12-SEP-2015
Spring pasture
Lovely to see it looking green... this view is in the distance from our horse-yard fenceline
which is not a problem with the 400 lens.
10-AUG-2015
Winter greens
I'm having problems since updating to Windows 10, my computer
isn't recognising my cameras... and my Mr. Fixit is heading
off for the States in a weeks time... it'll depend on whether
I can nab him between now and then whether I'll be able to
continue putting on new photos... instead I might have to rely
on my archives until they return in 8 weeks time.
07-AUG-2015
Late Winter
From the balcony - another drizzly day
08-MAY-2015
Tree-tops in the fog
Early May, supposedly in our late Autumn, the hills are green again after
some very welcomed rain, and a day of drizzle.
The big lens on the camera because I've attempted to take shots of
a kookaburra during the day - without any luck.
21-JAN-2015
Tinge of green
After some welcomed rain we have a tinge of green in summer
very unusual for us, we normally have dry summers here.
No doubt a few days in the 40s will finish off the green.
BEST VIEWED IN ORIGINAL FORMAT
03-JAN-2015
Sunburnt country
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!
[Dorothea MacKellar]
A photo taken from the horseyard fence on a day where the temperature reached 39dC
our summer colours of brown hills and olive green trees with in this case, a cloudy
windy sky. Please see IN ORIGINAL FORMAT
Here's a photo of a tiny new addition to my fuchsia collection.
03-JAN-2015
Fire season - January
I walked down to the horse paddock fence to take a few photos of the smoke
but the sky is full of clouds making the smoke difficult to see, and it
has moved further east. This following photo shows the line of smoke
but I had to force it with a filter otherise the smoke was lost amongst
the clouds.
BEST VIEWED IN ORIGINAL FORMAT
A huge bushfire has burnt over 4,700 hectares of bushland and a few little
hills towns have suffered, including houses, sheds, livestock and native animals.
We have a view of the smoke from where we live, it was much clearer yesterday
when the sky was blue without any clouds, but in temperatures of 44dC+ there
was no way I'd venture outside to take photos... its only 39dC today and windy.
24-NOV-2014
Jacaranda time
Pointing skywards...best seen in original format.
Here is how they look lining the suburban streets.
24-NOV-2014
Lining the suburban streets
Through the leafy suburbs... me killing time while waiting for
Dick to have a specialist appointment.
28-OCT-2014
Grasses in the holding paddock
Self-sown eucalyptus trees provide shade and a place to have a scratch for
the steers and horse, besides leaves to eat for any passing koala.
28-OCT-2014
Mid-Spring pasture turning..
No decent rain for 2 months now and the pasture is changing colour... we'll soon have to
send our steers to market, there'll soon be no feed for them unless we hand feed.
Here's 2 of the 3 steers looking hopeful that Dick will come down with a bucket of
pellets or chaff... notice the crow sitting in the tree keeping watch.
Best seen in original format