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Stiff from being chained to the computer all day??? Val shows how to get some relief with .... chair yoga!! working like this all day can really make you feel tight... every so often it's good to take a little stretch link your hands and stretch your arms forward lift up, letting your shoulder blades come together move them in and then down twist a la droit   twist a la gauche hands in prayer pose (lord, grant me a wage rise), forehead resting, letting your back relax back no Val ..... that's sleeping!!!!!       OK, finish with some savasana Then, feeling refreshed and lighter in your body and mind ......... back to work....... J Technical advice by Connie from the fabulous  www.newtownyogaroom.com.au Val, great to see you doing chair yoga! Maybe in the prayer pose/shoulder opener you might move your chair further back so you can lengthen your spine more and have your shoulders more at the...

Art Nouveau as a movement, mostly between 1890 and 1905, was a reaction to the highly structured academic art of the 19th century and the new felt sense of freedom and expression as the "fin de siecle" approached. It influenced all the art forms and manifested in architecture as free form and organic, a more artistic way of using materials and using traditional building elements in an artistic way. It took on slightly different forms in different countries and was particularly big in France, Germany and the future Czech republic. Prague is also well known for many beautiful surviving Art Nouveau buildings. In  England it was known as the Arts & Crafts movement championed by the like of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. In Spain (Catalonia) it was Antonio Gaudi's organic style. In Austria it was related to the Vienna secession. Here are some examples from Paris for you...

A house we designed for a friend who owns an apple orchard.   J

Here's some of Val's lovely 3D renderings of one of our multi unit projects that is about to start construction in Kensington. It was a while to get through council but the end result will be worth it.     J

Love walking in the bush? Love the beach? Walking along rocks?  Hate the drive to get to the bush? Sydney has some great walks that are only short distances from the CBD. The La Perouse walk is one of them. You start at the snake pit, head down to Congwong Beach then up through beautiful coastal bushland to Henry Head. Here you find the remins of Fort Banks, WW2 anti ship fortifications and gun emplacements. From here you can gaze across the mouth of Botany Bay to Cook's landing point in Kernell.   snake pit. demo just starting Sydney red gum forest tea tree tunnel dreamy dappled light old man banksia boardwalk section view across to Kernell gun emplacement at Fort Banks Continue along the shore front past typical spectacular rock cliffs and down to a rock platform halfway to Cape Banks beyond. The NSW golf club meets the shore here. roc...

This is a nice job that we are doing in Parramatta. A collision of heritage and contemporary ... existing heritage group modern rear lane

Stencil work. Made famous by Banksy (much to the annoyance of all those great street artists who did it way before him). Some cool stencil graffiti around Fitzroy. muppets random onlooker with skull and mikes random onlooker #2 boy and penguin boy and penguin #2 Enigmatic!!!! J