Some might say it was an oversight not to implement a bib…

A rather enticing evening for a boat ride.

Little E testing out the wall.

In Album 16/09/2018

Just a little suburban set of falls which comes alight after alittle bit rain, well alot actually – its now (presumably yonks ago was not) fed only by road run off so even 24 hours after the monster dump of rain sydney had on the friday this was all that was flowing.

nope, no sunrise 🙂 just cold and wet.

Just doing our part to help keep the bee population up, gotta say these Bee's seemed to have zero pollen on them which makes me wonder if our Lavender plant is a bit of a dud.

In recent light of the authenticity of australian honey, its a good time to remember there are lots of great alternatives to the supermarket chains honey brands, if your in Sydney the flemmo markets have a really good stall for honey or you can always check out https://www.beethecure.com.au/honey-map/ for local providers near your area.

In Album 09/09/2018

What has happened to all our critical thinking? Why do people not question what is placed before them in a world full of click bait, one liners and shock headlines, i would have thought our ability to critically assess what our eyes are seeing, reading and watching would have improved, sadly it seems, for the majority, the opposite is true.
If you agree with the opinion, the vision or the story placed in front of you, then that is all the more reason to question why?!… my slight bend on that famous quote by Mark Twain, 'Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.'

This is what snow gums are all about I reckon, that vibrant colour against an otherwise bleak and colour-less landscape.

More Trees

I am kinda tired of signs, everywhere you go now there is a sign telling you not to walk here, do not climb on this, do not cross this line, do not ride your bike, do not skate here…. Some signs could be replaced a single sign telling us what we can do, which would reduce the lines on these signs to lets say.. one line 🙂

No signs on this tree tho – Woolooware Bay

Channeling the minecraft thread – this cool rock poking up out of the snow reminded me of the precious stones you often find in games like Zelda or Minecraft ..

(and dead trees)

you know how hard it is to edit photos with one child insisting on playing baby dragons and the other one trying to climb the bookcase (and shes only 13 months…) 😉

This was one the very few glimpses of the hills thru the clouds, as we came to this spot it was a complete white out, then out of nowhere the clouds rolled away revealing one very nice vista and resulting in me running (well hobbling about in the snow) trying to find a composition that worked.

One Planet

Its taken some time to get to the point where I am happy with this shot. This tree was nothing much to look at from most angles, but from one side, deep in a snow drift the tree and the scene just shone in my eyes. The small glint of colour peeking through the snow and weather worn bend from the relentless south westerly made it worth effort in getting to this point.
I probably took about 5 different compositions of this shot, each one is 3-4 shots stitched together, each time waiting for the wind to die down enough to capture the tree as it was still, all with the added challenge of trying to press the shutter with gloves which by the second day were getting pretty frozen not exactly very malleable.

It does not end there, capturing a scene which is predominately white and getting it to come out white and not grey and with enough detail to show the true scene, specifically referring to the trees in the background which whilst caught in a foggy moment were certain present and gave the scene a sense of scale and alignment.