Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life. The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
Like River I usually run with a theme. This week? We had a grey week. Lots of clouds. Some rain. Towards the end of last week we heard that water had been released from the spillway of our biggest dam - the Cotter. So we headed off for a look see.
I said it was grey didn't I?
Last time we headed off to the Cotter Dam we had problems finding access to a spot where we could see the spillway. We did this time too. And parked the car and walked along a 'no access' road hoping to get a view. Trespassing essentially.
We spotted some kangaroos happily bounding around, and a glimpse of the full dam.
The kangaroo in this second picture is well camouflaged isn't it?
So we headed back the way we came. And finally found the spillway. Only a little water running down it, but impressive just the same.
I really liked this weather and water worn piece of wood.
A grevillea blooming beside the pathway.
Despite the grey day and the intermittent misty rain we had a lovely wander along the river bank, and count it as a successful outing.
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life. The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
Like River I usually run with a theme. This week? We had a grey week. Lots of clouds. Some rain. Towards the end of last week we heard that water had been released from the spillway of our biggest dam - the Cotter. So we headed off for a look see.
I said it was grey didn't I?
Last time we headed off to the Cotter Dam we had problems finding access to a spot where we could see the spillway. We did this time too. And parked the car and walked along a 'no access' road hoping to get a view. Trespassing essentially.
We spotted some kangaroos happily bounding around, and a glimpse of the full dam.
The kangaroo in this second picture is well camouflaged isn't it?
So we headed back the way we came. And finally found the spillway. Only a little water running down it, but impressive just the same.
I really liked this weather and water worn piece of wood.
A grevillea blooming beside the pathway.
Despite the grey day and the intermittent misty rain we had a lovely wander along the river bank, and count it as a successful outing.
Child, that did look fun. It seems I don't go looking around anymore; just go on errands or back and forth to the farm. Guess I get my outings at the farm or on my back porch.
ReplyDeletedonna baker: Himself reminds me (often) that we don't have many outings either. I am a home body but do enjoy it (sometimes) when I am forced out of my comfort zone.
DeleteDid you bring that piece of wood home? It is very unique.
ReplyDeleteBirdie: No, I left it in the river bed. It would make a lovely walking stick though.
DeleteRain, glorious rain!
ReplyDeleteSusan Kane: Yes. With more predicted for this week.
DeleteVery nice outing indeed. I like that spillway and of course, always, the kangaroos. :-)
ReplyDeleteDJan: It was nice to finally find the viewing point for the spillway - and kangaroos are always a treat. Signs indicate that there are wombats there too (early and later I suspect).
DeleteI like the way the grevillea inserts itself into the grey theme - not in color, but in name!
ReplyDeleteMarty Damon: You are right - which I hadn't realised till you pointed it out. Thank you.
DeleteI think it was a successful day for a walk and some photographing.
ReplyDeleteJoanne Noragon: It was. Not too many people, and pleasant 'soft' weather.
DeleteYou didn't let the grey day keep you home and it looked like a great place to walk. The kangaroos are a nice surprise and the colour of the flower is in such contrast to the other photos. Great post. I enjoyed our walk.
ReplyDeleteMarie Smith: I think water is healing, and love walking beside it. We have lots of kangaroos but for some reason I didn't expect to see them here. You are right, it was a nice surprise.
DeleteA poet in pictures!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the outing
Martin Kloess: Nature is the poet. And artist. And very, very skilled at what she does.
DeleteYou find the land's magic! So glad you take us with you
ReplyDeleteCloudia: There is a lot of magic about isn't there?
DeleteA beautiful way to spend a grey day!!
ReplyDeletefishducky: It was. The alternatives were not nearly as attractive - housework for one.
DeleteThe spillway is rather cool.
ReplyDeleteThat kangaroo was demonstrating how not to be seen...
Alex J. Cavanaugh: The kangaroo nearly succeeded in escaping detection too. If others hadn't started moving I think I would have missed it completely.
DeleteI am besotted with the Kangaroos, it must be great feeling to see them running free. And trees, they are indeed free as well.
ReplyDeleteBob Bushell: It is wonderful to see the kangaroos bounding free. As they should be. And the trees.
DeleteWater water everywhere, why does this not happen in summer.
ReplyDeleteI a bit sick of grey skies.
Merle......................
Merlesworld: As long as it rains I am happy to see grey skies. Grey without rain I consider false advertising.
DeleteGrey is beautiful. It is a nuanced colour, or at least it renders many situations nuanced! :-)
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
A Cuban in London: I often like grey - and agree it nuanced. A subtle colour - with beauty of its own.
DeleteAnd you've proven gray can be beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteAuthor R. Mac Wheeler: I really liked the soft clouds rolling down the hills.
DeleteThe spillway looks like a white gown with layers of tulle or frills. It is quite beautiful.
ReplyDeleteCountryMum: A perspective I hadn't considered, but you are right. It does look like a fluffy, frilly length of material. Thank you.
DeleteHey Sue,
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know, look who has actually showed up! I've been well out of the blogging scene. So, if you don't notice me again for awhile it's because I still have blogger burnout.
Enough about me! You made the most of your day out. Being in England and evidently being summer this side of the equator, your photos remind me of our almost constant weather. Still, singing in the rain...
Enjoy what's left of your weekend, my kind friend.
Gary
klahanie: Dear Gary you are welcome whenever you arrive. I am sorry about the blogger burn-out, and hope you can kick it to the curb.
DeleteWe've had a grey, rainy week as well. I don't mind - it's gotten very dry here this summer. And my eyes don't do well in bright sunlight. What a lovely walk you had, and shared with us. Water is such a balm for the soul.
ReplyDeleteAnd kangaroos!! Great shots! Are you enjoying your camera? You are getting great pictures.
jenny_o: The camera is still smarter than I am, but yet, I am enjoying it. And learning all the time.
DeleteWater is indeed heart balm. I am sure I can hear the garden and the countryside sigh in pleasure too.
Oh my what a beautiful adventure. Since we don't have kangaroos here, they certainly are my favorite pictures.
ReplyDeleteTeresa
T Powell Coltrin: Thank you. We see the kangaroos often, and I never tire of them.
DeleteVery enjoyable walkabout - thank you! Love the pretty grevillea, and the piece of wood. Did you bring it home with you?
ReplyDeleteWe had a grey week as well, with additional liquid - roads were closed around our area on Wednesday and Thursday because of flooding + high tides. Why can't the weather gods do moderation rather than excess? (I guess the answer to that is 'global warming'.)
Hope you have a good week this week, EC.
Alexia: I left the wood where it was. I enjoyed it though. Some world-wide weather moderation would be nice wouldn't it? Not going to be a happening thing any time soon though.
DeleteThe roos are the guardians of the watch...and the spillway.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful week, EC...cuddles to Jewel and Jazz. :)
Lee: While the dam was being constructed it must have been incredibly disturbing for the native wildlife. I am so glad that they have reclaimed/colonised it.
DeleteI'm a little late getting here...we also went walking, down to the beach.I took my pocket camera and am about to see whether any pics are blogworthy...
ReplyDeletedinahmow: Looking forward to your beach walk. I always look forward to walks on the beach. And it has been probably a decade since I had one...
Deletethat's a decade too long....
DeleteRiver: At least.
DeleteLove the kangaroos...and the rain...we need more here and although thunder and lightening have cracked the sky, very little has materialized. Have a good week.
ReplyDeletee: We had more grey days than rain last week, but real rain is predicted for this week. I hope we both get it, and have wonderful weeks as well.
DeleteI've never seen such an attractive spillway. If there was too much water, I think the effect might be lost. It is a very fine piece of wood. The kangaroos look good in such an environment.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful little adventure, thank you EC! That stick was really cool looking, as was the grevillea. Never seen one of those flowers before. Happy Sunday :o)
ReplyDeleteSpillways are beautiful when the water is running. I really like the river shots and the clouds drifting across the mountains. That weathered water-worn piece of wood might have found its way into my hands/pockets/bag if I'd seen it, and halfway home I'd get a terrible conscience attack and have to take it back.
ReplyDeleteRiver: The river was lovely. It always is, and in summer attracts lots of happy waders and, in some years, swimmers.
DeleteWas the stick big enough to be a walking stick? For a short person? Because then I would have kept it for sure. Polished and rubber-tipped, it would be fabulous to walk with.
ReplyDeleteRiver: Definitely walking stick material. I considered it too, but it would have meant quite a clamber down into the river bed. So I admired it, took its photo and moved on.
DeleteI'll save the picture and when I eventually buy a walking stick, I'll have it painted like that.
DeleteRiver: I am glad that I am not the only one who thought it was beautiful.
DeleteLove the camouflaged kangaroo! He looked perfectly content in his spot. The grevillea certainly gave a splash of color to the grey day and the small rapids in the river were beautiful shots. :)
ReplyDeleteRiver Fairchild: Camouflage kanga was very happy. We didn't go close and walked away, which probably made him even happier. Wandering along the river bank made me happy too.
DeleteA beautiful grey day. You've inspired me to go for a walk down river today ... and leave the housework to the fairies, thankyou x
ReplyDeletebugerlugs63: I hope your walk is blissful. And that the fairies come - and don't make you do all of their work. Sadly the housework fairies are often slackers.
DeleteI am glad you enjoyed your walk and I enjoyed the roos.
ReplyDeleteSue in Italia/In the Land of Cancer: I am glad.
DeleteVery grey, a very typical day in the UK! I like seeing the spillage, I didn't even know what a spillage was until I came here!
ReplyDeleteLL Cool Joe: I hadn't realised that 'the spillway' is a particularly orstrayan term. Live and learn.
DeleteSo funny how a grey day can be so lovely too! You have captured such lovely moments in nature. If only all the people in our world could just take a moment and become one with these bits of life, than peacefulness would consume life! Now that would be a perfect day wouldn't it?
ReplyDeleteKaren S.: Definitely a perfect day. And nature gives me peace, beauty and heartbalm. Every day.
DeleteI'm sorry, there are gorgeous pics here but... KANGAROOS!
ReplyDeleteRobert Bennett: We see them often, and are still excited by them. And I hope that excitement never fades.
DeleteLovely photos and I would think a very pleasant outing. I especially like the piece of wood, just because it looked so unique.
ReplyDeleteMason Canyon: I really loved that piece of wood. Its colours, and the swirls...
DeleteIt was a gray day, like we're having, only its supposed to be summer here. Going to watch the dam spill water might be something like some friends and I did, when we heard there was a fire at the dump. We took our lawn chairs, like other folks, and went to a nearby pull out, to watch the fire. At least we didn't take cases of cheap beer like some folks did. We felt like true hicks, however.
ReplyDeleteStrayer: Before it became illegal my father used to often spend a happy hour or two poking around at the dump. Pleasure is pleasure - where-ever we find it. I suspect a dump fire wouldn't smell good though.
DeleteYou're in the middle of a mild winter, as the pictures capture your walkabouts. I love how you get so close as to give us a sense of the details right under our nose. Thanks for taking us along on your grey day.
ReplyDeleterosaria williams: On a world wide basis ALL of our winters are mild. I am happy to take people along with me, and hope you are doing well this week.
DeleteBecause I live in the desert, I really appreciate those pictures of cloudy, grey days. I think it's so wonderful that you and hubby like taking off on outings such as this one. Your words and your pictures are testimony to your love of nature as well as happenings in your community. Selfishly, I encourage you to keep doing this and gifting me with the sights of beauty.
ReplyDeleteMyrna R.: We do love nature. In all of her complexities. Thank you.
DeleteYou did get good pictures. The kangaroo in the camo really is a challenge to see. That's pretty cool. :)
ReplyDeletemail4rosey: Thank you. I was really chuffed to get a photo of camo kanga.
DeleteIt certainly was a grey day.
ReplyDeleteThe dam looks impressive and the Grevillea brightens up the day.
Margaret-whiteangel: It was a grey day, but beautiful with it. And I have a soft spot for Grevilleas. I have planted several and have another to go in at home.
DeleteLovely scenery! I don't mind grey days. Any outing for me, that doesn't involve a doctor or a hospital is considered successful! Love the kangas!
ReplyDeleteKaren: I agree with you, and suspect you have been seeing too much of hospitals and doctors. The kangas are always a treat.
DeleteThat was a lvoely outing you had a walk by a river, nothing better. at first I thought that old wood ws a piee of rope. it is beautifuly and weathered.
ReplyDeleteMargaret Adamson: When first I saw the wood I thought of rope too.
DeleteI love that fog in the mountains and also those adorable kangaroos :)
ReplyDeleteOptimistic Existentialist: Watching the clouds roll down the mountain and lie in the valleys has been a daily treat. And the kangaroos are always a joy.
DeleteAlways fascinating! My Sunday selections would include looking inside the engine of my son's truck helping him fix it so he could drive 80 miles home:-)
ReplyDeleteGrannie Annie: That is a Sunday Selections I would like to see. Did you get the truck fixed?
DeleteIt's been grey here, too this past week but this morning the sun is shining and hopefully the temps will rise (it was chilly last week!).
ReplyDeletemshatch: Grey days are relatively rare here, though we have had more of them this week. Bright blue, crisp and cold this morning. Lovely.
DeleteThere is something about the power of water (on all levels) that brings people out to see.
ReplyDeleteLike many of those who commented, I really enjoyed seeing those Kangaroos. How lucky you are to have them around you.
Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe: If ever I came into a windfall I would love to live beside water. Powerful, beautiful, healing. Despite being sometimes destructive.
DeleteWe enjoy the roos too.
Yes you found beauty in a gray day! I love the wood, it looks artistic. The kangaroo blended in his surroundings well. A flower still blooming also!
ReplyDeleteKim @ stuffcould...: It was a beautiful day. A soft beauty, a subtle beauty, but beauty just the same.
DeleteGray and beautiful!!!! I love it at your blog!!!
ReplyDeleteSonya Ann: Thank you.
DeleteI always love seeing Roos! And your other images are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI got some RTs on my posts about Words for Wednesday. I'll do some more later.
cleemckenzie: Thank you so much for spreading the word. This weeks prompts will go up tomorrow morning.
DeleteAnd we love our roos too. Always.
Driftwood is so much fun. I think I'll go for a walk along the lake shore.
ReplyDeleteJono: Nature is a superb artist isn't she? And a walk beside the lake is always a joy.
DeleteAnimals deserve to enjoy our planet too I reckon, I think its really neat seeing them chilling out.
ReplyDeleteSpacer Guy: Animals definitely deserve to enjoy the planet. They are almost always less destructive than we are too.
DeleteThat weathered wood would make a great handle for something!
ReplyDeleteJohn Wiswell: Or, as River suggested, a good walking stick. It wasn't accessible easily or I would have succumbed to temptation.
Deletelovely to see glimpses of your world!
ReplyDeleteTammie Lee: Thank you.
DeleteThat is a lovely wander! Thank you for taking us with you. The Grevillea is a nice pop of color there in the middle. Pretty.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your computer virus. That kind of thing has happened to me before, too. Hope it gets straightened out quickly.
Lynn: Our grevilleas are flowering too. And you are right about the pop of colour. Computer virus issues have been (I think) fixed. Mostly.
DeleteLovely shots!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your virus. Some people have no shame!
Lady Fi: Thank you. No shame and a very profitable business.
DeleteJust responding to your computer disaster and fraudulent repair company. We were lucky. I insisted on driving to Fry's Computer and it was fixed. But where you live might not have allowed you to find a reputable shop nearby. $700!
ReplyDeleteSusan Kane: Sadly a reputable shop would not have been able to fix it in time. And a delay in paying the hackers means the price goes up. Ransomware is obscene.
DeleteKangaroos are so lovely. To think, you can see them in the wild.
ReplyDeleteAnd there is a really big dam.
It's nice to look your landscape in the first photos. It's a bit different than ours. But the river is also very lovely.
I have been a little busy because my daughter is coming to Finland, And I had to make room to her and to the son. But now everything is ready.. :D
orvokki: The dam has recently been made bigger to try and cope with our all too regular droughts. Hopefully it will.
DeleteHave a lovely visit with your daughter (and her boys).
How wonderful to have a dam that actually overflows! Ours in Perth haven't done that for years and are in fact at their lowest level for some years.
ReplyDeleteI do remember a long time ago that people would have a Sunday outing to watch Mundaring Weir overflow and it was a glorious sight. Global warming? Perhaps or just a weather cycle. I am not sure anyone really knows what is causing the weird weather worldwide. Perth this month colder than for several years and yet I can remember it much colder than this back in the 1960s.
Glad your outing turned out so enjoyable.
Mimsie: This dam wasn't expected to overflow. I too remember going to see the water released over the spillways. And am a firm believer in climate change.
DeleteI love the way you take us on journeys with you; one way or another your words and pictures transport me to new places, thank you
ReplyDeleteKim: What a lovely thing to say. I hope your health is improving and you can soon leave hospitals far behind you.
DeleteThese are very very cool.
ReplyDeleteThe Happy Whisk: It was a lovely day.
Delete:-)
DeleteThe Happy Whisk: Right back to you.
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