thanksgiving in america

kp was in europe while i moved and dealt with car accidents and lost our cat for 24 hours... and we thought that after 7 weeks apart, we would rendezvous in big d. it wasn't because we thought the added dose of family drama would make it more poignant - it's just the way things work out sometimes. but rather than head straight into it, we spent a night at a dfw hotel. room service and a king size bed! i think we've stumbled onto something here...

sydney

south pacific

dfw rdv - room with a view

we also decided to take a quick trip up to pittsburgh for a wedding. after a year and a half in canberra, pittsburgh was a bit of a shock for old lb - it's so busy! (that's what canberra does to a person)

pittsburgh approach

downtown pittsburgh

then back to big d...

 chuys, visit #1

 collaborative art with some good friends

 pre-turkey trot fuel

 turkey trot

 dad

 moon over pacifica

home again home again

scenes, spring 2013

scenes from our last days on hawdon st...

scenes from around town...

scenes from the ainslie reserve...

 

 (homage to our brief time as ainslie weeders... kp thought we were signing up for something entirely different...)

scenes from a car accident...

scenes from a move...

(bob, the day after he disappeared for 20 hours, not at all sorry for scaring me to death)

a walk in the park...

sometimes the universe appears to conspire against you: family members fall ill, your car gets keyed, you're evicted, your employers make increasingly antagonistic workload policies, you're afraid you're getting arthritis in your thumbs... in your weaker moments, as you're throwing temper tantrums and pity parties, you forget all the wonderful things about your lot: your book is in, an article was just accepted, you married a saint, your cat is the best ever, winter's over...

and sunday walks around the neighborhood are this nice:

 our clothes line

 random school yard art

 (not so) young lovers

 never to old for the swing set

 coolest self-portrait i've ever taken

north and south

 the north ainslie galahs

we walked all over in search of some hoops. no dice.

hello neighbor!

more south durras...

otherwise known as paradise.