Learning to Fly

Do you ever have the urge to jump from a cliff? Not in one of those tragic bad ways…. I’m talking about that feeling of wanting to free yourself, break the chains of whatever binds you…... just to let yourself go…...

Thanks to Kelly Clarkson & her song “Breakaway” for planting this persistent image in my head…...

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I’d just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I’d end up happy
I would pray

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I prayed I could break away

I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly
I’ll do what it takes til’ I touch the sky
And I’ll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won’t forget all the ones that I love
I’ll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get on board a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away
And breakaway

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around revolving doors
Maybe I don’t know where they’ll take me but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway…..

1. model stock : Faestock
2. rock stock : night-fate-stock
3. metal scratches textures x 2 : cgtextures
4. other stock my own

Ultimate Bliss

There’s nothing I love more than a cup of Darjeeling tea…. or green tea….
I’ll have tea before anything else. It’s always the first thing I reach for.
If I feel snackish I head for the tea, if I’m sad & lonely I head for the tea, If I’m stressed & need to relax… tea, If I’m cranky & angry….tea.
There’s just nothing better.

1. Top Ten Finish – Girl’s Best Friend – March 2009
2. Top Ten Finish – My Favorite Things – June 2009

The Submariner

When my Husband saw this RAW image of Jack he thought he looked like “a disgruntled Russian sailor”.
That afternoon I met a charming elderly gentleman with a heavy Eastern European accent & a disarming smile.
Two Russian references in one day? OK! I got the hint!!

Meet The Submariner.

This one is best viewed large at RedBubble.

Textures from CGTextures.

1. Featured – The Grunge Art Gallery January 2009
2. Featured – Australian Portraits February 2009
3. Featured – Images & Ideas March 2009
4. Top Ten finish – Staged.. Set-up Challenge – April 2009
5. Top Ten Finish – Head-On Faces challenge – July 2009
6. Featured – Layered with Texture – March 2010
7. Top Ten Finish – Layer it With a Child – March 2010

Grocery Store

On the NSW South Coast is a gorgeous little village called Central Tilba.
Tilba is a heritage listed village full of quaint little galleries & craft shops, a cheese factory (heavenly) idyllic temperatures, and dairy cows grazing on the hills.

The Grocery Store (which sells divine home-made fudge) has a bicycle hanging above the front door. I thought this an odd place to hang such a thing, and yet somehow it seemed completely normal there. It just seemed to be right at home amongst the quaintness of the place.