Carols by Candelight

The true meaning of Xmas - SPARLERS!!!

2010 Carols by Candelight at Burswood - my fave of all the Carols locations here in Perth due to the animals and the bagpipers who climb scaffolding in their kilts :)

In this 45th year of "The Sound of Music"

Sunset

Trying to take photos from a moving car whilst going down a rather steep incline makes it tricky to get the sun before it enters the clouds. Failed dismally in that endeavour but still quite like the way this look moving down the Coalfields Highway towards Bunbury.

Today we'll look through the round window

I want a porthole! And what a homely glow looking in from dusk with the light shining from within

Not quite the beach shacks at Geelong

But that's what they reminded me of as the sun was setting from Paul's temporary accommodation in the heart of Bunbury

The Hunter Valley, including Branxton, is one of the oldest settled sites in NSW, after Sydney and Newcastle. Cruised around the cemetry after visiting Grandpa and took some photos of the cool headstones that can be found in a town which is known for having two cemetries and no hospital.

A last visit to Grandpa: We washed and polished him, took him new flowers and everyone got a little teary not knowing when we might get back to see him as a trio

The starlings who can now eat as many mandarines as they like

Not complete without a vaseful of Nanna's roses

Musical mandarine...or anything to try to stop the birds from getting at the fruit

The aloe that I potted for Nan that soon outgrew its home

The Cindy Tree: So named cos it's where my Nan's faithful dog, a cocker spaniel, was interred after she died. And one has to say that this little lime tree has certainly never looked back since Cindy joined it :)

Sadly none of these roses could make the trip to Newcastle, but they have given us many years pleasure and will hopefully do the same for the new owners.

19 Railway St: a retrospective

After 20 or so years in Branxton, Nanna is upping stumps and downsizing to a unit in Newcastle. so my next few photos will be a look at her home in the Hunter Valley.

They really would be at the bottom of the garden :)

A new development near my Mum's place in Qld and boy do I want to live here so that I could really have pixies at the bottom of the garden. Cos surely the developers wouldn't be misnaming their streets?

The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

It rained practically the whole time I was in Qld, but after being nearly drowned in another downpour I caught the light reflecting off the water in the road, so all good

The bonus of rain is rainbows

My other choice - for the Zoo Challenge weekend - for the Eyes have it

I really love the green of this boab tree and the shape, texture and ridges on the bole brought to mind an elephant's eye.

I will buy a tripod

The Catholic church really does have all the best spots - this is looking out to Penguin Is, Rockingham, one street away from where I was doing some agency work. Whilst I definitely need a tripod and to look at the instructions on the best ISO etc. for night photos I still loved the way this looked.

Does this outfit make my bum look big?

Stiltwalker captured at the Byford Country Markets. Everything about her made me smile

Sunrise and orphans

One of the places, in Subiaco, that I have done agency work. First time I worked there I never even noticed this building, the second time I saw it and was just touched by the name and the third time I purposely took my camera !

Death of a Scarpa :(

Sad but inevitable considering my boots were over 10 years old, but it would've been nice to get a second OS trip for them. They definitely wouldn't have survived Kokoda though :)

Cows on parade

I missed the cow parade in Margaret River, but here's a couple of samples that are still on display at vineyards in the region.

For those who need an excuse to drink.

In the ladies toilet at a brewery north of Margaret River :)

These boots are made for walking...

Straight up the Gloucestor Tree, Pemberton, WA

Balingup - obviously the Australian Sister City of Pinocchio's hometown

Magpie is as magpie does part ii

If you thought the string was good, wait til you see what I've got. On the brickwall separating 18 from 16 Hartley St, Gosnells

Magpie is as magpie does

On the run with his/her booty on my next door neighbour's driveway here in Gosnells

The benefits of not mowing the lawn :)

Day out with Don at King's Park

At the going down of the sun...

LEST WE FORGET

At the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, Kings Park, after Dawn Service with Erin and Donna

Long, dry summer and an equally dry autumn

At the Canning Dam out Roleystone way.

The first emptying of my beautiful compost bin

Good Friday!

Or it's my party - Happy Birthday Nita. This is my favourite shot of the entire day!

MERRY XMAS!!!

APRIL FOOL!! But that seriously is what this post-modern, almost IKEA like picture made me think of lol

..., paper, scissors

Cabbage Leaf

I don't know what these trees are, but they're in Fremantle. I took about 20 photos of them as there were so many different parts to them - cabbage leaves, asparagus type spears, peppercorn branches and fig shaped fruits. Coulda stood there for hours!

Nature's pacman

New development in rose growing

Potpourri roses - no more drying in bags and then mixing, you can pick them straight off the bushes as is lol. And no it's not my garden as my rose bushes don't like giving flowers. Bring on pruning season!

Texture?!

I loved the way my neighbour's lemon tree appears so marbled and veined, yet smooth unlike the previous tree.

Texture

Pimp my ride

Saw this little one at Hyde Park after work. I was drawn to the pram bcos it looked so old fashioned and I thought it was excellent reuse, recycle, but it's probably a very expensive new one!

Last drink!

Officer I really haven't got the DTs, there was a fairy, see!
PS. I had to crop this image taken at the Uni Tavern, because I couldn't remember whether I asked the young lady's permission to publish or not.