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Daily Gratitude

12 Sunday Apr 2020

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What are you grateful for in these unusual times? Here are some of my daily photos.

Finding balance in this new normal (17 stones, my personal best).
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This weekend I am especially grateful for where we live. We arrived in Hobart five years ago yesterday. (We knew Tasmania’s history but never thought we’d be “locked in” with no flights out! Lols)
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Daily exercise after working from home. Grateful for these tracks and views. We do not have to walk along city or suburban streets.
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Our new garden windmill, looking good with this week’s full moon in the morning sky.
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Early morning high tide at a local beach.
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Fresh local produce still available at our weekly farmers market.
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We are very fortunate and grateful.

Australian Wooden Boat Festival

11 Monday Feb 2019

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boats, Tasmania

This festival took place in Hobart over the weekend. A wonderful collection of wooden boats from tall ships to kayaks, historical vessels to brand new.

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The HMB Endeavor, a replica of James Cook’s ship when he charted New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia between 1768 and 1771.IMG_0717IMG_0720IMG_0721IMG_0838-2

From Cook’s cabin looking at “James Craig” built in 1874 in England, abandoned in Tasmania in 1930’s, restored in the 1970’s.IMG_E0746

Alternative Christmas Trees

22 Saturday Dec 2018

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art, seasons, trees

This is the third version of our driftwood Christmas tree.

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The driftwood tree in a bucket of sand has been in our lounge for 2 years now. Here is a link to the various themes of our tree.

This is another unusual Christmas decoration, that won our office tree competition.
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Office Elves

20 Thursday Dec 2018

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art, work

I haven’t written here for a while, life has been busy. But I wanted to share the fun we’ve had at work with our Office Elves. It started as a Christmas decoration challenge, with our elf characters placed along the top of a partition.

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But the elves have taken on a life of their own, getting up to mischief overnight.

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The favourite was when the elves had a party at the photo copier.

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“Open House”- Tasport Tower

14 Wednesday Nov 2018

Posted by RuthsArc in days out, Uncategorized

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architecture, Hobart

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“Open House” is an annual event in Hobart, where the public have free access to buildings that we don’t usually get to see.

Last weekend, we joined a tour of Tasmanian Ports Control Tower. It is 36 metres tall and has a unique 360 degree view of Hobart city, waterfront , Tasman Bridge and the Derwent River.
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It was designed to oversee the entire port and manage the arrival and departure of all ships. It is still used as the main observation point for all under-bridge crossings and is the office/staff room for the sea pilots.

From the tower, we could appreciate the scale of local timber awaiting export.
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Hobart murals

02 Friday Nov 2018

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art, Hobart

Cool new murals in Hobart to support marine life in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

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Piano sculpture

31 Thursday May 2018

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art, music

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