And so the pendulum finally comes to rest… No more will the brass key feel the warmth of your grip, be guided by you into the mechanism which gives its life and be wound up to mark another week with us all. Both this clock and the passing of the time it marks will of […]
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366 Days of 2012, Day 45 – Sacred Scroll
By any other name this sacred scroll would tell the same stories. Within these tightly bound petals of a valentine rose exists story within story within story. How many blooms will have grown, lived and died just for today. How many will be admired, cherished or scorned and how many will never arrive to a […]
Read More366 Days of 2012, Day 44 – Metamorphosis
Of all the places to find a Monarch Butterfly chrysalis I never expected it to be in my parent’s kitchen. My father used to be a keen butterfly collector and collected butterflies from all over the world. Sadly his collection was lost but his love and fascination have always remained. On learning of his old […]
Read More366 Days of 2012, Day 43 – Meat The Wurst
Is it really supposed to be this shrivelled? I ask myself as we look at the produce at Die Barossa Wurst Haus & Bakery. This little store is a new addition to the Tanunda landscape and plays on the tourist theme now well entrenched in my former stomping ground. So back to the mettwurst and […]
Read More366 Days of 2012, Day 42 – Them Apples
366 Days of 2012, Day 42 – Them Apples My parent’s tree was covered in fruit. Apples everywhere, the way nature intended with creases and blemishes and wormholes. And then I spied ‘them apples’.
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