September 30 - October 6, 2011

Happy little Vegemite (song from the Vegemite ad)
Vegemite is what is on his face. You nearly have to be Australian to appreciate the taste. We are trained to eat it from a young age ;-)

Not impressed This is what he thought of having his photo taken! I didn't notice the finger up the nose at the time.

Father and Son - Peas in a pod
My youngest grandson is visiting at the moment. I went searching for a little suit his dad wore when he was a baby. Dad on the left was 6 months old, baby is eight months old so the suit is a little more snug than on his dad.

No more curls
I cut his hair today. All his beautiful curls are gone... {sob}! He's still a cutie though.

Always willing to give some cousin love

Cuddles for Great Nana

Mickey Mouse

Grandsons
My three grandsons have now gone home to Brisbane. It was so nice to have them visit.

Sunrise over the river
I stopped for a really quick photo on my way to the airport on Saturday. The colour was so pretty I couldn't resist.

September 23 - 29, 2011

Sunrise

Pom Pom
This is another shot of the Lilly Pilly (Syzygium Cascade) from a week ago.

Eggplant/Aubergine flower

Shell Ginger
There's a little guy hiding in the middle that I didn't notice when I took the photo.

Pink Bud

Lily

Firey Sun
The sun was really red tonight. My photo doesn't really show how pretty it looked.

September 16 - 22, 2011

Cactus

Lilly Pilly
All the little buds are about to burst open.

Petunias
In Ingrid's garden.

J Sparrow?
The girls had Pirate's day at school today. She won her section. Her dad drew her tattoos. I thought she looked really cute.

Dandy

Roof Top We painted my Mum's house. This is me painting the roof, my muscles are a little sore from hanging on with my legs. I'm sitting on a cushion, lol. Taken by my co-painter/sister.

September 9 - 15, 2011

Didgeridoo Player having fun yelling into the piece of tubing which was working like a didgeridoo.

A family photo We stepped out our back gate to go for a bush walk. Mum, Dad and Joey all froze and looked at us. As soon as we moved they took off.

The Brewery On our bush walk we came across the ruins of the old brewery. Kids often hang out here. I can't work out what the bit of graffiti says. Maybe it's just the initials of the artist, it looks like GY_

Statice

Rose Bud

The drop of life This droplet is on a purple plant called Tradescantia pallida. It's a ground cover with tiny little purple flowers.

Flower Spider I found this cute little fellow on these tiny daisy-like flowers.

September 2 - 8, 2011

A cracker?! Give me cold hard cash! This little guy took the trip out from Townsville today to help install stone benches in a kitchen for us. He was so cute and spent most of the time doing quality control from his mate's shoulder.

Rainbow waterfall Strand Ephemera is an 11 day festival of contemporary art. This is one of the beautiful pieces of art. It's one huge curtain made from plastic bottle tops.

Blowing a gale Today on the Strand we had to hold on to our hats. The sea was probably as rough as we ever see it... well apart from when cyclones hit. The waves break out on the Barrier Reef so we only get small waves on the beach.

Strand Ephemera collage More artwork from the Strand. There was some really creative pieces amongst the many exhibits. Bottom right is made from ironing boards.

Hibiscus in the spotlight

Birthday Wishes

Marigold

August 26 - September 1, 2011

Twisted Ever have a day like this... you feel like you're going round and round and getting nowhere?

It's the little things...
We are privileged to have my son, DIL and their three little ones staying with us for a little while. We get to see the adorable little things that we wouldn't if we didn't have such close contact. D sits with his hand hanging over the back of the couch, the little one always comes along, grabs it and gives a little giggle. I've attempted to capture this a few times now and eventually did today.

Jingle Bells

Outdoor furniture
Cyclone Yasi felled many huge trees in Anderson Gardens in Townsville. Someone got creative and made some outdoor furniture for visitors to enjoy. D and I tried them out.

Scribbles

The road less travelled
Sometimes it's the road less travelled that leads you home. It's not always the easiest journey but can be the most rewarding.

All in pink
I returned to the waterlilies in Anderson Gardens. We were early enough this time to catch them open. Happy 1st day of Spring.

August 19 - 25, 2011

Mama Roo
Doing a little house keeping while joey is out of the pouch. Joey is immitating mama I think. The roos love the rocks, they get up on them to have a vantage point to keep an eye out in case of danger. Every now and then a dog will chase them but I have never seen a dog catch one, they are always too fast. We watched as two dogs thought they had one cornered one day, he was a big old muscley fellow that stood his ground and didn't bother trying to outrun the dogs. The two dogs eventually tucked their tails between their legs and ran off in horror.

Geisha Girl Duranta

Contemplation

Flowers

Monet A friend of mine is doing a class where you purposely blur the flowers for a Monet effect. It's quite hard to get a slow enough shutter speed in the middle of the day, even with f22. I don't think I achieved the desired effect, lol. But I only took one photo today and then my battery died...

 

Unfurling

A new frond from a tree fern

My oldest granddaughter sang in the Eisteddfod today. She did a great job xx

August 12 - 18, 2011

Foggy

How much is that doggy in the window? She was really nervous but did a great job and looked very cute.

Selfie No 2

Anderson Gardens, Townsville We were there too late for the waterlilies to be open. They are such a pretty pink.

Is someone trying to tell me something?



Choppers A convoy went through town today and accompanying them were ten helicoptors. There is nine in this shot. It was a political protest but since I never discuss politics... 'nuff said. It was pretty neat to see all the choppers though.