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Jai at 2 years, 9 weeks
Date: 05th August 2011
Bluetooth headphones
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Jai at 16 weeks of age
Date: 25th September 2009
Zoo
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Jai at 50 weeks of age
Date: 21st May 2010
Bellydance at Kulcha, Fremantle, Western Australia
Date: 06th November 2004
Fremantle
Date: 11th May 2014
Javier Mortimer - day 20
Date: 07th July 2014
Photos from Nokia Camera, Quarter 1, 2006
Date: 31st March 2006
Erin Elizabeth proofs
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Date: 18th August 2002
Javier Mortimer - week 34
Date: 11th February 2015
Fremantle trip
Date: 27th April 2019
African Lovebird photos - Agapornis
Date: 10th February 2007
Kylie Whilliers 35th birthday party
Date: 24th April 2004
Eulogy for Cream, the Dwarf Lop Rabbit
Date: 18th July 2006
Javier Mortimer - day 9
Date: 26th June 2014
Dan Gaugin surfs at Trigg Beach
Date: 17th January 2004
Neil Hawkins park
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« 11 » Beatbuddy arrives
1st October 2014
My BeatBuddy makes it to Australia, after a long 10 month wait. This is an IndieGogo crowd funded project which I took part in, it is a drum machine in a footpedal, which is geared towards guitarists (and other musicians with no hands free) and allows free length of a verse or chorus and foot pedal activated changes and fills. See their website http://mybeatbuddy.com
- 18 pictures -
« 12 » Kharaj-pancham Sitar
6th October 2011
I purchased this Sitar from a music shop in Sydney, NSW, as they are hard to come by in Perth. This is an 18 string double gourd model, with 7 playable strings, and 11 sympathetic strings, making it a Kharaj-pancham sitar. The two bridges are made of deer horn, and the movable frets are a standard metal braced with string. The top (secondary) gourd is removable, and the hollow back provides a resonance for the player to hear the instrument - removing it via the screw makes the instrument project more towards the front, and would be ideal in an electrified situation. I bought a piezo pickup for this instrument, but it hasn't been fitted yet. The neck and facia is likely made from mahogany (tun wood), and it's decorated with bird inlays, as well as what appears to be the standard red, white and black markings around the instrument.
- 18 pictures -
« 13 » Denver EF240BR Acoustic Guitar
4th October 2011
Denver acoustic guitar, model EF240BR. A cheap acoustic I purchased some time in the late 80's as my first acoustic, after going to the music store every day for two weeks. Whilst it's cheap, and probably made from lesser quality woods, the combination of the piezo pickup under the bridge, light gauge strings and the woods give it an unusually rich sound. I've used it in many recordings and gigs throughout the years, and it was my main go to guitar for a long time, traveling with me from west to east and back again. Modified the way the battery was contained inside the body by adding an external battery compartment near the electronics.
- 12 pictures -
« 14 » New PRS SE Torero Guitar
31st January 2011
Richard orders a new guitar and it finally arrived - a Paul Reed Smith Torero.
The SE Torero features several firsts for PRS — a Floyd Rose bridge, EMG pickups, and neck through body construction among them — that should appeal to both the existing PRS player and a new audience and musician. The minimal/unpronounced heel smoothly blends into the body and the deeper, lower cutaway gives easier and smoother accessibility to the upper frets while the pick-ups provide power, clarity, and definition. These features all contribute to the Torero’s notable sustain, and the bound ebony fretboard with jumbo frets and no inlays paired with a mahogany body and flame-maple veneer give this guitar a very distinct look.
- 46 pictures -
« 15 » BBQ at Richard and Eunice Mortimers place
4th April 2009
We had some friends over for a BBQ, and played a bit of music, and ate and drank, on this day.
- 35 pictures -
« 16 » Chinese New Year celebrations in Perth
18th February 2007
Richard and Eunice go to Forrest Chase in Perth to see the celebrations for the Chinese New Year put on by the Chung Wah Association of Western Australia. To celebrate the coming of the year of the Fire Pig, there were dancers and musicians, as well as the Lion Dance.
- 194 pictures -
« 17 » African Lovebird photos - Agapornis
10th February 2007
Some more pictures of the Lovebirds we own and keep, these are a combination of the Peachfaced Lovebirds (Agapornis Roseicollis - green with red face), some Blue Masked Lovebirds (Agapornis Personata Pesonata variation - blue with black masked face), some Fischers Lovebirds (Agapornis Personata Roseicollis - green with mask in different colour variations), Masked Lovebirds (Agapornis Personata Pesonata - dark green with yellow breast and black mask) and the Lutino Lovebirds (Agapornis Roseicollis variation - yellow with red face). The addition of the new bowl feeder (see the aviary pictures) has prompted this set.
- 30 pictures -
« 18 » African Lovebird babies - Agapornis
13th August 2006
These are some pictures of the new African Lovebird babies - two have ventured out of the nest so far, but looking inside there seems to be at least another one. The two that have come out are similar to their mother, having a pale green body and the distinctive red face. As the father is one of the blue coloured lovebirds we are keen to see the colours for the others. The babies haven't developed fully yet, being about 80 percent covered in feathers.
- 42 pictures -
« 19 » Eulogy for Cream, the Dwarf Lop Rabbit
18th July 2006
This weekend, our oldest rabbit, Cream, passed from this place. He was such a placid, gentle creature with a heart of gold.
When we first purchased him, along with Cookies, he was a tiny frail little bundle of fur. We thought Cookies (who was the stronger of the two) would far outlast him. Yet Cookies passed only a couple of weeks after he came to us, and Cream grew into part of our family.He loved being held like a baby and letting us rub his tummy for him, and his front legs would twitch as we groomed his face, rubbing his whiskers down and giving him the love he revered in. In the early days, when we were at Padbury, he'd follow us around and run rings around us - wherever we were he'd run and play, exploring the world and enjoying his life. Being a happy bunny.
When Eunice was laying in the lounge, working on her laptop, he'd jump up on her and fall asleep on her back.
He lavished in the food we fed him; when he was our only rabbit he'd often get to stay in his cage indoors. The cage was open, but he'd return there to sleep and when we weren't around. He was a good rabbit, apart from the often gnawing of the carpet, clothes, and anything else that looked slightly edible (including hair!!). His sparkly eyes and soppy looks always got him out of trouble.
Having two "photo crazy" "parents" taught him from an early age how to pose for the camera and we got many shots of him being himself, doing "binky's" (a term Eunice coined that we use for our rabbits when they jump in the air and spin around) some of them are available elsewhere on the site, but I've archived some of them here for posterity.
Our other pets accepted him as part of the family, there was no hostile activities towards him. The cats sniffed him and kept a distance, although he loved to chase them around and run around them. The faster the cats ran, the more he enjoyed the chase. He dug holes, as rabbits do, and played and frolicked in the backyard; I remember the time he ran away, managing to find a hole in the fence where it was not quite "bunny proof". We posted pictures up on the street corners, at the local shops, at the pet shops, and the next day a kind lady in the next street returned him. He'd been gone for 36 hours, and when we were re-united, I'm not sure who was happier. He never ran away again.
But sorrow and joy are all part of having a pet, and around Christmas Cream sired the first of his offspring with Princess, a female we bought (along with Prince) in October. There were another 3 sets of kittens after this that Cream fathered, some of whom we have kept, others were sold or given to friends.
Sleep well, Cream. We'll miss you.
- 118 pictures -
« 20 » New African Lovebirds in the Aviary
2nd April 2006
We buy some new African Lovebirds and put them in the aviary with the Peach-Faced Lovebirds (agapornis roseicollis). In the new birds there are 3 Black Masked Lovebirds (Agapornis personata) 2 Fischers Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) and another Pach Faced parrot who will hopefully mate with one of the existing birds from that species.
- 41 pictures -
