Share Four Somethings

I will be on a break for all of July. #Allseasons linky will be back at the end of July. Have a great month all.

Something we loved: The World Cup! Loving the civilised time zone - watching at breakfast and a half hour at lunch! Sad to see Korea go. Love their style of play. Hoping we can ge past Egypt!  Anyway, it's great getting out in a crowd to watch and there's always something to talk about with people! My insta feed is a lot of happy stories. I love this event! And love that it's free on SBS.

Something that sustained us: Been spending time with friends, family and lots of outings. VIVID, Dark Mofo and theatre and dining...it's been a really great month!

Something we're carrying forward from this month to the next: I have been getting rid of a lot of stuff this month - finding new homes for books, clothes and other items. I want to keep on that roll...a life time of stuff builds up around us...a lot of it is 30 or 40 years old! 

Something we're making space for: I'm heading off in less than 2 weeks. I need to finalise the company reports and then I really, really need to finalise all the bookings for my trip. I'm very excited and trying not to worry about how much I have to do between now and then!

Super short and to the point this month as I completely forgot about it! This month really ran away on me.

How was your June?

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Paint the Town Red

 From 4pm onwards, there is a red glow around town during Dark Mofo. The shops and buildings, whether officially part of it or not, get in on the action. It makes it a lot of fun to walk from one event to the next, regardless of the hour.

I loved the strange figure watching over us. One of the many decorated buildings around Hobart.

The art installation locations are obviously spectacular too.

The boats on the harbour are into it, and this year the large Spirit of Tasmania ferry lit up the water as well. 

Wherever you looked, something caught your eye!

The red glow warmed the spirits, making the amble home in the cold seem elating as we caught reflections everywhere.

My favourite shop window was the bookstore - well played, Fullers Bookshop!

The hotels were equally festive....

Tho on the first night my hotel switched it's red for Green & Gold for the Socceroos game at 5am the next morning...

Dark Mofo can be enjoyed with or without the ticketed events. It is in the streets, pop ups around town and of course a lot of free events! 

The red glow helps the newbie discover with ease....

Red is for revelry, and so is Dark Mofo.

Have you been to Dark Mofo? Did you love it?

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Hobart from my Window

I stayed at the Grand Chancellor Hotel Hobart because of the location for Dark Park and Winter Feast - and would have also been good for the Purge and Oogh-Oogh Parade had I still been there. I booked using Hopper as I had points and credits so got myself a suite for the bath, which I ended up not using. If your credit card is with CBA, you get points to use and cashback so check it out through your netbank. (Not paid, just got a number of free hotel rooms this way - you have to pay for breakfast but in a lot of places, you want to hit the bakeries anyway).

It did however give me lovely views of the waterfront and all the activity outside.

I could lie in bed and watch the sunrise.

I could watch the red glow at night as I made my tea.

And of course, I had an early start for the unfortunate Socceroos game. (Fingers crossed for today tho! And to clarify, I thought I took a picture of the Australians in play but didn't check the pic and notice I'd got the sub instead. HA!)

Light makes all the difference - the foreground stays the same but its the background that changes every time you look. It touches everything.

“The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

And here lies the lesson - things may look like they are staying the same, but moment by moment, there are almost impercetible changes and difference, you just need to pay attention. So when you feel stuck, don't be discounraged that change isn't noticable. Look for the tiny shifts, notice the little things - and the might colour your whole outlook!

May the hues of change be enough to keep you motivated!

“There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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