Lady in Red with Black Cat (1 and 2 of 4) - Bruno Dutot - Edgecliff (Fri 23 Mar 2012)

Lady in Red with Black Cat (1 of 4) - Bruno Dutot - Edgecliff (Fri 23 Mar 2012)
Lady in Red with Black Cat (2 of 4) - Bruno Dutot - Edgecliff (Fri 23 Mar 2012)
Had to go to Double Bay recently. Caught the train to Edgecliff and walked down to Double Bay. Took a detour on the way there and back to photograph this well known piece of Street Art by Bruno Duto. Got lucky with random pedestrians, one in a red blouse and the other in a blue shirt, both colours which fit nicely with the subject.

Wendy Matthews typifies much of what people think of this Sydney Landmark ..

"Every time I come to the city I drive past her, see if she's changed. Sometimes she'll have a cat or be standing in snow. Though you never see her face, she's come to symbolise Sydney for me."

The man in the blue shirt in the second photo stopped to talk to me after he realized what I was doing. He told me that me that he had lived in the area all his life and that as far as he can remember, Bruno Dutot, comes back on the 1st Jan each year to touch the piece up for another year.

More to come soon ..

Whosus - Back on the Water - Gunnamatta Bay / Cronulla (Sun 22 Apr 2012)

Whosus - Back on the Water - Gunnamatta Bay / Cronulla (Sun 22 Apr 2012)
Whosus - A Sign - Gunnamatta Bay / Cronulla (Sun 22 Apr 2012)
Whosus - A Double Sign - Gunnamatta Bay / Cronulla (Sun 22 Apr 2012)
Had Whosus, our OC1, out on the water for the first time since mid-June last year, when I moved by to Kirrawee. She has been sitting in the Garage there for all that time, waiting patiently for me to sell my old car (mid-July 2011) and then to buy a new car (early Jan 2012) and then roof racks (mid-Feb 2012).

Hardest bit was the last bit and that was trying to find the motivation to get back on the water with her. Well today was the day and it feels like the right time with just 10 weeks to Hong Kong for World Club Crew Championships. As I took the top photo at the end of the session with Kelly, Bec and Greg, a Rainbow and then a Double Rainbow was definitely an approving sign from above for sure. I had not seen a rainbow like this since the afternoon of Jenny's Funeral.

Today's words of wisdom by the prolific Kirk Tuck (*) who writes (*)..

To know how to do something well and know why you need to know how opens the doors of consciousness and intentional creativity.

It was great to back out on the water with her and the conditions were fantastic to get the feel for the swell and the runners. I think I learnt more today than I had in the last 3 and 1/2 years or maybe it was the latent accumulation of all that experience I have gained since Whosus arrived.

Whosus Christening - Geoff, Jenny, Joanne and Whosus - Glebe School / Blackwattle Bay (Sat 17 Oct 2008)
Whosus - Balmoral Saturday Open Water Session - (Sat 04 Apr 2009)
As we paddled past Darook Park to and from Port Hacking, I reminisced on our Wedding Day at Cronulla and the beautiful photos that were taken almost 12 years ago. How much life has changed since then.

Joanne, Tim, Geoff, Jenny, David and Jenny - Darook Park / Crounulla (Sun 30 Apr 2000)

how you look at it - Chris Martin / Andrew Stafford (Sat 10 Dec 2016)

Abstract - Double Bay (Tue 29 Nov 2016)

Chris Martin on how you look at it:

Everything in life is how you look at it, isn't it? It's about trying to see the value and beauty of everybody, and the joy of togetherness, but at the same time the accepting of differences of opinion

via Coldplay's Chris Martin: why things have never been better by Andrew Stafford.

looking - Janet Sternburg / Eva Recinos (Fri 23 Dec 2016)

Window - Double Bay (Fri 16 Dec 2016)

Janet Sternburg on Looking:

take a second and look more closely at what you might take for granted every day.

via L.A.-Based Photographer Janet Sternburg Works Wonders With a Disposable Camera by Eva Recinos.

Learning - Gina Trapani (Wed 22 Mar 2017)

Leaf - Double Bay (Mon 20 Mar 2017)

Gina Trapani on Learning:

Doing is learning. Doing it badly? It’s still learning.

via Modern JavaScript for Ancient Web Developers by Gina Trapani.