tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333085402024-03-24T05:32:42.420+11:00Sydney Daily SnapFor a year from August 2006 to August 2007, a French girl living in Sydney shared her daily photos of one of the world's most beautiful cities. Turn your eyes to downunder!Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.comBlogger321125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-77043809074721145202016-03-30T04:48:00.001+11:002016-04-25T13:16:36.864+10:00And the magpie lives!?!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Following <span style="color: #990000;"><b><a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.fr/2012/04/several-weeks-ago-i-was-approached-by.html">my post dated 24 February, 2010</a></b></span>, I just happened to check <a href="http://www.artbydorf.com.au/"><b>Andrew Mangelsdorf's website</b></a> today and discovered that my photo has been used more than once: his first magpie now has several replicas. Perhaps Andrew could have asked me if he could use <b><a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.fr/2007/07/shadow-is-hero.html">my original photo</a></b> again, don't you think? I hadn't realised it would become a favourite subject of his.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i>Suite à <a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.fr/2012/04/several-weeks-ago-i-was-approached-by.html"><b>mon billet daté du 24 février 2010</b></a>, je me suis retrouvée par hasard sur <a href="http://www.artbydorf.com.au/"><b>le site d'Andrew Mangeldorf </b></a>aujourd'hui et à ma grande surprise, ai découvert qu'il avait utilisé plus d'une fois ma photo de pie: sa première oeuvre a maintenant des petites soeurs. Il me semble qu'Andrew aurait pu me demander l'autorisation d'utiliser <a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.fr/2007/07/shadow-is-hero.html"><b>ma photo d'origine</b></a>, non ? Je n'avais pas compris qu'elle deviendrait l'un de ses sujets préférés.</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com1Sydney Nouvelle Galles du Sud, Australie-33.8674869 151.20699020000006-34.711976400000005 149.91609670000005 -33.0229974 152.49788370000007tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-46050180910406034912010-02-24T22:23:00.005+11:002016-03-30T04:32:53.103+11:00Epilogue / Sequel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MwKoDdKrIHTNJRSqmumCFGodXzA9maIQVwGZ9QC9zIwyacOIRhUrAgOw55x0EZfqRLuYnIqDPypZQCVPTEMUyx_VpVLENYSXPt0nX7bpxlZshIYVAusK5K4SOwQdexXi8MHo/s1600-h/urban_wrapper1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441218629740005138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MwKoDdKrIHTNJRSqmumCFGodXzA9maIQVwGZ9QC9zIwyacOIRhUrAgOw55x0EZfqRLuYnIqDPypZQCVPTEMUyx_VpVLENYSXPt0nX7bpxlZshIYVAusK5K4SOwQdexXi8MHo/s640/urban_wrapper1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>I left Sydney in July 2007 but this blog continues to live a life of its own in cyberspace and there's been a interesting sequel recently. Please read, it's a fun story: several weeks ago I received an email from Australian artist <a href="http://www.sohogalleries.net/artist_detail/______andrew______mangelsdorf/7/1"><span style="color: rgb(153 , 51 , 0); font-weight: bold;">Andrew Mangelsdorf</span></a> asking me for permission to use the photo of a magpie which I'd published on <a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">my blog here</span></a>. Andrew wanted to use it as the base design for a mixed media artwork he was planning to do. I agreed and yesterday Andrew wrote back sending me a photo of the final artwork. Check it out!<br />
<span style="color: rgb(51 , 51 , 153); font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hi Nathalie, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: rgb(51 , 51 , 153); font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I have finally finished the artwork featuring your great Magpie.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Its dimensions are 102 x 102 cm and it's titled 'Urban wrapper' which is a play on words really:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">I mixed two great Australian icons together with the use of the great Chiko Roll fast food wrapper that you may remember from your time in Australia and of course the Australian Magpie. Every now and then you see a chiko wrapper blowing around the streets and beaches, sometimes you'll catch the two together - the maggie standing amongst a background of iconic TXT and wrappers, the constrasting effect is very cool and seems so Australian.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Just so you know what you're looking at here's a description of the materials - it's very hard to tell from a jpeg image. The main body of the Magpie is laminated carbon fiber with a teak eye. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">The wing section and beak are enamel painted perspex. The bold text areas are perspex and the hundreds of chiko wrappers are mounted onto plywood and glazed with epoxy resin - it's like glass. The shadow is painted pegboard or shadow board. The whole thing probably weighs as much as 10 kilograms. I hope you like it as much as I do. Cheers, Andrew.</span></span><br />
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The link to Andrew's website is here :<a href="http://www.artbydorf.com.au/"> <span style="color: rgb(204 , 0 , 0); font-weight: bold;">Andrew Mangelsdorf </span></a>. He says he hasn't posted any of his recent '<a href="http://www.sohogalleries.net/exhibitions_detail/pop_composite_opening_march_20/331/1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pop composite</span></a>' work yet but will do so once the <a href="http://www.sohogalleries.net/exhibitions_detail/pop_composite_opening_march_20/331/1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">upcoming exhibition</span></a> is in full swing. So - what do you think of my magpie's transformation ? Isn't it fun ? While this post has nothing to do with Avignon, it is relevant to blogging and I did want to share with you the amazing adventures that blogging may lead to.<br />
Note: what's so special about the Australian magpie? Her song! <a class="external text" href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" title="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3">listen to it here</a> .<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqN4eNcR9YOajtmBKlBqaIfeI9zNTw0SaDQRs5J9VlzCxmYjySllvSvqQa-gUQaXl2BDnmodo3lU6woTuf7IhhM66SI9et1q4pYhgqO97jmgc6Weypu1OTiNTWDGzTxxyRz8QzHQ/s1600/magpiep.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728262749543771058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqN4eNcR9YOajtmBKlBqaIfeI9zNTw0SaDQRs5J9VlzCxmYjySllvSvqQa-gUQaXl2BDnmodo3lU6woTuf7IhhM66SI9et1q4pYhgqO97jmgc6Weypu1OTiNTWDGzTxxyRz8QzHQ/s640/magpiep.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102); font-style: italic;">J'ai quitté Sydney en juillet 2007 mais ce blog continue à vivre sa vie dans le cyberespace et il a eu récemment un retentissement intéressant. Lisez plutôt : i</span><span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102); font-style: italic;">l y a quelques semaines j'ai reçu un e-mail d'un artiste australien, <a href="http://www.sohogalleries.net/artist_detail/______andrew______mangelsdorf/7/1"><span style="color: rgb(153 , 51 , 0); font-weight: bold;">Andrew Mangelsdorf</span></a>, qui me demandait la permission d'utiliser une photo de pie australienne qu'il avait trouvée sur </span><a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/" style="color: rgb(51 , 51 , 153); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mon blog ici</span></a><span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102); font-style: italic;"> comme base graphique pour une oeuvre qu'il voulait créer en matériaux composites. J'ai accepté et hier Andrew m'a écrit pour m'envoyer une photo de son tableau terminé, en y joignant quelques mots d'explication sur l'oeuvre. Voici l'essentiel de son message :</span><br />
<span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102); font-style: italic;">Bonjour Nathalie, j'ai enfin terminé le tableau de votre super pie. Le format est de 102 x 102 cm et le titre est 'urban wrapper' (emballage urbain) ce qui est un jeu de mots sur deux éléments typiquement australiens : le chiko roll, fast food australien enroulé dans un papier au graphisme bien connu des locaux, et la pie australienne. Il arrive que des papiers Chiko s'envolent dans la rue ou sur la plage et que l'on aperçoive en même temps une pie. Le contraste de la pie se détachant sur ce fond d'emballages papier crée un effet très cool et très australien. L'image jpeg ne permettant pas vraiment de se rendre compte des matériaux, en voici une description : le corps et la tête de la pie sont en fibre de carbone laminée, l'oeil est en teck. L'aile est en plexiglass émaillé ; les grands corps de texte sont également en plexi. Les centaines d'emballages chiko sont collés sur du contreplaqué et recouverts d'une résine époxy, on dirait du verre. L'ombre est en isorel peint. Le tout doit bien peser au moins dix kilos. J'espère que cela vous plaira autant qu'à moi. Amitiés, Andrew. </span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102); font-style: italic;">Le lien vers le site d'Andrew est ici : </span><a href="http://www.artbydorf.com.au/" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102); font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: rgb(102 , 0 , 204); font-weight: bold;">Andrew Mangelsdorf</span></a><span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102); font-style: italic;"> mais il dit qu'il n'a pas encore monté sur le site la série des "composites" dont cette oeuvre fait partie, ce sera chose faite quand l'expo <a href="http://www.sohogalleries.net/exhibitions_detail/pop_composite_opening_march_20/331/1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pop Composite</span></a> qui ouvre le 20 mars prochain à Sydney battra son plein. Alors, que pensez-vous de la transformation de ma pie ? Si le présent billet n'a rien à voir avec Avignon, il concerne directement ma vie de blogueuse et j'avais envie de partager avec vous les aventures auxquelles un blog peut conduire. Etonnant non ?<br />NB - qu'a-t-elle de si spécial, la pie australienne ? Son chant !</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a class="external text" href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(51 , 51 , 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" title="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3">écoutez le ici</a><span style="color: rgb(51 , 51 , 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathaliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02308523489103068439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-86322053662769062922008-04-01T09:08:00.002+11:002009-09-30T16:34:07.124+10:00Water<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBr_PSBNeNPgEPPAAijGeW4hyphenhyphenxn99g7PM2JUTbSXCLEbMpdTfzOkFYquxvmltzjpXvLiAgQ5L7WbS9eU44v8vu0tpag-Y0VBGTPJww1O-oI0qtPQoDWNxJXD326cWOyQvc8hBk/s1600-h/train+sale.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184050656879009730" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBr_PSBNeNPgEPPAAijGeW4hyphenhyphenxn99g7PM2JUTbSXCLEbMpdTfzOkFYquxvmltzjpXvLiAgQ5L7WbS9eU44v8vu0tpag-Y0VBGTPJww1O-oI0qtPQoDWNxJXD326cWOyQvc8hBk/s640/train+sale.jpg" border="0" /></a>Today's theme for <strong><span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://citydailyphoto.com/portal/"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">City Daily Photo</span></strong></a></span></span></span></span></strong> bloggers around the world is water. In this chronically drought-stricken country, I chose to evoke water by its absence : on the window of a Sydney suburban train, red dust hardly streaked by a few drops of rain.<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Chaque mois les bloggeurs du réseau </span></em><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em></em></span></span><strong><span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><a href="http://citydailyphoto.com/portal/"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">City Daily Photo</span></strong></a></em></span></span></span></strong><em><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> participent à une journée à thème. Ce mois-ci c'est "water", l'eau. Dans ce pays tourmenté par une sécheresse chronique, j'ai choisi d'évoquer l'eau par son absence : sur la vitre d'un train de banlieue de Sydney, la poussière rouge à peine balafrée par quelques trop rares gouttes...<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">sydneyotos sydney photos</span></em><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184021373791985586" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpv0_-Yq-imAJUWbN7TJzHOlxRLEs1I_PEE6zioOqf_vqFobicH07WPKVnd3gwTxJzxgfolYikzJGGU2DbMWhAkWjAnGMnxIko26GJHCa7EoMqPXU2OH7LPvkUq_TRosCHsZhH/s640/syd+RYSY.jpg" border="0" /></div><p>...but then how to resist showing a view of Sydney's magnificent harbour? Water in Sydney necessarily means sea, ferries and sailing. View from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron in Kirribili.<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">... mais comment résister au bonheur de montrer aussi la somptueuse baie de Sydney ? L'eau à Sydney c'est forcément la mer, les ferries et les régates. Vue depuis le Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron de Kirribili.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><em>-----------------<br /></em></span>This will be my last post on this blog, I am moving on to other pursuits. I shall leave this blog to live a life of its own on the web now - if a random search brought you here, I hope you enjoy my photos and my very personal vision of Sydney. Please DO NOT USE my photos for any purpose without asking me first, I can be contacted at the e-mail address shown in my profile. Thank you.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Ce sera là mon dernier billet sur ce blog, j'avance vers d'autres projets. Je laisse désormais ce blog vivre sa vie propre dans le cyber espace - si une recherche ou le hasard vous ont amené ici, j'espère que vous apprécierez mes photos et ma vision très personnelle de Sydney. Merci de NE PAS UTILISER mes photos pour quelque usage que ce soit sans me le demander - vous pouvez me joindre à l'adresse e-mail indiquée dans mon profil. Merci.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><em></em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><em></em></span> </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-33990556444099490562008-02-01T00:52:00.002+11:002016-03-30T04:29:19.448+11:00Celebrity<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCNS0bsCctmxj98qAlGIzFhGdrXJmiPNdKXNUhfooJ4W_1H712S2Nhuo6nn_Ie0K-uGluOAgBpV6pPg5FCinZ5sNfO_xeoKE9nsBH4H18L5ry5VS0ucE2ghSiViDMhWo0i0e_/s1600-h/sydneyoperahouse.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161638432911212738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCNS0bsCctmxj98qAlGIzFhGdrXJmiPNdKXNUhfooJ4W_1H712S2Nhuo6nn_Ie0K-uGluOAgBpV6pPg5FCinZ5sNfO_xeoKE9nsBH4H18L5ry5VS0ucE2ghSiViDMhWo0i0e_/s640/sydneyoperahouse.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>When you think of Sydney, what is the first image that comes to your mind? Its famous Opera House of course, and the Harbour Bridge. Today is Theme Day for over 130 <a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/" style="font-weight: bold;">City Daily Photo</a> bloggers around the world, and the theme is "what your city is known for" so here's a photo I never had the time to show before, taken at sunset on a very dramatic winter day. The stripes you see on the roof are shadows of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Pretty spectacular, eh?<br />
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<i><span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);">Carte postale. Quand on pense à Sydney, quelle est la première image qui vient à l'esprit ? Son Opéra bien sûr ! Aujourd'hui 1er du mois est jour à thème pour plus de 130 de bloggeurs du réseau <a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">City Daily Photo</span></a> et le thème est "ce qui fait la réputation de votre ville" - alors voici une photo que je n'avais jamais eu l'occasion de montrer avant, prise au coucher du soleil par un jour de tempête hivernale. Les stries sur les voiles de l'Opéra, ce sont les ombres du Pont de Sydney. C'est beau, hein ?</span></i>----------<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-32491308246199253882007-08-02T10:41:00.002+10:002009-09-30T16:35:18.523+10:00Last reflections<em></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1iGLWmgfvM18tUjdUNpWL4EnWaGaziVkIdMHi5wo7wjV59xBGlB1J_UFVccHVt97kQw5FH4_ziDGkP9ocSPu4-qn84erwInykGNoVHur8xOWNI6VkzXZtw9AYEAh6z7W8kzc/s1600-h/pnat+049.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093899635536434178" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1iGLWmgfvM18tUjdUNpWL4EnWaGaziVkIdMHi5wo7wjV59xBGlB1J_UFVccHVt97kQw5FH4_ziDGkP9ocSPu4-qn84erwInykGNoVHur8xOWNI6VkzXZtw9AYEAh6z7W8kzc/s640/pnat+049.jpg" border="0" /></a> August 2007 - almost a year since I started this blog and it will soon be time to say goodbye. I am leaving Sydney. On my last walk around town, I found many reflections - again.<br />The Sydney Harbour Bridge, in a modern facade...<br /><em><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Aout 2007 - presque un an que j'ai commencé ce blog et bientôt viendra le moment de dire au revoir. Je quitte Sydney. Lors de ma dernière ballade en ville, j'ai encore trouvé de nombreux reflets : </span></em><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Le pont de Sydney dans une façade moderne....</span></em><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093898183837488098" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTJBokzIcMjTCldcA-m-4fqZrZK9S2I8BkUB1DrjmOgxa_NmmFGAUJxHTJiA0Y-xu0J9x7wAxuf0XGrwecqRV4Tv1KW6QBkDC44D9yOfyOQVwwi_CxkwXxGMj9bwTg7_hFMd2/s640/pnat+037bis.jpg" border="0" />The Museum of Contemporary art (the golden building in the background) combined with an Aboriginal painting displayed in the window of a gallery on Circular Quay.</div><br /><p><em><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Le Musée d'art moderne (l'immeuble roux en arrière plan) combiné avec une peinture aborigène exposée en vitrine dans une galerie d'art de Circular Quay.</span></em><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093898986996372466" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkU_lioLSgUGqQnMq80-Oc6eLEmMjw2OUMSbnXXZ1s6-kMq__Jxg7l56G1S09ZlL1v2IwpRIqG2ucurbm0ydTuKRGt2xydeoIHBqo5e0Y-QcbEcuEE5fB82xUe3iMP2d8vqbk/s640/pnat+079.jpg" border="0" />Taken from the train on the North Shore Line, trees in the suburb of Pymble combined with the message "I love Blake" scribbled on the window... Do you find these images too bizarre or do they speak to you? (none of them are the result of post-processing, the special effects only come from the way I took the photos)</p><p><em><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Pris depuis le train de la North Shore Line, les arbres du quartier de Pymble avec en message "I love Blake" griffonné sur la vitre... Trouvez-vous ces images trop bizarres ou est-ce qu'elles vous parlent ? (aucune n'est le produit d'un travail d'édition, les effets spéciaux viennent de la manière dont j'ai pris mes photos)<br />---------------</span></em></p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">On a personal note, thanks to all of you for your friendship and support over this year of blogging. Your kind and interesting comments have made</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> Sydney Daily Snap a delight for me!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><em><br />Merci encore à tous pour votre amitié et votre soutien pendant cette année de blog. La gentillesse et la qualité de vos commentaires ont </em></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><em><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">fait de Sydney Daily Snap un vrai bonheur.</span></em></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-14315970265922563472007-08-01T22:39:00.000+10:002007-08-02T11:14:19.605+10:00Hiccup1st August: I had enrolled to participate in the City Daily Photo Breakfast theme day, but I have a problem accessing my photos (on a different computer). Sorry, there will be no breakfast from me today. I suggest you visit Sally's blog for <a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">a typical (or atypical?) Aussie breakfast</span></strong></a> and to see what's cooking around the world, click on the following city links (don't forget time zones will mean breakfast appears at various times throughout your day).<span style="color:#666666;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#666666;"><em>1er aout : Je m'étais inscrite au thème du mois des City Daily Photo, "petit-déjeuner dans votre ville" mais je ne suis pas sur mon ordi aujourd'hui et je ne peux pas accéder à mes photos. Désolée, pas de petit-déjeuner chez moi aujourd'hui. Pour </em><em><strong><span style="color:#663333;">un petit-déjeuner australien typique (ou atypique ?) </span></strong></em>je vous suggère de visiter l'excellent blog de Sally.<br /><em>Et pour voir ce qu'il y a au menu du petit-déjeuner autour du monde, cliquez sur les noms de villes (n'oubliez pas qu'avec le décalage horaire, le petit-déjeuner ne sera pas servi dans toutes les villes à la même heure !)<br /></em></span><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;"><a href="http://visualstpaul.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Saint Paul (MN), USA</a> - <a href="http://www.discoverpa.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Bellefonte (PA), USA</a> - <a href="http://menton-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Menton, France</a> - <a href="http://monte-carlo-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Monte Carlo, Monaco</a> - <a href="http://nyc2dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">New York City (NY), USA</a> - <a href="http://www.telaviv2dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Tel Aviv, Israel</a> - <a href="http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Hyde, UK</a> - <a href="http://portangelesdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Port Angeles (WA), USA</a> - <a href="http://mainzdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Mainz, Germany</a> - <a href="http://stockholmdailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Stockholm, Sweden</a> - <a href="http://paderborndailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Paderborn, Germany</a> - <a href="http://www.singaporedailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Singapore, Singapore</a> - <a href="http://tungelstadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Haninge, Sweden</a> - <a href="http://beestonblog.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Nottingham, UK</a> - <a href="http://ampangdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia</a> - <a href="http://mayniladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Manila, Philippines</a> - <a href="http://abostonvignette.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Boston (MA), USA</a> - <a href="http://seouldailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Seoul, Korea</a> - <a href="http://singersdailyfotos.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Singapore, Singapore</a> - <a href="http://joplinphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Joplin (MO), USA</a> - <a href="http://chandlerdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Chandler (AZ), USA</a> - <a href="http://www.anotherparisdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Paris, France</a> - <a href="http://www.sequimwadailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Sequim (WA), USA</a> - <a href="http://www.greenvilledailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Greenville (SC), USA</a> - <a href="http://kualalumpurdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia</a> - <a href="http://bostondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Boston (MA), USA</a> - <a href="http://www.chennaidailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Chennai, India</a> - <a href="http://madisondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Madison (WI), USA</a> - <a href="http://brdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Baton Rouge (LA), USA</a> - <a href="http://toulousedailyphotoblog.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Toulouse, France</a> - <a href="http://seattle-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Seattle (WA), USA</a> - <a href="http://mexicodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Mexico (DF), Mexico</a> - <a href="http://www.antiguadailyphoto.com/" target="_new">La Antigua, Guatemala</a> - <a href="http://selmaala.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Selma (AL), USA</a> - <a href="http://www.wassenaardailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands</a> - <a href="http://www.albuquerquedailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Albuquerque (NM), USA</a> - <a href="http://icleveland.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Cleveland (OH), USA</a> - <a href="http://sandiego-dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">San Diego (CA), USA</a> - <a href="http://lubbockdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Lubbock (TX), USA</a> - <a href="http://jakartadailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Jakarta, Indonesia</a> - <a href="http://www.shekiazerbaijan.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Sheki, Azerbaijan </a>- <a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Sydney, Australia</a> - <a href="http://mumbaidailysnapshot.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Mumbai, India</a> - <a href="http://everydayseoul.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Seoul, South Korea</a> - <a href="http://www.twincitiesdailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Cottage Grove (MN), USA</a> - <a href="http://www.cypressdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Cypress (TX), USA</a> - <a href="http://saarbrueckendailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Saarbrücken, Germany</a> - <a href="http://tuzladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> - <a href="http://neworleansdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">New Orleans (LA), USA</a> - <a href="http://www.budapestdailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Budapest, Hungary</a> - <a href="http://artofjpn2.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Kyoto, Japan</a> - <a href="http://artofjpn3.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Tokyo, Japan</a> - <a href="http://austintexasdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Austin (TX), USA</a> - <a href="http://keropokman.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Singapore, Singapore</a> - <a href="http://basedinvilligen.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Villigen, Switzerland</a> - <a href="http://montrealdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Montréal (QC), Canada</a> - <a href="http://staytondailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Stayton (OR), USA</a> - <a href="http://melbourneinphotos.com/" target="_new">Melbourne, Australia</a> - <a href="http://silverspringdailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Silver Spring (MD), USA</a> - <a href="http://moscowdailyshot.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Moscow, Russia</a> - <a href="http://springfielddailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Springfield (MO), USA</a> - <a href="http://nevadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Inverness (IL), usa</a> - <a href="http://arlingtondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Arlington (VA), USA</a> - <a href="http://colognedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Cologne (NRW), Germany</a> - <a href="http://andersondailyphoto.wordpress.com/" target="_new">Anderson (SC), USA</a> - <a href="http://oslodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Oslo, Norway</a> - <a href="http://www.saint-petersburg-dailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation</a> - <a href="http://www.maniladailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Manila, Philippines</a> - <a href="http://malaysiadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Kajang (Selangor), Malaysia</a> - <a href="http://mrdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Maple Ridge (BC), Canada</a> - <a href="http://bandungraya.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Bandung (West Java), Indonesia</a> - <a href="http://stavangerphotobytanty.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Stavanger, Norway</a> - <a href="http://bastiadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Bastia, France</a> - <a href="http://www.hongkongdailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Hong Kong, China</a> - <a href="http://waileadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Wailea (HI), USA</a> - <a href="http://stldailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">St. Louis (MO), USA</a> - <a href="http://dailyphotobutcherfortheworld.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Chicago (IL), USA</a> - <a href="http://rabauldailyphoto-jules.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Rabaul, Papua New Guinea</a> - <a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Sydney, Australia</a> - <a href="http://bucaramangadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia</a> - <a href="http://www.kansascitydailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Kansas City (MO), USA</a> - <a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Grenoble, France</a> - <a href="http://www.parisdailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Paris, France</a> - <a href="http://evry-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Evry, France</a> - <a href="http://saigon-today.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Saigon, Vietnam</a> - <a href="http://praguedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Prague, Czech Republic</a> - <a href="http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Cape Town, South Africa</a> - <a href="http://brookvilledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Brookville (OH), USA</a> - <a href="http://www.brusselsdailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Brussels, Belgium</a> - <a href="http://sandiegodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">San Diego (CA), USA</a> - <a href="http://blandforddailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Wellington, New Zealand</a> - <a href="http://newcastlephoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Newcastle (NSW), Australia</a> - <a href="http://saintlouismodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Saint Louis (MO), USA</a> - <a href="http://sharonctdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Sharon (CT), USA</a> - <a href="http://www.shanghaidailyphoto.com/" target="_new">Shanghai, China</a> - <a href="http://zurichdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Zurich, Switzerland</a> - <a href="http://northbayphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">North Bay (ON), Canada</a> - <a href="http://citylyon.free.fr/" target="_new">Lyon, France</a> - <a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Naples (FL), USA</a></span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-82506632190481404542007-07-29T12:28:00.000+10:002007-07-29T14:52:54.747+10:00Teenagers in Sydney<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzUbSLUMe0XWoC9uGxGYWdXl_FA5rD2FaZMHr6Zo2R6lZfE-TJl_WhZN6yf_xFtVNerPoyinx6X8rbCu14CBUpfb5abzuSYpo-v5ARat_m3QpFLNo0HlrW2Qgf8zCSkcLNDk2/s1600-h/TEskatepark.jpg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092431916362372018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzUbSLUMe0XWoC9uGxGYWdXl_FA5rD2FaZMHr6Zo2R6lZfE-TJl_WhZN6yf_xFtVNerPoyinx6X8rbCu14CBUpfb5abzuSYpo-v5ARat_m3QpFLNo0HlrW2Qgf8zCSkcLNDk2/s640/TEskatepark.jpg.jpg" border="0" /></a>Just a few aspects of the life of teenagers in Sydney: There are those who spend their Sunday afternoon at the skatepark... (I love the way this guy looks like he's about to take a plunge! In fact he's going to make a perfect landing next to his mates!)<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Quelques aspects de la vie des ados à Sydney : il y a ceux qui passent le dimanche après-midi au skatepark (on a l'impression que celui-ci va plonger, mais non - il va faire un atterrissage parfait à côté de ses copains !)</span></em><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/8060/4065/1600/mlc.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/8060/4065/400/mlc.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a> ... Those who go to school : here, walking down Martin Place, a few students of an expensive all girls' private school, <a href="http://www.mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au/public/enrolment/uniforms.cfm"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">MLC</span></strong></a>. With tuition fees there ranging from A$ 10,000 a year in Kindergarten (US$8600) to A$18,000 for senior students (US$15,000), no doubt that the 'people like us' selection is effective.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">... Il y a ceux qui vont à l'école : ici, descendant Martin Place, des élèves de </span><a href="http://www.mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au/public/enrolment/uniforms.cfm"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">MLC</span></strong></a><span style="color:#666666;">, une école privée pour filles où les frais de scolarité vont de dix mille dollars par an en maternelle (6000 euros) à dix-huit mille dollars par an au lycée (11 000 euros). Nul doute que ça assure un tri socio-économique efficace !</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></em><em><span style="color:#666666;"></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092432255664788418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAw8e-vsxgic3A_stiDHDsi7jsSKBsIKc6Dcl2RpOoLQTAaH8davV4vHnYZj7WlRSuM9kuQrFPZ1uBl0O8qZ51XkSDq0iiLAnVV0sJLy5xaKr8hfqHv2AbbtdLANXKoc5Yoacn/s640/harbour.jpg.jpg" border="0" /> ...And then there are those who work : here on Kent street, with a ship from the Swedish <a href="http://www.walleniuslines.com/"><span style="color:#663333;">Wallenius Lines</span></a> in the background, can you see the guy holding the stop/slow sign? When he saw me taking the picture, he hid behind his sign - he made me laugh ! In Australia children can start working at the age of 14 years and 9 months, and casual part-time jobs are easy to find. For those who leave school early with no qualifications, unskilled labour (such as this one on building sites) is abundant, and not that poorly paid either.<br />BTW I like the composition in grey and red here.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">...Et puis il y a ceux qui travaillent : Ici dans Kent street, avec un navire de l'armateur suédois Wallenius Lines en toile de fond, vous voyez le jeune homme qui tient le panneau Stop ? Quand il m'a vu prendre ma photo, il s'est caché derrière son panneau - ça m'a fait rire !</span></em> <em><span style="color:#666666;">En Australie, on a le droit de commencer à travailler à 14 ans et 9 mois, et les petits boulots sont faciles à trouver. Pour ceux qui quittent l'école à 16 ou 18 ans sans qualifications, le travail peu qualifié (par exemple sur les chantiers comme ici) est abondant, et pas si mal payé.<br />PS - j'aime bien ma composition en rouge et gris ici.</span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1419575132074342192007-07-24T19:24:00.000+10:002007-07-25T11:20:44.069+10:00The Shadow ShowIn Australia the sun is terribly strong and the dark shadows are hard to tackle in photography. The way out it I found is to play with them rather than try to avoid them.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">En Australie la lumière est terriblement forte et les ombres très noires sont souvent un problème pour le photographe. La solution pour moi a été d'apprendre à jouer avec plutot que d'essayer de les éviter.</span></em><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ir02Qng3sKp9U0loe31RRhckMC1uyBBYTMv7vprJl0_Gubac71S73r4UbIoieX81UDoww4J-GwQhjSV9gNW6lFrbdpwP-ac0fXZ4o7vuo381YU_bFbE3UKRB3XxRzGjw1xUf/s1600-h/ombresp.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090675665580331906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ir02Qng3sKp9U0loe31RRhckMC1uyBBYTMv7vprJl0_Gubac71S73r4UbIoieX81UDoww4J-GwQhjSV9gNW6lFrbdpwP-ac0fXZ4o7vuo381YU_bFbE3UKRB3XxRzGjw1xUf/s640/ombresp.jpg" border="0" /></a> My early morning walk this week took me to George Street. On this winter day it is still fairly dark at 7:30 a.m. From where I stand on the pavement, I can see inside an office building: two men having a chat move in turn in and out of sight. This is a collage of three different photos. Can you recognise the same men in different positions ?<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Ma promenade matinale de cette semaine m'a menée sur George Street. En cette journée d'hiver il fait encore très sombre à 7h30. Depuis le trottoir où je me tiens, je vois l'entrée illuminée d'un immeuble de bureaux où deux hommes discutent en marchant. Cette photo est un collage de trois photos successives, reconnaissez-vous mes deux acteurs dans des positions différentes ?</span></em><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjCQD4F1iMV2U07qz865IK2HpJDtZtZhnezpPcx4zS3zo5W1IcKz42EYpFydSfe5TCJIIrGGk-cSdrh7w6YrWqDYq9D8SJeuWmuH7hyphenhyphen4LfU0adIwYXCmPCnDV3Gt3cux8JqJU/s1600-h/magpiep.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087235984094870354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjCQD4F1iMV2U07qz865IK2HpJDtZtZhnezpPcx4zS3zo5W1IcKz42EYpFydSfe5TCJIIrGGk-cSdrh7w6YrWqDYq9D8SJeuWmuH7hyphenhyphen4LfU0adIwYXCmPCnDV3Gt3cux8JqJU/s640/magpiep.jpg" border="0" /></a> On the beach I found an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Magpie"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>Australian magpie</strong></span></a>, a wonderful bird that I see plenty of around my house. There's a French traditional song that goes 'There's a magpie in the pear tree, I can hear it sing...' but I had never really heard a magpie sing before coming to Australia. And what a song! A real melody, beautiful! (listen to the <a class="external text" title="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3" href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3" rel="nofollow">song of the Australian magpie</a>).This one came to me hoping to be fed, I had nothing to give it but I stole its shadow.<br /><br /><span style="color:#666666;"><em>Sur la plage j'ai trouvé une </em><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnorhina_tibicen"><strong><span style="color:#333399;"><em>pie australienne</em></span></strong></a><em>. J'en vois souvent dans mon quartier, et elles ne sont pas farouches. Petite, j'ai souvent chanté la chanson "Y'a une pie dans l'poirier, j'entends la pie qui chante..." mais la réalité c'est que je n'avais jamais entendu une pie chanter avant de venir en Australie. Elles chantent, mais elles chantent ! Une vraie mélodie, c'est magnifique ! </em><span style="color:#000000;">(</span><a class="external text" title="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3" href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3" rel="nofollow">Cri de la pie australienne</a><span style="color:#000000;">). </span><em>Celle-ci s'est approchée en espérant quelque chose à manger, mais je n'avais rien pour elle, je me suis contentée de lui voler son ombre !</em></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090676790861763474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicI4modDQ8siEJ3aK0gSZ9rZh7neiRBx6qsb0EBpD9NM1sYWJn8TlxhesfIPiYp_LndqIMCS7XXEchehWqR9dcgsIKu2nFz8WrFyertsl1STsoV49Ss1A5LCDgIUvklAF-RVk/s640/3menp.jpg" border="0" />Sunday afternoon, the shop window of an art gallery in a small back street in Manly : the sun's last rays hit completely horizontally these sculptures which appear to explore the relation between man and tree (see the tree drawn on the bottom man's belly?). The shadow was perfect.<br /></div><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">Fin de journée sur Manly, les derniers rayons du soleil éclairent à l'horizontale l'intérieur d'une galerie d'art qui expose de drôles de sculptures qui explorent la relation entre l'homme et l'arbre (voir le dessin d'arbre sur le ventre du personnage du bas). L'ombre était parfaite.</span></em><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090677336322610082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcM6UZLreMupX5T9IKFr_KT1QUHV1TLgX-3kgVqaN_2iU6TUmoZ0CctogDEavx9ISESwD92rHfRi2smESDXp1ovVJD8OeVvylHFlXncEpuclWcVJA4axPCwNVdShz6mtRcAwu/s320/3men2.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div><div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3370773793929464952007-07-21T22:49:00.000+10:002007-07-24T17:02:39.577+10:00Birrung and Woolloomooloo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtocPMVhQ-CIlZDyGMLU7ZyfhSmgjidavukYL_Zw5fBO1cBAHt9HVVB8ra-UkW33yxTGdY_RVyq5q94KQQHhbKyRkKSp1xWxjwboxSr5s5zFZO30pqOgb8oeY_hcAkv7NEFRw/s1600-h/IMG_2073.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088149270235659202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtocPMVhQ-CIlZDyGMLU7ZyfhSmgjidavukYL_Zw5fBO1cBAHt9HVVB8ra-UkW33yxTGdY_RVyq5q94KQQHhbKyRkKSp1xWxjwboxSr5s5zFZO30pqOgb8oeY_hcAkv7NEFRw/s400/IMG_2073.JPG" border="0" /></a>Birrung gallery in William Street features contemporary art by over 200 indigenous artists from urban and remote Australia. I discovered it during one of my early morning walks, at sunrise. The gallery was closed, I played with the reflections in the window.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Dans William Street se trouve </span></em><em><span style="color:#666666;">une galerie d'art qui expose et vend les travaux de plus de 200 artistes aborigènes australiens d'origine rurale ou urbaine. Je l'ai découverte au lever du soleil lors d'une de mes promenades matinales. La galerie n'était pas encore ouverte, j'ai joué avec les reflets de la vitrine.</span></em><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089655116926292834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_UFDoZ38xSVkrZUTx5hQxwEGTUQ2h9PQbcSLY2wnZrHULV3tCd8RJrBMs_QppBrgyjw6ocLmveyqY0tQdUE5i5G697NwHILlScz51KNDdeOT0PrxIYPy7YscwM2qumsgrLpH/s400/bon4.jpg" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.worldvision.com.au/birrung/"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">Birrung Gallery</span></strong></a> is a World Vision Australia initiative that provides unique Indigenous artwork to collectors and art lovers around the world.<br />Through the sale of fine arts, Birrung Gallery raises funds for Indigenous community development, including employment training at the Sydney gallery, scholarships for Indigenous students and preventative health, social, cultural and economic activities in rural and remote Australia. Birrung’ means ‘star’ and is associated with the many celestial dreaming stories of the traditional land owners who have inhabited the Sydney region for 40,000 years. See <a href="http://www.worldvision.com.au/birrung/BrowseNewlyListed.aspx"><span style="color:#993300;">t</span><span style="color:#993300;">heir online gallery</span></a>.<span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#666666;"><em>Cette galerie, </em></span><a href="http://www.worldvision.com.au/birrung/"><strong><span style="color:#993300;"><em>Birrung Gallery</em></span></strong></a><span style="color:#666666;"><em>, est une initiative de l'ONG World Vision Australia. Les collectionneurs et amateurs d'art du monde entier y trouvent des oeuvres uniques produites par des artistes aborigènes. Le produit des ventes permet de financer des projets de développement des communautés aborigènes tels que des emplois-formation à la galerie, des bourses d'études pour les jeunes et des programmes culturels, sociaux, ou de santé préventive dans les communautés rurales isolées. Birrung signifie "étoile", un nom associé à de nombreuses légendes du temps du rêve des communautés aborigènes des environs de Sydney. Ce nom est une façon de prendre acte de leur présence ici depuis plus de <span style="color:#666666;">quarante</span></em></span><span style="color:#666666;"> <em>mille </em><em>ans.</em><em> Visitez</em> <em>leur </em></span><a href="http://www.worldvision.com.au/birrung/BrowseNewlyListed.aspx"><strong><span style="color:#993300;"><em>galerie en ligne</em></span></strong></a><span style="color:#666666;"><em>.</em></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089645620753601362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCZKR1nmhUR2JHK561sveDgwdflv4KfbFUkE8uA-4JxYkTRP_ljSzwTjRoLJNYBK4aglC05FfmqDtu2c8Kwc5x2CIVYu8WIyjKOt_kImugw4casE3We6uFsK-eig0sX4-eHbC/s640/williamst.JPG" border="0" />Far from the eucalypt forests of 200 years ago, William Street today is a busy artery which links the Eastern suburbs to the City along the suburb of Woolloomooloo (I love this name!). Noisy, not the most attractive of all streets, a bit of reality check after my dream world of art and reflections! Peter, the name Woolloomooloo is derived from the local Aboriginal language, but it is uncertain whether it means 'place of plenty' , 'young kangaroo' or 'burial ground' (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolloomooloo,_New_South_Wales"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">more about it here</span></strong></a>) - this shows how little we know about the Indigenous languages, many of which are lost forever : Indigenous people died in such large numbers in the years following the invasion of their land by the first settlers that their languages disappeared with them before they had time to be properly recorded. The history of the Indigenous people of Australia has many dark chapters...<br /><br /><div><div><div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">Loin des forêts d'eucalyptus d'il y a 200 ans avant l'arrivée des premiers colons, William Street aujourd'hui est une grande artère qui relie les quartiers Est à la city et bordant le quartier de Woolloomooloo (j'adore ce nom !). Un boulevard bruyant et sans grand charme, quel contraste avec l'univers onirique de mes reflets ! Le nom Woolloomooloo est d'origine aborigène sans qu'on soit certain s'il signifie 'lieu d'abondance' ou 'jeune kangourou' (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolloomooloo,_New_South_Wales">en savoir plus</a>) - cela montre à quel point les </span></em><em><span style="color:#666666;">langues aborigènes locales</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">sont mal connues. Les indigènes sont morts en si grand nombre après l'invasion de leurs terres par les premiers colons que beaucoup de ces langues se sont éteintes avec eux avant d'avoir pu être correctement répertoriées. L'histoire des peupes aborigènes d'Australie a des pages bien tristes.</span></em></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7072758934323483232007-07-18T10:29:00.000+10:002007-07-18T23:22:05.866+10:00Winter cold<div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088328142738635730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_zvFInOUtnGeDRgGKZtRAi7Wd5mjrZToOd2qCa9arPqscVig_V6wo7ONaBAoBo6Nwp7U1m-b3Nrk6aq6wdjh2W-u8qN7I10jlioAANCjmLkfE4iUwZplbEBPM-AjfXawesur/s640/cold.jpg" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vMfHWV7ob5mxUXUzSPoSNj6vAhnXensvC6mTxGDrFKt1qhra7hUR2dRlsrPWu1aPLC2J8ymiOm8a8flnO1ZMrmdfcvQ7XAulmoOV0bswT8XA_tWekkiI0eYhz4As5uDfFWAA/s1600-h/cold2.jpg"></a> Morning fog and frost in Jindabyne.<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Brouillard matinal et givre blanc à Jindabyne.<br /><br /></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088525663989611522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinx7JWteWKIJlOu0_mwvj_WvNnJY8if7SlvCTI4TExAdpbcU0N6ceZ4dTFV1VKxterg1fpGpFa0BFJwYkavD9ZCWYk_s25g5zHdy2o8rop4CRtc2tL1wY6ioHAtvzCHAPP5eZE/s640/3frost.jpg" border="0" /></div><div><div><div>With -1°C recorded in Sydney's western suburbs, yesterday was the coldest morning in 21 years. There was white frost on my car, something I had never never seen before in the six years I've lived here. Sydney homes are generally poorly insulated and most have no heating apart from the occasional portable electric heater. Of course the days are often warm and sunny but as soon as the sun sets, nights are cold and I've heard many European women (used to harsher winters but also to central heating) complain about how cold it is inside the houses here - why is it that women always feel the cold more than men?<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Avec une température de -1°C dans les quartiers ouest, hier a été le matin le plus froid enregistré à Sydney depuis 21 ans. Il y avait du givre blanc sur ma voiture, ce que je n'avais jamais vu depuis six ans que je vis ici. Les maisons à Sydney sont généralement très mal isolées (pas de matériaux isolants, plein de courants d'air sous les portes etc.) et n'ont le plus souvent aucun chauffage à part un ou deux petits radiateurs électriques portables. Bien sûr, les journées souvent ensoleillées sont belles avec des températures autour de 18°, mais dès que le soleil se couche les nuits sont froides et j'ai souvent entendu des européennes, habituées à des hivers bien plus rudes mais aussi au chauffage central, se plaindre du froid dans les maisons ici (toujours des femmes, d'ailleurs - pourquoi souffrent-elles du froid plus que les hommes ?) </span></em><em><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">b</span><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088328933012618210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxq60iHWRpADqmsYB8yoj-Rv0NWqDU63i4e6vWtccdueoJBQVot9Fo9lUDDrkSERirctbRV0Dq4v2kkW1iUeLwIFUqnRGu7vIoJIEMrVmBDnWRCn_K7ok2QA1XHndIP31cp4N/s640/cold3.jpg" border="0" /></span></em></div></div><div>Winter storm on the coast between Tamarama beach and Bronte.<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Tempête d'hiver sur la côte entre Tamarama et Bronte.</span></em> </div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7919965270366024452007-07-15T12:46:00.000+10:002007-07-18T00:41:33.911+10:00Weekend in the Snowies<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GhbiHHMhj9LbeTMk0ScTi6-Fh3080y_8jiqivx3UiQChtjj8QfYB76ejBmY48_0BZ_VtEx8-YoukSbCe3UBggMcx5GzUbZiLxMyu5_u-rXZT_hhF_m5eVbMrv-JllwA8Lt2x/s1600-h/p+perisherblue+(15).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087278057594502018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GhbiHHMhj9LbeTMk0ScTi6-Fh3080y_8jiqivx3UiQChtjj8QfYB76ejBmY48_0BZ_VtEx8-YoukSbCe3UBggMcx5GzUbZiLxMyu5_u-rXZT_hhF_m5eVbMrv-JllwA8Lt2x/s640/p+perisherblue+(15).jpg" border="0" /></a> All right, this isn't Sydney but it is very relevant to the life of (some) Sydneysiders. This is where, come winter, they go skiing. And winter is NOW! North hemisphere dwellers, adjust your settings: here downunder, ski season is July-August. The season is short because the aptly named <a href="http://www.snowymountains.com.au/index.html"><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Snowy Mountains</span></strong></a> aren't very high: the tallest peak, Mt Kosciusko, culminates at 2228 metres or 7310 feet. But a five hour drive from Sydney, the twin resorts of <a href="http://www.perisherblue.com.au/winter/index.php"><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Perisher Blue</span></strong></a> (today's pictures) and <a href="http://www.thredbo.com.au/"><span style="color:#333399;"><strong>Thredbo</strong></span></a> let snow riding enthusiasts have some fun! If you leave Sydney on Friday after work you can get there by midnight and have two full days of fun in the snow before driving back, getting home around midnight again. Exhausting but exhilarating!<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Bon d'accord, ce n'est pas Sydney mais ces images font bien partie de la vie des habitants de Sydney, enfin de certains. Car c'est ici qu'en saison ils viennent skier. Et la saison, c'est maintenant. Eh oui, amis de l'hémisphère nord, ajustez vos horloges internes : ici dans le sud c'est maintenant l'hiver , et la saison de ski c'est juillet-aout. Une saison courte car les montagnes (les bien nommées </span></em><a href="http://www.snowymountains.com.au/index.html"><strong><span style="color:#333399;"><em>Snowy mountains</em></span></strong></a><span style="color:#666666;"><em>) ne sont pas très élevées : le plus haut sommet d'Australie, le mont Kosciusko, culmine à 2228 mètres. C'est lui qui a donné son nom au parc national où sont situées les deux stations jumelles de </em><a href="http://www.perisherblue.com.au/winter/index.php"><strong><span style="color:#333399;"><em>Perisher Blue</em></span></strong></a><em> (mes photos) et de </em><a href="http://www.thredbo.com.au/"><strong><span style="color:#333399;"><em>Thredbo</em></span></strong></a><em>. A cinq heures de route de Sydney, elles offrent aux amateurs l'occasion de goûter aux joies de la glisse.</em></span> <em><span style="color:#666666;">En partant le vendredi soir à 17h, on peut être là-bas à minuit, skier deux jours d'affilée et rentrer le dimanche soir à minuit. Epuisant mais dépaysant !<br /><br /></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087283516497935250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2O_XzkMh3siyii55bYUFWY3YmW6Iuhf92W5Qm7Pl4TI6X2Dj3xPvu1I2LLP0pjLAVbC3_XVlIvyA-is1gbitTSYx4Ssg5C_AcYt3nF0xl481xnUUc8Mk799hUgDPRuQxqXvEq/s640/p+perisherblue+(22).jpg" border="0" /> The big difference with the northern hemisphere is that there are no mountain pines, only eucalypts - magnificent snow gums in particular, whose bark take spectacular colours against the white snow. For more great photos of that, check out the websites of <a href="http://www.michaelscottlees.com.au/gallery.php?id=postcards&photo=SN0013"><span style="color:#333399;">Michael Scott Lees</span></a>, a local professional photographer I met when I was there, and <a href="http://www.jturnerphotography.com/new/colour17/21_JPG.html"><span style="color:#333399;">J.Turner</span></a> (nice abstract macros).<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">La grande différence avec nos montagnes du nord, c'est qu'il n'y a pas de sapins ici, juste des eucalyptus, dont certains (les magnifiques Snow Gums) ont des troncs colorés qui se détachent superbement sur le fond de neige. Vous en trouverez de beaux exemples sur les sites de </span></em><a href="http://www.michaelscottlees.com.au/gallery.php?id=postcards&photo=SN0013"><em><span style="color:#333399;">Michae</span><span style="color:#333399;">l Scott Lees</span></em></a><em><span style="color:#666666;">, un photographe professionnel que j'ai rencontré là-bas, et de </span></em><a href="http://www.jturnerphotography.com/new/colour17/21_JPG.html"><em><span style="color:#333399;">J.Turner</span></em></a> <em><span style="color:#666666;">(belles macros abstraites).</span></em><em><span style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></em><span style="color:#666666;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087270562876570482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbb2sDNI7jf96E8dN9nDQANrc7Wd7s4T_pq4lWiY2Lf9CIAQFQlh41NV30i2bXbD_PH9oSLSzLBOwWCjmG4ofXuZcCe4X1jHj9w3qRCroLSOuvmSNOWCwk0CZK8j21xdqk8zBq/s640/p+perisherblue+(19).jpg" border="0" /></em></span>in your face! Guess what direction the blizzard has been blowing from?<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">En pleine figure ! Devinez dans quelle direction a soufflé le blizzard ?</span></em> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffffff;">vv</span> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087285187240213410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="252" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJENY59nLMIyf59-ckbYfyMt0n-n49RTtyW7gElSHYvoObWsBLfwBrgSCY-HHxiIuzUbbPwATSTOIle9arPdoTmT45fal5tpWODlGzAQ2zkr48fXuYfoZA2shV3VHJdxdYglgH/s400/p+perisherblue+(18).jpg" width="323" border="0" />Blue Cow, fun name for this ski field located above Perisher ! (see <a href="http://www.perisherblue.com.au/winter/snowreport/bluecow.php"><span style="color:#333399;">today's snow cam</span></a>)<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">La vache bleue, drole de nom pour ce massif situé au-dessus de Perisher ! (camera pour voir <a href="http://www.perisherblue.com.au/winter/snowreport/bluecow.php"><span style="color:#333399;">l'enneigement aujourd'hui</span></a>)</span></em></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb<br /></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-81410489156310386562007-07-11T21:10:00.000+10:002007-07-12T18:11:59.943+10:00Lions of SydneyHam of <a href="http://londondailyphoto.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">London Daily Photo</span></strong></a> has a wonderful collection of <a href="http://londonselephants.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#663333;"><strong>elephants</strong></span></a> in his city, in <a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#663333;"><strong>Grenoble</strong></span></a> (France) the quest is on for <a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/07/dolphin-quest-part-6.html">dolphins</a> (six already) so I decided to go hunting for lions in Sydney.<br /><div></div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">Ham de </span></em><a href="http://londondailyphoto.blogspot.com/"><em><span style="color:#663333;"><strong>London Daily Photo</strong></span></em></a><em><span style="color:#666666;"> collectionne <a href="http://londonselephants.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#663333;"><strong>les éléphants</strong></span></a> (une très belle série). A </span></em><a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/"><em><span style="color:#663333;"><strong>Grenoble</strong></span></em></a><em><span style="color:#666666;"> c'est la pêche aux dauphins (déjà six au compteur, </span></em><a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/07/dolphin-quest-part-6.html"><em><span style="color:#663333;">voir ici</span></em></a><em><span style="color:#666666;">), alors aujourd'hui à Sydney on part à la chasse au lion.</span></em><br /></div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivog5OiKMBs3sLu_g-2fQzetPnE33WJQ4MHUvJA3cTvEwD8LjU9hE-U2yi8IAWYQCv5qpWTFe1Lkcjgj945RIhdOqyfFqcyNYEcXdiu1pAnkwgLg9_PFrBn8mcE8vAZh2wrCIF/s1600-h/lionmaquariest.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085895434462173218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivog5OiKMBs3sLu_g-2fQzetPnE33WJQ4MHUvJA3cTvEwD8LjU9hE-U2yi8IAWYQCv5qpWTFe1Lkcjgj945RIhdOqyfFqcyNYEcXdiu1pAnkwgLg9_PFrBn8mcE8vAZh2wrCIF/s400/lionmaquariest.jpg" border="0" /></a> Three in one to begin with, guarding an old lamppost in front of the grand old facade of the <a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ic/1/en/hotel/sydha?_IATA=99503714"><span style="color:#993300;">Intercontinental Hotel Sydney</span></a> (the superbly refurbished Treasury Building) in Macquarie Street.<br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">Trois d'un coup pour commencer autour d'un lampadaire ancien devant la façade en grès </span><span style="color:#666666;">jaune de </span><span style="color:#993300;">l'</span></em><a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ic/1/en/hotel/sydha?_IATA=99503714"><em><span style="color:#993300;">Hôtel Intercontinental</span></em></a><em><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="color:#666666;"> (le magnifique Hotel du Trésor rénové) dans Macquarie Street.</span><br />bb</span><br /></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085895657800472626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0Nk_w5cCjpkKoStCFFjxhLxz9riCnYrR1PEWx4keZicKA5LA6uYBY5L9KV9tBWEvFvlHH4rIcmmxLUH5EtiF9Tz5i4zaH2C-LpCoi8SftSY_bRzDF469QFAR5BXNBkKPYbbk/s400/lion+paddo.jpg" border="0" />In a back alley off Oxford Street in Paddington, a lion shedding a tear (crocodile tear?) ...<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Dans une allée sombre près d'Oxford Street à Paddington, un lion versant une larme (de crocodile ?)...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085896770197002306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiM2jKiG2U2d7rvojLLx30Y4ldxknLHe9bYndLKrihKOq5u0PUL4dvzupVRVqteYK6wc1hnzPS2Eem2dCH3pyuqbJwVtgAXjXZ_REZ1KQ4tGoY5hF__Yy0D-THPkbZfWtvjTFO/s400/lion+starcity.jpg" border="0" /></span></em>Tucked away in a small courtyard behind Star City (Sydney's largest casino), this one is of varnished wood. A massive 5 ft tall and 6 ft long I'm sure it could be very popular with kids but hidden away the way it is, who would find it? What is it doing here, turning to grey under rain and sun? Perhaps offered to the casino by an unlucky artist guest trying to pay off his gambling debt...<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="color:#666666;">Caché dans une arrière-cour de Star City (le plus grand casino de Sydney), celui-ci est en bois verni. Deux mètres de long, 1,50m de haut, massif comme une souche d'arbre renversée, il amuserait sûrement les enfants s'il était plus visible mais planqué là, qui le trouverait ? Que fait-il là, virant au gris sous le soleil et la pluie ? Peut-être offert par un client artiste malchanceux pour honorer ses dettes de jeu...</span> </span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085904849030486098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3GBRk0lBlfS8dHvROnM-CzsR-SCN8DKeu5jG50ewlAEm7wAADUlf21bpQ-nVg1_-lz17W04Z96KmaIPsqNQx29wwv6NrHtAi5QaP74AKiMe7UEXaDScUi-_Z4a_lXTv00GSN/s320/lion+china.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div><p>A rather aggressive one found in Chinatown...<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Un autre plutôt agressif trouvé dans Chinatown..<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086211677344447266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHOy0N7aqlmQ9vgnT2bUzOMS2uJRqdkFEax920EoLE3lf5USGWeUsZ6I8aoFp_I063ewuk5StDl0cou9254NKi1GdkHMR44P4rR5WQGNn6vp0GaRwo-Vu_htRmeBNq5dDxF8o/s320/lion.jpg" border="0" /></span></em>And a desperate one as a cornerstone of the Sydney Town Hall... (hoping to eat the pigeon?)<br /><span style="color:#666666;"><em>Et un autre, l'air deséspéré, en pierre d'angle de l'Hotel de Ville (désespère-t-il de croquer le pigeon ?)<br /><br /></em><strong><span style="color:#993300;">What animal could you start (or already have) a collection of in your city?<br /></span></strong><em>De quel animal pourriez-vous faire collection (ou avez-vous déja une collection) dans votre ville ?<br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span></em></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1858069270484226512007-07-09T16:44:00.000+10:002007-07-11T21:10:09.013+10:00Pretty in pink<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085133361234974706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44isiV5YrJriOdLlotu8y8M6zyQeMK3UQi9Y22z4_62kFds7WsXP5EvXWC4oMnQgejAPn5htkGCA2UMfRKVv8ivioCYcTK8T3N8ty_ajaWuEIQxU-W6KL-G1j6suXW7tw_z9g/s640/The+entrance.jpg" border="0" /><br />Fairy floss, cotton candy! At the park near the beach, Sunday 5 p.m. The sun has gone down and soon it will be dark but the pink van is still open. I find it very cute, but not at all attractive the fairy floss in plastic bags. As a child I remember loving it freshly made, huge, airy and still almost warm, softly melting in my mouth yet thinly crunchy, then leaving behind a surprising feeling of sugary emptiness...<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Symphonie en rose pour mes trois images du jour. Barbe à papa, barbe à papa ! Il est cinq heures du soir ce dimanche dans le parc près de la plage. Le soleil est parti mais la camionette rose est encore ouverte. Je la trouve adorable, mais en revanche pas du tout attirante la barbe à papa sous plastique. Dans mes souvenirs d'enfance, je l'aimais faite devant moi, énorme comme un chignon crêpé, encore tiède, à la fois légèrement craquante et fondant dans la bouche, puis laissant un surprenant goût de vide sucré...</span></em> <em><span style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></em><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085134486516406290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3S5qaU6BSXxAFPUczstKsbkCi1XwJUcQOUXELsQR6WruDUexukYFmmtxwoa6jwWcNudZbxICEnCijioQ-7O_T93gCW7nYt9qVbNcYmWH885B5xjyIjL5gM-TqbI3v9KWjqLPT/s640/central+colours.jpg" border="0" /> <div>Central station 1:30 pm. As I walk idly on platform 17 waiting for my train to arrive (City Circle: Town Hall, Wynyard, Circular Quay, St James, Museum) I find a large slurpee cup left on a post along the railing - what a colourful perspective! What's a slurpee? A combination of fruit mixed in a blender with crushed ice. The result is very fruity and icy cold. Do you like them ?<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span></div><div></div><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">Gare de Central Station, 13h30. Alors que je déambule mollement sur le quai numéro 17 en attendant mon train (ligne en boucle autour de la city : Town Hall, Wynyard, Circular Quay, St James, Museum, Central) je tombe sur ce grand verre de 'slurpee' vide abandonné sur un pilier le long d'une grille - que voilà un bel effet de perspective ! Qu'est-ce qu'un slurpee ? Un mélange de fruits passés au mixer avec de la glace pilée. Le résultat est très fruité et très glacé. Vous aimez ça ?<br /></span><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb<br /></span></em></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCN5mx80mJNSsq0t_ZEWUUE2IR3f8ZAAKhvTQ2GJvf6XhMHiL2iIcqIpCnt8_KQjW2uktE2TMd7rQShimwvdeSvNqzDRSsIQQYobo6vTrTT8RknL0emV_Szpr4QqqoPfhOP32_/s1600-h/australia+day+(86).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085105903509051362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCN5mx80mJNSsq0t_ZEWUUE2IR3f8ZAAKhvTQ2GJvf6XhMHiL2iIcqIpCnt8_KQjW2uktE2TMd7rQShimwvdeSvNqzDRSsIQQYobo6vTrTT8RknL0emV_Szpr4QqqoPfhOP32_/s640/australia+day+(86).jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Pink again for this little girl's hat. What is it with girls and pink? Dresses, pyjamas, slippers and shorts, hot pink seems inescapable for girls here. Is it the same where you live ? Anyway, isn't it nice that the water here is clean enough for kids to play by the beach right in the middle of Sydney Harbour? By the way can you see the white wings of the Sydney Opera House in the background, flash lit by a quick ray of sunshine? I have to confess this photo is several weeks old. Now in winter the sea is cold and few kids play in the water.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Rose encore le chapeau de cette petite fille. Mais d'où vient cette passion des filles pour le rose ? Robes,</span><span style="color:#666666;"> pyjamas, pantoufles ou shorts, le rose Barbie semble incontournable ici. C'est pareil chez vous ? En tout cas, n'est-ce pas fabuleux de voir que l'eau du port de Sydney est si claire et propre que des enfants peuvent y patauger ? Voyez-vous les ailes blanches de l'Opéra de Sydney dans le lointain, éclairées par un rapide éclair de lumière ? Je dois avouer que cette photo est vieille de plusieurs semaines. Aujourd'hui en plein hiver la mer est froide et on voit peu d'enfants dans l'eau !</span></em></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-50447554774923169582007-07-07T00:21:00.000+10:002007-07-09T09:05:56.603+10:00Three men at sunrise<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIl-Rcg_lNKmNiT8c8_BHzH9kD1sKcdGkTsBb-Y6iji9J2ceo2F8LkTh82MQvCCnMkH6O_2T65ZnIg0hew45Mbx7HOsivFNeWGZJH4ED-DTIim9qgCxm93_YP7emN1q-eeESUz/s1600-h/edward7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084093751516075970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIl-Rcg_lNKmNiT8c8_BHzH9kD1sKcdGkTsBb-Y6iji9J2ceo2F8LkTh82MQvCCnMkH6O_2T65ZnIg0hew45Mbx7HOsivFNeWGZJH4ED-DTIim9qgCxm93_YP7emN1q-eeESUz/s640/edward7.JPG" border="0" /></a>Went for an early walk in the city today, and found three men: one crossing the street before the equestrian statue of King Edward VII in Macquarie St;<br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#999999;"><em>Ce matin, je suis allée me promener en ville très tôt. J'y ai trouvé trois hommes : l'un traversant la rue au lever du soleil devant la statue équestre du roi Edward VII dans Macquarie Street;<br /></em></span><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084095911884625874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2TrBXtILtMwbrdHNhacuRkdW91V94rJKSHqf0K5P87znvVRm1xVniuDimZzauDb68ziT18HxJD0EQZMss1ZGsTNCqpiB19VUe8zjL1t6HO_kmikvHgVIyQG1zWKOWUwRXlFq/s640/channel7.JPG" border="0" /> <div><span style="color:#333333;">The second was on TV: Channel Seven's head office on Martin Place has huge windows through which from 6 am to 9 am the public can watch the live shooting of </span><a href="http://seven.com.au/sunrise//"><span style="color:#000099;">"Sunrise", </span></a><span style="color:#333333;">Australia's biggest breakfast show. Here presenters <a href="http://seven.com.au/sunrise/about_040130_davidkoch">David Koch</a> (AKA Kochie) and Melissa Doyle (Mel) each with a cute puppy on their lap, were hearing how dingos, Australia's wild dogs, can be tamed and trained to become perfect pets. I took my picture through the window, standing in the street. While I see no photographic value to this picture, I thought it was a good insight into Sydney life: every morning there's a small crowd watching there on Martin Place. And I guess it shows that morning programs on TV are probably very similar throughout the world. Is the same where you live?</span></div><div><em><span style="color:#999999;"></span></em></div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#999999;">Le deuxième parlant à la télévision sur Channel Seven - leurs bureaux sur Martin Place sont tout vitrés et on peut par la fenêtre regarder <a href="http://seven.com.au/sunrise//">l'émission "Sunrise"</a> en cours de tournage. Ici, le présentateur vedette <a href="http://seven.com.au/sunrise/about_040130_davidkoch">David Koch</a> (surnommé Kochie), un chiot sur les genoux, se faisait expliquer comment les dingos (chiens sauvages australiens) peuvent être dressés pour devenir de parfaits animaux de compagnie. J'ai pris ma photo depuis la rue, par la fenêtre. Je ne trouve aucun intérêt photographique à cette photo, mais elle représente un aspect de la vie à Sydney : tous les matins il y a une petite foule qui s'attroupe là sur Martin Place pour regarder par la fenêtre. Et cela montre aussi que les programme télévisés du matin se ressemblent partout dans le monde. C'est assez similaire en France, vous ne trouvez pas ?<span style="color:#ffffff;">partout dans le monde - c'est assez similaire en France, non ?<br />bb</span><br /></span></em></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF0dSHD2L94A5nTcYTHN7stNAw7qVBlqsDW_4A683DrjurYxtfcZWFTb3ToqzXIDWkRTmTiAVCANw4u_Wrvo9NS8e4aDNlwTMYgE3JekyOKMMtK4xBrr5cMeIbD4b1v7tJeRp/s1600-h/walking.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084089396419237810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF0dSHD2L94A5nTcYTHN7stNAw7qVBlqsDW_4A683DrjurYxtfcZWFTb3ToqzXIDWkRTmTiAVCANw4u_Wrvo9NS8e4aDNlwTMYgE3JekyOKMMtK4xBrr5cMeIbD4b1v7tJeRp/s640/walking.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><em><span style="color:#999999;"></span></em></div><div><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="color:#333333;">And the third was an anonymous passer-by just happening to be in the right place at the right time (corner of Sussex and Erskine streets).</span> <span style="color:#000000;">Just playing with sun and shadow.</span><br /><br /><em>Et le troisième était un passant anonyme qui a eu le bon goût de se trouver juste au bon endroit au bon moment (coin de Sussex et Erskine street). J'ai joué avec le soleil et l'ombre.</em></span></div><div><em><span style="color:#999999;"></span></em></div><div></div><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-83170540690728019372007-07-03T00:56:00.000+10:002007-07-04T14:40:25.802+10:00Closed ! (three times unlucky)Chairs piled high, tables bare, sorry it's closed, you won't eat here!<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Chaises empilées, tables nues, c'est fermé, vous ne mangerez pas ici !</span></em><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnxYJgECaKgAh4J27DgohED6nzCGF7Ki8FQH9zU3WFrtwBM0UC-qrQUUVNzvjaAoDj8hzVlfKQIppz_0gbVWauABV0tu50KqQrKEyS_R-ZxsuZ9DU4myqKQuhuo5fsskjxdNP/s1600-h/ferme.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080372236774630978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnxYJgECaKgAh4J27DgohED6nzCGF7Ki8FQH9zU3WFrtwBM0UC-qrQUUVNzvjaAoDj8hzVlfKQIppz_0gbVWauABV0tu50KqQrKEyS_R-ZxsuZ9DU4myqKQuhuo5fsskjxdNP/s640/ferme.jpg" border="0" /></a> My first (late at night, too late) is a trendy cafe in Crown Street, in the hot suburb of Kings Cross.</div><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">Mon premier (tard le soir, trop tard) est un café branché de Crown Street, dans le quartier chaud de Kings Cross.</span></em></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082588971069216578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEily48MOVOWPPXmhtfeRF5Tl7LP56Ra7XLxUfT1aA2u6h1Mwu4wC66W4kfYvwXBKuIjR_cBHQlUM4WMHhJ2HO3ENhY3OzUr0afwNrkFRogPV_XmWlg3CWaqBgAv_qZPXXdQqFg3/s640/chairs.jpg" border="0" /><br />My second (early morning, too early) is a restaurant on the harbour across from the Opera House<br />(can you see it in reflection?)<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Mon second (tôt matin, trop tôt) un restaurant sur le port, en face de l'Opéra de Sydney<br />(vous le voyez en reflet ?)<br /></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082589507940128594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ilGbXRu6o4vcGGhwvQRih66UfY8PhDxSlayLkEEdh2SjlgWbqZuFrkUgdZnXnlD2Xx644tFXYJ0-tkOSHU4Q4oTwSC7h7lOzri0XVk9kSNdlVJ0u2LOpmE3gsEhnk75tbcxJ/s640/foodcourt.jpg" border="0" />My third (mid-afternoon, long after the lunch hour rush) is the food court at the foot of Westpac bank.<br />...Which of the three do you prefer?</div><div></div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">Mon troisième (dans l'après-midi, bien après le coup de feu du déjeuner) le resto rapide au pied de la tour Westpac.<br />...Lequel des trois préférez-vous ?</span></em> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-19742561747205833362007-07-01T02:10:00.000+10:002007-07-01T02:10:39.807+10:00Sydney reds, many plus one !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdcdXZ0bRmSrjRLYrcU1mx9DzJEJwHi3dgaIxUgBTn9scy6GAvguOch4tfbjVgrS7P_jMOHClP6kMMnZDznTdarA3a5qD9lhwxynz0jaG2z3QQqHYbAp9QGN3NIKzMC3kGjxT/s1600-h/complet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081877239153694514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdcdXZ0bRmSrjRLYrcU1mx9DzJEJwHi3dgaIxUgBTn9scy6GAvguOch4tfbjVgrS7P_jMOHClP6kMMnZDznTdarA3a5qD9lhwxynz0jaG2z3QQqHYbAp9QGN3NIKzMC3kGjxT/s640/complet.jpg" border="0" /></a> What is red in Sydney? The logos of the Sun Herald, Streets ice-cream, Opera Australia and the blood bank's Red Cross. The firemen's truck, the maple leaves in autumn and the row boats available for rent on Lane Cove river. Red again are several murals I found along my many walks around the city, and this ad for the monorail - gateway to Chinatown. Red and blue is the beautiful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Rosella"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Crimson Rosella</span></strong></a> often seen in Sydney's suburbs...<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Qu'est-ce qui est rouge à Sydney ? Les logos d'Opera Australia, du Sun Herald, des glaces Streets et la Croix Rouge de la banque du sang. Les camions de pompiers, les feuilles rouges des érables en automne, les barques qu'on peut louer sur Lane Cove River et quelques murs peints que j'ai trouvés au fil de mes pérégrinations... Rouge est la pub pour le monorail qui vous mènera à Chinatown, rouge et bleu est le magnifique Crimson Rosella (<a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platycercus_elegans"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">perruche de Pennant</span></strong></a>) qu'on voit souvent dans les quartiers résidentiels...</span></em> <div align="left">/ <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfaKU7qzjtfqGzp9MywJcEXU8MojHZ0sDUwKF48c1WkvbFXkmamEfeOwJSX27XDrvR9xBEmXX4T3mThRK7ykdIulH-7HPkFynEH-7T7bk0J2qytsRAXK9BKrKxhT8iz0o92Ah/s1600-h/birdprisoner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081636484761917218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfaKU7qzjtfqGzp9MywJcEXU8MojHZ0sDUwKF48c1WkvbFXkmamEfeOwJSX27XDrvR9xBEmXX4T3mThRK7ykdIulH-7HPkFynEH-7T7bk0J2qytsRAXK9BKrKxhT8iz0o92Ah/s400/birdprisoner.jpg" border="0" /></a>And as a bonus photo, red is this free spirit escaping from its cage...<br /><br /><span style="color:#666666;"><em>Et en bonus, rouge est cet oiseau libre qui s'échappe de sa cage... Evidemment on pense à Pierre Perret : Ouvrez, ouvrez la cage aux oiseaux, Regardez-les s'envoler, c'est beau...<br />En ce 1er juillet, 95 villes participent au Thème du Mois des City Daily Photo, "Rouge". Pour voir rouge tout autour du monde, cliquez sur les noms des villes :<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span></em></span></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#666666;"></span></em></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">On this 1st of July, 95 cities are participating in the City Daily Photo theme day, "Red".<br />To see red right around the world, click on the following links:</span><br /></span><a href="http://www.shanghaidailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Shanghai, China</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://mumbaidailysnapshot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Mumbai, India</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://nyc2dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>New York City (NY), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://mayniladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Manila, Philippines</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.albuquerquedailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Albuquerque (NM), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://hamburgdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Hamburg, Germany</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://staytondailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Stayton (OR), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://ladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Los Angeles (CA), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Hyde, UK</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://oslodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Oslo, Norway</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://brookvilledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Brookville (OH), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://melbourneinphotos.com/" target="_new"><em>Melbourne, Australia</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://stavangerphotobytanty.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Stavanger, Norway</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.discoverpa.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Bellefonte (PA), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://bucaramangadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://joplinphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Joplin (MO), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://keropokman.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Singapore, Singapore</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://selmaala.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Selma (AL), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://icleveland.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Cleveland (OH), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://kualalumpurdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://chandlerdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Chandler (AZ), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://stockholmdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Stockholm, Sweden</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://seattle-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Seattle (WA), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://abostonvignette.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Boston (MA), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.arradondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Arradon, France</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://evry-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Evry, France</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://brdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Baton Rouge (LA), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://mrdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Maple Ridge (BC), Canada</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://bostondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Boston (MA), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Grenoble, France</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><em>http://www.blogger.com/</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.greenvilledailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Greenville (SC), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://hilodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Hilo (HI), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.nelsondailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Nelson, New Zealand</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.antiguadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>La Antigua, Guatemala</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://brisbane-dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Brisbane (QLD), Australia</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.singaporedailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Singapore, Singapore</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.telaviv2dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Tel Aviv, Israel</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.hongkongdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Hong Kong, China</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.sequimwadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Sequim (WA), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://paderborndailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Paderborn, Germany</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://saarbrueckendailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Saarbrücken, Germany</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://everydayrotterdam.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Rotterdam, Netherlands</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.secret-tenerife.com/photos/" target="_new"><em>Tenerife, Spain</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://artofjpn2.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Kyoto, Japan</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://artofjpn3.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Tokyo, Japan</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Sydney, Australia</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Naples (FL), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://colognedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Cologne (NRW), Germany</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.wassenaardailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://saintlouismodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Saint Louis (MO), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.cypressdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Cypress (TX), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://monmouthdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Ocean Township (NJ), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://mainzdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Mainz, Germany</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://torundailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Toruń, Poland</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://menton-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Menton, France</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://monte-carlo-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Monte Carlo, Monaco</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://singersdailyfotos.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Singapore, Singapore</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://northbayphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>North Bay (ON), Canada</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://jakartadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Jakarta, Indonesia</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://montrealdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Montréal (QC), Canada</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://tuzladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://minneapolisdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Minneapolis (MN), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://pabdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Baziège, France</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://sandiego-dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>San Diego (CA), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://praguedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Prague, Czech Republic</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://ampangdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>New York (NY), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://malaysiadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Kajang (Selangor), Malaysia</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://sharonctdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Sharon (CT), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://newcastlephoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Newcastle (NSW), Australia</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://portangelesdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Port Angeles (WA), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://beestonblog.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Nottingham, UK</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://basedinvilligen.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Villigen, Switzerland</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://dailyphotobutcherfortheworld.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Chicago (IL), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://torquay.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Torquay, UK</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.brusselsdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Brussels, Belgium</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://sandiegodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>San Diego (CA), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://mexicodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Mexico (DF), Mexico</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://visualstpaul.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Saint Paul (MN), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Cape Town, South Africa</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.parisdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Paris, France</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://seouldailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Seoul, Korea</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.maniladailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Manila, Philippines</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://milanodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Milano, Italy</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.chennaidailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://austintexasdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Austin (TX), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://chennaidailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Chennai, India</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://madriddailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Madrid, Spain</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://everydayseoul.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Seoul, South Korea</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://waileadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Wailea (HI), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://toronto-photo-a-day.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Toronto (ON), Canada</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://ajacciodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Ajaccio, France</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://www.akworld.net/webblog/" target="_new"><em>Buenos Aires, Argentina</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://silverspringdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"><em>Silver Spring (MD), USA</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://zurichdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Zurich, Switzerland</em></a><em> - </em><a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><em>Sydney, Australia</em></a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-27301135101347120402007-06-27T00:56:00.000+10:002007-06-29T08:54:30.487+10:00Three murals<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDmJpGkttTKN7qug1Oc9-AMsRnoPY9beXVjsgTBcaX5-NIz_sgbc8m71cr2IIQhwAKvOrbAkJRCFgK-f_3m6iPnaEQZGwPFtQggLbEy2eXaWhtucGheK2CQLiDM3G7Bjc9diN/s1600-h/rex+simpson.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080374233934423650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDmJpGkttTKN7qug1Oc9-AMsRnoPY9beXVjsgTBcaX5-NIz_sgbc8m71cr2IIQhwAKvOrbAkJRCFgK-f_3m6iPnaEQZGwPFtQggLbEy2eXaWhtucGheK2CQLiDM3G7Bjc9diN/s640/rex+simpson.jpg" border="0" /></a>In Pitt Street with interesting sunset reflections, an old painted advertisement for Rex Simpson's fine clothes for men (the brand no longer exists)...<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Dans Pitt Street avec d'intéressants reflets de coucher du soleil, une publicité peinte pour "Rex Simpson, habillement raffiné pour homme"</span></em> <em><span style="color:#666666;">(la marque n'existe plus)...</span></em><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080373211732207186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhj0cN4S0-TJabcZSwTb0sfVX-9ta-sdz_e-WRRIvsovc9NXJ2icRVLdGtcrbscVFVH-fX-xuVG4y3tEo-qTYc0dsrMbSo4xTjovEe6aqMdJI9j0e_vw-9pGdgA3try8K-YdEj/s640/gowings.jpg" border="0" /><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#000000;">In George Street, a painted ad for <strong><span style="color:#336666;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowings">Gowings</a></span></strong>, Gentlemen's outfitters, established 1868.<br />Gowings was a small department store chain specialised in men's casual clothing, camping gear and knick-knacks. After the site of the original head store was redeveloped in 1929 it became one of the most prominent and famous department stores in Sydney. I went in there several times, its several floors were a fascinating place to browse through. After 2001 Gowings embarked on an ambitious expansion plan, opening four more Gowings stores in other locations in Sydney. Although successful in the City, their locations in suburbans areas failed to attract customers. In November 2005, after three years of successive losses, the company entered administration. Attempts to sell the business were unsuccessful and the last remaining Gowings store, the one located in George Street, closed its doors on 29 January 2006. Its former competitor Lowes now occupies the building. Life and death of a business, this ad is all that remains...<br /></span></span><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">Dans George Street, une publicité peinte pour <strong></strong></span></em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowings"><strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">Gowings</span></em></strong></a><em><span style="color:#666666;"> , vêtement pour hommes, établi en 1868. Gowings, un grand magasin spécialisé dans les vêtements pour homme et le matériel de camping (un peu l'équivalent du "Vieux Campeur" à Paris) a longtemps été une institution à Sydney. J'y suis allée plusieurs fois, c'était un magasin passionnant à explorer. Après 2001 Gowings s'est embarqué dans une expansion ambitieuse en ouvrant quatre nouveaux magasins autour de Sydney. Mais alors que le magasin du centre ville dégageait des profits, ceux des banlieues n'ont jamais vraiment pris. En 2005, après trois ans de pertes successives, la société est entrée en liquidation. Faute de repreneur, le dernier magasin Gowings, celui de George Street, a fermé ses portes le 29 janvier 2006. L'immeuble est aujourd'hui occupé par son ancien concurrent Lowes. Vie et mort d'une entreprise, cette publicité peinte est tout ce qui reste de l'aventure...</span></em></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080375002733569650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaMvKLrhqLDxikHZCpxj-9UiBoUmM9P54bKPMyTX3s-3hbydA_FYzIRqJueEqlMvoSsxv59RdYqJNrT9rDzhTDxfRKv4o6gpoRTpSFjf3pXTexi7kPbqebkVF-G4mg_Zbx-CK/s640/womenatwork.jpg" border="0" /> <div>The third, located in Cathedral Street, has nothing to do with advertising - looks more like a commissioned work to decorate an otherwise ugly wall. Sixties ? Seventies ? It's in bad condition and I couldn't find any information about it, so I'll comment it freely. The woman on the right, tied to her typewriter (no, a sewing machine, thanks Alice!) in front of an ugly grey building seems to personify alienation at work, while her counterpart to the left, all smile among a flight of white doves, appears to represent the liberation of women. Hopefully there's a move from one to the other... at least that's the way I see it. Would you interpret it differently? Either way, the fitness addict passing in front of it seems baffled!<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Mon troisième mur peint, situé dans Cathedral Street, n'est pas une publicité. On dirait plutot un travail subventionné pour décorer un mur pas bien gai. Années soixante ? Soixante-dix ? Je n'ai trouvé aucune information sur ce mur en fort mauvais état, je l'interprète donc librement. A droite, une femme attachée à sa machine à écrire (non, c'est une machine à coudre, Alice a raison !) devant un triste immeuble gris semble représenter l'aliénation au travail, tandis que celle de gauche, tout sourire au milieu d'un envol de colombes blanches, semble représenter la libération des femmes. Interprétation toute subjective je l'admets - en avez-vous une autre ? En tout cas, notre joggeur au pied du mur semble écrasé par cette vision !<br /></span></em><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-76955000215372591942007-06-24T23:00:00.000+10:002007-06-26T08:37:21.934+10:00Three foods in WahroongaWahroonga, one of Sydney's posh northern suburbs, has a small village centre where you'll find a few essentials :<br /><em><span style="color:#999999;">Wahroonga, quartier cossu du nord de Sydney (l'équivalent de St Cloud ou Le Vésinet pour Paris) a un petit centre ville où on trouve l'essentiel :</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PTgVEvrRFD1uO_F8mde0HswFy8X_R7hXViSve1IB4-FmqPWuUKg4a5lrGfWugWa2qdff1DjspDwDfpu_pBkJceK6bLqj2jjiO44YLA-G-QnyCAr4YQvzQvYKtDNXl6FJ222i/s1600-h/pain.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079620368389727794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PTgVEvrRFD1uO_F8mde0HswFy8X_R7hXViSve1IB4-FmqPWuUKg4a5lrGfWugWa2qdff1DjspDwDfpu_pBkJceK6bLqj2jjiO44YLA-G-QnyCAr4YQvzQvYKtDNXl6FJ222i/s640/pain.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="left"></a></p>Food for the discerning gourmet with a couple of bakeries producing outstanding bread... but at A$6.50 (= US$5.50) a piece it's hardly for your average worker - four times the price of the standard white sliced "plastic" bread at A$1.50, or US$1) - what is the bread like in your country?<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Pour le régal des gourmets, deux boulangeries produisant du pain comme on en trouve très peu à Sydney - une vraie merveille, mais à 6,50$ la boule (soit 4 euros), pas pour toutes les bourses (quatre fois plus cher que le pain blanc de mie en tranches de supermarché à 1,50$ pièce (1 euro)</span></em><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtAsyra5bLlB-rAg6fCV6FUYSk4hYhYVVpxYgW7oi-tj9EQZqwJrD4emXIoO2mFIlWBFmFzgHs6qeaXskgw9I79SXTPNmBPqHrXwzVKcvWk5PkKnSqXLm2-r3pafa_hPYGxm6/s1600-h/fleurs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079618658992743970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtAsyra5bLlB-rAg6fCV6FUYSk4hYhYVVpxYgW7oi-tj9EQZqwJrD4emXIoO2mFIlWBFmFzgHs6qeaXskgw9I79SXTPNmBPqHrXwzVKcvWk5PkKnSqXLm2-r3pafa_hPYGxm6/s640/fleurs.JPG" border="0" /></a> Feast for the eye with a wonderful flower shop - buy direct from the grower, A$3.50 the little primroses = $3 a piece. Are the prices similar where you live?<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Pour le régal des yeux, un joli fleuriste : Achetez directement au producteur, 3,50$ les petites primevères, soit 2,20 euros pièce.</span></em> <em><span style="color:#666666;">C'est à peu près le même prix chez vous ?</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE1w8ZM_awOte0tsz820xrTKS73o6cBtB0I9xaoFFSykF_X5LGxR2zXE_u23931LDWNUfveDV2Z6avC4Uui3afEmg0xupXjT2csiIVTEbq35BPtAie8oUJnjU5E1pWnwF5yng/s1600-h/magritte.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079616747732297234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE1w8ZM_awOte0tsz820xrTKS73o6cBtB0I9xaoFFSykF_X5LGxR2zXE_u23931LDWNUfveDV2Z6avC4Uui3afEmg0xupXjT2csiIVTEbq35BPtAie8oUJnjU5E1pWnwF5yng/s640/magritte.JPG" border="0" /></a> ...And food for thought with a book shop selling this art book about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Magritte"><strong><span style="color:#003300;">René Magritte</span></strong></a>. On the book cover reflected in the street, this self-portrait shows the artist taking an egg for model... and painting a bird taking flight! In the egg about to hatch, the artist sees the bird to be and his work brings his vision to the world - isn't that a fantastic definition of art ? Have a good Sunday everyone, next post on Wednesday.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">...Et pour le régal de l'esprit, une librairie où j'ai trouvé ce livre sur <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Magritte"><strong><span style="color:#003300;">René Magritte</span></strong></a>. Sur la couverture du livre qui se reflète dans la rue, cet auto-portrait montre l'artiste prenant pour modèle un oeuf et peignant... un oiseau prenant son envol ! Dans l'oeuf sur le point d'éclore, l'artiste a vu l'oiseau en devenir et son oeuvre reflète sa projection du monde. N'est-ce pas là une fabuleuse définition de l'art ? Bon dimanche à tous ! Prochain message mercredi.</span></em></div><p><em><span style="color:#666666;"></span></em></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-62029326624334728872007-06-21T10:10:00.000+10:002007-06-21T21:49:43.346+10:00Three takes on autumn<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLerbZVBD3QfILnJld_JsDRo6vBK2PsW0hxt6joLchJBhrdMdZXdyqqZ19MSUeB6JiXVBSd_lLH0-zTtCitOLrGs-zDzzCKSv839H0L8Slkagf6VeM21vyNlrX53odwOxdHWCr/s1600-h/22.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078305726145062322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLerbZVBD3QfILnJld_JsDRo6vBK2PsW0hxt6joLchJBhrdMdZXdyqqZ19MSUeB6JiXVBSd_lLH0-zTtCitOLrGs-zDzzCKSv839H0L8Slkagf6VeM21vyNlrX53odwOxdHWCr/s640/22.JPG" border="0" /></a> What a miserable three days it has been. Rainy, cold, windy...<br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Quel mauvais temps il a fait depuis trois jours : froid, gris, pluvieux...</span></em><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078307216498714050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAF_0RU7PDngjJMbKFhfDpPhpQ0smrxjBGb2m5wQtDuQTG8nprUmC3lBG7BjptXJ0bOWBu9a1JNmSGKZRln2IEmvRgAa9LZGpn47-6luc8WK5q7bGfkPfkwnICEX4XdZ0RADB6/s640/IMG_3899.JPG" border="0" />but suddenly this morning the sun is out again and autum in a sub-tropical climate explodes in all its contradictions, pink blossoms against golden leaves and bright blue sky;<br /><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#999999;">mais soudain ce matin il fait beau et l'automne en climat sub-tropical explose dans toutes ses contradictions, floraison rose sur feuilles rousses sur fond de ciel bleu azur;</span></em></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078482734632232450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkElPsCkT6tE6Q8TTQggRYp4PdJUjQ4-mPPAVUVF_1LS7bolvgDkRPzT_WxiX4MoNI2ctzVBBBYknNEo7-L6CXPCPwD27IIpMscLY8o0yVMYL_Unu1DJqUOLPw1MGIugXforu3/s640/IMG_4363.JPG" border="0" /> <div align="center"></div><div align="center">and in a garden of the northern suburb of Wahroonga I found mushrooms that I didn't even know existed in Australia : the mysterious and poisonous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">amanita muscaria</span></strong></a>! I'd be interested to learn from my local readers if edible mushrooms can be found in country NSW because in my six years of living here I've never heard of anyone going mushrooming the way the French do in the countryside in autumn.<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span><br /><span style="color:#666666;"><em>et dans un jardin du quartier de Wahroonga j'ai trouvé des champignons dont je n'imaginais même pas qu'ils existaient ici, la vénéneuse <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanite_tue-mouches"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>amanite tue-mouches</strong></span></a> ! Ca m'intéresserait de savoir s'il existe dans la campagne australienne des champignons comestibles car depuis six ans que je vis ici je n'ai jamais entendu personne parler d'"aller aux champignons" comme on le fait en France.</em></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-2304419536938086492007-06-18T10:20:00.000+10:002007-06-19T23:37:50.799+10:00Celebrating 300 posts!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzr3nBqSpgOekPip8WLjKYjLMbdLTcUGmIlHuiqtHEZhnn6qRk6oqaAlcKTUygcm_4P55F3nseY4aiz5xodBqZ1OUFw6cxPoYSQ-fGa5jvFNG5m6uZWNq2-Ovoqw1FuIXrtL4/s1600-h/webopera2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077193003197883778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzr3nBqSpgOekPip8WLjKYjLMbdLTcUGmIlHuiqtHEZhnn6qRk6oqaAlcKTUygcm_4P55F3nseY4aiz5xodBqZ1OUFw6cxPoYSQ-fGa5jvFNG5m6uZWNq2-Ovoqw1FuIXrtL4/s640/webopera2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Today I invite you to share in the celebration of 300 daily posts about one of the most celebrated cities in the world. An exceptional location around stunning beaches and a protected harbour, a mild subtropical climate, friendly people and a relaxed lifestyle, it's hard not to fall in love with Sydney. Because today is another rainy day, I pulled out photo from the vault. Very much a cliché I agree, but how can I celebrate this city without showing off once again one of the true architectural wonders of this world, the Opera House?<br />Using 300 posts as a significant landmark, I have decided that <strong>today I will quit daily posting</strong> - too time consuming, and I'm sure all of you who have embarked on a daily photo commitment can relate to that. SDS is not closing down, you will still be getting seven photos a week, but instead of daily they will come in groups, probably three or four at a time.<br />I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your continued support and appreciation. Being part of the city DP community has been such a rewarding (and somewhat addictive) experience that's been really hard to decide to give up. But stay tuned, the adventure isn't over yet - next post on Thursday.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Aujourd'hui je vous invite à célébrer avec moi 300 jours de photos quotidiennes de Sydney. Il pleut encore aujourd'hui alors j'ai sorti une photo de ma réserve. Une image facile qui tombe dans le cliché, certes, mais comment fêter cette ville sans exhiber l'une des plus grandes réussites architecturales du monde, l'Opéra de Sydney ?<br />Je dois aussi vous annoncer que, prenant 300 photos comme point d'orgue, <strong>j'arrête aujourd'hui le caractère quotidien de mes messages</strong>, trop contraignants pour mon emploi du temps. Tous ceux qui se sont embarqués dans l'aventure de la photo quotidienne me comprendront. SDS ne ferme pas, et vous aurez toujours sept photos par semaine, mais elles sortiront groupées, probablement par trois ou quatre.<br />Je voudrais vous remercier tous pour votre soutien et la chaleur de vos commentaires. Grâce à vous, faire partie de la communité des Daily Photo et de celle des bloggeurs a été une expérience magnifique. Mais l'aventure continue - prochain message jeudi.</span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-18386365459051143722007-06-17T17:39:00.000+10:002007-06-17T17:56:15.076+10:00The weather today<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKEYVv4PgqceKapm8QLIzlpUAyNns4ewiSoGiG_EpMEDmoYwo2wIcDLFhOznN9gBFKcUWTeVCjioPsZvjBWFb5iVtKdhyHryilDAXxKPMqlLtokXcFF8pqrOAp3wssOGxd0st/s1600-h/IMG_3923.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076936705319462258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKEYVv4PgqceKapm8QLIzlpUAyNns4ewiSoGiG_EpMEDmoYwo2wIcDLFhOznN9gBFKcUWTeVCjioPsZvjBWFb5iVtKdhyHryilDAXxKPMqlLtokXcFF8pqrOAp3wssOGxd0st/s640/IMG_3923.JPG" border="0" /></a>Not much to say about it - just a very rainy Sunday...<br />I don't mind, I took the kids to the swimming pool (indoor, heated) and I've got a good book to read: <em>Never Let Me Go</em> by Kazuo Ishiguro (Man Booker Prize 2005). My book club is on Tuesday and I still have a hundred pages to go. I'm going back to it.<br />(Photo: Chalmers Street near Central Station).<br /><div></div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">Pas grand-chose à en dire, juste un dimanche bien pluvieux...<br />Ca m'est égal, j'ai emmené les enfants à la piscine (couverte, chauffée) et j'ai un bon livre à lire : Never Let Me Go de Kazuo Ishiguro (Prix Booker 2005). Mon book club est mardi et il me reste encore cent pages à lire, j'y retourne immédiatement.</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">(Photo : Chalmers Street, près de la gare de Central)</span></em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-68014788107919250732007-06-16T17:46:00.000+10:002007-06-17T10:27:41.894+10:00World peace, inner peace<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFmgli7Iq8AW93yWd0GIjpgWUuG9LQQzQPTo8usiIEbmGe52rWtJ1XvPXu0jWLjnxbmUEQevUbvFc2f1aJjQv2u12r9djW707g8x-Ya-X7sWcdL7PpFKA8pfDOhuKrap8sNA4/s1600-h/dalailama.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076567273707496802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFmgli7Iq8AW93yWd0GIjpgWUuG9LQQzQPTo8usiIEbmGe52rWtJ1XvPXu0jWLjnxbmUEQevUbvFc2f1aJjQv2u12r9djW707g8x-Ya-X7sWcdL7PpFKA8pfDOhuKrap8sNA4/s400/dalailama.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>If I finished my post yesterday by the words "Peace be with you" it could well be that I was inspired by the Dalai Lama, whom I'd heard speaking about peace that same afternoon.</div><br /><div>The Dalai Lama was on a <a href="http://www.dalailama.org.au/"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">tour of Australia</span></strong></a> from 6-16 June, finishing in Sydney where two free talks were organised: one yesterday afternoon on "Peace through inner peace" and one this morning on "The power of compassion". Both took place at the Domain, a large park in the city. I went over on Friday afternoon. Despite the rain (not very hard but steady) a sea of umbrellas flocked to the scene. Unfortunately I'd left mine at home and after half an hour of standing in a growing puddle, the weather got the better of me and I left. Call me far from enlightened : the power of the mind was not strong enough to make me forget my wet and cold body ! I'm glad I went anyway - the words I heard found resonance in me: Peace in the world goes hand in hand with inner peace. The rain continued all day today.<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span></div><div></div><div><em><span style="color:#666666;">Si j'ai fini mon message d'hier par "la paix soit avec vous" c'est sans doute que j'avais reçu l'inspiration du Dalai Lama, que j'étais allée écouter l'après-midi même.<br /><br />Le Dalai Lama était en <a href="http://www.dalailama.org.au/"><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>tournée en Australie</strong></span></a> du 6 au 16 juin, finissant par Sydney où il a donné deux conférences gratuites, l'une hier après-midi sur "faire la paix grâce à la paix intérieure", l'autre ce matin sur "le pouvoir de la compassion". Le lieu : le Domain, un grand parc situé en plein centre ville. J'y suis allée vendredi après-midi. Malgré la pluie (pas violente, mais constante) une foule de parapluies se pressait au rendez-vous. J'avais oublié le mien et après une demi-heure debout dans une mare grandissante, la pluie et le froid ont eu raison de moi, je me suis rentrée au chaud. Je suis manifestement loin d'avoir atteint la sérénité qui permet à la force de l'esprit d'oublier les menus inconforts du corps ! Je suis quand même contente d'y être allée. Ce que j'ai entendu a résonné en moi : la paix dans le monde va de pair avec la paix intérieure. La pluie a continué toute la journée.</span></em> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7146740116745758552007-06-15T20:42:00.001+10:002008-11-19T21:25:32.333+11:00The journey of my dreams<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T36o2cBA4sAW1j41dE09ZiiaforepOUMpF6_6OHcqLd6AhT3aUKF2qXDOGsKWh4WzdrjIQMNDaxb0tdOgswZw1Z5W8fgo5wiE6-VTgprsFIJ6ZEGiDBpwFPy5-erijXR2dd0/s1600-h/DRW+MAY06+%28131%29.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075951581555680594" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T36o2cBA4sAW1j41dE09ZiiaforepOUMpF6_6OHcqLd6AhT3aUKF2qXDOGsKWh4WzdrjIQMNDaxb0tdOgswZw1Z5W8fgo5wiE6-VTgprsFIJ6ZEGiDBpwFPy5-erijXR2dd0/s640/DRW+MAY06+%28131%29.jpg" border="0" /></a>15 June is a Theme day for a bunch of French bloggers. Today's theme : The trip of my dreams. What would your dream travel be, dear distant friends? Exotic, sunny, active, relaxing ?<br />I personally don't have a dream destination: there are so many places I'd be delighted to discover!<br />But I know how I'd like to travel :<br />1. I'd head mainly for nature - after a few days in the city, I feel trapped.<br />2. I'd do a lot on foot - the best speed to open up to what's around me<br />3. I'd share the adventure - great moments are best lived with loved ones<br />4. I'd listen to the stories of the locals - elders, women, children. I'd learn about their lives.<br />5. I'd take my time - time is an important component of travel. Time to become detached, time to become attached.<br />6. One magic talent: I would be able to speak and understand every language.<br /><br />But in the end, the travel I really dream of is the one I would offer to people who have never had a chance to leave home. The journey of discovery that opens you up to the world, makes you drop your narrow beliefs, generates questioning beyond anything you'd ever imagined. The journey that empowers you and leads to caring and sharing beyond your immediate community. The journey to freedom and fraternity. If you are reading me today, you have probably already embarked on this journey. Peace be with you.<br /><div></div>------<br /><br /><div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><em>15 juin, c'est la Rédac du mois pour un réseau de bloggeurs autour du monde. Le thème : "Le voyage de mes rêves". Quel est-il pour vous, chers amis d'ailleurs, le voyage de vos rêves ? Dépaysant, sportif, exotique, culturel ?<br /><br />Pour moi, la destination importe peu, il y en a tant que je découvrirais avec bonheur !<br />Mais j'ai quelques idées sur l'esprit du voyage :<br />1. J'irais d'abord vers la nature. En ville, au bout de quelques jours j'étouffe.<br />2. J'irais surtout à pied, la vitesse idéale pour tout absorber autour de moi.<br />3. Je partagerais l'aventure - les grands moments, je préfère les vivre en compagnie d'être(s) aimé(s).<br />4. Je ferais parler les gens, ceux qui font corps avec ce pays; les vieux, les femmes, les enfants...<br /></em></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><em>5. Je partirais longtemps. Le temps est une composante subtile du voyage, il permet de se détacher - et de s'attacher.<br />6. Donnée magique, je comprendrais et parlerais toutes les langues !<br /><br />Mais au fond le voyage qui me fait vraiment rêver, c'est celui que j'offrirais à celui qui n'est jamais parti. Le voyage qui ouvre la tête, fait exploser les étroites certitudes et fait inventer des questions qu'on n'imaginait même pas. Celui dont on revient grandi et enrichi. Celui qui rend vivants les mots de liberté, de partage et de fraternité. Puissiez-vous être en train de faire ce voyage-là. Si vous me lisez aujourd'hui, c'est probablement le cas. Que la paix soit avec vous.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Les autres participants :</span></em><br /><a href="http://loloieg.free.fr/blog/index.php?2007/06/15/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Laurent</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://www.olivierdemontreal.ca/blogue/index.php?2007/06/15/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Olivier</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007_06_15_archive.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Nathalie</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://bytournel.free.fr/Blog/index.php?2007/06/15/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Bertrand</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://viaggiodinozze.blogspot.com/2007_06_15_archive.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>JvH</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://couleursreves.blogspot.com/2007_06_15_archive.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Jean-Marc</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://noemagosa.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Lady Iphigénia</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://teafortwo.over-blog.net/archive-06-15-2007.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Isabelle</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://hpyl.blogspot.com/2007_06_15_archive.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Hpy</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://anne-tranche-de-vie.over-blog.com/archive-06-15-2007.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Anne</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://hibiscus.mon-blog.org/index.php/2007/06/15/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Hibiscus</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://good.mood.over-blog.com/archive-06-15-2007.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Bergere</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://bluelulie.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Bluelulie</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://www.herveauquebec.net/blogue/index.php?2007/06/15/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Hervé</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://www.ervalena.net/categorie-1061344.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Ervalena</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2007_06_15_archive.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Pho</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://aurelie.neveol.free.fr/blog/2007_06_01_archive.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Aurélie N</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://mode-en-russie.over-blog.com/archive-06-15-2007.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Christophe</em></strong></a></span></div><div><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bb</span></em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-46264947953860181322007-06-14T15:27:00.000+10:002007-06-14T22:10:10.421+10:00Cuppa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiooKBjbf0XmpiguuHRZxYMXH-0pp2UaClm6S-8SQSf7yRvI296LYztwQL4SwC4r_IbeVcQ5VvzKr62yaO3am5_XPTAUoj4PhNlSkn3Oagu0xIEHUa8xTfVdHb4WJ-qAuAf2ISZ/s1600-h/PICT8996.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075789747187967282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiooKBjbf0XmpiguuHRZxYMXH-0pp2UaClm6S-8SQSf7yRvI296LYztwQL4SwC4r_IbeVcQ5VvzKr62yaO3am5_XPTAUoj4PhNlSkn3Oagu0xIEHUa8xTfVdHb4WJ-qAuAf2ISZ/s400/PICT8996.JPG" border="0" /></a>What horrible weather today! Rainy, coldm you can tell winter's coming. I feel like curling up by a log fire with a good book and a cup of tea. Unfortunately few homes in Sydney are heated or have a fireplace but the cup of tea is easy to make. <strong><span style="color:#990000;">Bushells tea</span></strong> is a local brand steeped in Australian history, it existed before the Federation (1901). Old Bushells tea ads, tins or posters make collectible memorabilia that <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Framed-Bushells-Tea-Advertising-Print-3_W0QQitemZ190120540114QQihZ009QQcategoryZ865QQcmdZViewItem"><span style="color:#990000;">now sell on E-Bay</span></a>. This mural, which I found in Essex Street in the historic quarter of The Rocks, seems freshly repainted. I wonder if there was an original ad here a long time ago?<br />Note for non English native speakers: a cuppa is a cup of tea.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">Quel temps de chien aujourd'hui ! Froid, pluvieux, on sent arriver l'hiver. Je n'ai plus qu'une envie, m'installer au coin du feu avec un bon livre et une tasse de thé. Malheureusement peu de maisons à Sydney ont du chauffage ou même une cheminée, mais une tasse de thé, oui, c'est facile. <a href="http://www.unilever.com.au/ourbrands/foods/Bushells.asp"><strong><span style="color:#663366;">Bushells tea</span></strong> </a>est une des plus anciennes marques de thé australiennes, elle remonte au début du siècle. Aujourd'hui, les anciennes affiches ou boites à thé Bushells tea <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Framed-Bushells-Tea-Advertising-Print-3_W0QQitemZ190120540114QQihZ009QQcategoryZ865QQcmdZViewItem"><span style="color:#663366;">se revendent sur e-bay</span></a> aux collectionneurs. Cette ancienne publicité peinte trouvée dans Essex street dans le quartier des Rocks est manifestement repeinte de frais. Je me demande si elle était déjà là à l'origine depuis longtemps ?<br /></span><span style="color:#ffffff;">bb</span></em><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075793453744743746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIRzAmv6NqznzubXPhLCakbWbvNH_Ynv4z55leYNMePR-5MgcdzKcMq_KwwcPokBVEFDFH9HlbHYa85s0qK8KE-xuAtN-SlbQOX3phJq0EGZeJPLriEy2BZAxpNBYKbwVilK9/s320/bushells.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-74732953275731034852007-06-13T14:59:00.000+10:002007-06-14T00:14:41.566+10:00Napoleon?<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovdvOFs-p3VbtpBPk71BKOL05MkhVt2qlIdnkNfUgU3LuzuMbET8bKI0-gfeQWYQZchKyeTxz7GkpJfHWjpGgYevwy7M9qIMAvOqBset-tLa4aUjLw_hBW80iZkr7hK3epB8D/s1600-h/Napoleon.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069998124916605554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovdvOFs-p3VbtpBPk71BKOL05MkhVt2qlIdnkNfUgU3LuzuMbET8bKI0-gfeQWYQZchKyeTxz7GkpJfHWjpGgYevwy7M9qIMAvOqBset-tLa4aUjLw_hBW80iZkr7hK3epB8D/s640/Napoleon.JPG" border="0" /></a>I spy with my little eye... you really need to look very high up to see this statue atop a very tall building in King Street. Is it Napoleon? And if not him, then who? I'd love to know but even my friend Norman who knows Sydney inside out couldn't find anything about him. A Hermes sign placed next to it increases the sense of French connection. Strange...<br />(note: this is not the <em>Napoleon Bonaparte</em> <a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/2007/12/captain-bligh.html"><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Sally showed you</span></strong> </a>a couple of weeks ago)<br /><br /><span style="color:#666666;"><em>Il faut vraiment lever les yeux très haut pour découvrir cette statue au sommet d'un grand immeuble de King Street, mais mon oeil averti a flashé sur le bicorne. Est-ce Napoléon ? Et sinon, qui est-ce ? Même mon ami Norman, pourtant grand connaisseur de Sydney, n'a pu trouver de renseignements sur lui. Curieusement, une publicité pour Hermès placée juste à côté augmente le sentiment d'une "French connection". Bizarre autant qu'étrange...</em></span><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;">(à noter : et il ne s'agit pas du Napoléon que <a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/2007/12/captain-bligh.html"><span style="color:#333399;"><strong>Sally vous avait montré</strong></span></a> il y a une quinzaine de jours)</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#666666;"></span></em><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072570767983862754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHMgZaBoKFU-NCwTPvCq5uk7Yq3-aHwv14rpkYqRugnGR9vMwGoG6K8i29eI9T0B_-uXzXlrQVbYtsW5QDv-vD7a2OMNhtF2I_6ABlSh8ivI5zInabLnAWLMyMlOgrQiu0GTj/s320/napoleon.jpg" border="0" /> C<span style="color:#666666;"><span style="color:#000000;">an you see him up there? (if not, click to enlarge the photo)<br /></span><em>Vous le voyez tout là-haut ? (si non, cliquez pour agrandir l'image)</em></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.</div>Nathalie H.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com35