saturday

wow we filled up saturday pretty well! after walking over to pearl oyster for breakfast (again) we met up with peter's family for nicholas's birthday. peter comes from a massive family so get togethers are always really fun because there are so many people. the weather was incredible - it felt like spring. i blew bubbles with the kids and peter played football with his brothers (in a tshirt no less!). some of my photos didn't turn out so well because the light was so harsh (i think there's a filter for that) so i changed them into high-contrast black and white in post processing. i think it kind of works! after playtime in the park we went back to the coburg football ground to watch the north ballarat roosters thrash the tigers followed by a few beers at the pub.

sunday afternoon

we had a very nice weekend this weekend. lots of movies and reading and lazing. it was our anniversary so we went out for a super indulgent meal on saturday night at la luna bistro in north carlton to celebrate and congratulate each other on a year since our first kiss in the doorway of a gay bar on smith street. we did venture out on sunday afternoon for supplies (a woman can't live on love and leftover savoys all her life.) as we were walking back from the supermarket we saw the gate to the coburg football grounds was open and stopped in to have a look around. it was a perfect time of afternoon; we stepped on to the ground just as the sun was setting behind the scoreboard and we spent a good half an hour quietly poking around the debris of yesterday's match. it's a beautiful ground. i liked the general quiet of the place and peter spent a lot of time staring out over the ground and imagining past games.

when we went to leave we discovered that the gate that was previously left open was now securely locked and it took a bit more rambling to find a fence without barbed wire topping it to scramble over. an adventurous end to an otherwise completely placid weekend.

we passed this car on the walk home. i don't know anything about cars but i do know that a green kingswood station wagon is something to be admired.

weekend

 this weekend was family dinners and late nights. getting to bed at sunrise and waking up for pancakes and bacon at about 3 in the afternoon. late night surprise family drinks at kent st, black pudding and goat at josie bones and the cheese platter at the post office hotel. throw in a 30th birthday, an afternoon of wine and music and a decent sunset and it's been a pretty full couple of days.

30/365

April 15 2012 : 3:58pm
Fujifilm Finepix X100
1/250 : f.4.5 : ISO 200
Coburg, Victoria

4/365

March 20 2012: 8:25pm
Fujifilm Finepix X100
1.2 seconds : f.2.0 : ISO 1600
Coburg, Victoria.