Every morning, I head over to the coffee shop, to get a coffee and a bit of morning tea. Sometimes, its savoury be it a Ham, Cheese and Tomato toasted sandwich, or a Ham & Cheese Croissant, but sometimes, I want something sweet... The order of the day - a Rhubarb and Apple Crumble
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In some ways, carrying on from the last post (Technology) this is a 'New' and 'Old' photo and it shows just how the technology has changed over the (many) years! To the left, we see the new South Coast Daylight Express train, whilst on the right, we have the old railmotors that use to service the NSW Railroads. I've not yet been on the new models, but if they are anythin like those in the UK that I have been on, they would appear to be pretty comfy. As opposed to the older Railmotor, which bounced its way along the railrs from Central down to Bombaderry (Nowra) on the tour we did back in Janruary 2011.
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I am constantly amazed as to how technology is working, both domestically and in the industrial world. In some ways, I wonder if "we're just playing god" in the many ways we can manipulate the weather, and can cast additional UV light, and heat, onto playing surfaces so as we can extend (or bring forward) a playing season to suit our needs...
This is no more evident than in Europe (mainly, although the same technology is used here at home in Australia) where the use of lighting booms on playing surfaces, in order to promote the active growth of the turf so as the shading from the large grandstands is counteracted. Here we see the lighting booms in use at K.A.A Ghent, in Belgium.
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June 2010, whilst in Berlin, I had arranged to go to the Tierpark Zoo. It was a great day, I spent it with MB who was also there with her dog Miss A who was over for a breeding service. Anyway, during the day, and it was a hot day, we got to see many animals... Here is a couple of Pink Flamingo's, whilst we have them here in Sydney (Taronga Zoo) they were still great to see...
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Last year, when in china for the World Horticultural Exhibition, I got to visit the Terracotta Warriors, also in Xi'an's Shaanxi province. I was in awe of the site, and in NO way, does my photo do it any justice what's so ever... Seeing the way the soldiers were standing, en mass, I was standing myself just in sheer bewilderment of it all...
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Not so much the paper, and really the coffee is not that important, but there are days that I just DON'T function without a cafine hit...
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A favourite place, for me, is many... But in many ways, onboard an aircraft, going somewhere, anywhere, is often a great place, and no sooner than my next trip for many reasons but to simply get away... Being onboard, gives you the sense of being taken somewhere, that whilst you know WHERE you will end up, you just don't know the way you will get there. The flight crew do, or may very well, but it is open to little challenges along the way. So for a time, you can sit back, chill out and relax, or at least, I can!
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Whilst not really something we made, but we did build the veranda...
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On the day trip to Thirlmere for the Festival of Steam, we were given a little 'snack box' both for the morning trip down and on its return in the afternoon...
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STILL reading this book - Maybe I will read it on my upcoming trip to Norway...
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Clearly, in love (or are they having a lovely time?)
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Yes, this is grass, and its at work! It is also in the middle of the drought back in the summer of 2010 when we, as with all of Sydney, were under water restrictions. Doesn't look very good for a major garden to have its lawn looking like this now does it??
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Mum, she really is the world to me... Here are some shots of her...
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Although, I WISHED it was not her in the Mondo Grass in the Garden...
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Nothing fancy, its well laid out and easy to get things done in... And yet, regardless of distance, MB in NH has a very similar kitchen as well, almost the SAME cupboards!!!
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I find myself saying 'Cheers' a lot, even when closing a telephone conversation... Cheers Mate... So, with that in mind, I will now say cheers...
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Sit in traffic, only the depth of the traffic varies...
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Firstly, I thought, how do you take a photo of a smell?? So a little 'outside the box' thinking was needed for this one. A smell that I do adore, apart from the standard perfumes etc (Michael Kors being VERY high on the list) is that of flowers, and more so, the smell of freshly cut grass. No surprises there hey?
I don't know what it is, I just like the smell of fresh cut grass, much the same as a storm that is not to far away. Also, again weird I know, but in the middle of summer, on a hot bitumen road, when it starts to rain, again when there is a storm nearing, ahh the smells of summer...
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