Pumpkin Carving on Halloween

Posted by sab | Filed under Crafting, Travel

I went down to Dunsborough this weekend with friends. Celine was awesome and bought pumpkins for us to carve as well as a sheet to put on the table, carving utensils and patterns. The pumpkins were literally hard to carve and took a long time to scrape out to an acceptable one inch width for carving. We all wondered how people in the US did this on a regular basis, but had fun along the way regardless :)

Here is the custom design that my partner in crime helped me to carve out using corn cob stabby things, a cheap knife and a miniature saw from the pumpkin carving kit.

Quickly testing out how it would look with a light inside.

With a candle inside the pumpkin.

We used 1.5 kg of pumpkin to make pumpkin soup for dinner: there were twelve of us.

Here’s a pumpkin carved by Kien, Sena is sitting in the background with his creation.

Everyone’s pumpkins were still there in the morning!

Hope you guys had a fun Halloween last weekend too!

Read more | Comments (1) | November 2nd, 2008

Visions of Launceston, Tasmania

Posted by sab | Filed under Photography, Travel

I went to Launceston, Tasmania over the weekend. On this trip, I packed a Canon 400D and two primes, a 24mm L series lens and 85mm f/1.8 lens.

We stayed at the Old Bakery Inn, which had cosy traditional furnishings and decorations.

Walked to Cataract Gorge from the Inn, went on the chairlift ride across the Gorge, got off at the other side and hiked up to Eagle Eye Lookout.

Went to a function centre out of the city as the sun set through a cloudy sky. The location and well-kept gardens were beautiful.

A little dog led the way on our exploration of the grounds. The light was perfect at this time of day.

The bridge over a mini-lake in the gardens was closed off for repairs. Peeking through the wooden barrier, this shot reminded me of a horror-survival game.

Portrait of cheerful Grandma, she has a special sparkle in her eyes :)

And then it was time to go home…

I would have liked to stay longer in Launceston, but we had to fly out early on Sunday. We did not end up seeing the Monkeys! However, I did get back in time to eat this work of art:

… there’s a blurry Skye in the background!

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Read more | Comments (4) | October 8th, 2008