The following day I decided to do a sunset and was heading off up the hill towards Kallista when I discovererd a spot on our road where you could see between the trees and two properties towards the sunset. So I drove the car back home, then walked up the hill and waited for the…
Author: Kathie
Another Sunrise at Kallista
This is the following morning – the sky quite different but the location/view pretty much the same.
Sunrise at Kallista
For a few weeks now I’ve been eyeing off the sunrises in the morning as I take my husband to the train station, wondering where I could go to get a clear view of them. The trip is surrounded by tall trees and hills and I only see glimpses, but then I remember a lookout…
Double Delight
Both visually and the scent, this rose is indeed a double delight. The rose bush is a prolific flowerer, if there is such a word 🙂 Taken with my 70-300mm lens, I love the depth of field (DOF) this lens provides when taking photos.
Caterpillar eating leaf
Sometimes you have to go out with a view to looking for small things. And they’re not always obvious at first. The first one is a caterpillar eating a tomato leaf – I didn’t see it till I sprayed my plants because of another bug I’d seen and then this one showed up. The other…
Fresh fruit for the picking!
On our property we have blackberries growing wild and they’re ready for picking! So are the strawberries and nectarines. It won’t be long before the Figs and Fujeoas are ready too! Anyway, I managed to salvage a cup full of blackberries to make muffins – hubby and his mate were happily diving into the basket!
Cocoa the bunny
My daughter has been telling me for weeks about this rabbit that visits her garden and has young ones. I’d not seen it till now. We came back to her home from shopping and there was the rabbit out in the street, enjoying a neighbour’s lawn. Pretty rabbit and quite big.
Superior Fairy-wren (female)
Busy watching me, this wren didn’t take off as quickly as most.
Eastern spinebill close up
I was pleasantly surprised when walking through some bushes I chanced upon a spinebill quite close up. Pity the leaf was in the way but I still caught its eye before it flew off.
Table for two
I was participating in a workshop being held at a winery in the middle of last week. It was a lovely day, blue sky and beautiful surroundings. I couldn’t help taking my camera out to record my visit there. The winery is in Coldstream. Overlooking the vineyard and the lake Looking towards the mountains
Pink Rose at sunrise
Same rose a couple of days later as the sun was rising. We had a reprieve from all the rain!
Birdsland under water
On Friday 4th and Saturday 5th February we had a lot of rain in our area. 150mm which meant a lot of things were under water, literally. This is a lake very close to home that had water right up to the paths. Graham and I walked in our regular shoes but really needed boots…