The girls have been wanting to go to the snow forrrrreverrrrrr. A potential trip was thwarted by COVID and I kept them waiting for four years to test their certainty and patience. These two are in gloves, beanies, scarves, tracksuits and woollen socks (on feet and hands even!) when the overnight temperature drops below 20.c in Darwin. Luckily the magic of it exceeded the sensitivity of their skin.
a midnight in melbourne
The night was meant to start at a gin bar called Little Lon Distilling Co, selected for its testament to Lon, the person I have most consistently called a legend for 20+ years. But it was shut.
St Nick: My favourite alter ego
Leica M10 +
A 72 hour crescendo to Christmas 2018. Until this point, there was no lights on the tree, no presents, and no conceivable path to redeeming the Christmas I had envisaged. I waited another 24 hours to do anything physical about this.
the venetian lagoon
An intense amount of evaluation led me to forfeit our business class train fares to Florence and take a day trip to Burano island with Imogen instead. And then catch the train at dusk by myself with a mountain of luggage and two really exhausted kids, one on my lap because there weren’t enough seats on the train let alone any in business class.
Venezia - Part one
Venice.
Conflicting reviews on this place but since my Italian boss ordered me to go, I had no choice. I am indebted for this arm-twist. The charm of this place stole my heart; ancient buildings, artisans, inner goth, gourmet food and canals for roads - yes, you may not know that unique fact about this place.
Leica M10 + Voigtlander VM 35mm 1.2 ii
I bought a Leica M10 - to use my favourite lens.