Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

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Showing posts with label creature of habit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creature of habit. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 September 2018

Sunday Selections #397

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.
  I have mentioned before that I am a creature of habit.  Sadly not all of my habits are good.


After the Out of The Shadows walk finished it was still early.  There is always a breakfast for participants after the walk.  If I had gone to the breakfast I could almost certainly have got a lift home.  I rejected that because I was all peopled out, and needed some time to think about the walk, and about conversations I had with other walkers.  I could have waited an hour or so for a bus.  But no, I didn't choose either of these practical options.  Instead, as usual, I walked into town.  I was already tired and sore and adding two or three additional miles to the walk wasn't sensible.  But I did it, and took photos all the way.

So, come walk with me again, and revel in the early spring.





I take photos of this garden every year.  I love those entrancing paths...





I think these flats are ugly, but was impressed with the balcony garden.  Their citrus tree has fruit too.


 My city is often called the bush capital.  Photos like this explain why.



Without doubt this hotel was once a very posh home.





Despite the original house being demolished, fragments of the garden remain.





These bunnies (and another hutch too) were in the front yard of the house above.



The outskirts of the city.


The rainbow on the pavement was put there when the gay marriage plebiscite results were announced. 


 An office block.  I think it looks a little like a docked spaceship...

   At the second bus interchange of the day, with a developer's plans for future development.

It did feel good to get home.  Very good.

Sunday, 2 July 2017

Sunday Selections #334

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.  I am a creature of habit.  I like routine, and I do the same things every year.


It is winter.  And we have (finally) had some chilly mornings.  My inner child is alive and well so of course I have been outside just after first light trying to freeze soap bubble.




It was chilly.  Minus 5.4 C (22.2 F).  And still.




So I started blowing bubbles...



Those bubbles that survive the landing start to lose their lovely iridescence and turn white.
















The bubbles can last for well over ten minutes before popping, and leave a shell behind when they do.






For the best results it probably needed to be a bit colder.  I had fun trying though.  Jazz and the smaller portion didn't join me.  Wimps.

PS:  This morning is colder.  In a few hours when it is light I will be outside trying again.  The wimps will again be inside.