Awesome Autumn

 Yesterday I experienced a visual "banquet" in the Adelaide Hills

at Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens.

Although it was an overcast day, the beauty of the colours still shone through.

  

  

This co-operative New Holland Honeyeater was an unexpected bonus!

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The Bird D'Pot

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A Landscape Sandwich

Sunset from Chain of Ponds in the Adelaide Hills last night.

(An interesting exercise in safety before photographic zeal, watching for traffic while not wanting to miss a second of the beauty unfolding!)

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Sincerely wishing all fellow participants a very happy, safe and meaningful Christmas

A quiet Saturday

As our eyes soaked up the splendour of these Jacaranda trees, our feet were treated to a veritable carpet of fallen blossom.

Here the vivid red Oleander provided contrast to the Jacaranda

A very pleasant, relaxing (and wonderfully cool !) start to the weekend, observing this refreshing blossom throughout several Adelaidean suburbs (followed, of course, by the "compulsory" cappucino - or is that capuccino?)

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Country life

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Happy weekend all!

Fowey in Cornwall, UK

 This fascinating Anglican Church is located in the seaside town of Fowey in Cornwall, England.  (It was not a Sunday when we visited, hence the lack of parishoners!)

Inside was the following plaque, listing all the Vicars who have served Fowey since 1260 AD!  It seems the longest-serving Vicar was one Robert de Landrac who dedicated 45 years to his calling in this region.

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A Country Garden

On our way into the country for a specific photoshoot, we were keenly on the lookout for a bakery and coffee stop. Thought we'd found it here on a back country road, but sadly the cafe was temporarily closed, but we enjoyed stretching our legs and exploring the fascinating garden!

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Clare Valley

The beautiful Clare Valley in South Australia - about 1.5 hours' drive north of Adelaide.

A region rich in agriculture and viticulture

 If you've not yet visited this delightful part of South Australia with it's welcoming and friendly residents, I can thoroughly recommend it.

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A rejuvenating rural outing . .

Following a sad start to the day attending the funeral of a very sweet aged neighbour, I was delighted to receive an unexpected invitation from my good friend and photography enthusiast to "hit the road with our cameras" for the afternoon.

We headed north of Adelaide and "happened upon" some wonderful subjects and scenes: the above collage shows just some of them

It was a lovely outing and a real lift to the spirits.

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This wide brown land

On the road to/from Tarlee, about 1.5 hrs north of Adelaide - 

following are some of the images from that photo shoot outing . . .

Again, my fascination with trees and bark comes to the fore !

If only this sadly rejected former home could tell it's tales of life 100 years ago.

This is looking back toward Adelaide and the wonderful Mt Lofty Ranges on the horizon.

I salute our farmers around Australia - it's a harsh and demanding life,

but generation after generation persevere against the elements, and we are the benefactors of their industrious efforts . . bravo!

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Glimpses of Canterbury in England

Tranquil waters beside the majesty of . . .

Canterbury Cathedral

such beautiful architecture - inside and out

Towering above the norm (taken from the river)

and then onto some quirky construction !

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High Tea or a Picnic?

This view is of the outdoor dining area of the Topiary Cafe at Newman's Nursery in Tea Tree Gully - a delightful venue for a beautifully decorated and delectable High Tea: just perfect for that special occasion at any time of the year.  (They also have an indoor dining area where your eyes can feast upon wonderful displays of delicate china, napery, wall tapestries and the unusual).  And what the passionate owners and staff don't know about any form of gardening, would fit on a postage stamp!  A visit is highly recommended.

By contrast, here we have a family enjoying a picnic lunch on the banks of the River Torrens in Adelaide's CBD, adjacent to the University of Adelaide grounds, with the ducks, swans, pigeons and seagulls all wanting a piece of the action!

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Picturesque Tasmania

How thankful I am to have sight and continually marvel at God's creation which (in the words of an old song) "fill up my senses".

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