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THE CROSSCUT SAW

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Yellow paper daisies, the Croscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Paper daisy bud, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Dylan on a ledge, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Dylan's favourite Vivo Barefoot Walking Boots, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Lying on a rock like a sunning lizard, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Green lichen on a rock, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Earlu morning night on beautiful lichen covered rocks, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Dinner preparations, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Trees with papery bark, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Leaf filled hollow, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Dried flower, the Crosscut Saw, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Our friend Scott doesn’t like to be soft. No huts for us, no breezy day hikes with our packs sweetly sleeping in our tents either. I felt an immense sense of accomplishment in having done it. Although Dylan did have to shoulder some of my load, I think he enjoys pushing his pack horse capabilities to the limit. I hope so anyway. We walked up hills and then down hills for hours, up and down, up and down. On the way up I would decide that going down was clearly the only way to go, on the way down my knees and toes protested that this was not the case. But it was beautiful, intensely so.

On this trip we inherited Scott’s old (in photographer years…months) Canon Powershot camera and we spent most of the time getting better acquainted. I hope we will get along well together.

 

 

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WINTER WILD

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Nadinoo's Fleur's Penna Dress, on the beach in the Otways, Australia

Nadinoo's Fleur's Penna Dress, beautiful blue sky

Seaweed on the beach in the Otways, Australia

Gracie the Border Collie, on the beach in the Otways, Australia

Playing chasey with Gracie the Border Collie, on the beach in the Otways, Australia

Nadinoo's Fleur's Penna Dress and sandy feet, on the beach in the Otways, Australia

Dylan relaxing, on the beach in the Otways, Australia

Nadinoo's Fleur's Penna Dress and rock pools, on the beach in the Otways, Australia

Shell scewered by dune grass, on the beach in the Otways, Australia

Nadinoo's Fleur's Penna Dress and Gracie the Border Collie, on the beach in the Otways, Australia

Gracie the Border Collie rolling in the sand, on the beach in the Otways, Australia

Nadinoo's Fleur's Penna Dress, amongst the rock pools on the beach in the Otways, Australia

 

Sunday the rain held off until the drive home. Made bold by the prospect of new Nadinoo dressness I shed winter’s coat and boots to frolick on the beach.  But no one celebrated winter’s end quite like Gracie dog.

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KING OF THE TOPSOIL MOUNTAIN

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A quiet weekend down the coast that included a lot of moving boxes across muddy planks. Broad beans and mustard are growing on the salvaged topsoil, of course Gracie claimed her rightful place as king of the mountain. Dylan practiced making tea on his special wood burning camping stove so as to avoid humiliation in front of his camping buddies.

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