Steve McCurry ICONS Photo Exhibition with Shushann

An extraordinary photo exhibition of one of National Geographic's most esteemed photographers.  Very special. It has inspired me to take more portraits.

Situated near The Rocks

Meeting Dot for lunch in Sydney

What a special person she is.  Our 3 hours together flew by.

Hiking to Lockley's Pylon, Blue Mountains

Wonderful to get out into the mountains with the boys again.  It was a low effort, high return hike with amazing views across the valley.

Tiny Home exhibition with Shushann

 We drove out to The Hawkesbury to see an exhibition of tiny homes. Because of the astronomical price of home in Sydney, they have become quite popular.  Some of them were incredible with extremely creative use of space and lots of light.  However, I think I'll stick with my beautiful home !

Banff Mountain Film Festival

• Balloon tightrope
• Nouria Newman, amazing kayaker, going down 100 foot waterfall
• Family with sick mum living in a camper van, supporting the kid's biking
• The crack addicts climbing the underside of the freeway bridge

Heavy Metal gig with the boys

Not my preferred kind of music but a fun night out with the boys.  I was very thankful I brought ear plugs as it was decidedly loud!

Lydia's birthday lunch

A delicious birthday lunch with Lydia and her friends, some of who I hadn't met before. A lovely group of people.

Balls Head walk with Sharon, Elwin, Lydia, Shushann

Everyone came to my neck of the woods for lunch and a stroll at Ball's Head reserve.

Chat GPT and the explosion of AI

Utterly ground breaking.  Ever since Gavin alerted me to this, I've been utterly hooked. It's become my 2nd brain to which my real brain plays second fiddle!  It's power to generate new ideas as part of the creative process is phenomenal. So useful for my writing. 90% of the time I now use ChatGPT to find out information rather than Google. Prompting, not searching, has become the new art.

Michael's 80th birthday

Michael held his birthday celebration at the Macquarie Cemetery for which he was mercilessly teased in the speeches. I had a super time and had some great conversations with people I hadn't met before including someone who, like me, had recently returned from Antarctica.