It seems longer and longer in between posts for me as life seems to be speeding up at such an incredible pace. While there feels like a thousand things I could write about at the moment, I though I would just break the ice in an easy and clean manner and share a few photos [...]
On the 16th of December, I had the pleasure of seeing Jeff Martin live for the second time, preforming alongside Terapai Richmond (dIG/The Whitlams) for their World’s Apart tour. Playing at the Wrest Point Casino (Australia’s oldest casino), I invited my mum along to watch and listen as Jeff unraveled his musical magic to an [...]
The following is from a Live Journal blog post I made on the 19th September 2005, via the user name royalderwent.
We were lucky enough to borrow a video camera off my brother which he obtained from school. The reason for borrowing the camera was that I am still to own my own, [...]
Also tagged in: Asylum, Australia, Bipolar, Death, Depression, Ghosts & Paranormal, Investigation, Mental Asylum, New Norfolk, Paranormal, Photography, Tasmania, The Royal Derwent, Willow Court
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Several years ago, I started a paranormal investigation of an old, abandoned mental asylum in New Norfolk, Tasmania – Willow Court, also known as The Royal Derwent. Once the largest mental asylum in the Southern Hemisphere, it was closed down ward by ward towards the end of the 90’s as new changes were made to [...]
Also tagged in: Asylum, Australia, Bipolar, Death, Depression, Ghosts & Paranormal, Investigation, Mental Asylum, New Norfolk, Paranormal, Photography, Tasmania, The Royal Derwent, Willow Court
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After months of planning and making and fussing, I am proud to introduce to you my new website (and new business) Candy Bownes Hair Bows & Accessories. I had been feeling lost for a while not having a little crafty project to keep me occupied. As much as I love to scrape book, I have [...]
The other week my Chicken and I celebrated out 2 year anniversary. To mark the occasion and our love for each other, we both had a Heartagram tattood on our ring fingers. While the Heartagram is actually the logo for the Finnish band, H.I.M., it still holds meaning. Seen as a modern day Ying Yang, [...]
Also tagged in: Anniversary, Annual Leave, Chicken, H.I.M., Heartagram, HIM, Love, Quit Smoking, Tassie Ink, Tattoos, Work, Ying Yang
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I have been meaning to play around with a few koi designs for some time, but when one of my work mates was saying how he wouldn’t mind getting one on his arm, I decided to kill some time by coming up with a very rough idea. It doesn’t look like much as I was [...]
At the moment I am in the planning phase for my own, small craft based business. Ever since I was a small child, I was not only good at creating things, but I was also very entrepreneurial. I remember having family garage sales where I would go across the road to pick flowers, then try [...]
Another year, another Zombie March – and what a blood bath of brains and fun it was! This year saw even more zombies of all ages rise from their graves to make their way from Princess Park in Battery Point to the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart. Once again dressed as a bloody bride, my [...]
Also tagged in: Artwork, Australia, Blood, Brains, Chicken, Death, Hobart, Horror, Photography, Tasmania, Videos, YouTube, Zombie March, Zombies
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I have been neglecting my blog of late, especially when it comes to posting about life in general. In the last few months I have been promoted at work, competed in my first BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) competition (with videos to be posted soon) and my Chicken & I have started planning on bringing a [...]
Also tagged in: Animals, Australia, BJJ, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Chicken, Depression, Hobart, Launceston, Life, Midland Highway, Rambling, Second Life, Tasmania, Topiary, Work, XStreet
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We bloggers work hard. Some of us blog for a living while others do it for fun, all of us spending hours typing out our thoughts into cyber-space, hoping that someone will read them, subscribe, then come back for more. But unlike a published authors’ printed paper masterpiece, we don’t get paid in a traditional [...]