Gingerbread

looking back..

I was planning to post this last night..in 09 but but after a stifling hot 38 deg C day yesterday
we had an amazing lightning storm...and we lost our power at 10pm..so the new year arrived
 in total darkness lol..I've never seen so much sheet lightning in one night ever..it was almost
back to back and the heavy rain was so good we all stepped out to cool down..anyway here
is a look back at some of our favourite moments of 2009.  Happy New Year everyone :) Gx

  

Marriotts Falls

It's school holidays for my 2 at the moment..and I've kept working this time around,
while M has been able to take some time off, last week he took them to Marriotts
Falls State Reserve - in the SW of Tasmania (just south of Mt. Field National Park)



yes..it really is that green, no photo editing..since these pics were taken we've
had a lot of rain so the falls would be even more impressive at the moment



..and some interesting fungi in the rainforest..

Greenery..

click on the photo for more detail :D

M found this amazing caterpillar this morning on the road, and after letting me snap a few pics
 of him, he was safely moved to a native eucalypt tree on the property..where he will hopefully
 build his cacoon and hatch into an impressive Emperor Gum Moth..If you live in Australia
 you've probably come across these huge brown moths..they are hard to forget...

I'm pretty sure we had him the right way up here!

Flickr Faves..p5

1. on the head, 2. Fine Print, 3. Untitled, 4. Paper Umbrella - Chinatown, Yokohama, 5. Lonesome in the crowd., 6. Eva, 7. bubble bokeh., 8. Follow your bliss, 9. WEEK 6 OF 52: Cherry Blossom, 10. bench • burgundy • 2007, 11. above all • saint-romain, burgundy • 2008, 12. #01 weeds;violet, 13. COLOURS OF THE SEA! SCOTTISH SEA GLASS, 14. The smile of a magnolia, 15. legacy 100., 16. Emerald Eyes

Flicker Faves..p4

1. Vivo al tramonto, 2. Autumn Leaf, 3. Untitled, 4. 2 stones and a starfish, 5. Toadstools, 6. Gathered at Cape May, 7. watering, 8. Blue, 9. Untitled, 10. Two Starfish, 11. Opera, 12. Crystal Abundance, 13. Paper Swirls, 14. fechadas nº5, 15. ..girl.., 16. puncture

Flickr Faves..p3

1. Discovering Links, 2. Ranunculus No. 3, 3. Blue energy, 4. Ope, 5. Untitled, 6. Untitled, 7. Boquet Bokeh, 8. round, 9. TTV - bench, 10. Salone del Libro - Torino, 11. Untitled, 12. Green rain, 13. allium 2007:07:07:17:17, 14. Untitled, 15. ., 16. Sky Slide

Flickr Faves..p2

1. Spiral Staircase in Lublijana, 2. an f out walking in the rain, 3. Seeelkee smoOoth., 4. we live in a colorful world, 5. Softly, I will leave you Softly, 6. the big apple of my eye, 7. Chain, 8. wet skirts, 9. plastic bag sample, 10. ., 11. Shadows, 12. Happy easter!, 13. Brush Macro, 14. DSC06350, 15. seed pod, 16. Untitled

Flickr Faves..p1

1. Bridal Flower, 2. Blazing water, 3. “Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of the birds?”, 4. Even the photographers die... [Chris 29], 5. In the uncertain hour...., 6. Empty cars, 7. Lifes Spiral Staircase, 8. Day 30/365 : Do you need a sparkling dream? It lies on the riverside when the summer goes away..., 9. Night Moves, 10. An apple a day, 11. Thomas, 12. Day 17/365 : The silent growing, 13. Untitled, 14. glow, 15. Fern, 16. Forever Live and Die...

I have several pages of favourite images on flickr, so thought it would be nice
to share a page a week. Hope you like Gx

Shadow Shot Sunday ~ #24

This is an early morning shot of Lake Rhona, Southwest National Park taken by M
at the end of last year. I love the rugged landscape and bronze colours of the
buttongrass moorland in the foreground.

For more shadows, stop by Hey Harriet's blog..Happy Sunday too :D

Number 4

I've been tagged by Karin from Ute och Inne and Cindy from Lucy's Tales from Home
to share the 4th photo in my 4th folder... and this is what turned up..

It's from an exhibition in 2006 at the Melbourne Museum of costumes and props which
 were used for the 2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. (yes it was a real boy!)

 This was a favourite of mine as it was based on a Michael Leunig cartoon called
'a boy and his duck'. Australians will be familiar with his incredible work..which
goes way beyond just cartoons..he has 25 published works to date (I have 18 so far)
If you would like to learn more about Leunig and his work, here is his website

Thanks again to the Karin and Cindy for inviting me to play along..
..so I'm tagging: MK from La Vie Est Belle, Tracy from Hey Harriet,
Annette from In This Life and Vee from the Bearister Bookcase
The rules are: share the 4th photo in the 4th folder wherever
you store your pics, then tag 4 friends to do the same :D