Good bit of fog in this photo, I think.
This is a photo I took because I liked how everything appeared in relation to everything else in frame. It all feels “right” to me, and I like how there’s a quiet to it, too.
I hope you enjoy.
So I figured it’d be good to give an update on what has been happening over the past few weeks, which is not much. I got back from Melbourne, planned to continue wrapping things up, and that’s just what I did. However, how that was happening was in the background.
I was doing something that I’d been thinking about doing for quite a while, and eventually that thing turned into something I felt would work for one of the last bits of writing here. Something conclusive in a way. However, me being me, I didn’t start working on this thing until a few months ago, and it was a tedious thing to do. It took a lot of time.
I tried to power through it by working out how many hours this thing would take, but I had to keep putting it to the side for a few days to give myself a break. As said, it was tedious. However, that is now done and all that remains is to do the writing component and another thing, but that other thing will take far less time.
I’d hoped to have everything wrapped up nearly a month ago, but fatigue and other things have been happening. I also didn’t plan as well as I should have, but that was okay, and I gave myself an extra few days.
So I went for a drive to see family, and the day before that was what I was then aiming to make the last day of this blog. That fell through because of fatigue. Came back home, did the writing about resuming the ending, and got back into the tedious thing, thinking that’d be only a few days. I think I wrapped that up on Wednesday. Working on it left me feeling drained, but I’m glad it’s done. The downside on working on it, however, was that everything else was put on hold. Well, there was photo processing, but that wasn’t specific to here, but that took time too… anyway.
It has been nice having a brief break from writing. I have written some things here and there, but nothing I’d consider substantial as it only amounts to a few sentences. About to get back into it, however.
Right now I have a few things ready and a few things needing completion. I’m hoping to power through it all within the next week. Hopefully less, but might be more. There still is a fair bit to get through, but I’m going to try. I really want this all wrapped up, and sure, I could just do that here and now. I could even leave the whole thing on the previous bit of writing. However, I still want to make sure that this space is as complete as I can make it.
So, yeah. Just wanted to make an update, let you all know what’s going on.
So I’ve been doing a bit of work in the background which has dragged out ending the blog, which sucks, but it kind of has to be done. Due to some miscounts, it turns out that the amount of these I’ve done is listed incorrectly, but eventually it will be updated. Hopefully before the end of next week, but the correcting might take longer. As of this writing, this one is at 1594, but it should be at 1602 by the time I’ve finished updating. But it’s taking time, and it means I’ve gone over the amount I wanted to wrap up with, but that also means I’ve a little more wiggle room.
I was hoping to have this wrapped up by the anniversary, then a few days later and this one thing that I need to take care of has put me in a position to draw everything out. That and the almighty fatigue rearing its head as it always does. But I’m persevering. Things are sliding into place, things are getting lined up and soon. Very soon. Hopefully. Just means an intense few days of pumping and creating and all that, and then the final dump of things and I’m free, baby. Free at last and all those other things that sound fun and cool and whatnot.
I’m sitting here, a few days after my return from Melbourne. Sitting here, tired, sore, worn out. Trying to get some things done and getting not much of anything done. Thinking about the best course of action to take. thinking about getting to the end of it all, the last of the things, those sorts of things and things those sorts of and so on and so forth and you get the idea. The main thing I want to get across is that it is happening and it’s getting close.
I do feel a bit shit about how long it has taken, but there’s not much I can do about it at this point. I mean, sure, I could just make this the final thing. I could do that. I feel that’d be a bit of of a mean move. But then again…
So anyway, yeah. Or is it? Not it’s not. But the days have been kind, and so was Melbourne. It was needed and it will be written about. Just need to get my thoughts in order, look over my notes (planning an essay about the trip, but it’ll be about more than that, of course). Process photos, get distracted, do other things, then panic as I’m not doing the thing. Find where everything lies at the end of the day. Piece my life back together, fall apart, fall to pieces, become a doughnut.
Before all that, make dinner and go to bed early. I’m wrecked. I’ve been wrecked for too long. I need my rest. I need my time. I need to look after myself better than I have been, and I am working on it the best I can.
The time it took to write five-hundred words: 06:59:48
Not the best speed, not the worst.
Written at home.
I am certain that this connects to a house, but I could not see it. I have no idea how far away it was.
I think there’s an emptiness to this photo. Sort of an endlessness, too.
I hope you enjoy.
Just a bit of The Old Hume Highway.
I drove this bit without realising, and I don’t recognise it, though it had been decades since I was last on The Old Hume, and it looked a bit different to this.
This road gave a lot of towns a business, and it still speaks of history and culture. It’s sad that it no longer what it was, but things change.
I hope you Enjoy.
Got back from my trip a few hours ago. Am wrecked. Got some processing to do, and a draft to start, which will be one of the last things here. Tomorrow things pick back up.
Here’s a photo of yesterday’s sunrise. It was… quietly dramatic, is a way of putting it.
Due to how massive the sun looked and how unobscured it was, it was actually quite difficult to get a balanced amount of light with the gear that I had with me. A VND filter would’ve worked wonders. Alas.
I hope you enjoy.
It’s night and I’m currently sitting in my car in Cooma. About to go into a receptionless area to sleep for the night. Was hoping to be there much earlier, but I like to dawdle, it seems.
I was hoping that I’d have something to say about the drive thus far, but right now I have nothing. It has been a long drive, and an emotional one. I’m looking forward to sharing the journey, but it might be a few days. We’ll see.
There are a lot of long roads, and plenty worth travelling if you’re willing to give them the time.
This has nothing to do with the photo below, of course, but I felt it important to say something.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy.
Just some coffee grounds suspended in water.
I hope you enjoy.
Slowly getting to the end of my photos. Would be writing more, but fatigue and all that.
I saw this tree in December, and it’s also in one of the other recently-shared photos. There were some humps of dry grass and this tree without others that were visible. Was interesting to me.
I hope you enjoy.
More terns.
I prefer the previous photo, but I still like this one. I think it has a nice bit of space to it. There’s a nice sense of size to the group. Still small, bit feels big.
I hope you enjoy.
Stupidity Hole 