Sunday Selections #337

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?  Mornings.  Very different mornings.  These photos were taken over a couple of weeks, all at around the same time (within half an hour of first light).

We have a family of crimson rosellas visiting at the moment.  They are usually here at dawn and at dusk.  The young ones haven't got their full adult plumage yet and are looking a bit scruffy with the green overlay competing with the crimson and blue.

And, because I am, as I have said, a creature of habit, more bubbles.  Strayer asked whether I had created 'coloured' bubbles.  And River suggested food colouring in the detergent.  So....

And if you embiggen the last shot you will see 'frost flowers' starting to form on the bubble's shell.  I found it fascinating.

Sunday Selections #276

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 is a bit of a hodge podge.

The birds I promised.

Young crimson rosellas, yet to develop their adult plumage.  They look a bit ratty - but are surprisingly difficult to see in foliage...

Then some snaps of the garden, also as promised.  We have had a LOT of wind, and several of our tree dahlias (dahlia imperialis) have come crashing down.  All of them were over twelve foot tall, and they have brittle stems so their fall is not surprising.  Disappointing, but not at all surprising.  And they DID flower before the first frost which is another bonus.  Those that remain have been a splash of colour - and a haven for the bees.

And then to the skies.  Again.

We did get some blessed rain last week.  Not much, but it was very welcome.  And followed by a rainbow. 

Dawn and dusk have been their usual treats too.