Cara Bruar

Fantasy writer and poet. She/her. Lover of plants, water and sky. I'm a very visual person and love images, art and design. I try to grow things and make things out of yarn.

I also write crime and romance as Jai Baidell https://www.jaibaidell.com.

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2024-09-18 09:27:22

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@npub1gtf…dvvf love the shipwreck

2024-09-14 07:43:36

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@npub12rk…uvf3 I've been watching the cycling and thinking just that. Also how similar the landscapes are to much of Australia. And then the race would reach a town built in 550AD and I would think, not really like Australia

2024-09-14 07:13:26

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@npub12rk…uvf3 beautiful colours

2024-09-11 00:10:05

Love bright fluoro green, as in my photo of an unripe fig. #photography #fruit #fig
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2024-09-07 06:21:36

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@npub1d62…tshf I didn't mean to criticise you at all in my replies, I'm sorry if things I said came across that way. I admire anyone who writes. My criticism was intended for the deficiencies of the tool.

2024-09-06 23:03:08

"Landfall" is a romantic word, invoking images of the joy of returning home after long journeys across oceans or through deep space.
"Landfill", on the the other hand, is a yucky concept associated with shame.
Best not to mix them up. #words

2024-08-20 12:34:03

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@npub1z70…twul sounds wonderful

2024-08-20 00:06:46

The Murray River at Tooleybuc, New South Wales, although of course the southern bank of the river (the left in my image) is the border with Victoria. My photo from 2014. I worked hard on the composition for this one. It's a peaceful scene which I really need today. Hard to believe this is Australia's largest river. Longest, anyway.
#australia #photography
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2024-08-04 01:34:56

#silentSunday #photography
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2024-08-01 23:06:09

Public art in Commonwealth Park, Canberra. Sculptures of brolgas. At the time these sculptures were in the garden but now I believe they have been relocated to a pond. #birds #australia #art #sculpture #canberra
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2024-07-26 22:57:38

#Bookstodon / #BookSky challenge: Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 19/20
Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith
#20books #20books20days
#bookstodon
#thriller
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2024-07-16 00:16:41

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@npub1aum…5jx0 cockatoos are so bad-ass, just don't care about rules

2024-06-27 03:25:41

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@npub1uzr…k9aj @npub12wk…m98k what beautiful colours and lovely knitting

2024-06-26 05:50:27

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@npub1npy…3sf4 well, no. Would have been bad for the camera 😀

2024-06-26 03:57:34

My photo of a hill after a bushfire. This is an area north west of Canberra on the road to Burrinjuck. #photography #landscape #australia #bushfire #wildfire
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2024-06-25 23:23:21

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@npub1npy…3sf4 that looks dangerous

2024-06-24 21:54:15

My photo of goldfish in a pond at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. Their shadows look like sharks. #photography #fish #australia #canberra #anu
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2024-06-23 00:11:06

#silentSunday #silentsunday
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2024-06-22 03:43:36

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@npub1uul…dkn7 it's one of those, if you don't like the weather just wait a couple of hours, scenarios. I'm jealous of all that warmth. We are having a very cold winter (for us).

2024-06-16 01:48:27

Wool fingerless mittens waiting to be sewn up. 10 weeks so far ...
#knitting
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2024-06-10 22:07:55

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@npub1z70…twul what I like most about your art is the wonderful warm colours. Very nice.

2024-06-10 06:28:49

Heavy rain a few days earlier resulted in surface runoff under a large eucalypt. Debris washed down the slope leaving these ripple patterns. #photography
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2024-06-05 00:48:17

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@npub1d62…tshf sandy soil is something I absolutely do not have. I could try fern mix in pots maybe? The garden is a clay bog with a thin layer of soil that I have painstakingly created.

2024-06-05 00:35:56

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@npub1d62…tshf they sound fantastic! I tried to grow radishes but failed. I use the red ones all the time in salads or as part of mixed baked veggies.

2024-06-05 00:15:52

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@npub1d62…tshf is that a white radish? Do they taste the same as red ones? I don't think I've ever seen one.

2024-06-05 00:13:18

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@npub1aum…5jx0 yes, tech changes very quickly but so do social attitudes. My books from 2012 seem dated now. And then there are international changes and Covid and natural disasters, impossible to keep up.

2024-05-24 11:46:49

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@npub1lv4…ru5g the sort of thing, if larger, that hangs at the entry to the village in horror/fantasy stories

2024-05-20 00:43:50

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@npub1aum…5jx0 It's and its. So many times where I really think there should be an apostrophe because it's possessive but in fact there is not. It is extremely confusing!

2024-05-16 23:57:33

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@npub10zv…nz7m cows generally seem interested in cameras, I've seen many images where they are eyeballing the equipment, always wonder what they are thinking. Fantastic photo.

2024-05-04 21:48:07

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@npub1ekn…2g2y I didn't know there was an earlier one. This one is very moral, maybe a little bit moralising, but I still really enjoyed it.

2024-05-04 11:56:14

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@npub1ekn…2g2y in Australia it is, hope it is for you too.

2024-05-04 10:33:17

Really enjoyed Judge Dee Mysteries on Netflix, stories about an incorruptible magistrate during the Tang dynasty. Hope season 2 starts soon, I have withdrawal symptoms. #judgedee . https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81761553

2024-05-04 04:23:16

Fishing boat leaving Constitution Dock in Hobart / nipaluna. My photo taken in 2010. Taken at dawn during July. Very cold.
#australia #photography #streetPhotography #Hobart #Tasmania #fishing #boats
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2024-04-29 23:41:16

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@npub1uul…dkn7 this scenario also describes Australia's universities. The value of university education is shrinking in inverse proportion to the cost to the student.

2024-04-28 22:41:20

My photo from 2010, convict built steps in Richmond, Tasmania / lutruwita
#photography #tasmania #australia
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2024-04-27 04:56:01

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@npub1mpw…4h3u and yet I barely even notice it, let alone click on it. Advertisers are being seriously ripped off

2024-04-27 04:11:29

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@npub1yrl…8gpm those inconsistencies are what happens to armour when it's exposed to hard radiation and laser fire. Not flaws, just evidence of hard usage😊

2024-04-27 00:45:03

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@npub1qjr…kgt0 wow, that looks highly technical. I love the blue colour, very calming. I didn't know it was better to wash a skein than a ball, makes sense though.

2024-04-23 04:19:32

Three concrete storage tanks, maybe gas? and a helipad on the Derwent River, Hobart / nipaluna, Tasmania / lutruwita
My photo from 2010
#Hobart #Australia #nipaluna #photography #industrial
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2024-04-23 04:14:51

Boat winch at Constitution Dock, Sullivan's Cove, Hobart / nipaluna, Tasmania / lutruwita
My photo from 2010. I like the seagull sitting on the top.
#Hobart #Australia #nipaluna #cranes #boats #fishing #photography
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2024-04-09 01:22:56

Freighter with cranes, Derwent River, Hobart / nipaluna, Tasmania / lutruwita
My photo from 2010.
#Hobart #Australia #nipaluna #ships #cranes #shipping #photography
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2024-03-31 05:00:46

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@npub1m7k…tkt9 disturbing in so many ways ...

2024-03-29 08:25:12

My photo from 2013, architectural detail at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. #photography #windowsFriday #windowsfriday ##Fensterfreitag
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2024-03-21 10:37:54

Poem inspired by hills near Coolac, New South Wales, Australia.
worn down country
forgotten bones break ground
still screaming
#haiku #poetry #poem #australia
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2024-03-04 09:31:17

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@npub1eh0…cze2 congratulations, well deserved

2024-02-17 21:10:01

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@npub1xyj…6rzz my favourite colours. I really like the ripple effect.

2024-02-15 08:37:57

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@npub1qjr…kgt0 may not be able to get that exact brand but I'll look for other silk blends

2024-02-14 05:24:04

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@npub1qjr…kgt0 glad you're feeling better. That yarn looks really beautiful to work with.

2023-12-30 01:35:51

2023
Whirls down the drain
Vertigo
#haiku
I actually have vertigo and it is exhausting. 8 weeks now.

2023-12-07 11:51:48

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@npub1eh0…cze2
♥️

2023-11-29 20:55:37

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@npub1d62…tshf I find myself laughing at my own jokes. Quite pathetic really.

2023-11-26 10:45:48

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@npub1eh0…cze2 clever 🙂

2023-11-08 21:39:25

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@npub1mp3…qjxj it seems they want to deafen their customers. See also, basketball venues, movie theatres.

2023-10-22 01:15:53

My photo, life in the cracks between paving stones. Taken with a small Canon Powershot A2000 because I'm better at playing at photography than doing serious stuff on the technical side.
#closeup #photography #moss #mosstodon
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2023-09-23 23:10:17

Abandoned railway tracks in the middle of a street in Yass, New South Wales. This was part of a loss-making spur line from Yass Junction. #australia #silentsunday #rail #railway
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2023-09-19 00:38:03

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@npub14xk…7557 sympathy. Same thing here only it's spring of course. Rye grass, canola and silver birch right now.

2023-07-28 06:44:54

My photograph from 2010. Somewhere inside the Henry Hunt Art Hotel in nipaluna / lutruwita (Hobart, Tasmania).
Skylight reflections in a pool.
#Fensterfreitag #windowsFriday #photography
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2023-07-16 18:36:49

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@npub1hu7…4g0d the tiny bridge really shows how huge the viaduct is. I like the contour shadows on the hill too, they add depth.

2023-07-15 21:40:31

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@npub1hu7…4g0d spectacular!

2023-05-19 06:39:45

My photos from the Hydro Hotel, Leeton, in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.
The hotel was built around a century ago to house single men working on setting up the irrigation scheme to grown rice and fruit.
Hard to photograph as the windows face north (the sunny side for us in the southern hemisphere) and to get a decent perspective you would have to float over a two-storey stairwell void.
#photography #windowsfriday #art #StainedGlass #Leeton #Murrumbidgee #irrigation
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2023-05-06 23:58:03

My photo of Weereewa / Lake George New South Wales, north east of Canberra.
This is a shallow lake that dries out during droughts. At the time of Australian federation in 1901 it was considered as a possible site for the new capital. In the end Canberra was chosen.
A former Federal treasurer complained about how much he hated the wind turbines on the far side.
One of my better images, I think because there is more light and shade contrast than usual. Or the lake is just very photogenic.
#photography #windturbines #renewables #renewable #lake #lakes #landscape #Australia #weereewa
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2023-05-04 01:28:49

Murrumbidgee River near Canberra, Australia. The river flows north past Canberra. I asked my son, born and bred there, which direction it flowed. He had no clue. His answer, "downhill". I was not impressed by this sophistry.
Image taken with my iphone 3 back in 2009. Not too bad quality. #photography #landscape #Australia #iphone
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2023-02-04 22:14:08

I'm proud to announce the ebook release of my first poetry anthology, "Emerging Fully Weird". I'm proud of the cover too, created by me using a licensed stock illustration. I think it captures the spirit of my poems very well.
Available from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTV9VK48 (and all the other amazon stores too)
#bookstodon #poems #poetry
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