August 2010

31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 13) My Soul

August 13, 2010
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31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 12) Wine Tasting @ Mount Majura

August 13, 2010

Wine taste and “tapas” $5 for the serve A group of us headed for after work drinks out at Mount Majura Vineyard. As a part of the Fireside Festival, they were doing a wine tasting/tapas do with $5 serves of wine with accompanying tapas taste.

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If you think… think about your vote.

August 13, 2010

The Greens aren’t allowed to buy this ad to show on TV,but it doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t share it! (the beauty of youtube!)

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31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 11) Should have worn Gumboots!

August 11, 2010

meep! What a miserable day! Might wear gum boots tomorrow! A couple of GetUp! posters I have to put up in my local area over the weekend. Look out Weston Creek! (anyone going to the ACT Senate Candidates Forum on Sunday afternoon?)

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(Vegan) Cupcakes at Dawn

August 11, 2010

Up a little early this morning to ice my first batch of Vegan Cupcakes… It’s #39 Bake awesome vegan cupcakes to take into work on my Thirty before 30 list. At my work, you provide cake for the person whose birthday falls after yours, so as my birthday was recently it’s my turn to bring [...]

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31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 10) Holey Tights

August 10, 2010

The steel $3.50 tights… they didn’t last the day! Somehow, Jen’s encouragement led me to register for The Canberra Times Family Fun Run and Walk… for the 10k! No idea how far I’ll get, but it all ties in with Thirty before 30 #3 Run 8km and #11 Run 10km (yeah, separate. No idea!) I [...]

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31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 9) Purkle Tights

August 9, 2010

Oh my, it looks like I had a little accident with some coffee cups… wouldn’t be surprised after boot camp this morning – though I was going to get frostbit doing animal walks, sit-ups and the like on the frosty grass! Good session though, especially for someone who had a few glasses of wine and [...]

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God’s Good News is Bad-News for Students

August 9, 2010

(Please excuse the use of the media release. I agree with it, but am too tired to think of the words right now) Atheist Foundation of Australia president David Nicholls today expressed deep concern over Prime Minister Gillard’s announcement over the weekend to increase funding to school chaplains by $222 million. In a submission to [...]

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Hamburg

August 9, 2010

Looking out to sea Okay, I’ll come out and say it now: I didn’t eat any Hamburgers in Hamburg. Feel free to leave now, if that’s what you were here for (or go look at the one I ate in Cologne the day before I went to Hamburg). I’m going to just straight to my [...]

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31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 8) and a Mug Shot

August 8, 2010

It has a foot in it so it counts for 31 in 31! Headed to the Old Bus Depot Markets to get out and about today… Got myself some mulled wine (mm it was rather lemony and awesome) and wandered around. I’ve made a (small) start on my Thirty before 30 list… I have decided [...]

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31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 7) Uggboot Politics

August 7, 2010

Saturday mornings are a slow start, spent doing washing, pottering around the house, music helping me through. Switched to real shoes to wander down to the local shopping centre for supplies for lunch, gathered the fliers from the parties running in my electorate (I only have tow number 1-3 for the lower house, and 1-9 [...]

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31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 6) Sparkles and Frost

August 6, 2010

Back down below zero this morning, the frost confirming the chill in the air. A bit of a struggle to get moving, but the shine of my shoes will now take me off to after-work drinks. Made it through another week!

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