A photo essay of the sculptures in Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide.
by Jen
by Jen
This is me enjoying a moment away from my son’s commitments over the weekend. Actually this was taken just over a week ago – this is how long it’s taken me to get round to posting it.
Last Monday my son was asking me if he could go to a birthday party disco which was on last night. I answered that I wasn’t sure because I had something on whereupon he told me that I always did what I wanted and didn’t do anything for him.
I lost it at this point. What about Friday night baseball training, then scouts, then Saturday morning cricket, then a friend coming over for a sleepover, then baseball on Sunday morning? Hmm? And I don’t do anything for you? All I do is run around after you.
I walked out, slammed the door and got on the exercise bike and rode like the clappers I was so cross with him.
I tried to remember my hour of respite the day before – a peaceful waterfall.
And the sun hiding behind a tree.
When he started playing baseball this season it clashed with the rest of the school cricket season in that he’d be playing cricket one morning and baseball the next. So far he seems to be coping with it and not getting too tired or grumpy.
It also means that neither of us get a sleep-in or a morning where we can lounge around in our pajamas for a while with no commitments to speak of. At least baseball sometimes has a bit of a later game and we don’t have to be up too early. They haven’t won a game yet but they’ve improved heaps so if they keep it up I hope they’ll win at least one game for the season.
Oh, and I reshuffled my commitments around yesterday to try and fit in a bit of the school fete and he got to go to his disco where heaps of girls chased him around the hall. A sign of things to come?
And in the meantime I got an invite to a friend’s drinks so we ducked over to his place while JJ was at the disco. Win win.
by Jen
My son took these photos over the last five or six days to show how quickly flowers do bloom. Aren’t they lovely? He brought this home from school for me.
by Jen
I walk past this house a few times a week when I go for my walk.
There was a hint it wasn’t going to be around for much longer because of the big machinery in the front yard. Sure enough, a couple of walks later it was completely gone – just like that.
Someone used to live there. I’m sure there were lots of memories – good and bad – made in that house.
No doubt it will be replaced by a couple of dwellings.
I received a letter in the post a couple of weeks ago from my dentist surgery and avoided opening it because it meant that I would have to make an appointment for a checkup. I did open it, however, and found out that my dentist had been unwell and had passed away. I liked him too. He had a no nonsense attitude. He was always about trying to save a tooth and not always suggest the most expensive option. I don’t know that his replacement will be like that and it was a bit inconvenient to get to so now I’m faced with finding a new dentist.
Then tonight I received an email that someone else I knew of had passed away. I always saw his name appear in a Facebook group I’m a part of and even though I’d never met him it was a sudden and unexpected death.
Death’s like that. Even when you know someone has been ill it’s always awful when they die. They leave a gap and it takes a bit of shuffling around to even try to fill that gap. I don’t know that the gap is ever filled because their memory lives on.
Life’s too short and now that I can’t say I’m in my early 40s I’ve noticed just how damn quickly time is passing. It makes me wonder if I’m making the most of my life. I know it’s jolly full and pretty enjoyable so that’s not a bad thing. But I wish I could reign it in a bit so I could enjoy it more.
All I can do is enjoy the time I’ve got – a day at a time.
by Jen
Remember when raising kids was more community-based? Well, how about a virtual kind of take?
Read what I wrote over at bigwords. It contains advice about some life lessons I’ve learned so far.
Thanks to Bianca for letting me play.
by Jen
I love my mum she made me be 🙂
She gave me food 🙂
When I had a problem she helped.
And she is there for me.
She shows me how to live and work.
She always loves me no matter what!!
My son wrote the above on my computer. I asked if I could blog it. He agreed so long as I fixed a couple of spelling mistakes.
It’s these things that keep me going as a parent. I love you JJ!
For my non-Wordless Wednesday.
by Jen
I don’t know about you but I never get tired of sunsets, especially sunsets at the beach.
Last Sunday week when it was the first day of daylight savings we managed to go for a walk along the beach after dinner, something which is a lot easier to do when the days are longer.
I loved how the sunlight was reflecting over the water.
Monty is missing from this photo. She can barely walk to the end of the street and back. I really miss taking her for walks and it’s not that long since she could manage this walk. The decline in her fitness and endurance has been quite rapid in retrospect.
After a short stroll along the beach we walked through the sandhills. It’s very hard work even after the pilates I’ve been doing lately.
Therefore stopping to take photos is a very legitimate excuse to stop and take some breaths.
The photo below is unedited – completely unedited. That’s what a difference natural light can make, especially natural light at sunset.
I love a sunset. And you?