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Jul 03
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Uncategorized 0 comments

A new perspective

Sometimes... it is really good to take a new perspective of things. I've had a few challenges over the past couple of weeks,
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Jul 03
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Uncategorized 0 comments

Water and Rainbow cliche happy snaps – but I don’t care :-)

I'm having a little trouble with some complications from my lip surgery so
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Jun 28
by Julie in Photography Teachings, Uncategorized 0 comments

Photographs originate from within YOU…cameras are just tools.

Many have forgotten that photographs originate from within YOU, and cameras are just tools. How much more equipment do you want to purchase thinking you are going to make better images?
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Jun 27
by Julie in Photography Teachings, Uncategorized 0 comments

Hearing with your eyes –

No matter what stage you are in your life or photo-media interest or career, there are times when a fresh way of seeing and connecting with the world is needed, and new ways of expressing this can be explored.
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Jun 27
by Julie in About Me, Photography Teachings, Uncategorized 0 comments

Julie in the landscape

Immersing myself in Landscape...cameras and me..
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Jun 21
by Julie in Earth and Sea, poetry, Uncategorized, Words 0 comments

Power Grid

Aeons ago reaching for the sunlight then falling into darkness being
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Jun 06
by Julie in Uncategorized 2 comments

How I felt after my surgery.

My surgery went well, but I must be honest and say that I was not at all prepared for the amount of pain and swelling I experienced
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Jun 05
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

I would like to ask a small favour.

I am having surgery today for a lesion on my lip and I would like to ask for some etheric support and a prayer for myself and the surgoens,
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Jun 03
by Julie in Inspirations, Uncategorized, Words 0 comments

Connection

This is a poem I wrote some time ago which I would like to share
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Jun 03
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Karijini 2012, Uncategorized 0 comments

Uluru to Alice Springs, then across the Plenty Highway to Boulia

We had to get on the road and cover a lot of ground before the rain
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Jun 03
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Karijini 2012, Uncategorized 0 comments

Uluru reveals itself

There I was, in a bit of a 'zone' after seeing Kata Tjuta, and I was just driving along knowing that Uluru was along the road a bit..... and then
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Jun 01
by Julie in Inspirations, Karijini 2012, Uncategorized 0 comments

Just an ‘ordinary’ photograph – acknoweldging moments and the purpose of a photograph.

I received a lovely email last night from someone who said "......It is so good to see your journey through some ordinary photos.
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May 28
by Julie in Inspirations, Karijini 2012, Uncategorized, Words 0 comments

When a rock breaks

When a rock breaks, it is broken..
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May 27
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Karijini 2012, Uncategorized 0 comments

Bunurrunha – Mt Bruce

Bunurrunha is a Sacred men's site used by the Traditional Custodians of this land, and we
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May 26
by Julie in Karijini 2012, Uncategorized 0 comments

OOPS!

Well.... I had been putting in some long days driving to beat the rain system coming from the west and to get home
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May 25
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Inspirations, Karijini 2012, Uncategorized 0 comments

The tree continues to speak in my dreams.

So how does that relate to me?? Where does my strength come from? What nourishes me?
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May 06
by Julie in Inspirations, Karijini 2012, Uncategorized 2 comments

Sincere thank-you.

I would like to sincerely thank everyone from all around the world
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Apr 26
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Karijini 2012, Uncategorized 0 comments

Karijini flow

Karijini National Park is a very special place. It has a feel
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Apr 21
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Karijini 2012, Uncategorized, Words 2 comments

Hamersley Gorge reflections

Amongst the folding layers of time the rock slides into the edges of the cool water and morphs and
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Apr 05
by Julie in About Me, Uncategorized 2 comments

How I start my day.

How I start my day
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Feb 21
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

and this one

This couple were amazing to watch. She was filing
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Feb 21
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

pompano beach

Here are some photos I took recently at Pompano Beach in Florida - using
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Feb 13
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

hip hip hooray – it’s my 50th birthday today- 13th Feb!!!!

I have such a priveliged life - filled with beautiful family
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Feb 12
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

second morning in Fort Lauderdale… and getting home the night before

My second morning in Fort Lauderdale...and finishing my story
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Feb 12
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

my first day in Fort Lauderdale

Not having a clue where I was, I fumbled around searching
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Feb 02
by Julie in Photography Teachings, Uncategorized 0 comments

Mentoring

Do you need that bit of feedback and extra guidance from a trusted person
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Feb 02
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

Workshop Testimonials

Workshop tetimonials...
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Jan 29
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

i don’t ‘do’ reasons !

I don't do reasons!!!
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Dec 13
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Uncategorized 0 comments

still haven’t unpacked my suitcase

.... and haven't looked at most of my photographs, but I grabbed half an hour
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Sep 01
by Julie in Uncategorized 1 comments

this year

There have been few posts this year, and this is one of those
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May 19
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

red light – green light

This made me laugh
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Apr 03
by Julie in Uncategorized, Words 0 comments

Breath to Stillness

I, like the solitary albatross journey into the vast ocean of my consciousness riding the ocean's breath
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Feb 13
by Julie in Uncategorized 1 comments

hip hip hooray – my birthday today

49 today!!!
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Jan 30
by Julie in Uncategorized 4 comments

epiphany

I'm having major surgery tomorrow and over the past couple of weeks I have had an epiphany
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Jan 10
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

night lights

I had fun taking a few quick snaps driving tonight. The rain
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Jan 08
by Julie in Uncategorized 2 comments

looking to the sky – drops and lines

Still raining..
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Dec 23
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

summer solstice, full moon, lunar eclipse

I made a commitment to myself on Tuesday morning
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Jun 11
by Julie in Artist Books, Uncategorized 0 comments

plea in a bottle

I had a friend share with me a story of them as a lonely young person writing a note in a bottle
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Apr 21
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

to move is to live

An afternoon in the garden yesterday reconnected me with something I had been missing
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Feb 27
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

please stand clear of the closing doors

On November 22nd I heard the sentence through the phone that every parent dreads to hear. "Are you James' mum?...He has been in an accident. You need to come quickly..." Our son, 19 was involved in a serious accident. We were on the scene in 6 minutes and held him until the ambulance and helicopter arrived and supported him while his condition was stabilised enough for him to be airlifted to hospital. Every minute waiting in the family room of Intensive Care was a torment that no human should endure, yet every moment waiting, ironically meant there was a greater chance that he had survived.
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skeinydipping

I looked down and saw my hands. Hands which have t I looked down and saw my hands. Hands which have touched; have loved; have created; have worked; have nurtured. My hands.   

I looked down and saw on my wrist and fingers items from around the world which have so many stories; items which have all been created from the heart and made by the hands of others. 

I looked down and saw beautiful yarn. Yarn which has been handled carefully through shearing, dyeing, skeining, balling; and now being knit in my beautiful hands. 

My hands are one of my gifts. This year I’ve really missed the touch of another with my hands, to feel the heart of another through my fingertips; but so grateful and love my hands which touch and feel; work and play!

What do you see when you look at your hands?

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Knitting a fabulous  #slipstravaganzamkal by @westknits .
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#gratitudeattitude #westknitsarethebestknits #westknitsmkal2020 #knittersofinstagram #knittersoftheworld #knittersofaustralia #indiedyedyarn #handmadewithlove #handmade #handmadejewellery #fromtheheart #createeveryday #livetotravel #healing #healinghands #creativehands
My life is wonderful… and I have so many stories My life is wonderful… and I have so many stories. I’ve had adventures on all continents. Slept being rocked by the sea; felt the ice on my skin in both polar regions, and felt the silence of the deserts. I’ve walked stone steps in monasteries at altitudes where each step I’ve taken consciously and mindfully; focussing on treasuring every molecule of oxygen in the rarefied atmosphere. 

COVID has paused those adventures, but I draw upon my experiences as I navigate adventuring my days in a different way, on our ‘home range’. 

I recall my steps in Tibet as I walk through our bushland. I am mindful and conscious of my surroundings. I listen. I feel. I feel happy here. I am content.

My new stories may not hold the same experiences of connection with others; and may not be of extreme challenges or crazy things  (which I am rather prone to doing! 🙂 ) but they are not less wondrous… as I smell the warm eucalyptus waft from under my feet. 

I weave my stories, and this story is of my personal journey on my daily walk through our bushland. 
You can see some of my other woven stories on my website - link in profile. 

How do you express your life’s stories?
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#weaversofinstagram #indiedyedyarn #indiedyed #rigidheddleloomweaving #ashford #inspiredbynature #contentcreator #emotionalbalance #homedeco #handcrafted #makersmovement #creativelifehappylife #wellbeing #travellerlife #journeywoman #weavingaustralia
“....The Assookinakii cowl was created for those “....The Assookinakii cowl was created for those times in your life when you need a meditative and healing knit. Assookinakii (ass-s-oo-kin-uh-k-EE) means ‘healer’ in the Blackfeet language, thank you to Cut Woods School in Browning, MT for the tradish language support”. –  Candice from @thefarmersdaughterfibers 

Knitting this beautiful cowl by Candice from @thefarmersdaughterfibers for @sistersunitedmt ; WAS healing. 

As my hands gently formed the repetitive stitches I reflected on the word ‘Assookinakii ‘ - healer. I am a healer. I don’t understand it. It’s something unseen. Something within me which has been recognised by Ngangkari and ‘clever men’ here in Australia; and shaman and healers around the world as we travel. This recognition always has caught me by surprise; as I seem to walk a line between two worlds. 

As the stitches slipped from one needle to another and the beautiful colours of @spincycle_yarns revealed themselves; in the pauses between the stitches I heard a voice whispering to continue to seek connection with the natural world and listen deeply. 

What has been healing for you this year?
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#healingjourney #meditationpractice #dyedinthewool #assookinakii_cowl #knittersofinstagram #knittingaddict #livinglifetothefullest #happydays #shaman #healer #healersofinstagram #listentoyourheart #indiedyedyarn #handmadewithlove #knittersgonnaknit #knittersoftheworld
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