Day 41/365

Just a quick one today, I have been at

work all day, it was one of the

longest days ever I reckon.

Thank heavens for customers, I don't

think it would have taken much for me to

fall asleep. Just one pic today,

a very pretty Hibiscus flower.

I am so looking forward to having a sleep-in tomorrow.

I hope nobody expects me to wake up too early.

I will do better with my pic tomorrow, hopefully.

With any luck I might also get to do some scrapping.

Day 40/365

Mark's parents and brother are in town,

we have just arrived home after

sharing a beautiful BBQ with them.

I took the opportunity to take my

daily photo around the garden at the motel.

I took heaps of photos, but I didn't have my

glasses on, so most of the photos are not so good,

bugger getting old and not being able to see straight anymore.

I would love something like this in my paddock,

but as I have said before I am no gardener, and

I would probably kill everything in the first few days.

This is a bit out of focus, but it was the cutest little

flower on this huge tree, the wind was

trying to blow the leaves off the trees, so

it was a bit hard getting anything to stay still

long enough to focus.

Sheri is sick, she came home from school

with a cold, she is sniffly and is talking funny.

Bit hard to tell in this pic but she is really black

under the eyes too. She will have to stay in

bed all weekend, what a hardship, LOL.

She is really going crook, who gets sick on a weekend.

Check out the shirt, it says 'I kissed a Vampire, and

I liked it'. She is so obsessed with the Twilight

series at the moment.

Anyhow I have to work again tomorrow,

and I am about ready to fall asleep,

so I will catch all you nice peoples tomorrow.

Be good!!!!

Day 39/365

Today's photos courtesy of the 'next neighbours' garden.

Sheri walks past these plants every arvo,

and suggested that they would make nice

pics for today. We were a little worried

about getting sprung sneaking

through their paddock, we made it all the way

to the other side of the yard without being seen,
and wouldn't you know it, they decided to pick

that time to drive past us, thought we were

going to get yelled at for sure, but after asking

permission to take the photos it was all good.

I think they used to yell at the boys

cause they showed no respect for all the

lovely plants.

I have now discovered that everything

in said garden has points that hurt when you stand

too close. I wish now we went there earlier before we lost

the light. I ended up having to use the flash.

So glad we didn't have to tangle with this one.

This one was tucked in the middle of something

else, so it is not the best shot, but isn't it pretty.

Check these two out being friends.

Got to make the most of moments

like these, they are getting fewer all the time.

Lastly here is a beautiful shot taken by

Sheri, she risked life and limb going into

the middle of all the spikes to take this.

Very well done, chickie.

I am afraid the pics I took of the same flowers

are so out of focus I couldn't use them.

That's it for another night, thanks for all

the feedback.

Day 38/365

Look who came back for a visit this morning.

I have not seen the Wrens for days.

I wish I could get the camera to focus

on him properly.

Look what the parrots have done to the

sunflowers, there is hardly a seed left.

I went to the Bay today to buy a bed.

World's worst shopper. I got one of the first ones

I looked at. The shop had mirrors all

over the place, ewwwww, not fond of

looking at myself everywhere I look.

I checked out the lounges while

I was there, but that will have to wait till

another day.

I went for a wee drive while I was there,

to take my daily photo (I forgot about the bird),

This is one of those bridges that the middle

lifts up to let the tall boats under. I would

tell you what they are called if I actually knew.

I snuck up on this Pelican while I was snapping pics.

I only got 2 pics of him, I think I might have

scared him.

I stopped at the Mogo scrap shop on the way past.

I didn't get much at all, they are a bit

over-priced and have way too much crammed

into the shop, making it hard to see what they

have in stock.

That's it for me tonight, catch you again tomorrow.

Day 37/365

As promised a photo that is not a sunset.

The boats up the creek.

The powers that be decided the access ramps

used by boat owners were dangerous,

so they removed them.

What they have left is like a cement platform,

with no barrier to stop you stepping

over the edge. The drop to the water

is probably 1-1.5 metres.

I think they have certainly made it a lot

more dangerous than it ever was before.

The few boat owners that have installed their own

ramp have put a drop down gate at the top,

with a strong padlock attached to keep

undesirables away.

Safer for all concerned.

That's it for tonight, unless of course I think

of something to add later.

Off to eat some cheesecake for dessert,

(fattest loser would love me).

Day 36/365

I think I have created a monster.

Tiff and I have started making after

dinner 'photo' time. It seems that all my

photos are sunsets.

I might have to take the time on the way

to work to catch something different.

I would like to take a nice sun shiny day

pic, but it seems that the sun never shines

here anymore. Maybe tomorrow.

These 3 photos were all taken tonight,

within about 1/2 hr of each other.

It is certainly weird how different they

all turned out.

Looking at the last one gives

me plenty of ideas for some more pics though.

If I had of known the sun would do that to the

water I would have checked it out sooner.

And next time I will take the tripod with me,

I rested the camera on a fencepost

to take this pic.

Catch you all again tomorrow night.

Day 35/365

How gorgeous are these flowers.

I noticed one at the gate to the tip on

the way home tonight, then Tiff

and I found a heap of them scattered through

the bush, are they some sort

of wild flower? I have no idea.

Tiff touched the green bit in the middle

and it is full of liquid.

I should have taken a photo of the stem

too, it looks like a lily flower but not so

the stem.

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I finished the Lo that I started the other day,

I only got as far as the circle and the strips

along the bottom and then lost the plot.

This morning I painted the flourishes and

thought they looked like splashes of water.

From there everything just fell together.

The little thing in the bottom left corner is not stuck down

(I am original, thing),

do I leave it there or add something else,

or lose it altogether?

I would appreciate your input.

Day 34/365

The girls had some fun with some sparklers tonight,

it was a bit cold outside so I

only got a couple of photos.

This was about the best of them.

Nice quiet day here today, didn't do much at all.

Slept in, did some housework, and spent nearly

2 hours at the beach.

There was a pod of dolphins going

past when we got there,

but I couldn't get my camera out quick enough.

So here are some I snapped last year.

They were just off the beach where the kids

were swimming.

We were going to have pizza for dinner tonight,

but the shop was closed, so we had Chinese

instead. I had a 35 min wait so

I killed some time taking photos of

the harbour.

Night for now, catch you again tomorrow.

Day 33/365

A little wild flower that I noticed on the side of the road.

Sheri thinks I must have a zoom button

on my eyes, she couldn't see what

I was looking at.

The flowers are less than an inch long.

For some reason they are pink in

the photo, but they looked red when I noticed them.

Guess what, I done some scrapping today,

yay, two and a half Lo's in a day.

On a roll there, and guess what I actually like both

of them. Wonder should I waste an email

and submit them.

Don't you just love this gull, I was going to

call it Johnathon, but changed my mind.

Thanks for looking, and I would love a comment or two.

Day 32/365

So many pics to choose from today.

I went to do the shopping

today and stopped to

take this bridge pic on the way home.

I love the look of sepia for

bridgework, makes it look old time.

More animal life.

This is Dennis (the menace).

He lives down the road and is coming to visit to

chew the grass down a bit in the front paddock.

His foster dad says he is an x circus horse and he will

buck if you click your tongue at him.

I will be taking his word for that one.

He is about knee high to a grasshopper.

I could not get a good pic cause he was disappearing

into the grass. He would be lucky to

reach my bellybutton.

See how small he is, that is Ranga (??????)

behind him. Reckon he could walk

under him without hitting his head.

Just to prove that the sun does shine here,

I have done a stupid thing and taken a

photo of it. Probably upset the focus doing this,

might have to get a new-u-beaut camera (hint hint).

Tiff took this photo this arvo. Give the girl

the camera and she puts me to shame. Lol.

Question: - How do you tell the sex of a sunflower.

(why would someone want to know that anyway?)

Answer:- The males are the ones with lots of flowers

on the one stem, a female has only one large flower per stem.

We were wondering if we had some ring ins or something,

but now we know. You wont grow any new ones if

you do not have a male plant to cross germinate.

That is my useless bit of trivia for the day,

are you not glad that I told you that?

Day 31/365

So much for the weather blowing through.

It has rained here all day.

So of course I could not go out to

take a photo, so today

you get something yummy,

fresh from the kitchen of Sue and Tiff.

Hope you enjoy them as much as

we did, LOL.

Don't you just wish that the camera

could pick out smells, and sounds?

For instance; this is a flower on the ginger plant,

it smells beautiful.

Coming home last night from work,

I could smell the ocean,

and the cupcakes smelt awesome.

You will just have to take my word

that these things smell great.

What about sounds,

like the ocean crashing on the shore,

or the loud voice of the butcher bird,

or the conversation the

black cockie had with me last night,

before the nasty magpie scared him away.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if

you could hear these things in the photo.

Fleabag seems to have found himself

a new bed. I have found him cuddled

next to this dog cushion all

day, he was even using its

head for a pillow.

I think we created a monster

when we done the school book covers.

We are now getting requests.

One for Sarah and one for Grace,

Tiff tried her hand at digi and

done the bottom one.

Because of the subject, I didn't

have papers to suit,

so I made my own.

Ok, so I had better stop raving on

and go to bed. Thanks

for spending time with me

again today. Seeya tomorrow.

Day 30/365

Wouldn't you know it,

we missed the brilliant sky

over Cuttagee again.

I took this photo from out the front.

Imagine what it would have been

like over the water.

Maybe another night.

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How spooky is this.

I forgot the change the settings

on the camera, so

this was taken using the

manner/museum setting.

I captured Tipster mid jump.

The settings were as follows:-

f2.8

1/8

iso 160

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For Teegs as promised, a new Lo.

I am not happy with it, it feels not finished.

The photo was taken in the morning before the

swimming carnival, I cant remember how

hot it actually was.

The photo of the Lo was taken after work so the light

is not very good, it has

made the colours a bit off,

and the photo looks washed out.

What's the weather doing at your place?

We woke up to heavy rain at 7am,

the sun was shining by 8am,

it was stinking hot 9.30,

it was looking like it was going to storm at 11

and it has been overcast and warm, but

not hot, since then.

We didn't get the storm either.

What will tomorrow bring?

Day 29/365

I have another bird picture to share.

He was eating from the bird

feeder. There was a chain

from the feeder down

the edge, so I have removed

it using PS. It looks pretty dodgy now.

Check out this bloke, I think he was

a bit stunned that I was actually

getting close to him. He only

jumped away when I was

about 5 feet away.

The zoom on the camera

is pretty good sometimes!

The flash has done something strange

to his eyes. They look as if they are glowing.

I didn't finish my Lo,

I will have to make sure

I have everything I need tomorrow.

Don't you just hate it when your best made plans don't work?

The girls and I thought if we went to Cuttagee tonight

we would get some lovely pics

of the red sky, ha, mother nature

got the better of us.

There were too many clouds to get

any decent shots.

So here is today's pic.

Day 28/365

Cuttagee bridge.

Taken in Sepia,

with the monkey girls

climbing all over the place,

this was about the only

shot where they were

not in the way.

I try my best to get a decent shot of

these 2 together as

often as they will let me.

Not often enough.

So I got them to pose

while we were still at the beach.

This pic is about the best of the lot of them.

Tiff is covered with sand cause

Sheri kept tipping her over.

I was taking the photo on

auto, without the flash.

The colour and exposure is ok,

but they look pixely.

Guess what??????

I done some scrapping today.

I cant show you yet, cause I didn't

have my embellies with me at

work, so it is not finished. So I will try my

bestest to finish it tomorrow.

Thanks Tara and Tegan

for all the inspiration for

interesting photo's.

I finished a Lo, yippee!

Day 27/365

A relatively new addition to our little town.

This is the lifesaving platform

on Horseshoe Beach.

It appears to hang over the edge,

with no visible means of support.

Check this out, I finished a Lo today.

I have had this on the go for weeks.

Tiff didn't like the flowers, so it

sort of threw me, and I found it hard

to finish.

I moved the flowers a little bit,

doodled (badly) around

the edge.

Added some wonky lettering

and there you have it, a

finished Lo.

Remember - 'The way to love

life is to love many things.'

by Vincent Van Gogh

Day 26/365

What funny weather we are having.

Last week we were having

the worst heat wave ever.

Today we woke up

to a chilly, rainy day.

Not quite jumper weather but close.

I risked getting rained on to take this photo.

Using the Auto button, and the macro

setting, I have managed to capture

the raindrops on the petals.

Checking the info for the pic,

f2.8 shutter? 1/160

Natural colour

35mm ISO 80

with no flash.

Check out the texture in

the following photo's.

This is the splash pattern

I make driving into the sandy shed

after it has rained.

Pretty awesome, amazing what you notice

sometimes.

The girls have been digi scrapping to make their

book covers for school.

Tiff left me to do this one for her Japanese Studies,

I am pretty impressed with this,

I used some of the elements

from Shabby Princess,

and added some brushes,

and I even made my own paper (the green piece),

and also the pink bit behind the photo.

Thanks for sharing my boring life.

Lots of chatter today.

Day 25/365

What do you take a photo of when

you have no inspiration?

The wooden floor of

the veranda, of course.

I took this photo this morning.

It is about the only thing

green thing in the

garden that

I planted.

It is some sort of philodendron,

my friend was throwing

it out, so I chucked it in the ground.

11 years later, it is still growing.

It is so big now, the leaves grow

to about 4 or 5 foot long.

Tiff and Mark are trying to

save the seeds from

the sunflowers.

Last night they mixed up

a brew of chopped chili's and water,

then they sprayed the flowers.

Our local garden expert said that would

stop them from eating the seeds.

Ha! As you can see, this cheeky

bird was still enjoying the

young seeds tonight.

I was sitting about 1 metre away

from him and he didn't even flinch when

the flash went off.

Next option is some bird netting.

I personally think they should let

the birds eat the seeds, what

else are they going to do with

them.

Thanks for being a part of my day.

Be good, and stay safe.