Sydney Laneways 2009, Australia—No. 34

Lachlan's response 'ah the tenacity of nature'

These looked like paintings signed by an artist

Laneway no. 34 Eagar Lane

Sydney Laneways 2009, Australia—No. 33

The monorail ran along the end of this lane. And on this white wall, the three marks looked like big scratches.


Laneway no.33 Douglass Lane, spelt like Jill Douglass with a double 's' before she was married.

Christmas crayons

Lucie gave me two sets of crayons for Christmas and a sketch book. So, I came up with a couple of characters. I rather like this one, shy girl.

A couple of Aussie birds

From my balcony

Sydney Laneways 2009, Australia—No. 32

I like things that lead off the top and this front door spy hole reminded me of Stasi secret cameras. The most memorable for me at the Stasi museum was the camera pointing out of the hole in a bird box, how frustrating for a bird trying to get inside

I love the details of the vents in Sydney, hmmm another theme if I have time

To keep things in or out

Some boys were running and hiding from each other, cute

7–9 is also the number address of the Russian Consulate in Sydney


Central Street
Only 16 laneways left to explore
Good job as I resigned from my role as project editor at Weldon Owen. I am currently working on two illustrated children's books called Turning Points Science and Turning Points Headlines and should be able to finish most of the work on these before I go—at least the creative part. It seems appropriate that this should be such a turning point for me. Russia, St Petersburg and the Hermitage look like they are really going to happen. I have a scan of my official letter, it just needs to arrive in the office and then I can apply for my visa, three months.

After these 2 laneways I darted off to meet Ben and Julia, we ate pizza (including a martha—yes!) at Young Alfred, then we went to see Daniel Kitson. How I look forward to having a cooked breakfast at the Pantry in Crystal Palace!

Sydney Laneways 2009, Australia—No. 31

I sometimes look at these large exposed sides of buildings and wonder why no-one has done anything with them, they are potential canvasses

I think I definitely have a thing for patterns and textures
Crackers on the pavement that about sums me up!
The wall with holes reminded me of the bullet holes in the walls of Berlin


Wilmot Street