Monday 31 January 2011
Catherine Hill Bay Cemetary
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,
For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and souls deliverie.
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,
And does with poison, war, and sicknesse dwell,
And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,
And better then thy stroke; why swell'st thou then;
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.
John Donne
Catherine Hill Bay Cemetary
Catherine Hill Bay Panorama
Thursday 27 January 2011
The January Report!
Can u believe it? We are almost at the end of the first month for 2011??!! What has been happening?
Kims’ back is on the improve! Still a little stiff and sore after getting out of bed but at least she is getting around ok now; although she still has to be careful with what she gets up to! She has just had a hair cut and it looks great!
It has been bloody hot here in the last few days! The other day Kim n I were out shopping and there was this hot dry wind whistling around. It reminded me so much of a Wagga Wagga summer! Problem is that we have been hit with the humidity now and phew….. that sweats out the grog I can tell ya!! ha ha ha ha!! On the way home from work there was a fog and when I got home I checked the weather station and it was 97% humidity…..now that is something!
The family is doing well. Kasey has been getting stuck into a couple of assignments for her traineeship, Lachlan is recovering from ANOTHER bout of Tonsilitis [he also has a new girlfriend!] and, Rhiannan has a boyfriend now also!
I haven’t been out and about with the camera for a while; things have just been too busy! I do, however, plan to hit the graveyard at Catherine Hill Bay about sunset to try and get some mood photos! Watch this space!
I also have to wash the car again. It seems to get dirtier up here for some reason; black fine dust. I actually think it could be coal dust blown over from the coal loaders on the docks when I park the car in town for work. If it is not this fine black dust, it is the seaspray from the beach that makes it grubby and that certainly needs to be washed off on a very regular basis!
Just another bit of news……………..BARNEY ARRIVES TOMORROW [all going well……] !!
Anyway, that’s another Jordy update for now. Hope everyone is well.
Jordy
Wednesday 19 January 2011
2011……..It had better start to get better!!
My poor darlin’ Kim put her back out last week - again. She has been in agony and it is only just starting to let up a little! I 'suggested' she go and see someone about it. Finally she relented and we went and saw an Osteopath at Warners Bay. It was a huge relief to find out that it is not Kims old disc injury that is playing up but a strained muscle that sits over the pelvis which is putting a lot of pressure onto her sciatic nerve. So much easier to treat!
Rhiannan is not terribly happy because she has only 3 days work this week. Not sure the reasons why but it is possible that they are putting on school kids over the holidays because they are cheaper! Methinks we will be perusing the jobs vacant columns relentlessly in the coming weeks. Rhiannan celebrated her 19th birthday on the 02 Jan. The years are flying by it seems!
Lachlan is crook with Tonsilitis at the moment. It is something he always seems to pick up when he is a little run down. It certainly has been very hot and humid these last 2 weeks and, his warehouse is not air conditioned. The Doc put him on antibiotics again but says he will need a blood test the next time it plagues him. You should see these tablets he has to take; they are huge! How he is expected to swallow them is beyond me!
Kasey is really enjoying her new job at the Day Care Centre. She has asked if she could do her Diploma there when the Cert III is finished but they already have one girl working there completing her Diploma. Day care is one of those areas where there is always plenty of demand for trained staff!
A bit of bad news from Christmas. We had to have our Kaiser put down. He was 16 years old and the old age thing had really caught up with him to the extent that he was not the happy-go-lucky dog we knew and loved.
We had a visit from the Outlaws early in the new year. Hhmmm.... That was interesting!
I haven’t been up to anything really. Going to work & home looking after Kim. Trying to fit in some [hopefully] overtime shifts for my sister, Theresas’ 50th birthday celebrations up at the Gold Coast in March, so we have a little spending money!
Well, I must head off now. Back to work tomorrow after a 5 day stand-down. Not looking forward to the alarm clock waking us up!
Hope you’re all well and enjoying life!
Jordy
Saturday 15 January 2011
The Stairs
Port Hunter B&W Panorama
Monday 10 January 2011
King & Perkins St Newcastle
Devonshire St Newcastle B&W
Fred Ash Building Newcastle
Fred Ash Building Newcastle
Still it has come up with this totally unexpected but cool looking final product!
Retaining Wall
This is an alleyway that runs beside the David Jones Carpark off King St. The retaining wall has some brilliant textured brick and there is a staircase [now disused due to age] at the end of it. This B&W version is my fav but I will post the colour version soon because it also looks great! This photo is taken from 5 bracketed exposure shots +/- 2 stops.
Catching up.
Well it has been a couple of months since I posted a Blog article. I don't have any Project or roll of film in particular to share wi...