Leaf: Around this time each year Aussies start preparing for the possibility of bush fires. (Bulli, Australia)

Rae: I think what this shop is trying to tell us is if you are looking for a something special for a loved one for Christmas, a fan might be just the thing. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: We always need to be ourselves…unless we are ever given the opportunity to transform into a magical unicorn. (Glebe, Australia)

Rae: Sometimes, around my house, stretching happens. I love it. Heather, Derek, Chinua and Ian (not in the picture) were stretching before they went out for a run. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: O.k, this was meant to be a photo of the sign 'Weakness is staying inside your comfort zone', but then this guy leapt into the picture. (Glebe, Australia)

Rae: After all my succulent posts this summer it may not surprise you that I made a little succulent corner. And I LOVE it. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: The Anarchist Library for the anarchist in all of us…and with a secret message…'I miss you'. Look closely and you'll see B & I in the reflection. (Enmore, Australia)

Rae: Do you remember the friends I told you about, who came to meditation sometimes last year? Well, they just landed back in town and I came upon them singing on the walking street the other day. Yay! (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: This is the main street of a town at the top of the Blue Mountains, I am living at the bottom of the mountains. (Katoomba, Australia)

Rae: "May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm on your face; 
the rains fall soft upon your fields, 
and until we meet again, 
may God hold you in the palm of His hand." I pray this gaelic blessing for you my friend. (Pai, Thailand) 

Leaf: I love to happen upon a makeshift hairdressing salon! This  sign advertised for one is outdoors at a local market. (Marrickville, Australia)

Rae: We went for a last afternoon swim with Chris and Donia, (I didn't get a pic of them, boo) and the light was so peaceful and sweet as we spent some good time together before sending them off to the next part of their journey. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: "I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am ageing and eaten and have done my share of eating too. I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which everything fits, but instead wandering awed on a splintered wreck I've come to care for, whose gnawed trees breathe delicate air, whose bloodied and scarred creatures are my dearest companions, and whose beauty beats and shines not in its imperfections but overwhelmingly in spite of them." Annie Dillard (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: The sun wasn't even over the mountain when I got back from my run the other morning. There was just enough light to capture this bicycle, filled with flowers like some kind of dream. (Pai, Thailand)