This will hurt me...

Looking north east. Lower Sandy Bay, June 2011. I am all set to launch of on an exciting and invigorating adventure, only I... a) don't have a boat; b) don't have a destination; and, c) haven't packed a lunch. Maybe tomorrow...

Patience is a virtue. Temperance Prudence Fortitude Justice Guess how many Henry embodies?

Ezra awaits the arrival of the orcas. You can’t see it in this photo, but just behind those dunes he’s sharpened up the knives and is ready to gut and fillet the colossal crustacean fish whale member of the oceanic dolphin family. Dip ‘em in a bit of olive oil, roll in some fresh rosemary and tarragon, stick ‘em on the grill and serve with a nice summer salad. Bon appétit!

So Christmas is done and dusted for another year. All we have left is to get out in the water, catch us a few fresh Orcinus orcas , fire up the barbie and we’ve got ourselves a traditional Tasmanian New Year Hāngi! Get to it Henry!

The lonely sponge. Seven Mile Beach, September, 2010. Theme Thursday again, and seemingly without REASON I have chosen the above photograph, taken on our visit on a wet and windy day last Sunday, to get out of the house and avoid killing each other commemorate Father’s Day. I say that I post without REASON, but as is the case each Theme Thursday, I can manufacture a REASON no trouble . You see, all (or at least, one of the things) REASON is “a statement presented in justification or explanation of a belief or action.” It can also refer to “ Logic , or a premise of an argument.” Thus my REASON – as in justification or logic – is that age old adage: because . Because on Theme Thursday I need to post something . Because for some REASON unbeknownst to me I have appeared to have locked myself into the twice-a-day ( three times on Tuesday) cycle that obsessive compulsive disorder prevents me from breaking. Therefore, you get a sponge on a beach from the south of Tasmania. You don’t n...

Looking for the sky and wondering if the rain or the bus will arrive first. Campbell Street, Hobart. August 2010. I know that I am late and I can’t stay long, sorry ! Things are a little hectic…

Ominous skies above New Town. July 2010. So it is Sunday, which means time for the Sunday Top Five. Today, I'm nominating my Five Favourite Television Shows ! Demonstrating my existence on the cutting edge of televisual delights, the list doesn't contain much in the way of contemporary programs, but makes up for it with foul language (well, one show does at least...) Seinfeld Spaced Deadwood The Royle Family Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister

He has a rock, and he's not afraid to use it. Who do you think is in line for a chunk of Metamorphic between the eyes?

10 Murray is a magnificent beauty in the morning. It seems that the powers that be have delayed her demolition in the face of spirited opposition! Perhaps we will bask in her glory for a little while longer. Time for another Sunday Top Five! Off the top of my head, I'm thinking about my Top Five Songs With The Word ' LOVE ' In The Title. 1: Where Did Our Love Go? , The Surpremes 2: You've Got to Hide Your Love Away , The Beatles 3: Will You Love Me Tomorrow , The Shirelles 4: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Love d Me , The Smiths 5: Love Is the Drug , Roxy Music [Honourable mentions include: Love , Truth and Honesty by Bananarama; Love Is the Key by the Charlatans; (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love , and Understanding , Elvis Costello & The Attractions; Can't Help Falling in Love , Elvis Presley; Love the One You're With , Stephen Stills; You Love Us , Manic Street Preachers; Slave to Love , Bryan Ferry; Hot Love , T-Rex; and I'm A...

Yesterday we were looking down, today we're looking up! Here is the sky as seen mid-afternoon on Clifton Beach. Like most Rorschach designs, I'm never very sure what these clouds are supposed to look like, so I shall go with my default answer that generally involves something sexual. "Two lovers in embrace." There you go. Diagnose that Hermann! Time for a top five. Yesterday, Henry managed to sweet talk the good folk on the Steenholdt's Organic Produce stall [the tastiest apple and pear producers in the known universe] out of a good eight or nine small Crofton apples, which prompts today's Top Five Apples That I Like To Eat ! 5: the little seen Catshead ; 4: the Pink Lady ; 3: the Ginger Gold ; 2: the Jonathon ; and, of course, 1: the beloved Granny Smith !

It has been a while since I featured Mount Wellington, so here she is in all her glory. This shot was taken down on the foreshore of Geilston Bay. I read this morning that J.D. Salinger is dead. If I may, I would just like to state that The Catcher in the Rye is a poorly constructed book, and Holden Caufield is perhaps the most intensely annoying protagonist I've had the displeasure to have shared a text with. Indeed, I would put it to Holden that it is he himself that is the " phony ". Perhaps it is my class bias showing, but Holden just needed to harden up, the miserable toff bastard.