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This is my photo for the 52 in 2016 challenge - #11 - Vehicle.
We drove down the New England Highway from Queensland to Inverell and saw this large rock formation called Bluff Rock near Tenterfield. We also followed many large semi-trailers which was okay on the straight, but hard going when they were going up hills with no place to pass them.
As it is officially the 26th January, 2016 here in Australia - here is my Australia Day photo.
Australia Day is on January 26 and commemorates the establishment of the first European settlement at Port Jackson, now part of Sydney, in 1788. It is an opportunity for Australians to come together to celebrate their country and culture. There are reflections on the achievements of the nation and explorations of way to make the country even better in the future.
It is a funny day in Sydney today. One minute the sun is shining and the next it looks like rain. The wind is blowing a gale as well, so no chance of going out into the garden for macro photos. This is one from just before we went on our two week holiday. I have been playing with my 50D lately and it still surprises me with the quality of photos.
This is for my friend Lynn who is not well and spending some time in hospital.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
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I am so late coming in to Flickr tonight (a busy day) so I won't be able to add comments tonight. I am adding another flower from my neighbour's garden that I took yesterday and I will catch up with everyone in the morning.
This is my photo for the group 52 in 2014 - #51 Daisy. I couldn't resist buying this beautiful African Daisy the other day at a local nursery - I love the deep, rich colour.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
I will also add this to the 52 weeks of photos challenge - week 26 UP (up in the air LOL).
We have one more day in Kruger and we have seen the "Big 5". The weather has been quite hot the last few days so I am surprised that the animals have been so active.
Another hairy coo photo. I love these beautiful animals.
We are leaving our hotel today and after having pretty good internet for the last week, we are not sure of internet connections for the next few days. I will check in when I get a chance.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
I didn't see many Teddy Bear bees this Summer and when I did, they were too fast for photos. Here is one from a while back.
I am babysitting four of my grandchildren tonight. Peter is away for a few days and I usually have them over for a night. That way they only have me telling them "go to sleep" and not both of us - Peter gets a little carried away LOL.
Yesterday afternoon Peter walked down to the park at the end of our street (about 100 mts), to see how the creek was going after all the rain. He came back and told me to bring my camera. I was amazed at the destruction - the bridge from our side of the park to the other has been flattened and is covered with broken trees and branches. I am not sure if the bridge is still there under the debris as I saw that one rail was completely gone and the other broken and twisted. I have never seen it like this in the 43 years that I have been living here.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
I was taking some photos of this Gerbera in my neighbour's garden when I spotted this little black shape under the petals. On closer inspection, I found it was a baby preying mantis.
I found these photos in my archives - I had forgotten all about them.
Four of my grandchildren had a "sleepover" last night so not much time for Flickr. I will catch up with everyone later tonight.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
Another beautiful Poppy that I found blooming in the Sydney Botanical Garden.
We found this Cicada on the grass yesterday and Peter put it on one of our grass trees. We googled and found that it is a Cherry Nose Cicada - you can see why LOL.
This is one that I found in the archives and ran an action called Earthy tones by LustDrunk Technicolor.
Have you ever heard ice crackle when it is growing?
Its not loud, more like hearing a lot of whispers but because of the silence around me I could hear it quite clearly.
No doubt within days of us being here the whole lake would have been frozen over as there has been some real arctic blasts in this area.
If you look carefully at the top of the hill at the left hand side of the image, I do believe that is a statue of Julie Andrews, immortalised forever in these mountains.
Only kidding!!!
I sort of ummed and awwed a bit about putting another Highland image up, but you know what, I personally love this series and we had such a brill day that I am going to keep on adding to the collection.
EXPLORE NO.5 5TH DECEMBER 2013
We went for a drive today to Mt. Wilson to see if there was any Autumn colour. We have had a few cold nights and I didn't want to leave it to much later in the month in case I missed the changing leaves. I probably could have left it a couple of weeks, but there was still plenty of colour happening.
2 more sleeps until Santa comes. This is a musical snowball that sits on the mantelpiece over Christmas.
Honfleur is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. Its inhabitants are called Honfleurais.
It is especially known for its old, beautiful picturesque port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell tower separate from the principal building, is the largest church made out of wood in France.
This is my photo for the 52 in 2014 group - #31 Rough Texture. This is a collage of the different textures of the Gum tree that is in our front garden. Whilst I love the look of the tree, it is always a bit of a worry in strong winds, as our bedroom would be in it's path if it was blown down as some trees were in some areas during the strong winds this week.
Only one more photo to go!!
I am pretty sure that these two giraffe were fighting, but I have had a couple of people say that they were being amorous. It was getting rather physical, so I am guessing fighting. I took these photos while we were waiting the the huge elephant to make up it's mind whether to head off up the hill or take on the car that was waiting patiently for it to pass on it's way to the Hippo Pools. So much excitement in the same place.
Rutherglen is renowned for its wine, its food, its history ... and its giant water tower wine bottle. I spotted it as we were driving into the town as it stood out above the skyline.
It is now Winter and there are just a few Autumn leaves hanging on tightly. Another few days they will be gone.
This is my entry in the 52 weeks of photos project - week #41, Winter/Summer depending on where you are - it is Winter here now. I am now up to date, but I have missed a couple sadly.
One of the included attractions on our tour of rural France was a visit to Monet's garden in Giverny, France. It is a beautiful place to wander around, although the day we were there it was raining. There were a few breaks in the weather and I was able to take a few photos.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
Still resting my hand today so I may not be able to leave comments, but I will be looking at your photos. It is feeling much better, so the rest must be doing some good.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
This is a flower on our tomato (I think) bush with a little visitor.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
These little heartsies are still blooming in my wheelbarrow garden - they have been there for so long.
Aside from the occasional car whizzing by, it was absolutely silent. No wind and no birds.
I assume that somewhere in these Highlands there are birds of prey but I certainly didn't see any and I think the poor old sparrow would freeze its tail feathers up here!
I actually meant to post this one after the third shot in the series but I seem to have been distracted and forgot to post it!
EXPLORE NO. 9 3RD DECEMBER 2013
This is the other side of the road from the other post so the valley is actually like a crater. One has to wonder, millions of years ago whether this was a volcano, certainly there was a lot of upheaval going on.
This trip has been what I have needed as I have got my enthusiasm back for wanting to show my photos.
We were driving along a track in Kruger when I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I asked Peter to reverse the car and we found this antelope resting in the shade of the bushes. I had never seen on before, but on checking the booklet that we bought at the park shop, we found that it is a Common Reedbuck.
Update on my brother. He is being treated for Pneumonia and will be in hospital for at least a couple of more days. I hope they assess him properly before sending him home this time.
Taronga zoo has two sun bears - one being a rescued bear. We were told that the rescue bear is still a little wary after being mistreated for years, but is beginning to settle in. They are hoping that there may be new little sun bears one day.
Around 18 months ago my friend John came for a visit and brought down around 13 Frangipanni plants from Queensland. One he had grown from a cutting just for me as I admired the colour. I thought we had lost the pretty pink/yellow one as it didn't flower last season, so imagine my surprise when I ventured into the garden after a hot spell and saw this beautiful sight. Thanks John!!
This is a photo that I took as we drove towards the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge, near Fort William in Scotland - taken through the front window of the car.
.The Commando Memorial is a Category A listed monument in the United Kingdom, dedicated to the men of the original British Commando Forces raised during World War II. Situated around a mile from Spean Bridge village, it overlooks the training areas of the Commando Training Depot established in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle. Unveiled in 1952 by the Queen Mother, it has become one of the United Kingdom's best-known monuments, both as a war memorial and as a tourist attraction offering views of Ben Nevis and Aonach Mòr.
3 more sleeps until Santa comes - my grandchildren are impatient LOL.
This is as close as I will get to seeing snow at Christmas. Once in my lifetime, I would love to have a white Christmas.
I couldn't resist posting this photo that I took the other day when we were visiting Peter's Dad on the Central Coast. The pelicans always sit on the roof from about 2.30 as they know they will be fed by the local fish co-op at 3.00 p.m. I am not sure what this pelican was trying to do when he folded his beak down.
We arrived home this evening - we drove 2,384 klms in 6 days.
We called in to see Peter's Dad on the way home - in one week's time he will be turning 96 and although getting frail, he is in good health.
My brother rang tonight and said that the doctor had taken off the plaster and taken out the staples and he is now wearing a boot. Hopefully it will be more comfortable for him as he was a bit teary last night when I spoke to him due to being in pain after being taken down for x-rays.
I have these Violas growing in my wheelbarrow garden along with two different colours. They make a wonderful display at the moment.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
A Common Crow butterfly on a white Pentas in my neighbour's garden.
The steenbok is a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa. It is sometimes known as the steinbuck or steinbok. We had a few sighting on our drives around Kruger on this trip.
We have been having a few showers for the last couple of days which I am sure that the gardens love, but after the sun came out for a while, the bees were flying madly around this bush. My daughter has borrowed my 5D Mk III for a try, so I used the 7D again today - still like it for insect shots.
We are just about to head out the door to head up the North Coast to visit my brother. It has been a worrying time for me and it will be good to see how he is going with my own eyes and be able to talk with the doctors and social workers face to face.
We were driving through Kruger National Park when we came across lots of cars parked on the side of the road (as usual LOL). We were told that a leopard had been sighted walking through the bushes. We watched intently until we managed to spot him, but this is the best photo I could get. Not like our last trip when we spotted one watching some Impala from the middle of the road and then stalking them until they were alerted by a bird (see photo in first comment box).