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Topiary…Palace of Versailles

 

Red vehicle

 

Condiments

Hobbiton…inside out

Craig’s Hut

Craig’s Hut…Inside out

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night

the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours

 

 

Auckland Harbour Bridge.

Houses of Parliament

London…

…from…

…the London Eye

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Closer to home is this selection

of Geelong night images

Geelong from my hospital room window last year (May 2021)

 

Geelong by night from Griffin Gully

 

Geelong from Griffin Gully

You Yangs in the background

Eastern Beach…

…carpark

 

Cunningham Pier

The first year Geelong had

a floating Christmas Tree (2015)

 

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florals

a fabric with a floral design.

 

Wardrobe Florals

 

Perhaps not a true floral, however, my

Bamboo Shirts are all of this style.

 

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Then there are nature’s florals…

Tropical floral

These Rhodendron images were captured either…

…in or around…

 

…New Zealand’s Taupo or…

…the Hamilton Gardens (NZ).


Bridal florals

 

Finally, there always seems to be

a new floral in the garden.

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ANZAC-Day-2022

 

Today, ANZAC Day 2022, in small towns

throughout Australia, New Zealand

and at many sites overseas…

…people of all ages will gather before sunrise

to attend Dawn Services and remember…


Wreaths will be laid at local monuments…

 

…to acknowledge the sacrifices made by those

who did, and did not, return from

the Great War and all subsequent conflicts

in which the Australian Military

has participated.

In the afternoon

Collingwood and Essendon football teams

will do battle in what has become one of

the highlights of the

Australian Football League calendar.

With COVID restrictions now lifted a maximum

of 100,024 fans will be allowed into the

Melbourne Cricket Ground

to watch the match which will commence

after ANZAC Day ceremonies

are completed with all in attendance

observing a minute’s silence.

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having or representing animal forms
or gods of animal form.
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Unless stated otherwise…

…all of these images…

…were captured in…

…the Hamilton Botanical…

…(Tudor) Gardens…

…in…

…New Zealand’s…

…North Island.

These last two while still in the

Hamilton Botanical Gardens…

 

…were not part of the Tudor Gardens.

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Making our way onto the

Makgadikgadi Salt Pans,

Botswana

 

Killarney Beach Sand

Victoria

 

New Zeland’s

Mt Ruapehu

Tongariro National Park

Corio Bay Sunrise

Geelong

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Bridge of Sighs

Florence

Italy

 

Auckland Harbour Bridge

New Zealand

Old Railway Bridge

Skagway

Alaska

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Finally,

Australian Bridges…

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Pedestrian Bridge,

Balyang Sanctuary,

Geelong

 

Melbourne’s…

…Westgate Bridge

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I have to say my most memorable events

are the birth of our two boys and our first grandchild.

The former because I was there.

The latter, because she was, is, a bright note

in a year of lockdowns.


1989

Number 1 Son at 12 hours

1992

Number 2 at 12 hours.

 

 

Last year in early March (2021)

we received our first photos

of our first grandchild from across the ditch.

She was  born in her mother’s hometown

in New Zealand

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