian ads and a section for Australian readers to submit layouts.  The style of a lot of the layouts...

sunday selections – eyes

I was inspired by a photo of a snakes eye by frogpondsrock as part of her Sunday Selections project to post these to photos. First up is juniordwarf. This was an experiment with saturation and lighting. There were too many colours in the original photo for it to be...

P365 – Day 16 birthday card

I love handmade cards and I’m often amazed by the wonderful creations of my friend Flat Katt, Lil Sis and my scrapbooking buddies on the scrapbooking and cardmaking forum I’m a member of.   Flat Katt was the first person I knew who was into cardmaking in a big...

P365 Day 15 – the jungle (15/1/2011)

Our back yard has a fenced off section behind “Slabs’” home brew shed that is ‘mine’. I have my own tin shed, which is filled with gardening tools, seeds, magazines, sporting equipment and old furniture that we don’t have a home for any more. It’s a prime target for...

P365 Day 14 – look up! (14/1/2011)

Whenever I’m going anywhere, I want to get there as quickly as possible. I hate it when people dawdle along on the footpath or meander all over the place, and I especially hate it when they stop suddenly in front of me. Sometimes, when I’m in a rush and...