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Week Four – Photo a day Challenge

01 Sunday Jun 2014

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Week four is the last week for the photo a day challenge I signed up for. I’ve had a lot of fun trying to find something everyday to photograph in line with the daily theme. I admit some days I didn’t get very close, some days the connection was tenuous to say the least, but other days I think I really nailed it.

As with the others in this series, these are all photos taken with my smart phone and posted on my Instagram @Dragongirlau. I also had to get a new phone part way through this week because the old one died (as in proper died, won’t turn on and won’t charge) and I’m still getting the hang of the new one!

Day 23 - Black and white pencil artwork by my friend Woland, it's called 'Weight Watcher'

Day 23 – Black and white pencil artwork by my friend Woland, it’s called ‘Weight Watcher’

Day 24 - Chicken noodle soup in Preston with Louise. It was supposed to be sunrise but I wasn't up for getting up for that...

Day 24 – Chicken noodle soup in Preston with Louise. It was supposed to be sunrise but I wasn’t up for getting up for that…

Day 25 - just outside my door this guy must have been dropped by a neighbourhood kid. Poor abandoned kinda egg guy.

Day 25 – just outside my door this guy must have been dropped by a neighbourhood kid. Poor abandoned kinder egg guy.

Day 26 - I nearly forgot to post a photo today. I don't have a pet but will this little guy do?

Day 26 – I nearly forgot to post a photo today. I don’t have a pet but will this little guy do?

Day 27 - Beans and rice, a meal I will probably be eating a lot more of next semester when I go back to being a full time student!

Day 27 – Beans and rice, a meal I will probably be eating a lot more of next semester when I go back to being a full time student!

Day 28 - Apparently I have the unique ability in my office to change the toilet roll in the downstairs ladies toilet. Only me and the cleaners.

Day 28 – Apparently I have the unique ability in my office to change the toilet roll in the downstairs ladies toilet. Only me and the cleaners.

Day 29 - I tried to do that thing where you make a heart shape in the negative space but with my feet... It doesn't really work though.

Day 29 – I tried to do that thing where you make a heart shape in the negative space but with my feet… It doesn’t really work though.

Day 30 - side view of the famous MCG in my way home. I can't believe the challenge will be over tomorrow!

Day 30 – side view of the famous MCG on my way home. I can’t believe the challenge will be over tomorrow!

Day 31 - the last day of the challenge. I missed the sunset today because I was at the gym after my writing group, but the light fitting in my bedroom looks a bit like the sun, if you squint really hard...

Day 31 – the last day of the challenge. I missed the sunset today because I was at the gym after my writing group, but the light fitting in my bedroom looks a bit like the sun, if you squint really hard…

 

For June, I’ve decided to sign up to WordPress’s Writing101 blog a day challenge. For this they supply a prompt and encourage you to post something every weekday for the month of June. You can publish on the weekends if you like, and you don’t have to publish everyday, especially is the quality is not what you’d hoped for sometimes (and with these challenges you can’t get it right every time).

Week 3 – Photo a day Challenge

23 Friday May 2014

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I have managed to get this post up less late than the last one, which is good, but it also means that there are less photos, so yknow, swings and round abouts. As with the others in this series, these are all photos taken with my (kind of crappy) smart phone and posted on my Instagram @Dragongirlau.

Day 18 - Collage entitled 'Sup Boney?', something I drew (on).

Day 18 – Collage entitled ‘Sup Boney?’, something I drew (on).

Day 19 - Woman sits hunched in the cold evening air waiting for a tram. She is alone.

Day 19 – Woman sits hunched in the cold evening air waiting for a tram. She is alone.

Day 20 - Waiting for the Miracle to Come wearing Fraulein Sally Bowles' nail polish

Day 20 – Waiting for the Miracle to Come wearing Fraulein Sally Bowles’ nail polish

Day 21 - probably more paper than card these prayer flags watch over me as I sleep

Day 21 – probably more paper than card these prayer flags watch over me as I sleep

Day 22 - Got into Velvet Tongue II for free because I was performing in the open mic section

Day 22 – Got into Velvet Tongue II for free because I was performing in the open mic section

 

That last picture was taken just as I was about to crawl into bed, still buzzing from performing erotic poetry at Little Raven‘s event Velvet Tongue, if you’re interest to see more of that and a picture of me head to their gallery.

My heartfelt thanks go to Van, Dionne, Skye and the Little Raven team for putting on such a fantastic night, and for giving me the opportunity to perform for a receptive, beautiful audience. It also gave me the opportunity to meet a number of other writers/poets/performers and all round amazing people. Well done everyone!

Week 2 – Photo a day Challenge

18 Sunday May 2014

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Again, slightly late, but y’know, whatever.

As promised, here are my photos, posted originally on my Instragram #dragongirlau (with my phone camera because I’m too lazy to transfer photos from my proper camera to my phone so I can Instragram them).

Day 9 - Sunset of St Mary's church in North Melbourne, one of my favourite times of the day.

Day 9 – Sunset of St Mary’s church in North Melbourne, one of my favourite times of the day.

Day 11 - seen off Little Bourke Street, for Mother's Day.

Day 11 – seen off Little Bourke Street, for Mother’s Day.

Day 10 - in the garden

Day 10 – in the garden

Day 12 - a meal ready made because I didn't go food shopping over the weekend.

Day 12 – a meal ready made because I didn’t go food shopping over the weekend.

Day 13 - I spy with my little eye a whole collection of figurines on a dashboard

Day 13 – I spy with my little eye a whole collection of figurines on a dashboard

Day 14 - Lines. Took me a whole day to realise they could be curved

Day 14 – Lines. Took me a whole day to realise they could be curved

Day 15 - From where I walk. Awesome graffiti streetart in North Melbourne.

Day 15 – From where I walk. Awesome graffiti streetart in North Melbourne.

Day 16 - My trusty lava lamp. I've had it since I was 15, it's followed me when I moved and I always feel warmed by the soft glow it creates

Day 16 – My trusty lava lamp. I’ve had it since I was 15, it’s followed me when I moved and I always feel warmed by the soft glow it creates

Day 17 - you can always find a bag left outside a rubbish bin; the detritus of urban life

Day 17 – you can always find a bag left outside a rubbish bin; the detritus of urban life

Week 1 – Photo a day Challenge

09 Friday May 2014

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The first week of this challenge has come and gone, oh how time keeps passing by!!

As promised, here are my photos, posted originally on my Instragram #dragongirlau (with my phone camera because I’m too lazy to transfer photos from my proper camera to my phone so I can Instragram them).

Day 1 - Journal

Day 1 – Journal

Day 2 - snack; an apple and a feijoa

Day 2 – snack; an apple and a feijoa

Day 3 - A collection of cheeses for dinner last night, and I didn't even have cheese dreams!

Day 3 – A collection of cheeses for dinner last night, and I didn’t even have cheese dreams!

Day 4 - From all of us here at Rod Laver Arena to see Michael Buble thank you for coming out and caressing us with your caramel vocals. So good!

Day 4 – From all of us here at Rod Laver Arena to see Michael Buble thank you for coming out and caressing us with your caramel vocals. So good!

Day 5 - I missed 4pm today because I was staring into the black hole of complete disengagement from my work...

Day 5 – I missed 4pm today because I was staring into the black hole of complete disengagement from my work…

Day 6 - from down below, this was an attempt to take a picture of the inside of the State Theatre in Melbourne, I thought it was arty.

Day 6 – from down below, this was an attempt to take a picture of the inside of the State Theatre in Melbourne, I thought it was arty.

Day 7 - today's prompt was taken from above, I found this abandoned scrap of knitting in the Ming Wing at Monash University, I thought it was sad.

Day 7 – today’s prompt was taken from above, I found this abandoned scrap of knitting in the Ming Wing at Monash University, I thought it was sad.

Day 8 - the theme today was blue, inspired by the blue Melbourne street sign I snapped these buskers, when I asked what their band was called the said they didn't have a name.

Day 8 – the theme today was blue, inspired by the blue Melbourne street sign I snapped these buskers, when I asked what their band was called the said they didn’t have a name.

Swapping one challenge for another

01 Thursday May 2014

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April was the month of poems, May will be the month of photos.

I started the National Poetry Writing Month challenge one day late, but managed to complete the month with 30 new poems under my belt. I’m the first to admit that their quality is not consistent in any way, there were days where I’ve written a potential masterpiece, and other days where the drivel I came out with embarrasses me to look at. None the less, I plan to print out all of the poems from the month and take them to a nice coffee shop somewhere and read them over, a little bit like I did with my novel manuscripts. I’ll also have a think about editing them but that might have to wait a few weeks so I can come back to them with fresh eyes.

Given that the April poetry challenge is over, a good friend and fellow blogger, Katharine, suggested that I take up a new challenge, Fat Mum Slim’s Photo a Day challenge for May. So that’s what I’m going to do! I’ll try to post all of the photos here on my blog, probably only once a week due to life commitments (study in particular is hectic at the moment) along with social commitments and work and writing and yknow, stuff! Plus I don’t know whether you all want to be bombarded with my (potentially not very good) photography all the time.

In other news, I’ve been feeling pretty up beat of late. I’ve made a few important decisions regarding the second half of the year which have changed my head space for the better, and I’ve met some amazing new people who fill me with inspiration and energy, which is nice.

So, with that, bring on the photos! Feel free to sign up and photograph with me!

Photo a Day guidelines - by Fat Mum Slim

Photo a Day guidelines – by Fat Mum Slim