Comments on: What a trip…

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:48:40 +0000

That’s a good idea Joh! At least then we could say (with all conviction) that we have done it (occasionally)! LOL

I found a lovely blogsite recently called “Thank you very little”. Colie is a photographer working with polaroid film. She also is one of the best little philosophers I’ve ever stumbled upon. Her grassroots accounts of lying flat on her back out in a lonely field under the stars or getting wet in the rain for the heck of it… put a reality check on life unmatched by some of our deepest academic thinkers. Reminds me that life may not be simple… but it’s the simple things we do that give it depth beyond measure. A paradox… I know! LOL

By: Joh

Joh — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:21:49 +0000

Sounds like you had a real break! I love sunrises too but am not a morning person. Now though, I try to get up for at least one every season. It’s a good compromise for me. Often during the holidays I will get up early to see it in a new environment if I am away. Then I can have a nap later in the day to compensate!

By: Garden Jools

Garden Jools — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:21:18 +0000

Aha…but fly it does.

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:46:02 +0000

And all this in (what seems like) the blink of an eye… not fair that time should fly so.

By: Garden Jools

Garden Jools — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:56:17 +0000

Every sunrise is a new beginning. Every sunset is the end of that day. I love the symbolism of that.

By: Jean Burman

Jean Burman — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:52:12 +0000

You’re a morning person then Roger? Not me I’m afraid. In fact it’s the sun that generally wakes me and by then it’s all over. The sunrise at 30,000 feet was pretty spectacular. I took as many photos as I could before wearing out my welcome with the people sitting behind! Each time I thought I had it… then the sky changed again… and the colour and light effects just kept getting better.

By: roger

roger — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:21:07 +0000

I have seen far more sunrises than I have missed. I love the subtlety of the colors.

By: Garden Jools

Garden Jools — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:06:32 +0000

Brushing ones teeth, washing hands and face is always a real “wake up” Jean!!! And a cold drink of water comes straight from the tap..not out of the fridge! Yes…I do think that ‘soon’ our ways of dealing with different climates will change – just as the climate is! Memories of ‘the old ways’ and stories handed down from generations past will surely be conjured. To make less of an impact while still remaining comfortable in our quest for survival, is the key.

By: Jean Burman

Jean Burman — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:35:10 +0000

I have a hard time rationalising that the water coming from the tap is actually “freezing cold” and not the tepid variety we are so used to. Rain is the same. In cold climates the rain is icey… here it’s just like stepping into a warm shower! (((LOL))) On the flip side it does get impossibly hot and humid here. I’d imagine living here in the summer without airconditioning would be akin to living there in winter without heating. Who knows… one day soon we may just have to do it!

By: Garden Jools

Garden Jools — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:37:18 +0000

Oh I totally understand that!!! Lol! Being a southerner, layering up is a part of life here (at the moment we are expecting more snow…bbbrrrr!) And when the weather warms up (anything over 15 degrees!!) off come the layers with great gusto!! While I was in Darwin, it was such a treat to get around in just a cotton top and cool airy skirt or pants…aaahhhhh, I’m sure I left a pool of defrosted icicles – Lol!! With our brick homes here, built with the intention of retaining heat..if the heater is left off, it takes hours to warm the home up again, but once it is – no one wants to leave it! There is an absolute sense of “hibernation”!