In our back patio/garden area, we have a rose bush that is also inhabited by some bougainvillea. It’s actually pretty cool because the rose bush just finished blooming, and now we have the red of the bougainvillea popping through various areas. I just wish the rose bush wasn’t so thorny. Talk about a pain to maintain.
With the launch of the new family food blog, I’m hoping there will be additional food shots moving forward. I really like the colors and clarity of this photograph. Plus it’s been awhile since I’ve actually used my DSLR (and I love me some food!).
Speaking of DSLR, man, the D800 is sounding like a sexy beast. However, I think I need to replace my normal kit zoom lens as it has a lot of dust inside. It’s quite frustrating. Plus, having something at f2.8 would be nice, but I’d also love to get my hands on some wide-angle stuff.
Not a whole lot else going on right now. Our stuff has arrived into port in Melbourne today, but we won’t see it for awhile. We’re hoping to see it before Christmas. As of right now, that would be the best Christmas ever: opening all the presents of stuff we’ve already bought! Yay!
This is not the greatest show ever in America. In fact, it’s awful. Just saying.
It was our first full day in Australia, and the guys here had decided to go to an AFL game. It is getting into the finals, and so the game we watched didn’t really mean anything other than determining home field advantage. Both St Kilda and Carlton are in the final 8, so it was a great game to watch.
We were right near one of the goal posts and 27 rows back. It was a pretty awesome experience. The pace of the game was just incredible. These guys are running around a field much larger than an American football field, and they go non-stop. There are no timeouts, out of bounds, play clock, etc. They are just full out sprinting and smashing into themselves for 25 minute quarters.
I have no idea if it is as exciting while watching it on TV, but being there and experiencing it first hand for the first time was incredible.
Oh, and it was held at the MCG. The stadium holds over 100k people, and is one of the 10 largest in the world. Other cool things about the MCG is that there is a waiting list to get seats. From what I hear, when a child is born they are put on the waiting list, and then they usually get seats in their 30s or 40s. Just incredible.
Oh, and the whole thing is located a 20 minute walk from downtown (from where Yow-Yow and I are staying), and it is right across the street from where the Australian Open is played.
Here are some of the pictures from us leaving Chicago to head to the airport, along with a few shots from Kauai. Not a whole lot of pictures from Kauai this time. I figured that everyone had enough from the last slew I put up from our wedding.
As seen on the home page, we have made it to Melbourne successfully and we are in our temporary apartment. I don’t think Yow-Yow is quite adjusted to the time change yet, as she was up till 4AM last night reading, and is still sleeping as I read this.
So far so good!
Oh, and there is a new wordpress plugin for SlideShowPro Director. It is exactly what I have been looking for. What does this mean for viewers at home? Well, potentially a site redesign. The current theme I’m using isn’t the greatest for Director compatibility (files get saved multiple times, if you change anything to a file in Director it doesn’t get updated on the site, etc.). Who knows when I’ll have time, but it is definitely on the list of things to do now!
An example of what the new plugin does is below. I’m definitely going to be changing a few posts to make it work a lot better!
Well, we have finally made it. After a lot of talk, and quite a bit of quick action, Yow-Yow and I have arrived in Melbourne. It took a lot of travelling to get here (including a 6 night stop at the St. Regis Kauai), but so far, we are enjoying it a lot!
Today’s shot is from our balcony in our temporary living arrangements in Southbank. From our living room, we look out over the river and into the CBD. Behind the tall buildings on the right is where the Australia Open is played too. I didn’t realize it was so close to downtown. You can see the full-sized image if you want, but be careful, it is large (2MB!).
Tonight we are heading to an AFL game, as it is the finals and one of the guys here wants to see it before potentially having to leave. I’m sure we’ll have some fun pictures of that. Plus, being that this is a new place for me, I’m sure I’ll keep posting about our adventures!
Stay tuned for more Melbourne posts!
That’s right, we’re heading back! I earned another 6 free stays this year (should’ve been a lot more, but so it goes), and we are going to use them all prior to heading to Australia. It will be nice and relaxing, especially after dealing with all the moving and everything else. I can’t wait!
Things are progressing pretty well. We are still out selling stuff, to get rid of everything we don’t want. Movers have been booked, and we have our one-way plane tickets (first class the whole way!).
I’ve got a blog post started on the whole process. It’s a pain, but I know it will be worth it!
I know I’ve posted a watch prior, but it is hard to forget your first love.
Still very busy as I type this, which is why I haven’t updated in awhile. Between work, scoping out movers, getting Kobe figured out, and everything else that comes with moving to Australia, I really haven’t had time to update this at all.
Well, here you go. I’m not a huge fan of the picture, probably because the focus isn’t great, but it is better than nothing and was in the queue.
As we go through the Move more, I’m hoping to get better use out of the blog posting. It seems to take less time to throw items up there, but we’ll see. I definitely want to keep that going, especially after we get there.
Yeah, so I may have missed a day. I don’t really feel bad about it though, because it was a holiday here. It was nice to be able to celebrate a holiday with family too. Being away for so long makes you really miss being home.
In other news, I’ve received more news about a potential in Australia. Granted, that hasn’t stopped me from looking around.