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This is just intended to be a collection of some of my favourite photos which I like enough to want to look at but not well enough to want them as pictures on the wall.

I've started adding large versions here too - click on the [gimme...] links to display in a new window, or just "save image as..." to bypass this step.

Might be a bit slow to load - don't give up.

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Polaroid of my Dad on the airport bus years ago. It's sort of a cross between impressionist and - well, expressionist. It reminds me of a picture so famous I can't remember either the title or the artist's name. You probably know the one I mean, though.

Have some fun looking at the Fine Art section of AllPosters to try to find the one I mean.   [top]

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This is my favourite of Mum, although this would probably be more than 20 years ago. Her femininity and liveliness are evident (and still are).   [top]

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This is Martok.

Himself replacing the irreplacable Nefertiti (another Abyssinian), Marty has proved himself a household compantion second to none. I used to threaten my husband that when I was on game shows (which I adore!) I would sing the "Martok the Wonder Cat" song when they asked me for some sort of humorous anecdote (which always terrifies me):

" 'Coz he's Marty, the Wonder Cat
Not too thin and not too fat
Got some stripes and just goes splat
Martok the Wonder Cat"

Understandably, the threat was very effective.
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Nefertiti
who blessed me with her company for longer than any other cat I have heard of.
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the great moth sacrifice
under Stadium Australia Olympic lights
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Being a Capricorn with Taurus rising Wood-Snake makes me very partial to a sense of place. My Pisces moon makes water an integral part of my emotional relationship with landscape, and its position, direction and absence always influences my mood.

Moments in all these places have made me pause to reflect on why I live in Australia. Some remind me of the vistas of American Arcadian painters while being at the same time unmistakeably Australian, and you can have some fun applying painterly effects or colour inversions in Photoshop.

There are little ones in the list here, and 1024*768 versions to download if you click the [gimme ...] links. Use them as desktop pictures if you like, and you'll be virtually there.

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river crossing at Bendethra, NSW
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sunrise from a train the sort of vista that is in every journey like the Paramount mountain is in every movie
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Deua River, NSW
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the garden at my parents' house at Krawarree about fifteen years ago
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Maheno wreck, Fraser Island
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This is Coronet Peak, near Queenstown, NZ

If you're ever here, the Brasserie does a mean macchiato.
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