I would rather have a life of "Oh well's" than "What if's" ....

“Your life is about everyone who’s life you touch, and it’s about the way in which you touch them.” Neale Donald Walsch

Sometimes even the most positive amongst us have an ‘off’ day .... 


A page I like on FB put it most aptly today “Dear Life, I have a complete grasp on the fact that you are not fair ..... so please quit teaching me that lesson!”.  I couldn’t have said it better myself .... sometimes life ISN’T fair.

It’s not always easy giving yourself a good shake to put things right ... sometimes the screws that are loose just don’t want to fall back into the right place ... and besides, there’s not always a compliant body around to screw them back in.

It's not often we get to see a Bulldog on our beach ...

Yesterday, in addition to the onset of a migraine that’s been threatening to blitz me for a day or so, my faithful camera, that’s weathered all kinds of hazards including sea water, dust, sand, doggy nose art, rain, blizzards et al, malfunctioned .... and “lost” all my photos .... urgh .... BIG urgh!!!

.... and he was gorgeous ... in a Bulldog kind of way!

Apparently he can't swim .... it didn't stop him racing into
the waves with the hound.

I know, I know ... there’s worse things than can happen, but to me .... crocodile of note .... this was a biggie.


I’m an all or nothing person .... I don’t generally do grey .... when I commit myself to something, I do it with my whole being, with passion, with energy, with enthusiasm. When something goes wrong though I respond in the same way .... passionately .... which doesn’t always help. I don’t take advice ... I don’t ask for help .... I’m impatient .... I just want it fixed .... and I want it fixed NOW!!

.... and then Barney came to help!

... and boy .... can he swim fast!

I know my camera needs a service ... the fact that’s it’s having these “episodes” more and more frequently is testimony to that. I also know that there are ways and means of recovering so-called “lost” photos from an SD Card ... but I’m NOT a patient person ... trawling the net to find a means of doing this frustrates me hugely.

Fortunately for every volatile irrational reaction I have, there’s bound to be a member of my family who reacts in quite the opposite way. My photos have been “recovered” .... not the RAW version of them but the jpegs .... but that’s ok .... at least I HAVE them. When you see the ones I’ve used on my blog today, you’ll understand in a small way why I was so distressed at the thought of having lost them.

Indy giving her a kiss because Barney pinched her ball!

Yesterday I used my larger lens for the photos ... it was a trial really to see how well it would work on the beach ... and it was awesome! Oh well .... I guess that’s another lens now that’s going to be subjected to the same hazards as the camera ... but .... in being subjected to those same hazards it’s going to give me way more magical moments ... and THAT’S what my photography is all about.

I would rather have a life of “Oh well’s” than a life of “What if’s” even if it means I occasionally lose the plot!

The start of the parade ...

... and the lone Piper

I'll have one of these!!

It was lovely seeing so many people at the Anzac Day service.