Photo Therapy

I am still mostly on bed rest so it is difficult for me to go out on my beloved walks and take photos. For the past few days I have also been concentrating on finishing my NaNoWriMo novella which I have just finished so I thought what better way to celebrate than with some of my favourite photos from the old photo files.

I don’t know about you but photos have a way of pepping me up. I love taking them. I love looking at them. I love looking at other people’s photos and mostly, I love learning from the really good photographers out there.

There is nothing quite like a bit of photo therapy.

We are going through a Coal Seam Gas Mining debate at the moment in NSW where there have been lots of protests and rallies against it. Of course, you know that I am going to be against it. There doesn’t seem to be a case where it has been carried out without damaging the water table irreparably. What I like is that here in the inner city people are protesting about it affecting the Liverpool Plains which is a good hour away from Sydney. I am all for peaceful social protest. I think it’s important to speak out against government decision-making that has a negative impact on communities. So Barry O’Farrell – stick your CSG mining plans where the sun don’t shine. Hahaha.

I really like this billboard at the Fish Markets. I think it is really retro. And everbody knows Aussie Tiger Prawns are delicious!

I like this shot of the Sydney Waterways boat under the old Glebe Island Bridge. There is something about a working port that really appeals to me.

There is a house near me that always has flowers in the front door in lovely terracotta pots. I think they look really good, kind of festive. They always make me smile.

I love these gates at Victoria Park. Aren’t they magnificent? I imagine a 19th century storybook heroine walking past them in her button-up shoes. They seem like something from another era.

I like this sunset shot at the canal and how even the water has gone pink. It’s like a gateway to a magical world.

Thanks for coming with me on my therapy session. Hope you are able to engage in some photo therapy of your own.