227: House warming

Literally we warmed Ryan's house. Great party Ry!

226: Woody

This little guy's come all the way from (Candi please insert country) with Candi's Dad! He helped hand make him! Now Woody lives on the piano in the living room. I imagine him getting up to all sorts of mischief in the night, just like the toys from Toy Story (love that movie)!

225: Hot dog

Haha where do I start. Little B. dog has just been chilling on the couch this evening. But he always tries to hide under cushions or legs to get away from the lights so he can snooze peacefully. We've been discussing a mini eye mask at length for some time but tonight decided we'd give him a hand by popping on a pair of extremely trendy sunglasses. For that little bit extra protection. Now he just looks like a super cool puppy. I'm sure none of the girl puppies at the park will be able to resist him!

224: Suburban rainbow

I was momentarily disappointed by the rain that started falling this afternoon, until I spotted this beautiful rainbow through a window on the other side of my house. I scoped out a nice high vantage point in the neighbouring apartment block and snapped off a few variations of the view. I'm so pleased that a rainbow has popped up this year while I've had my camera close, it was definitely a hope to capture one somewhere along the 365 road.

223: Last train

Opted for cheaper travel option home last night so found myself on the train. Between Central and Indooroopilly stations I had to endure a whole bunch of rowdy kids on their way home from the ekka, and then like a flood of little lemmings onto their platform they were gone. Peace for the final few stops and the opportunity to take a few cool shots.

222: Lightly strummin'

Benny quietly strummin' in my living room this evening. I took the opportunity to find a new guitar angle.

221: Meet Jett

Meet the latest member of the Clift family. Jett, the cutest little bean around! He's just 8 weeks old and a pure black cocker spaniel. A little bundle that sleeps, plays, sleeps, plays, eats, sleeps, plays, oh and gets plenty of cuddles in between. What a life! He thought it was a great game to play tug of war with my camera strap while I was taking his photo.

220: Ever wondered...

I spot so many pairs of shoes randomly flung over wires around town and each time it crosses my mind, "how and why did they get up there?" Well the how part I guess is easy. Someone threw them! The question is more about the why? An overactive imagination could definitely come up with some pretty out there reasons (Tegan could this be blog worthy?). Others might suggest a drunken decision (seemed funny at the time), a friend's dare, a reason to buy new shoes. The suspicious mind might suggest an elaborate drug operation where sneakers flung over a wire mark directions to the centre of the operation? The floor is open, who can give me the most out there story?

219: Like paint running

Quick snap of the industrial lights reflecting across the river this evening. I love how it highlights the ripples in the water. Looks like paint running down a wet canvas.

I also wanted to mention. Earlier in the year, I took part in a challenge put out there by the magazine - Monsters Children. On the 25th April a whole bunch of people snapped a photo at 3pm. These were collated and posted in an online gallery. Click here if you'd like to see my entry (3rd down on the far left column of the grid). A number were chosen to be published in the photo issue, currently out in newsagents/bookshops etc. I wasn't lucky enough to be one of these people. But I was pretty darn excited to see my pic in the gallery!

218: Mad hatter's tea party

Feeling excited and influenced by the greatly anticipated Tim Burton remake of the Alice in Wonderland movie due out next year, I decided to get a little crazy this evening. Taking this red and white polka dot tea set I thought a mad hatter's tea party was in order. On the checkered ceiling of course! Now the only thing missing is a white rabbit with a big fob watch. Tea anyone?

217: Carnival rose

While it is a slight disappointment that the blinds in our new building still don't work and the result is piercing afternoon sunlight blinding our computer screens and has us peeling of the winter layers. It does mean that for 10 to 15 minutes in the late afternoon beautiful (well placed) light spills across my desk. I tried capturing some of it here, by taking a photo of the sole decorative item on my desk. A bright and fuzzy towel/felt rose won by my friend at the carnival adventure we shared earlier in the year. Now if only it was real and lived in a little pot, with all this sunlight I'm sure some kind of photosynthesis process would be happening and it would be a wonderful bloom.

216: Yellow fluff balls

My friend Alarna has these cute little chickies staying at her place at the moment. They live in a cosy box under a warm lamp, just a week or two old. The lounge room is currently filled with sporatic cheep cheeps from these adorable little balls of yellow fluff.

215: Wardrobe where will you take me?

This Narnia like wardrobe sits just outside my bedroom. With an imagination like C.S. Lewis, anywhere! Let's turn the key and find out.

214: Taco Sunday

Mexican themed dinner at our house this evening. Yum, love tacos. The colours looked great in all those different layers, I couldn't resist taking a photo.

213: Cosy moments

I took a trip down the coast today to visit my friends Samantha and Brendan in their new house. What a lovely place, just perfect for these two. The cute couple were also happy to help me out with a little photoshoot and we caught some cosy moments in front of their new home. Warm congratulations guys :)