bird is the word

where i live, kookaburra sits in the old gum tree. his laugh is a crazy cackle. it starts off slow and gathers momentum until the silly bird is busting a gut about god knows what.



cockatoos grow to the size of geese and make a racket feasting on gumnuts. they're so plentiful, they're pesky.



the ibis stalk the city in search of their past idolators and accept offerings of crackers and bread from the hands of babes.



and pelicans look silly on light posts or float majestically down the dirtiest waterway in sydney. which just happens to be next door to my workplace.

she wore a raspberry beret

Raspberry Beret, originally uploaded by bess grant.

days and days and days gone by

old school or should i say old work, originally uploaded by Ben Frederick.

i just can't wait 'til then

t-i-r-e-d spells it.

work work work. there is so much to do here that if i think about more than one thing at a time my brain goes berserker. it's only 7 pm, bun is putting bub to bed and my eyes are closing as i sit here. it's a good thing i love my job or i would really hate it. sometimes i hate it anyway.

1,2,3. breathe.
1,2,3. breathe.

i miss you all.

lay your head down

ron mueck @ british museum, originally uploaded by art crimes.

all i can say is that i don't ever want to see this in person. i don't know why. it's pretty cool, but it freaks me.

happy hallowe'en again!

bat girl, originally uploaded by bess grant.

this is the day before hallowe'en, actually. she never wore this on hallowe'en, because she wouldn't keep it on. but she sure did look funny for a minute!

happy hallowe'en!

i eat humans, originally uploaded by bess grant.