Day 991, A Matter of Taste

There is something special about a beautifully set table. Regardless if it is Christmas dinner with family, an evening dinner party with acquaintances or wine tasting with friends, the setting tells all in attendance that this event to be remembered. What one actually sets the table with however is really just a matter of taste, […]

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Day 990, On Stranger Tides

As a child I always preferred silver over gold for its understated beauty and its lack of being tarnished with any colour. Oh how things have changed with the burnt yellow-gold of a sunset on the water becoming my most favourite colour. Silver still lingers in the whites and greys of the twilight surf but […]

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Day 989, Retail Dungeon

This place always feels so desolate even when it is packed with cars and every large shopping centre has one just like this one. The dungeon of car parks. Some places with shops above. Some places with more car parking above. Always at the bottom. Always glad to leave. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 989, Retail […]

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Day 988, Unadorned Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the square Not a creature was stirring, there was nobody there. All the presents were laid ‘neath the tree with great care, But with no Christmas lights ’twas completely bare. I never expected to see our city’s beautiful Christmas tree completely in the dark, let alone photograph […]

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Day 987, Bad Santa

There is nothing like a wall for making a public statement and in this case a sanctioned graffiti wall in a highly visible location under the Morphett Street Bridge. Thousands of people drive past Bad Santa every day. Does anyone wonder what Bad Santa uses his ‘Naughty List’ for? Perhaps they will be getting present […]

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