Six months had passed since the photo shoot with Naomi and Jean. The approaching weekend plan was to do a trip to the western district for some wildflower photography and also a quick run along part of the Silo art trail. I was preparing the gear to that end when the phone rang. “Hello Wolf, do you remember Naomi from a few months ago?” the voice on the other was saying. “Hello, Naomi. How could I forget that wonderful si...

I had a third love, and that was my job… I was the manager of a small start-up engineering company that designed and manufactured a high-end technical product. It was a good job to have, especially at my age, with lots of responsibility but also good money and the bonus of only having to work Mondays to Thursdays. Friday was called an option day, and it was my choice if I went in or not. That would come in handy if I were...

Living on a largish bush property that shares two boundaries with a state park gives a lot of scope for interesting exploration. Particularly good for exploring is the temperate rainforest that begins about one hundred metres from the boundary. The forest has some dense areas of ferns and many moist spots of moss mixed with a variety of fungi. Through the midst of the rainforest runs a small stream of the cleanest water i...

We had intended to attend the Photographic Society convention Victor Habour in South Australia. Unfortunately, someone stuffed up the accommodation booking so we missed out. My friend and I, therefore, decided to have a weekend in the Otway Ranges along the Great Ocean Road, which is a great tourist attraction. Some of the attendees were travelling home via that area and we could meet up with them. During an internet sear...

Pictures are meant to replace a thousand words; even that is not enough to explain the road I took after capturing a single photo. Lost in a pile of limbs, sweaty by the consumption of passion, and feeling more alive than in the heat of the day, I look at my camera resting on the dresser, containing images that are worth more than words. --- Lake Louise is sublime, the snowy peaks in the background, the emerald-colored wa...

Just North of London’s Covent Garden in an area known as Seven Dials is a small recently refurbished hotel, it is a fraction of the size of the big chains but offers a very high standard of service at a reasonable rate. Above all else it is slightly off the beaten track so very discreet. Clare approached the hotel and headed in through the tastefully decorated reception area. When she arrived at the desk with her reservat...

It was late January 2020 and I was on Tinder being a divorced man in my fifties. I had been on a handful of dates and gotten laid several times. My ROI on the membership fee was well worth it since most women just wanted to meet for drinks, check out our chemistry, and then hook up. One day I received a notification of a “like.” I opened the app to find a nice-looking black woman’s picture. I quickly read her limited bio...

It was a wonderfully warm day for going out for a walk in the bush. I checked my photography gear: camera, macro lens, checked that the UV filter was on, spare battery, SD cards, tripod, and the remote control. All was there, so I was ready to go. I put the gear in the car and headed off. This time, it was to be the Grampians again for the native orchids. It takes a bit over two hours to drive there now that most of the t...