Thursday Challenge – Blue

Blue – Laser Etched Dragon Light

My daughter has an obsession with dragons. This is the latest addition to her collection

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Thursday Challenge – Texture

I had a few ideas on where I wanted to go with this weeks Thursday Challenge but in the end I decided it was a great excuse to head for the kitchen and make up a batch of choc chip cookies.

Mmmmm cookies!

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little ones

To attack the persistent algae problem in my aquarium I decided to invest in a couple of Catfish. The guy at the aquarium store suggested that I should get about five or six for the size of tank that I have but due to the cost of them I got two with the aim to get more later.

I was given a pair, one male and one female and the guy at the shop explained how to tell them apart. It’s good when there are big differences between genders.

The male seems to have a preference for hiding in one of the ceramic ornaments at the bottom of the tank which, seeing as it’s probably got a fair amount of food in there for him, is not surprising. The female however ended up moving into the weeds after a day or so and that’s where she stayed for a week or so.

Lia thought she was dead and while it did look that way, I had already checked and knew that she wasn’t. I had a vague hope that she was hiding in the weeds for a completely different reason and after a week it became clear that my thoughts were a reality with the discovery of a very tiny little Catfish .

There are at least six little fish in there and they are starting to come out of their hiding spot in the weeds.


Little Catfish – The gravel at the bottom of the aquarium is very small stone which gives an idea of scale.

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Thursday Challenge – Peaceful

It seems somewhat appropriate that this weeks Thursday Challenge “Peaceful” falls on Vesak Day. This Buddha statue forms part of the water feature in my garden and is very relaxing.

With Mettā

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Thursday Challenge – Food

Cupcakes are Food

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Seat – With river views

Swan River – Bayswater.

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Thursday Challenge – Motion


Motion – Dawn on a highway

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Architecture

Architecture – Sydney Opera House

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Rampant capitalism

One of the reasons I don’t eat at McDonalds is that I really dislike the agressive marketing towards young children but I am finding that getting children to guilt trip parents into buying stuff is becoming more and more predominant, especially at Thomas and Cameron’s school.

Over priced books that the kids really really really want are the prime culprit but next Friday they are having a “Mother’s Day Stall” where the kids can come in and buy mum a gift, all in the $5 – $10 range. We’re supposed to send a pair of six year olds off to school with money so they can buy affection!

What happened to the days when schools made crafts at school and mothers received a hand drawn card?

I for one am always happy when I get things like that from the children and Lia feels the same way.

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