The Shack

We have met some really great people that have opened up their doors and allowed us to come into their homes and that is just what the Osborn’s did for us.  Cherie and Nick Osborn let our household come down to their shack for the day to enjoy the ocean and the great weather.  Their daughter Lucy plays on the team with Lindsay so that is how we got to know them, but they have been wonderful and invited us over to their shack.  It was a great day and so we took advantage of the weather and went into the ocean.  I didn’t feel like getting wet but I did enjoy lying out on the beach reading a good book.  It reminded me of up north so it felt like home in a way.  Here are a few pictures of the beach with and without people in it.  One has Lindsay and the other has Jordan in it.  It is like he is a model posing on the beach!

Now the Osborn’s have all the great water activities so the gang jumped on the Jet Ski and took out the kayaks.  The water was a bit cold but once you were in it felt all right.  Lindsay and Jordan took the Jet Ski out and ended up falling off of it.  They were fine but they definitely were not expecting to fall off!  Here are a few pictures of them on the Jet Ski and the kayak.

After hanging out on the beach they made us a wonderful barbi…aka lunch.  They made chicken, burgers, sausage, salad; Brie, crackers; olives and we enjoyed a few glasses of wine or beer as well.  It was really a great day and we enjoyed the hospitality as well.  We cannot thank them enough for opening their door to us and making us feel like part of their family.  Here is a picture of the sun starting to go down and a picture of my Aussie family and me.  You can tell how happy we were and how happy we were to be there!

MONA

Yes I know it has been a loooonnngggg time since I have blogged and I apologize for that but hopefully these next couple posts will make up for it!  So we went to the museum here that is called MONA.  It stands for Museum of old and new art.  Now the theme of this museum is sex and death, so needless to say I didn’t take a lot of pictures because they would be too inappropriate. But here are a few pictures of what the area looks like and also the views that they have.

The not only have art here but it is also a winery and brewery, so of course at the end of our time there we had to have a beer.  Now this is the craziest museum that I have ever been too.  For one it is very out there and you have to have an open mind when you are in there.  Now you won’t have seen any pictures but there were photos of penises, vaginas and movies that people were naked in.  But it was in an artful way.  The few pieces that I took pictures of were my favorite.  We went into this room and when you opened the door all these faces were staring back at you and singing.  They were singing the same song but each one had their own way of singing it and their own movements.  They were singing songs by Madonna and it was pretty cool.  It was hard to leave the room because you wanted to see what the next person was going to do.  Here is what it looked like…and if you hum or sing a Madonna song you can get the affect for yourself.

This next art piece reminded me of a toy that I had when I was younger.  I would call it the art wheel.  We had this toy that you would put a piece of paper down and it would spin on a wheel and as it was spinning you poured paint on it.  It would create a design with all the other colors and was actually pretty cool.  This is what the big one looked like and it also spun around but at a slow pace.  Makes me want to make a big one like this.

The next piece that we saw was a very dark area that you walked around until you reached a little room.  There were numbers written all over the wall and it seemed kind of boring but when you got into the room you looked up and there was a mirror….needless to say it scared the shit out of me because I wasn’t expecting my reflection.  That sounds bad, my own reflection scared me.  But here is a picture of Lindsay, Jordan and I in the room.   It is pretty dark but it looks awesome.

There was an area that had falling water and each time the water fell it spelled out a different word.  I don’t know what it was trying to say but it was interesting to see how they created this water and it falling to create a word.  I would like to know how they did it.  Here are a few words that it spelled out.  Also the affect of it was better when you were in there.

This last picture is one of my favorites.  These squares were moving as if they were coming out towards you.  It was mesmerizing to watch them but I also think this picture is better than the exhibit.  I think I just like the look of it and that it is forever changing. There are two pictures and see if you can tell the difference between each square. 

Now I didn’t show you the raunchy pictures because it is too much for this.  But just know that these pictures do not do justice to what this museum is really like.  If you ever get here just know that you are in for one hell of a surprise!!!