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Friendly Friday
FriendlyFriday-Close-Up-Macro
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Not sure why I have managed to accumulate
some half decent spider images
which fit this theme.
Spiders are marginally ahead of snakes
in my opinion.
Marginally.
From this shot came…
…breakfast.
When I see the hairy spider legs it almost makes
the hair on the back of my neck rise.
I have seen this sight twice in 15 years.
Once when I opened our front door and
saw this rather large spider crawling
up the framework.
It took fright and one became about 31
many of which landed near my bare feet.
The above image was the second time
and out in the garden.
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Something more pleasant to finish up with.
Our Orchid has an oddity growing out of a petal.
Unfortunately not much of a photo,
except if it was beamed back
from Mars, or the Moon.
A bee and Agapanthus.
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FriendlyFriday: Close-Up-Macro
Amanda Sandi
FriendlyFriday-Shadows
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Kalahari Scrub Robin
and shadow.
Winter shadows on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
The MCG was the site of the 1956 Olympics,
the 2006 Games
and countless Cricket and (AFL) Football Matches.
Shadows at Pisa.
Summer Shadows in…
…Bourke Street,
Melbourne.
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FriendlyFriday: Shadows
Amanda Sandi
FriendlyFriday-Capture-A-Feeling
FriendlyFriday-Essential
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essential
a thing that is absolutely necessary.
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Breakfast essentials.
A nice hot cup of tea…sometimes coffee...
A couple of slices of nicely toasted bread…
…topped with a nice spread.
These are all the essential ingredients
required to commence a new day.
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FriendlyFriday: Essentials
Amanda Sandi
FriendlyFriday-Nostalgia
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nostalgia
a sentimental longing or wistful affection
for a period in the past.
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I was going to post some travel photos
as they are memories of some
good times and experiences
in the past decade or so.
Then I remembered this family photo
posted a few days ago.
If you missed it from left to right:
My Grandfather Bill, Rita, Jim, Frank and Edie.
All brothers and sisters.
There is a photo of 18 month old Woolly
with his grandfather. Sadly Bill passed away
a week after the photo was taken.
Edie lived in Perth (W.A.) and I never met her either.
Auntie Rita lived nearby and I had
the deepest voice of anyone I have ever met.
She was also a smoker and used to pierce
her cigarettes with a pin and
hold the pin while smoking.
Presumably to keep her fingers nicotine free.
I think Uncle Jimmy must have spent some
time with us as I do vaguely remember him
However, it was his dog,
a Border Collie, called Boy,
which I associate with Jimmy.
Uncle Frank and his wife were the people
introduced me to boy’s beer
in my pre-teen years.
Boy’s Beer was any form of soft drink which
happened to be in their fridge when we visited.
Strangely after being fed Boy’s Beer when young,
I have never touched the real thing.
The only time I think an alcoholic beverage
is a must is in a wine trifle.
All through my adult/working life
Coca Cola has been my poison.
And sadly I have copped a bit of flak
because I do not imbibe alcohol.
Interestingly all age groups have at
one time or another tried extremely hard
to get me drinking.
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FriendlyFriday: Nostalgia
Amanda Sandi
FriendlyFriday-Summer-Traditions
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A tradition the same the world over…
Whether it’s Lucerne….
…Nice…
…or Sydney’s
Manly Beach…
…when the sun shines and warms our planet,
many of us head to water for a picnic
and a relaxing swim.
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FriendlyFriday: Summer-Traditions
Amanda Sandi
FriendlyFriday-Unsual
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Lens flare, or……..
Whatever it is, it is the only lens flare
I have taken where at first glance
the flare appears to be a perfect circle.
Taken July 20, 2013 at 19:04:03 Australian Eastern Standard Time
7:04:03 PM
One second later…on July 20, 2013 at 19:04:04 (A.E.S.T.)
my camera recorded this image.
I have been told it is caused by camera movement
and it probably is.
However, isn’t it unusual that there not a corresponding
blur/movement in the rest of the photo?
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FriendlyFriday: Unsual
Amanda Sandi
FriendlyFriday-In-Transit
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Not certain if this was a tourist train or not.
My guess…the former.
And I would have been happy
to have ridden around York.
Vienna, where “shanks’ pony“
was the preferred method of
transiting from A to B.
Murano locals may have used the canal,
however, again a walk in the rain seemed
to keep everyone happy.
Closer to home the Anglesea Boardwalk runs
alongside the Anglesea River just before
it empties into Bass Strait.
These vehicles have crossed from
Queenscliff to Sorrento
on the Ferry.
The Hygeia Ferry took camera club members
for a sunset cruise around Corio Bay
in February 2019.
Leaving Geelong North Railway Station
for melbourne and destinations
in between.
Arriving Geelong North Railway Station
from Melbourne, bound for Geelong,
South Geelong, and the recently opened
Waurn Ponds and Marshall stations.
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FriendlyFriday: In-Transit
Amanda Sandi
FriendlyFriday-Colour-Pink
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A tropical pink.
Aloestremia.
Some 2020 Mother’s Day flowers from one of the boys.
Camelia
Pink..but that’s all I can reveal.
Hopefully by late winter I will have many
pink daffodils to photograph.
This image is from eBay.
