Melbourne's Free Art

Wizard god, and lots of vases.






Some art deco focus was totally appreciated.



And, of course, there is baby mama drama. And buns.


Trying to be more European .. must get over fear of posting pubeless nude, and flute slaves.


This room was incredible, with so many dark, amazing paintings everywhere. A lot of my favourites came from in there.


I want this full sized on my bedroom wall when we finally settle and get a house... someday... please soon... no more waking up to old people sex at 3:45am plz.


What a cool capture of personality in this one.


I've always loved roosters, because they were one of the more accessible jungle birds in my youth. And I loved chinese hackey-sacs (more like feather disks) that had rooster tail feathers on them.


These shields from 1980's PNG sport superhero designs, to protect the bearers from shotgun pellets.


This one was a surprise crowd-pleaser.


This is sintered fibreglass, which makes me think there is some potential in this as an engineering material process somehow, it was just so cool.

Coastal Walk (to burgers shhh)

For Karin

http://kkava.com/karin/

Around Sydney City

A quirky yard... and a rose in the Royal Botanical Gardens at lunch.

A statue, designed with Strand7... and a turtle, in the Royal Botanical Gardens at lunch.

An E-W street in Sydney... and the most emotive doodle I've ever made.

Said statue... and a rainbow over our house at sunset.

Downtown Sydney mix... and the light coming through my stained glass window onto my cube at 3pm.

Said light... and the best bubbly I've found in Australia.

Walk Around the Spot

So, day two of $50 dates. Sticker shock doesn't really get old, or change with the exchange rate. "Tapas" is Spanish for "twice as expensive as bigger food." But it was "nice," which is American English for "regrettable."

We took a detour through the graveyard near our house at sunset, after walking through a neighborhood full of really nice homes we wanted.

This grave made Karin sad, but then I realised how ... well, just how awful a name this child would have had to live with had it survived puberty. Basically reads "septum is harry." Harry nose, yep, that's me.

A nice fence on the way back.

And a big rig you don't see often in the US, one of the old blunt ones. They also have gravel guards which you don't see back home either.

I stopped in the liquor store across the street to get some cider, and the counter guy, on seeing my jade plant and cactus cutting, asked if I was into gardening. "Sure!" So he's going to bring in a cutting of a moon flower cactus for me in 2 weeks. Also, an old babushka lady burst out with joy at seeing me and Karin walking together. She said she liked seeing nice couples.

Canoelands with Karin

Can anyone identify this strange, shy little yellow car?

Basically, a long dry hike with a nap in the sun, on a rock.



... overlooking a valley, a mysterious valley that seemed like it had lots of caves down in it.


Our house with pies.