White shoes at the plaza

A bit of street photography from the Photowalk

St George The Slayer

Iconic carving of St George slaying the dragon taken in St George's Cathedral Perth Australia

I've never understood how a man can be considered a saint if he has lived a life of violence.

I spose the dragon may represent evil or pagan ways but it still doesn't sit well with me..

1/2 price miracles.. get em while they last

My head works in mysterious ways, as soon as saw these two signs together while on the Scott Kelby worldwide photo walk I thought.. I can just see the Pope on TV doing an infomercial or "going broke" ad.

"I've had to shut down 2 Cathedral's already and I'll do anything to keep the rest open."

Blessing's from $2
Miracles an insane $199 .. thats 1/2 price!

Point Zero

Sushi ( Norimake-Zushi)

I LOVE making my own sushi.
I have a great authentic recipe that is a bit fiddly from an old Madhur Jaffrey cookbook . You need to soak the rice the day before and once cooked spread it out on the bench & fan to cool while stiring in the vinegar/sugar mix.
Its well worth every minute though (even cleaning the bench down) as the rice is perfect.

I usually just make a simple version with mashed pickled plum (umeboshi), braised shitake mushroom, toasted sesame seeds and some cucumber

My Old Boots

These boots have been with me for over 14 years. They have been on my feet when I was an executive Chef, made a brief appearance on TV, been around most of Western Europe and seen my sons grow from babies to young men who then "borrowed" them to use as motorbike boots in the goldfields. Now as my sons have gotten older they have become the home of spiders and bugs but I can't bear to throw them away and every now and again I bang out the residents and slip them on to do a bit of gardening. They aren't comfortable or waterproof, but they are so much more than shoes, they are living history.

BamBoo

I love the earthiness of bamboo & its simple strength.

I love the smell of it when its dried, the sound it makes as the wind blows through a grove, the vivid colour and shape of its leaves and even the taste of its shoots.

I love that it brings back memories of teetering scaffolding in Denpasar, of dirt poor street vendors roasting corn on the streets of Kathmandhu and of trekking through rainforests holding my sons hands in Malaysia while torrential rains swelled the streams to torrents..

Here's to you bamboo..

Low light cat

First experiments using an adaptor with my very old Osawa mkII lens zoom lens (30 yr old) attached to a Canon 5D

Abandoned Restaurant

Byron Bard at Cottonmouth XII