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.
Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image.
The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.
Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle.
The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post
some
photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me.
Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
I
usually run with a theme. This week not so much, I am going with snippets from the last few weeks.
One block in our city has benefited from the generosity of the executives of the Canberra Airport and has recently acquired three new sculptures.
The first was this one.
Then this one.
And now the third one has been added. It is a much more abstract design. Please forgive me but for the moment I have no details about the sculpture's name or its artist.
This remarkably sinuous statue moves in the wind. On my first photo I was so amazed I forgot to take a video. When I went back a few weeks later there was no wind when I arrived in the early morning. And then I got lucky. On my return trip the wind had picked up AND my bus stopped at a traffic light beside the statue, so I have included a very short video (less than thirty seconds) of it drifting in the sky.
My next photos are of a sight I saw at home which worries me. Most of you are well aware that I delight in our birds. One morning a corella appeared what I can only describe as a 'cone of shame'.
I have no idea how it became wedged in this piece of discarded plastic and did feel shame at our careless ways. The corella could eat and it could fly but I do hope it managed to remove that cone very quickly. I have not seen it since.
Now to happier wildlife images. We headed down the lake for a kangaroo fix. I have often commented that our roos relax really, really well. I have rarely seen them quite as laid back/lazy as this big boy.
As you can see he was completely unperturbed by nearby people and was too tired to even lift his body to eat. Other nearby roos were fairly 'laxed too.
I am finishing up in our garden. Autumn is here. Frosts, and probably hard frosts, will happen soon. As always I wonder whether the tree dahlias will flower before a hard frost kills them (watch this space). In the meantime I am delighting in the very last of our tuberous begonias. They line the front veranda and always make me smile.
Not quite a frost - but very close...
In other gardening news in our usual unrestrained fashion both of us ordered copious quantities of spring flowering bulbs. As is also usual we did so without consultation. They have arrived. For the next few weeks we are going to be very busy indeed planting hundreds of bulbs and hoping for a bright and beautiful spring.
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.
Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image.
The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.
Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle.
The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post
some
photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me.
Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
I
usually run with a theme. I have a theme this week but before I show you some of the scenes which have delighted me, I have some 'house-keeping' to do.
Blogger's new changes have meant that my reading list is updated sporadically. I follow far too many bloggers to have you on my side bar and I depend on the reading list. If I have missed a post of yours please feel free to nudge me.
Also on the blogger front. I received a less than clear email last week which said essentially that the 'follow by email' widget is being discontinued. If you do follow my posts that way and are unable to follow through GFC please contact me. A quick list at the subscribers who do choose to follow my posts that way shows me names I do not recognise and with whom I have no ongoing contact. With that in mind at the moment I am just going to let the widget go unless I am told by significant numbers of you that it would be a mistake.
Back to Sunday Selections. I spend a lot of time each and every day watching the sky. Skyscapes are a passion. So today's post is devoted to them - mostly from our gentle and beautiful dawns. Yes, mad woman with camera dances were involved, but the early morning risers in my street are used to her. It is also quite possible that I simply don't register their incredulous looks.
I hope that all of your days are studded with moments of delight.
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.
Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image.
The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.
Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle.
The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post
some
photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me.
Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
I
usually run with a theme. This week I am going back to our Balloon Spectacular. As usual, many, many photos will follow. We had no tickets to see the launch of the balloons on this morning but my long suffering smaller portion (he loathes early mornings) and I headed down shortly before first light to a vantage point where we knew that we would see balloons if they took to the sky. They did.
You will notice that there are a lot of small boats and paddle boarders on the water. This is also a long standing tradition. Each year some of the balloons swing down low and give lucky people a tow.
I was particularly tickled to see this man and his dog...
More and more balloons took to the sky - including more feature balloons.
Skywhale was a present my city gave to itself for its hundredth birthday. She has divided the community. Some of us love her and some emphatically do not. I fall into the first category and you can find an earlier post about her HERE
This year she was joined by Skywhalepapa - who obviously shares the role of caring for their children.
This is Nudie. It advertises a fruit juice company whose product is nude in that it contains nothing but juice.
This balloon is an advertisement for Hendrick's gin. Balloonists are often given a glass of champagne to celebrate their flight. These balloonists were offered gin at dawn.
We had an absolutely delightful morning (despite being briefly rained on). For those of you who have got to the end of yet another photo heavy post - thank you.
This afternoon I am to have the first of my Covid vaccination shots (hopefully without any adverse reactions.
Stay safe, stay well and I hope your week is filled with joy.
