Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Day 27 - More BBQ


27 January 2012 - Now that the bbq is out, it is in use. Baked potatoes, chilli onions and some lovely roast beef. yum
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Day 26 - The aussie way


26 January 2012- Australia Day! Rainy, but we still managed a BBQ (lamb of course) on the front deck.
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Day 25- more rain


25 January 2012- I know there are more pictures from this day, but they not to be found, so here is the one and only one I have. Rain on the ground outside work, waiting for the taxi who never came. Never calling Yellow cabs in Brisbane again.
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Day 24- Light


24 January 2012- The rain has been fairly constant in Brisbane for the last week or so, and it was a particulary stormy day, and evening. We went downstairs to check that all was ok, but the lighting wasn't great, so the camping lanterns came out
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Postcard 10- Russia


Received 12 January 2012 from Russia. A postcrossing postcard! And a snowman. Postcard ID:RU-683492
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Postcard 9 - UK


Received 12 January 2012 a postcard of Dorchester Castle in Hampshire. Received as part of the January Round Robin. Sender: tronella
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Postcard 8 - Brazil

Received 8 January 2012 from Brazil as part of the November Alternative Round Robin. A cowboy silhouetted against the sunset.
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Postcard 7- Lithuania


Received 8 January 2012 from Lithuania. A lovely shaped Christmas postcard. I think it is my first Lithuanian one. Postcard id : LT172931 Sender:Deimante
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Postcard 6- Brazil


Received 8 January 2012 - It is actually a card, received as part of the Secret Christmas Round Robin with a lovely message inside. Sender: Luciano
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Day 23- Glass


23 January 2012- A picture of the bottom of my water glass. These are some nice recycled glass glasses that we bought at Spotlight a couple years ago- sturdy, simple and different.
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Day 22- Postcards


22 January 2012, 8 postcards witing to be sent. I had been neglecting the standard postcrossing process in favour of the round robins, but dove back in with these. Now I just have to wait until they arrive.
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Postcard 5- Netherlands! TinTin!


Received 8 January 2012 from the Netherlands. An awesome modern version of TinTin that someone had waiting in their collection. The random and the treasured cards are something I really enjoy about postcrossing. Postcard id- NL-917734
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Postcard 4- Japan


Received 8 January 2012 from Tokyo, a lovely illustration of a doll's tea party. ith a Christmas tree shaped stamp! Postcard id: JP-222824
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Day 21- The morning coffee


21 January 2012- One of the souvenirs from a previous Japan trip was this ceramic coffee filter holder. Now I am no longer dependent on a noisy espresso machine, or a messy (explody) plunger or even the fantastic (but plenty of work) siphon, and espeially NOT the dreaded instant. I prefer this method for my coffee, it is a tidy way to do it too.
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Day 20- Blue skies



20 January 2012- Waiting for a pick up (seems to be the story of this blog, the woes of a one car household), I took some photos of the late afternoon sky. I can't decide which one is better. What do you think?
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Day 19- the foot


19 January 2012- I took a variety of photos, and this was the best of the bunch, although the only one of my foot. Left foot, including special bone issue, which is visible if one knows where to look.
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Day 18- Rubber Ducky, you're the one...


18 January 2012- Some stuff sticks with you forever. Here our two pirate duckies hang out with the ordinary yellow ducky.
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Day 17 - The cops


17 January 2012 - I caught up with a friend after work, and while I was waiting for Greg to pick me up, I had a little mini-drama to watch. A highway cop (the red car) pulled over a taxi that didn't have working tailights.
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Day 16- Year of the dragon


16 January 2012- It's the year of the dragon. Here you see some of the dragon related stuff we acquired in Japan.
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Day 15- Sunrise


15 January 2012- We spent the night at Wellington Point (after checking on the pool) and got up at the crack of dawn to take pictures of the sunrise. Which was a bit of a non-event because it was mostly obscured by clouds. Not sure I can get up that early again.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Postcard 3- Germany


Received 8 January 2012 from Germany. A picture of the Rathaus (town hall?) in Westfalen. Postcrossing id: DE 1153750
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Postcard 2 Finland


Received 8 January 2012 from Finland. Random cute card. Postcrossing id: FI-1279529
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Postcard 1- Russia


Received 8 January 2012 (along with several others) a cute Christmas postcard from Russia as part of the Secret Christmas Card RR. Sent by loveaffaire (username).
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Day 14- drat


14 January 2012 - on our way down a ruralish road, in Rochedale, the car had a massive flat (big enough to be unrepairable the next day). One of the things that irks me about the current car is the lack of decent spare. All we have is a dount, which just looks bizarre. I know there is no room, but this is one of those things that is not fun, and a decent sized wheel would have made me a lot happier. pictured here, the old tyre.
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Day 13- the mystery object


13 Janaury 2012- This looks a lot weirder in photo than in reality. This is my random sewing stuff cardboard container (industrial size cardboard tube), holding some toy stuffing and a roll of quilt wadding
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