Sprout

A nice little clip from the start of sprout to get you thinking...
Ph

In Bloom!

With the summer season well under way we are beginning to see the beach cottage garden come to life.  The tommy tomatoes are starting to fruit, the chilli's are putting on some colour and all our hard work at the beginning of spring is starting to pay off. After my negative gripe about the state of the surf yesterday I felt it important to recognise some more positive aspects of summer!

PH 

Tis not the season...

It's been a miserable blown-out start to 2011 at the beach cottage. I'm beginning to wonder if I can still surf! While TBird and the gang toured around the south coast and Fishy snorkled his way around Lord Howe I sat in dreary old Newcastle weathering day after day of North East slop, and I'm still waiting for something good to happen!

I love summer but as a surfer it can be heartbreaking. Especially when you have a board you've only just got the feel for and you can't ride it because the surf is crap. Bring on Autum and those beautiful offshore winds!

The next few weeks I guess I'll just do what I have been doing and assume a comfortable position on the front verhanda and wait for the season to change...

Road Trippin...

I started off the year with a week-long road trip down the NSW south coast with some good mates. Epic waves and many tins were had by all. I am looking forward to a much, much longer trip in the near future...Tas, Ew, Danny boy, Benny, Sammy and T-bird... loving life

T-bird

Planting begins...

I started a plantation of Palowna trees this morning. It may sound a little odd but it was an enjoyable way to get over the boxing day hangover...give it a few years and hopefully i'll be able to make something beautiful out of them!

The Fish-Fish prt 2

The latest developments from the beach cottage shaping bay... Dale's been working away at the rails over the past few afternoons and has got it down to this. Bit more sanding and cleaning up of the edges and he should be able to start glassing! Looking pretty nice fishy, can't wait to see her in the water!

PH

The Golden Saturday

Did anyone else see how amazing the sunset was in Newcastle last Saturday? I woke from my afternoon snooze to this eerie orange hue. Lucky I managed to get down to the beach just in time to capture the last of it. The pics came out a little under exposed in places but I'm glad I got down there before it got too dark. I find it strangely ironic that the beautiful orange light is most probably caused by pollution but never the less, it was a pretty special  end to the day!

PH