a day at the beach, an afternoon in the mountains

1,2+3: haystacks in the fields around traralgon. 4 - woodside beach. 5 - last sunset of 2005

bizarre

this, from today's age:

Woman weds dolphin

Tel Aviv, IsraelDecember 30, 2005 - 6:34AM

British tourist Sharon Tendler has finally made her dream match - by "marrying" a dolphin she has been visiting for 15 years in the Israeli resort of Eilat, the mass-circulation Yediot Ahronot daily reported today.
Ms Tendler, 41, has been visiting the city on the Gulf of Aqaba two or three times a year to spend time with her 35-year-old underwater sweetheart.
"The peace and tranquility under water, and his love, would calm me down," the Israeli daily quoted her as saying.
Last week, Ms Tendler finally plucked up the courage to ask the dolphin's trainer for the mammal's fin in marriage.
The wedding took place on Wednesday, with the bride - wearing a white dress and watched by amazed spectators - walking down the dock to where the groom was waiting in the water.
She kissed him, to the cheers of the spectators and then, after the ceremony was sealed with some mackerels, was tossed into the water so she could swim away with her new husband.
"I'm the happiest girl on earth," the bride was quoted as saying.
"I made a dream come true. And I am not a pervert."

when i first read this article, i thought it sounded bizarre. and then i thought about it and realised how beautiful it was, and how lucky the pair are. i wish them well.

Ondrej @ ABC

trying to get a picture for my profile but it needs a URL, so putting it up here is the only way i can think of getting one...(if anyone knows any different, please comment)

red vision

I'm haunted by this painting by Leonor Fini - 'Red Vision'

japanese kitty

here's a scan of a postcard iva sent to us at christmas. how cute!

iva's blog

check out vov's blog:

http://ivainjapan.blogspot.com/

you can also just click on the link in the side-bar

Pong and Ang's visit to the Latrobe Valley

here are some pics from 15/12/05. much fun was had by all :)

getting with the times

just one entry to get kicking :)