by jakebenno@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2016 | ayearsseafever
Week Forty One. Empty Streets. The wide open streets of the small seaside town I grew up in are as empty as I feel In this seemingly never ending winter. The sights and sounds never change, the kids grow up and are replaced with cut copies. There is a beauty in...
by jakebenno@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2016 | ayearsseafever
Week Forty. Baby Hazel. With our hearts full of joy we welcome Hazel Isla, the newest member of our ever growing...
by jakebenno@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2016 | ayearsseafever
Week Thirty Nine. Shedding Our Skin. The wind blew cold and the water almost stopped our breathing, as we dived right in and tried to shed our winter skin. Heading back to the coast, the colours still muted in the world around me. But a flicker of light came...
by jakebenno@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2016 | ayearsseafever
Week Thirty Eight. Out In The country. Touching down on home soil after eight months away is always a strange feeling. Sometimes it is a mixture of excitement and relief to breathe in the clean air layered with eucalyptus. The comfort of being back in a...
by jakebenno@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2016 | ayearsseafever
Week Thirty Seven. Leaving The Jungle. Leaving the palm trees, those deep greens, those neon sunsets, that golden...