Smoke rings?

It wasn't until I began posting this image that I noticed the reflections on the wall above the butterfly lamp - very much resembling smoke rings (there's that sense of the ridiculous coming to the fore again!!) - or halos.

Contributing to James' Weekend Reflections - for more images visit http://www.weekendreflection.blogspot.com.au/ 

Out of the blue

On another recent trip into rural South Australia, still in Winter - would you believe? - we were treated with glorious blue skies and, although the air was crisp, the sun still made its presence felt (much to our comfort & delight!).

Joining in with Skywatch Friday - visit http://skyley.blogspot.com.au/ to see other sky scenes

Yesterday's (and today's) heroes

On a recent photographic foray some 100kms north of Adelaide, we came across this haywagon at the entrance to a rural property.

Closer inspection revealed the wonderful ingenuity and craftsmanship of yesterday's farmers and fellow country dwellers in the construction of wagon wheels such as this. (No mass production line stuff here!!)

I admire and salute our farming population - both past and present - for their persistence, patience and perseverance in the face of all kinds of "challenges", resulting in our having food on the table and clothes on our back.  Bravo!

 

Pretty in Pink

Such pretty tones and a delightful (if somewhat "heady") fragrance - the Asiatic Lily

Joining in with Nick's Floral Friday at

http://www.floralfridayfoto.blogspot.com.au/

Wishing you all a marvellous week

Veale Gardens

Veale Gardens, located in the South Parklands of Adelaide, is home to a large rose garden, several quaint bridges (as shown in last week's post) and this pretty stream meandering through a pretty area for a lunch-time stroll.

Participating in James' Weekend Reflections (thanks James!)

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Caught on the hop !

As I was leaving a friend's home the other afternoon, we suddenly spotted this double rainbow from her carport area.  Not having my camera with me (shame, shame!!), I quickly took these shots with my mobile phone.  Sorry I've not yet perfected the art of (nor had the time to try recently) stitching these shots together, which might have produced a more effective result.

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Afternoon delight

The ovals where I usually take my Jessie for a walk were both occupied this particular afternoon, so instead we walked through a nearby park.  Although we are supposed to be in Winter and it was late afternoon, it was a glorious day with only a slight crispness in the air.  (The only "down" side was the prickles caught up in Jessie's coat - a small price to pay for this environment!)  (The sunlight and shadows were captured on my Samsung Galaxy S smartphone)

Canterbury, England

During a wander through the walled town of Canterbury in 2009 (during a 6-week return visit to the UK with close friends) I took this shot. Only today did I notice the plaque in the bottom right hand corner of the shot (!)  It refers to the "Piran Declaration", which piqued my interest.........

European Walled Towns (then called the Walled Towns Friendship Circle , WTFC) was founded in Tenby (South Wales) in 1989. It is an International Forum to promote the many mutual interests shared by walled towns in Europe. The reason for the need to maintain the historic walled towns was expressed at an Annual General Meeting in Piran in 1998 and hence is called The Piran Declaration, which states:

"Walled Towns are unique inheritances from times long past and should be treasured, maintained and safeguarded from neglect, damage and destruction and passed on into perpetuity as irreplaceable ‘Timestones of History’."

(Bravo!)

At the moment the EWT has a hundred walled town members in more than 20 countries. In addition ten organisation involved with walled towns and twenty five individuals are associate members.

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Behind every face . . .

On the lookout for "different" photographic subjects a few days ago,

we visited Doran's Antique Reproduction Furniture shop at Hyde Park, and were generously given permission to take photos of (and post in this blog) various items on offer. The following masks caught my attention - fabulously creative work and, for some reason, the second to last mask brings to my mind Tina Turner!)

Bridge or Crocodile's Eye?

This image of a duck swimming beneath the bridge in Adelaide's South Parklands today appealed to me. On uploading it, however, the eye of a crocodile became apparent - can you see it too? (uh oh - perhaps I'd better check whether that last cappucino was "laced" !!!)

Check out James' Weekend Reflections at  http://www.weekendreflection.blogspot.com.au/   for other reflective images.

Happy weekend all.