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…
Pink Rose after the rain
It was too wet to go out on this particular day but I did manage to get a shot of a rose close to the house.
Rosella takes a bath
Taken in between the rain showers. I’d heard some bird calls I wasn’t familiar with so went outside for a look and found this bird in the bath totally enjoying itself. Taken when the light was really bad so it’s not as sharp as I would have liked it to be.
The colour purple
Flowering gum with a touch of purple in its midst from another bush. Just caught my eye…
A visit to the Melbourne Zoo
Took a trip to the zoo last week and got some quite good pics all round and decided the one of the Mandrill is my pic of the day. However, I couldn’t resist sharing a couple of others with you, and in particular little Mali, the baby elephant.
Filtered leaves
Sun rising in the morning, filtered through the leaves. I didn’t have very interesting shots the day I took this so thought I’d play with one of the photos I took to make it more interesting. I’ve had comments that it looks more like a piece of linen or a teatowel 🙂
Sunlit cubbyhouse
That isn’t a light in the cubbyhouse but the sunlight shining through a side window into the cubbyhouse late in the afternoon.
Grey fantail having a drink
We have a birdbath but until recently hadn’t seen any sign of birds actually using it. So I was delighted when I saw this small grey fantail stopping to have a drink. I had to hide in our pergola behind some creepers to watch without scaring the bird off.
Superb Fairy-wren
Taken at Lysterfield Lake Park, these wrens are in plentiful supply. The blue (male) was elusive today but this one (female) I was pleased to get with its tail displayed.
Jonas the Bengal Cat
My daughter’s cat. Beautiful nature. I was doing some shots of her for a party and the cat was in this lovely pose. Couldn’t resist.