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Odd Ball
Week 29, 2017
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Due to shooting through a glass door… 
these are not good photos, however…
they do give two perspectives on the term
‘Morning Exercise‘
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Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge-Week-29
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Celebrations
One Word Photo Challenge-Friend
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Friends.
After my initial meeting in 1976…long before
MGW came on the scene…
our friends from York were still happy
to show us around York, albeit at a slower pace,
while catching up on missed news
since they visited us in 1998.
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One Word Photo Challenge: Friends
Mothers Day 2017
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Wordless Wednesday17_2504_ANZAC_Day
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Tuesday April 25 is ANZAC Day in
Australia and New Zealand.
ANZAC Day commemorates the
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
efforts at Gallipoli in World War I.
Throughout Australia, New Zealand and other
countries where ANZACs served during two World Wars
Dawn Services are conducted
to commemorate…
those who served, lost their lives
and were injured during these conflicts.
This service had several hundred residents
braving wet weather to attend the 0600 service.
My home town had about 80 residents attend its service.
The area has a population of around 400.
Our eldest son, at the behest of his
New Zealand girlfriend drove across to
Melbourne’s Dawn Service.
Marvelous what love will do!!
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Hope you enjoyed.
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Wordless Wednesday (create-with-joy.com)
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Black and White Tuesday17-2504-ANZAC_Day
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Black and White Tuesday
April 25, 2017
ANZAC Day
I seem to be having excuses for not posting Black and White photos recently.
Today is another important day in Australian and New Zealand and
various other nations will be conducting dawn commemorative services
to remember the ANZACs
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When I visited Ballarat in mid-February,
it was the day before…
the Grieving Mother Garden,
located near The Arch of Victory,
was to be officially opened.
Ballarat’s Grieving Mother was receiving
some final touches from its creators prior
to its public unveiling the next day.
Based on figures in my Jo’s Monday Walk post
there would have been over 500 grieving mothers,
and families, during World War I alone.
All of that was forgotten on this
warm and sunny day in February 2017, however.
The whole area looked a picture.
Chairs were aligned for local and visiting dignitaries,
cameras were set up and the gardens was in top condition…
for Ballarat’s Grieving Mother.
Ballarat’s Grieving Mother was created by
Peter Corlett and Peter Morley
On ANZAC Day 2017 the Grieving Mother
is another reason not to forget.
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Hope you enjoyed.
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Wordless Wednesday17_0415_Ballooning
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Hot Air Ballooning
Some photos of other balloons aloft…
on last Wednesday morning…
over Melbourne.
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Melbourne before sunrise
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Hope you enjoyed.
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Wordless Wednesday (create-with-joy.com)
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Weekly Photo Challenge-Surprise
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My contribution for this week’s challenge…
Surprise
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Recently it was our 30th wedding anniversary.
MGW surprised me with a hot air balloon flight
over Melbourne…scheduled for Friday April 7.
After a Friday’s cancellation all was good to go
yesterday Wednesday.
So, as the moon was setting…
our balloons were being filled with hot air…
in preparation for our journey.
Flame like this generated quite a lot of heat
which kept us warm on a chilly morning.
Due to the wind direction we did not go
directly over Melbourne’s
Central Business District.
However we would not have been able to capture
this image of a city waking to the new day, if we had.
A very memorable wedding anniversary surprise.
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