spotted in Surry Hills

interesting juxtaposition

bbq on the deck

beautiful evening last night

BBQ on the deck from Stephen Saunders on Vimeo.

Air New Zealand Cougar campaign controversy

Have we lost our sense of humour ?

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/cougar-sex-campaign-lands-air-nz-in-hot-water-20100118-mf04.html

Happy Birthday Robyn

The Big Night Out

ODC

The light blazed down

Brilliant and stark

As we faced off

In front of a hundred brown eyes blinking hidden

I blocked the last avenue of escape

He blinked at me from behind his bronze shield

And made a last dash for freedom

I moved fast shooting with my right hand

I stunned him, took the stuffing out 

I hit him with another round and he stumbled to the ground

Weak at the knees

And finally threw himself over the white cliff

In a flight of heroic finesse

I was quick to deliver the coup de grace

Foot on his neck with one more shot

Consigned him to the sea 

Down a white porcelain urn

In a white shroud

Like a Viking sea warrior

A nail in the coffin of evolution

One Dead Cockroach

2010

Salt Beach, NSW

The Sea Battle for Waterloo

The rain raked the open window

With gunfire and pellets

Pummeling the flapping blinds

Into frenzied sails on a mountainous sea

I jumped up and ran from

landing to landing to deck

Closing windows and doors

Yelling to the crew

To trim the sails and 

Batten the hatches

From the deck I saw the enemy

Fleet gathering, looming blue-gray

Battle cruiser squadrons firing guns

Of thunder, their brows furrowed

Their lips curled with contempt.

Secured, we sailed on

And I returned to my cabin

To plot the next campaign

And my disturbed

Afternoon nap 

New Year's Fireworks from a Distance in Waterloo