Signs of home (IV)

{Boxing kangaroo flag, New Farm, Queensland}

I love that they're using it for a curtain. This New Farm house sits near the end of a street full of other characters ... the kind that make me think the homogeneous whitebread residential developments we're building now are a serious mistake.

Bring on the kangaroo flags.

Signs of home (III): Kangaroos

{Aussie kangaroo souvenirs in a Chinatown shop window, Fortitude Valley, Queensland}

I spent a morning taking photos around Fortitude Valley, for the new cards I'm working on and for ...hmm... I have a feeling I'll use them for something else, I just don't know what it is yet. I think I'll spend a while looking at the images, playing with them, and see what comes of it.

It's strange to see all these Australian souvenirs now, as a non-tourist "tourist". I find myself looking at plush koalas and thinking "Awwwww..." then– "waaait a second!" Seriously, I almost get sucked in.

It's even stranger to feel like a stranger in your own town. But that's a whole other conflict.

Signed Sealed Delivered

I worked on images of vintage Australian one-penny stamps to create these notecards. The original stamp was a rose-red (although it was issued in various colors) but I've made it an earthy brown for these textured flatcards so that manly men can use them too. The printed side is for looking at, the other side is for writing on.

And you'll still need a stamp.