Friday, December 29, 2006

Parking

On Christmas Eve we spent a lovely afternoon at the Botanic Park with Gary and Keith and some of their friends having a picnic. Games were also involved - cricket and petanque. Not the best day for a picnic, we were subject to an occasional spattering of half-hearted drizzle.



Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Tri, tri, tri again

Another Sunday, another triathlon. Ailsa, unfortunately, was unavailable for a re-match as, at the time of the race, she was 20,000 feet up and on a plane somewhere over the Tasman sea on her way to New Zealand. The re-match will have to wait for another Sunday. No doubt, at this very moment, she will be somewhere in New Zealand learning the Haka chant so she can psyche me out at the re-match.

However, there were plenty of other starters for the triathlon held on December 17. Graham, Terry and Penny, all of who swim with Kathy Heenan’s Norwood group, had entered the race. They all did the Tinman, which consisted of a 300m swim, 13km cycle and a 3km run.

I competed in the Challenge event, which was run over the same course as the November 26 race. Conditions, too, were almost identical to the previous race. The Challenge event consisted of a 600m swim, 19.5km cycle and a 4km run.

I completed the course 1 minute and 19 seconds quicker than the last triathlon. I knocked a minute off the swim, a second off the cycle and about 20 seconds off the run over the previous race. So, I’m pretty pleased.

Photos:
Top – Penny and Graham. They were both presented with blue ribbons and commemorative glasses for winning the Tinman in their respective age group.
Graham speeds along on his mountain bike
Graham pounding the pavement
The cool water provides some relief for hot and tired legs at the end of the race for Graham and me
Triathletes (?) – me, Graham & Terry
Me and Terry with Kenneth who took most of these fabo photos
At the start – Graham and Terry contemplate the swim leg
David advises while Graham and terry await the start
The start of the Tinman race
Terry on his trusty steed
Me on bike


Click on the pictures for further enlargification

Photos I found on the website of the photographer who covers the triathlons. The bottom three in this post

















Monday, December 04, 2006

Fleurs

We may be in drought but our hoya has decided to flower prolifically. Also some nice day lillies - the bright red one is a new one to us, its first season of flowering.




Exhibitionism VII

The exibition has come to a close. I sold 5 out of the 15 pieces I had on display - 6 if you count the one I sold before the exhibition - and 7 if you count the one sold today after it has closed. So, if you're interested, the pieces that are left for sale include the canvases of 'Apocalypse on Rundle',' Pegs' and 'The Red Room'. The watercolour and photos of 'Apocalypse on Rundle' are left but not the entirely photographic one. And the photo 'Chairs' is left, and that's about it. The photos are of the pictures as they appeared in the Tin Cat Cafe. I tried to avoid reflections and lens distortion and lighting problems in depicting the exhibition but that wasn't always successful. Anywho, I hope you like the pictures.