Lets dance

Thanks to young Pete & Philip for a fun-time last night. Drinking beer, flicking through street-art pix, watching holiday slide-show, catching up! Way over-due. Lets do it again soon.

Washed away

At last some relief from the heat! The heavens opened up last night with a constant drizzle that is still falling this morning! The rain-dance on Peters balcony the other night and the persistant day-dreaming of running through the sprinkler have paid off!

Sprinkler Boy

Alway good to have a friend to play in the rain with. yaH! let it pour.....

Richmond stop-over

Dropped in on my buddy, punky Peter, for a catch-up & *snuggle*s woof! a little rain-dance on his balcony celebrating the few dribbles from the sky!

Test tube art?

Walking down Gertrude Street last night I spotted a fresh wall on the side of "Intrude - art space". Looks like a tribute piece hi-lighting Melbournes Stencil Grafitti Capital status. Further investigation pending.
I'll post more pix on Ringo/FlicKR 2nite. I really need to cross the river more often and take snaps to the streetart while it is fresh! Anyone want to go exploring the back alleys and laneways of Melbourne with me?

Water saving tip #023

Shower with a friend! At home we have the luxury of enough room for two. Shower-head falls over the spa bath. But I still feel guilty for having the occasional long soak in the tub! heehee, although I have been known to bucket the water out and drench the bamboo.

for Jay

Really enjoyed your opeining and seeing the work installed. Your words & pictures filled my heart with joy. Your view on life is heart-felt accompanied by the amusing commentary & witty prose 'under construction' was a delight. Thankyou and congratulations. Catch you some time soon. Xb

HUG

As I head to work this morning - the day after stocktake - no more counting or sugary snacks, please! I remind myself that it all about the long haul not the quick fix. In an environment of urgent and important the organic approach of slow and steady is the method I prefer to take. Pressure and deadlines are fine but do not replace forward planning and vision. It has to be sustainable mentally and physically.

Leaf litter

If I could I would spend the day in the shadow of a big tree.
Another hot day they are predicting 39 degrees with the chance of late showers?
Too hot for this pup.
Pic is of a tree shadow with dried our leaf litter in Alma Park

Watch the skies

Rings of Saturn (2005-2006) by Inge King

Heide at twilight

Yah! A long day of counting and data-entry is now over ...
Stocktake is complete except for the reporting aspect.
Mmmm discrepency reports are always fun!
Walking through the carpark to discover an eerie twilight - smoke filled sky - sculpture and moonlights ablaze accompanied by a strange silence.

Grand Specimen

My favourite trees in Alma Park have 'thinned' out in response to the dry conditions. Still majestic but the crown is not so dense. do trees go bald?

Reflect and ponder

Spent some time in Alma Park with a friend in the late afternoon. Laying under a tree and listening to the dryness?
The warm breeze crackling the leaves over-head and the dog-walkers stomping on the crunchy grass.

Follow the sun

Sunday off was great to recharge. Spent time with Fluffy in the garden - pruning, mulching, re-potting....cleaning up, clearing out. Photo is of a metal sunflower at the Balaclava Kindergarden.

Barking up the wrong tree

The local plane trees have shed leaves and bark during the hot spell. Resulting in camoflage pattern on the trunk.

R U being true 2 urself?

What do I want? Where do I want to be? Lots of questions today - a little tired and emotional - but time to set goals and focus. grrrR

Lurking in the shadows

Tread carefully young man

Boyfriend, partner, companion, lover, significant other - how do you describe that person that 'shares' your life? What securely holds the bond together?

Like a bear with a sore head

The visit to the dentist today resolved some of my pain and I manged to tick another item off the 2007 TO DO list.
Posterior composite restoration of a dead tooth. Thanks Dr Steven C for making it a painless experience - he has the nicest chair-side manner of any dentist I have been too! Now its just a follow up trip to the dental hygienist for a scrap and polish to make me all smiles again :)

Send me an angel

Little bit down and feeling blue today. Not anything in particular. Just feels like everytime something is fixed something else throws the balance off. Lonely, self-destructive? But why? life is pretty wonderful. Time to see the shrink again :-(

Shade seeking creature

Warming up today. Good day to be inside. Will give the garden a little soak tonite. Stage 3 water restrictions allow this with the drip system I have installed.... they will be real thirty by 8 pm. MUST Investigate some grey water solutions. Add rainwater tank to shopping / home improvement list!
Pic is of new monsteria leaf in my garden, reversed it out to negative on photoDJ on the phone... but i think i prefer the vivid new leaf green

Hazy Sunset

After another hot smoky day with the sun slowly melting on the horizon.
Pic taken from home on the deck... doesn't capture the intense orange but i'll try again with the digital.

Have your cake and eat it

Just been to see Marie Antoinette. Verdict 3 out of 5 stars.
The Good: Lavish art direction, kooky score works, Kirsten Dunst looks exquisite, Judy Davis!
The Bad: blurry cinematography, distracting whispering, dreadfully dull and over long in some sequences while others not fully realised - inconsistent editing styles

My Aussie Bum man

Nursie/Fluffy/Mark - modelling on the deck in his favourite undies of the moment - He's so sexy but hates having his photograph taken. Will just have to sneak in the ocassional snap to please the boys and show off his developing tan over summer

Too much alcohol in my blood content

The morning after the night before - hic!
A fun time had with the boyz at $pots at Prince of Wales last night.

Seduced by the tidal pull of the long breath

Time-out for myself today. Back cracked and manipulated by my osteopath Rochelle
Then my first yoga class for 07 at Brophys. On track for a balanced body & mind.

This way

Yah! Heading home, weather has cooled down should sleep better tonight. Cloudy with the promise of some rain!
It's my Friday night with Mon/Tues off to catch up on chores, visit friends, perhaps even some retail therapy at the sales?

How does your garden grow?

With stage 3 water restrictions in place maintaining a lush garden has become difficult. While I have accepted the die-back and chosen drought tolerant plants surprisingly a few of the exotics are thriving. Moving this carnivorous plant to the darkest corner with occassional misting has brought on exceptional growth!

Your first stop is behind the yellow line

Just as Connex provides a safety message - do friends need a guide-line for their own safety and your peace of mind? Are: repeated phone calls - without leaving a msg, drunken / horny txt messages, in the middle of the night, etc just testing the boundaries. Or have they crossed the line?

Just be

What is in a name?
Variations on a theme. At work - B, BT, BwT, little dude. Family - will, little Bill, Boo, uncle boo. Friends - Bru, brucey, broocee, puddle-duck. And thats only what is said to my face!

Jarred comes to visit

My friend from Amsterdam / Kenya stays with us for a while

After celebrating the New Year in Sydney and before heading home.

Always a pleasure to share his company.

A green oasis

Heading towards another scorcher today.

Seek shade and stay cool!

pic - wall tile, platform 1, Flinders St Station. CBD Melbourne

Flip-flops in the city

Good for the beach, around home and short errands to the milk bar

But as a clean foot lover a personal top of my whats NOT hot list!

Steel Wheels

Back 2 werk! Just another cog in the machine? I don't think so!

An eerie emptiness at Flinders St Station - the CBD is sleeping?

Mucking about with the ph cam.

A day to rest

Time to chill, relax and stretch out in the sun.

Feeling a little fragile today..... takes longer to

recover these days.

But life is great and feeling good

Head space

Always remember for 2007.... life is short, break the rules,

forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably and

never regret anything that made u smile :-)

fill your head space with the good stuff
X

Welcoming in ooh_ooh_seven

The before pic. Me - freshly clippered, Nursie/Fluffy/Mark in the middle with hair! Greek Boy/Spyros all tanned. The Boyz all set 2 welcome in the new year!

Goodbye to the year

Just how much are u meant 2 squeeze in?

Hi ho hi ho its farewell 2 Heide for 2oo6

Another day over, spent it BOH finnishing reports, preparing for stocktake
and cleaning up the Bear Cave (my office). 3 dayze off W0W! A rarity
Looking 4wd 2 ooh-ooh-seven .. start afresh

Hometime at Heide

Another day over! But still perfect weather to lay under the mexican oak and day-dream:-)

What, where, why how?

Really enjoying posting from mobile. I spend the hour commute to/from work normally listening 2 music. But hey why not share ? This could become the 1 stop spot 2 find out all u need 2 know about broocee.

Bedside table by flash

Mmmm stuff - what can u see? Candles, jewellery seed pods and other collected objects....

Bedside table by bearlight

Assorted bits and pieces - gotta clean the nest up!

Mantlepiece Mantra

Fluffy, Icarus and Life

favourite slang postcard bruce/fluffy, set of three brooches i made, and a favourite quote.

Disco tree

Xmas has been and gone
Back at work and looking forward to the New Year. When should u be returned to the great outdoors?

Daryl goes shopping

Dino sporting latest Heide MOMA Shopper

My new friend - Coco

Cat sitting the neighbors pet. Never thought i'd be a cat person but she is growing on me - purrr

Xmas lunch

With my boyz, nursie and the greek boi at Piper on Carlisle Street. Thanks to Jeff and the rest of the crew.

Matt G in Melb

Day out at NGV with Matt during PicASSo exhibition. An ideal pix for his caller i.d on my phone? hee hee
Just discovered how to send pix from my phone to blog, gotta love technology... looking forward to living life online more in ooh-oh-seven, stay posted
broocee

tis the season

ho ho ho sold my soul to satan? have a great xmas everybody