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Summer in Hobart is glorious. Temperatures generally in the mid-twenties, lots of sunshine but not the extreme heat or humidity of mainland Australia.
January feels like a holiday month, running over from Christmas and the New Year, “The Taste” food festival, MONA FOMA music and art festival, through to Australia Day. The kids on summer break, some businesses close for extended holidays.
For me, it has definitely been a holiday month. My work contract finished at the end of December and I am taking a slow approach to finding a new job. So I have had TIME during January.
Time to walk every day, along coastal paths, on the beach.
Time to stop and smell the roses, admire the structure of passion flowers, the delicate gum nuts in the eucalyptus trees.
Time to be calm, to be still, to balance stones on a grate. I blogged earlier about a community challenge to add to the stone stacks. Strong winds knocked them flat but several people seem to stop and build anew. My skills have improved no end, balancing nine stones on a few occasions.
Time to move photos to a hard drive. What a job that has turned into, but a joy to revisit holidays and favourite times and places as I attempt to reduce my photo archive.
Time to meet friends for coffee, a smoothie, or lunch. Time to chat, to relax. Time to enjoy a good book. Time to waste time.
I’m joining the “changing seasons” project, now hosted by Su at Zimmerbitch,
where you can get a glimpse of January through the eyes of other bloggers across the world.
Fab photos! You’ve captured such a variety of moods and experiences. I’m so glad you’ve joined the challenge (especially as Tasmania is near the top of my bucket list, and you’re giving me a real incentive to get off my bum and organise a trip). 🙂
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Hello fellow Aucklander! I’ve just tapped into your blog site to briefly read about your January. I visited Tasmania in May 2016. It’s definitely a treat with so much to see and do. I spent 8 nights there. I had a very enjoyable holiday there looking at forest, wildlife, art etc. I do hope you get to visit. I wasn’t disappointed.
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Thanks so much Denise. I’ve heard so many good things about Tasmania. 😀
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Thanks Su. Ha ha, I want to get back to NZ this year.
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Hehe. We should house swap 😉
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Hi Ruth. We could all do with a bit of space in time to just be. I like your shots. The two photos I like the best are the 9-stack of stones, and the long shot down the aisle of the building presumably for the Taste Festival. Thanks for sharing. Love Den xx
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Thanks Den.
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That last one – I have it on my kitchen door, and remind myself of it’s appropriateness quite often.
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Beautiful photos – but then again, you always have beautiful photos! I too like the stones with the tower of 9. It becomes a bit addictive 🙂
I particularly like the end “time to waste time”. As a get older, I appreciate that I’m not really wasting time at all … just recharging.
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Oh I like that phrase, “just recharging”.
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I am also taking a slow approach to finding a new job. Right now I’m working every now and then with kids (in a pre-school) and I love it, but the salary suck balls.
I’m not yet sure if I’ll find myself a new office job, or if I’ll get some more education and get proper paid as a pre-school teacher. Hopefully I’ll win the lottery and then I don’t have to worry about it.
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Good luck Max, with what direction you go. And with that lottery win!
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Tasmania has a much gentler feel than mainland Australia, or maybe it is just your photos. I took so much time over getting a new job that I never actually did! And time is hardly ever ‘wasted’.
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I’m reviewing finances too. We’ll see.
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😀 I was lucky in that the OH had secured a good contract, and also with me not working I was free to travel with him to conferences that I’d not being able to do previously. Money is not always everything, as long as there is enough for a comfortable life. (IMO) 😀
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It looks glorious. You measure temperature in Celsius, right? This week we’re having temperatures in the mid 20’s C as well, but that is unusual warm for the season. I really like it though, it’s been very rainy for a while. I hope you had a wonderful weekend, and a great beginning of the new week.
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Oh I would love to be in Tasmania for the summer months, such a gentle place and your photos do it justice.
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Thank you Pauline. Hope you get to visit again soon.
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Me too 🤞
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Time is a precious commodity, isn’t it?! Glad you’re enjoying your temporary freedom:).
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Looks like you are having a lovely summer Ruth! We have had a mild summer by Perth standards so not as hot but more rain and a bit more humid. Can’t believe our luck though as we are into February now without the really high temperatures but I better not speak too soon – mid to upper 20s forecast for our coastal area this week 🙂 🙂
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Hi Rosemary, yes, I’m definitely enjoying this summer. Good to hear from you.
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I’ve been rather slack on the blog recently Ruth – had visitors etc but now enjoying being back on here catching up again 😃
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