Month: August 2014

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Floral Friday-14-2908

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Floral Friday Challenge.

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This morning we had another ‘pea soup’ fog in Geelong…

web_0867which, for a few hours converted some of our garden

into some delicate works of art.

web_0853While not quite ‘floral’ I think it is as pretty as

any flower in the garden and unlike flowers,

conditions need to be ‘just so’ to capture it.

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Floral Friday

Floral Friday

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A Word a Week Photography Challenge–Rust

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My contribution for this week’s

 Word of the Week Challenge…

Rust

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Thinking of a rusty post I remembered this photo of…

ferriswheel_0505a ferris wheel.  A bit rusty for me to ride on.

curves2_1801Rusty red bricks, rusting metal all over fifty years old.

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A rusty roof in the middle of a city, and…

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another rusty roof in rural Victoria.  Not an unusual sight.

fort_0030AThese rusting rings are…
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are set into rusty bricks and rusting surrounds.
soldiers_0047Is this soldier pushing ammunition carts to…
metal_0106-001this relic; part of the gun mount which fired the first shot of World war I.
soldiers_0114These three may have been clean steel at one time,

however, they have taken on a rusty hue now.

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 A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE– Rust 

(suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com)

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Look Up, Look Down-Wk-54

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My

Look Up, Look Down

for Week 54

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Earlier in August, I travelled to Queenscliff, to catch the ferry.

Queenscliff_0003While waiting I noted that the wind sock, though battered,

was indicating that the crossing would be fairly calm.

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I lined up with other cars and vehicles…

Queenscliff_0005foregoing an early morning coffee in favour of one on board.

Queenscliff_0006 Underway and looking back to Queenscliff, from the topside.

Queenscliff_0010Glancing down and all I saw was churning water as the ferry

was propelled smoothly across Port Philip Bay.

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Travelwithintent.com 

Look Up, Look Down, challenge

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Roads

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My contribution for this week’s

Roads

Challenge

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Some random road photos for this week,

which may or may not have been previously posted
roads_0406This is near Balyang Sanctuary in Geelong.

I have posted quite a few shots of bird life at Balyang.

roads_0437Travel to Warrnambool, on Victoria’s South West Coast and

you will find Pertobe Road lined with Norfolk Island Pines.

roads_0832Again near Balyang Sanctuary.

whichway_0434A quiet country track in to a waterhole.

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Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge: Roads

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Black and White Tuesday-2608

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Black and White

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

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Jonathan Livingston…

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seagull_5426The original photo.

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Hope you enjoyed.

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Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge-Wk-26

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Odd Ball

Week 26

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I think this suits the Odd Ball Challenge

Totally odd that we should even need to worry

about this little bloke growing into an old tusker…

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however in all likelihood he will die at the hands of a poacher and not old age.

Have a read of this article, titled

A World without Elephants

on the Africa Geographic site

No idea why my images are not being displayed regularly

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Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge-26

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Floral Friday-14-2208

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Floral Friday Challenge.

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I took this photo in Hall’s Gap a few months ago.

golden-ash_0185It appears to be on the point of turning colour and

I’m sure those would have made a glorious display

a few weeks after this photo.

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Floral Friday

Floral Friday

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Travel Theme-Orange

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My

Orange

Travel Theme.

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For many years car makers in Australia have painted their cars,

white, silvers, tan as their brighter colours…

all colours of which I am not fond.

car_0429Last year General Motors Holden released an orange paint for their cars.

Of course it’s not just ‘Orange’,  it is ‘Fantale Orange’

Personally I prefer a brighter coloured car…easier to see.

car_0431Now it’s a well-known fact that red cars go 5% fast than any other colour.

These are in the red range of the colour spectrum, so does that mean they go 2.5% faster?

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Where’s My Backpack?: Travel Theme: Orange

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Weekly Photo Challenge-Fray

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My contribution for this week’s challenge…

Fray

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As soon as I brushed the cobwebs out of my eyes this morning

I knew the direction of this post.

frayed_0006Yesterday Ginger’s new bedding arrived and

was inserted into her kennel.

During the clean out, this piece of smelly frayed carpet,

which I have looked for on many occasion, was discovered.

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It wasn’t because I was in the dog house, that I searched for it,

we were seeking padding for furniture when kids moved out.

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frayed_0011But I can assure you it smelled a lot better being extracted

from Ginger’s kennel than it did being extracted

from the rubbish bin this morning.

frayed_0015The second object for this challenge I am wearing right now.

My favourite green windcheater/sweat shirt.

We moved from the farm nine years ago and

my two green windcheaters

are constant, comfortable reminders of the ‘good old days’.

frayed_0026However, a few months ago I was feeling the cold and

held my constant companion up to the light

and I could see right through it.

(Focus on everything but the tear in the seam.)

About then I decided not to throw it out,

but to  wear another one underneath…for warmth.

Summer is just around the corner 🙂

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fray

(dailypost.wordpress.com)

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