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Dee's Gallery - Now Showing

Jan 1, 2009

Another Blog theme song! - "Pictures of you, pictures of me"

	Mostly Melbourne Melbourne A-Z Classic Favourite Video Clip - Lose yourself in ...Melbourne! Heritage Sites Melbourne Icons & Tourist Sites Vintage Now series Street Photography Melbourne's Laneways

	Graffiti Galleries Australia's Apology to Aborigines Centre Place Degraves Street It's a Jungle Out There Yorkshire Brewery Paper, Paste, Posted! (not) Sprayed! All posts tagged Graffiti (Mixed Images, Links & Articles)

	Postcards Funky Postcards Travel Landscapes Geelong's Bollards Travel - Index Victoria Street Scapes

	The Arts Exhibits Fine Arts Public Art Spotlight on Artists (Mixed Images & Links) Poetry Lens, Pencil or Brush?

	Australian, Mate! Uniquely Australian On-the-fly Photojournalism Tis the Season! Discovering Melbourne

	All Creatures Great & Small All Creatures Great & Small Birds of a Feather It's A Bug's Life Once More to the Lake Enchanted Forest Macro photography (which loosely means my 'close-ups' at this stage)

	Planes, Trains and Automobiles Museums Trains/Railways/Stations Markets Maritime

	A Splash of Colour (the) Colour of... Deep in heart of the Amazon Flowers Sky Gallery
	The Strange and the Seductive Ansel Adams Wannabe Iconic Images Signs o' the Times Snap Happy - Black & whites The Strange and the Seductive March of the Mannequins

Passion and Penchants

Abstract Photography
Architectural Abstracts
Covers
I *heart* Chairs!
Portraiture
Time for Reflection
Windows

Photo Essays & Blog Theme Videos
Heide Museum of Modern Art & Gardens
Lake Rupertswood
Favourite Video Clip - Lose yourself in ...Melbourne!
Music Video - Pictures of you, pictures of me

Mixed Images and Links
Articles
Funny and humorous Emails
Quotes
Screensavers - My photos
Slideshows - Mixed - Emails & My photos
Touching on Environment

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Don't take it Personally!
Selected Dear Diary Posts and Muses
Mixed photos/images tagged Personal
Man! I feel like a Woman!
Best (Personal) article I've read online
The Chat Rooms are Back!
Has Anyone Got Any rope?

An Interview with Raven - Winner (of my favourite post of all time)
An Interview with Jerry G String

Melbourne, City & Surrounds, Victoria, Australia

Jan 1, 2009

Melbourne, City & Surrounds, Victoria, Australia

Index (Posts) - Melbourne & Victoria - Sites of Interest
ACCA
ACMI
Abbotsford Convent Community
Albert Park Lake - View Map
Arts Centre Sunday Market, St Kilda Rd
Atrium Federation Square
Bourke St Walk
Brimbank Park - View Map
Chapel St - View Map
Chapel Off Chapel Arts Centre
Convent Gallery & Gardens, Daylesford
City Museum
Docklands
Federation Square
Fitzroy Gardens, Conservatory
GPO
Heide Museum of Modern Art & Gardens - View Map
The Jam Factory
Lake Rupertswood
Luna Park
Malthouse Theatre
Melbourne Cup
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
Melbourne's Docklands - View Map
Melbourne Museum
Melbourne Observatory, Royal Botanic Gardens - View Map
Montsalvat
NGV (Ian Potter Centre, and, International St Kilda Rd)
Queen Victoria Market
Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
Rupertswood Mansion
Southbank
St Kilda Beach
St Kilda OpenAir - Melbourne's first waterfront outdoor cinema
State Library of Victoria
Telstra Dome
Werribee Park
Yarra Bend Park
Yorkshire Brewery
Young and Jacksons

Index (Photos/Images) - Melbourne A-Z

Abbotsford - View Map
Albert Park - View Map
Brighton - View Map
Brimbank - View Map
Bulleen - View Map
Carlton - View Map
Collingwood - View Map
Docklands - View Map
Eltham - View Map
Fitzroy - View Map
Gardenvale - View Map
Greensborough - View Map
Maribyrnong - View Map
Keilor - View Map
Kew - View Map
Pt Cook - View Map
Prahran - View Map
Richmond - View Map
South Melbourne - View Map
St Kilda - View Map
Stonnington - (see also Wikipedia article: City of Stonnington) - View Map
Southbank - View Map
South Yarra - View Map
Sunshine - View Map
Werribee - View Map
Williamstown - View Map

Index - Victorian cities A-Z, maps and Shires

Bacchus Marsh (See Wikipedia: Shire of Moorabool)
Ballarat (See Wikipedia: City of Ballarat)
Bendigo (See Wikipedia: City of Greater Bendigo)
Castlemaine (See Wikipedia: Shire of Mount Alexander)
Daylesford - View Map (See Wikipedia: Shire of Hepburn)
Diggers Rest (See Wikipedia: Shire of Bulla)
Geelong (See Wikipedia: City of Greater Geelong)
Gisborne (See Wikipedia: Shire of Gisborne)
Lake Rupertswood - View Map - (See Wikipedia: Shire of Bulla)
Lake Wendouree (See Wikipedia: City of Ballarat)
Sunbury - View Map - (See Wikipedia: Shire of Bulla)
Traralgon - View Map (See Wikipedia: Latrobe City)
Walhalla - View Map (See Wikipedia: Shire of Baw Baw)

My Colour Palette

Jan 1, 2009

Red	Orange	A’marine	Rust
Pink	Yellow	Green	Blue
Cream.	Gold	Purple	Black
Silver/Grey		White	B/W

Australia - Index to posts so far

Jan 1, 2009

Map_of_Australia

Index - Victoria
Melbourne, City & Surrounds, Victoria, Australia (See separate Index)

Index - South Australia
Adelaide, City & Surrounds, South Australia: (All)

Index - Western Australia
Perth, City & Surrounds, Western Australia: (All)

Index - Tasmania

Dear Diary - Email Etiquette - Is there one rule for everybody?

Yesterday

Everything Vol.1

Wednesday July 23rd, 2008

Ok.. Still not up to my 'routine blogging', (as per my recent posted notice), but I have managed to add a couple of posts that I wasn't expecting to get the chance to do, and well, yes, this one too.

Normal services (of my blogging muses and photos) should resume sometime next week hopefully.

One of the ''notes" on my to-do-list (more as a return to normal bogging resolution), is to increase my 'Dear Diary' posts, hoping to make a short and sweet daily occurrence of it - as quite frankly, I think my sanity needs it! LOL.

Meanwhile, I've finally bounced off a belated reply email (to a good friend), and also clicked the 'send/receive' button while having my Outlook open - aggghhhh 62 incoming messages!!! Gosh has it been that long since I checked?

Well, anyone that knows me, will smile at that - I happily admit to being a slacker when it comes to emails.
(Possibly a year or two back, I learnt very quickly the lesson that trying to keep up with the pressure of any 'email' etiquette can quite easily land you into a repetitive time-consuming chore comparable to that of any full-time job!).

So.. as I say:

Reply to good friend done - check!
1 hr long body massage 'voucher' purchased, (its to become part of a birthday present gift for someone), on the way home - check!
Being strong and ignoring the 62 new emails in my inbox, and off to send an sms to a friend in hospital, who had her op today.

Cheers and hello to all friends out there that bother to read my drivel (even if they don't comment) ha ha.

May the force be with you!

P.S. By the way, I usually disallow comments below the dear diary entries, and also for all photos (themselves). Comments can be made, however, below the posts which do include images.

Like Winds and Sunsets...

4 days ago
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A Gander at the Goose

"I'm ready for my Glamour shot now thanks"....

Just call me Red

Have a few photo of birds in my unposted collection, but not often can I get the clarity or detail of the eyes to show, most especially when the bird is of a mostly black colouring, but where it does, I will post these.

BE the duck, Love the duck, Find the Duck

4 days ago
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Two Ducks

Duck On Green

I'm sure I've bored you all to tears with previous duck shots that I've already posted and no doubt will again and again with the many more to come, but I am drawn to two particular snaps of ducks that were taken at the Carlton Gardens. Something magical happens when viewing these shots afterwards, thats not quite apparent at the time - the shine on the water just seems to glisten like that of cellophane (first above) or green foil (second below).

Gotta admit I could watch ducks on a pond for hours (hey...I'm certainly not alone in this passion). Haven't ventured into the arena of being a 'rubber duck collector" (as yet) but hell, for those that do - I'm smiling right back at ya!

Update: Wednesday 23rd July 2008.

Ok ok... I'm still on the ducks! (Well at least I've found out what type of duck it is - see Pacific Black Duck details on Wiki)

Duck on blue

Brimbank Park

4 days ago
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Brimbank park abstract

Keilor Native

Couple snaps from Brimbank Park. Have a couple more of the typical obvious shots, but personally liked the above abstract-geometric style shot, and also, quite enjoying adding to my flowers collection, incl native plants or wildflower shots.
Unfortunately I have no information on this plant as yet, but as with most of my posts, I'm not about to wait until I've researched and finally discovered all the info. Happy to have the entry logged against Brimbank, Keilor East etc in my travel index, and may add more photos; information at a later date.

clipped from www.visitvictoria.com

Heritage

Brimbank Park was first settled by Europeans in the 1830’s, soon after Melbourne was founded. It derived its name from the practice of the locals driving their stock 'around the brim of the bank' of the Maribyrnong River. The rich river flats on the east bank were used for market gardening until 1983. Terraces formed by the eroding river were modified for cultivation.

The Maribyrnong terraces have been closely studied for evidence of Aboriginal occupation. Keilor is one of the oldest sites of human habitation found in Australia. The Keilor cranium, dated to about 15,000 years before the present, was found in 1940 and the Green Gully skeleton in 1965. The excavations came to an end in 1982, but the site uncovered one of the most complete records of Aboriginal occupation over a period of 30,000 years.

Things to see and do

Watch for the many water birds and enjoy the scenic walking tracks or stop in at the cafe
Walk along the Australian Plant Trail and experience the colour and beauty of plants suitable for growing in the Keilor area

On weekends and holidays visit the maze

Cycle along the wide paths. The main trail follows the river and forms a circuit of 4.3 kilometres. It links to the Maribyrnong River Trail, making it possible to walk or cycle from Keilor along the river as far as Footscray

Try canoeing on the Maribyrnong River

School groups — take your rubber boots and net, and see what is lurking in the shallows or wetland areas

Dear Diary - Off-Air

Jul 13, 2008
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Everything Vol.1

Sunday July 13th, 2008

I will be off-air for awhile, computer maintenance, coinciding with far too many social commitments (it never rains, but it pours).

Lets just hope it won't be xmas before I'm back.

Well, just in case.... I've made you a funky xmas card, from one of my (stock photos) that I had up my sleeve.

Well... tis the season to be jolly you know!

Xmas - My Photo Stock

It Was This Big!

Jul 13, 2008
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It Was This Big!

Received this fun email (link to website "It was this Big!" and very funny pic below), which prompted me to hunt out some old photos I still hadn't blogged yet (above). Always had in mind the tag "It was this Big!" for the above image, (you know, the typical 'the one that got away' fishing story), but quite like using it to make a funky postcard, as the possible reason for message and sending onto a friend all the more ambiguous and funny! *wink*