Life Images by Jill Blog
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Welcome to Life Images by Jill, stepping into the light and bringing together the images and stories of our world.
I am a photographer, writer and multi-media artist. Through my blog I am seeking to preserve images and memories of the beautiful world in which we live and the people in it.
Life Images by Jill Blog
2d ago
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them."Lest We ForgetThe 'Ode of Remembrance' comes from the poem "For the Fallen", written by Laurence Binyon.These words are spoken at war memorials - the big and the small - all across Australia and New Zealand, and around the ..read more
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1w ago
Hi everyone. I hope you are yours are doing well. Last week was a big week in our family with the Australian National Dragon Boat Championship Titles at Champion Lakes in Perth, Western Australia over 5 days 17-21 April, and the annual Dardanup Art Spectacular and Art Trail over the weekend of 20-21 April with the opening and awards night of the exhibition on Friday night. Our two ..read more
Life Images by Jill Blog
1M ago
Hi everyone, looks like I have been missing in action. My last post on 25th February said where did February go? and I am thinking March is going much the same way. But I do have an excuse, I am getting ready for the annual Treet Street Art Safari on this coming Saturday 23 March. This is something I have been involved with for a few years now, at the home of my wonderful host Maggie ..read more
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2M ago
Oh my goodness - February has gone in a blur - where did it go? Here today, gone tomorrow. I hope you and yours are doing well in these troubled times. It looks like I have been busy during February. 3rd February my husband and I were in the on-water control boat during an afternoon dragon boat regatta for our club, the Forza Dragon Boat Club, in Bunbury. The event was well supported by ..read more
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3M ago
Friday 26 January was Australia Day - Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and the raising of the Union Flag of Great Britain by Captain Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove, a small bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour.In present-day ..read more
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3M ago
Welcome everyone to the Year of the Drqgon - allbeit slightly early. But on Saturday night we visited the Chinese Lantern Festival in our International Friendship Garden. The Lantern Festival aims to promote reconciliation, peace, and forgiveness. The holiday marks the first full moon of the new lunar year and the end of the Chinese New Year. Chūn Jié, in China, marks the ..read more
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4M ago
2023 ends and so 2024 begins - but what to write? 2023, all things considered was a good year, with health, travel, art and family. I hope it was the same for you and yours, and if not, I pray that you have found a way through the troubles, and I wish you new beginnings and a better 2024. I wonder what 2024 will bring. My hopes other than happiness and health for my family and friends is ..read more
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5M ago
I love my December summer front garden. Every year it blooms glorious colours - red, yellow, pink, bluey mauve - and best of all these plants come back year after year with little maintenance. They bloom, I water and clip them back a little, and next summer they bloom again. Beautiful. So today I share some of them with you. (My apologies for this post apearing ..read more
Life Images by Jill Blog
5M ago
Hi everyone, I hope you and yours are doing well. Just a short post from me today. I am winding down from a busy few weeks and weekend. On Sunday I had a market stall at the Stirling Street Art Centre in my hometown. It was there annual Art in the Garden market. A great place to buy products created by local artisans - everything from soap and candles to clothing, art pieces, pottery, wood ..read more
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6M ago
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month attained a special significance in the post-war years after World War 1 . The moment when hostilities ceased on the Western Front in 1918 became universally associated with the remembrance of those who had died in the war. On the first anniversary of the Armistice in 1919 two minutes' silence was instituted as part of the main commemorative ..read more