“It takes nothing from a human to be kind to animals.” – unknown Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Animals Downunder Let me introduce you to some animals which are commonly or uncommonly seen in our own backyard here in Australia. These cuddly creatures may look like bears but they are not. Koalas are Marsupials, meaning…
Tag: nature
Light & Shadow
”Both light and shadow are the dance of love.” – Rumi It is always the combination of light and shadow that makes the subject come alive. Sometimes it is the angle of the light that gives the mood of the the shot. Like this below…same tree… but photos were taken from opposite sides giving one…
My World in White
“I call white the most powerful non-color; it’s clean, optimistic, powerful.” – Jason Wu The world is expected to be wonderful in vivid colour…but when you discover so much beauty in white… that’s what makes life more special! for Jude’s Life in Colour Got surprised when a white Alpaca came running and charging towards me…
Bright and Yellow
“How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.” – Vincent Van Gogh Making my day bright and sunny…. here are some yellow items that hopefully makes you happy too! FOTD – Yellow Flowers CMMC June Colour- Yellow
Green Foliage
“In every change, in every falling leaf there is some pain, some beauty. And that’s the way new leaves grow.” – Amit Ray I had just finished watching a travel show and it made me think. After more than a year of the pandemic there’s this question running through my mind. Would travel ever be…
Buda Doors and Chairs
I have featured the Buda Historic Home & Garden in some of my previous posts. I visited this place together with my daughter, Pat and my husband, Jack, when we spent a few days in Castlemaine in Victoria. Buda Windows Buda Gardens Here is a little bit more history about the place. THE LEVINY OF…
Humanity
“Look around at the people God has put in your life. They aren’t there by accident.” Unknown This is the Humanity Series by Graeme Foote and this one is entitled “All about love”. They are stoneware ceramic sculptures of men and women that can be found in the Cloudehill Gardens in Olinda. Graeme Foote has…
A Walk in Emerald Lake Park
“Take short walks in the park down a happy trail.” – Frederick Lenz This is Emerald Lake Park, a 52 hectare gardens and bushland, featuring the beautiful Lake Treganowan. It takes just a little bit more than an hour drive from Melbourne CBD. The park is a good place to go for a stroll, a…
In Colour or Black & White
“When your life seems Black n White, make sure that you dream in color”. – unknown The topic for this week’s CFFC (Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge) is Black & White vs Colour. I thought that birds and leaves may be a great way to show the texture in colour as well as in the absence of…
Japanese Anemone
“A white flower grows in quietness. Let your tongue become that flower.” – Rumi for Cee’s FOTD – Japanese Anemone
Bright Autumn Leaves and Wooden Benches
”Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of the bench, even if there’s plentry of room at both ends.” – Anonymous Looking back at my lovely day at the park… Xingfumama’s Pull Up a Seat Challenge Debbie’s Six Word Saturday
Benches and Chairs in Cloudehill
“I was just sitting here enjoying the company, plants got a lot to say, if you take the time to listen.” – Anonymous These are two of the sitting sculptures in Cloudehill Gardens by Graeme Foote. These are part of Graeme’s Australian women series featuring Christine Nixon (Australian Police Officer) on the left and Dame…
Seeing it Up Close
”Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful.” – Roald Dahl I love taking close up photos but at times I don’t succeed because maybe I don’t have the correct lens or my hands are not steady enough or maybe I thought it was clear but when I looked at…
Doors and Arches in Cloudehill
“Never underestimate the healing power of a quiet moment in the garden.” – Anonymous At the top of the Dandenong Ranges is a maze of a garden, sculpture, archway and doors known as the Cloudehill Gardens. This is the signage in front and the entry door. This is for Dan’s Thursday Door Challenge Please click…
Focusing on Autumn Details
“Steer me to an autumn path to travel all alone. Fall leaves the finest company; rustling in my heart like home.” – Anonymous Yesterday was a gorgeous day for a stroll in Mount Dandenong. As the leaves were falling on the quiet path that I wash taking … the leaves of ochre, brown, red and…
Getting to Know … Me!
To get to know me is to know my heritage. Both my parents are Filipinos. My mother was a stay-at-home mum and my dad was an artist and an Advertising man by profession. Please click images to enlarge. I got my artistic gene from my dad. Back in the Philippines, immediately after graduating from Bachelor…
This Morning at the Dandenongs
“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” – John Burroughs These photos are so fresh from the camera. My friends and I went to the Rhododendron Gardens, Dandenong Ranges in Regional Victoria this morning. There are no rhododendrons at this time, but there’s an abundance of Maple…
Autumn In Budapest
“Autumn…you blush my heart that travels through my dreams year round.” – Angie Welland-Crosby A row of flaming red trees lined an empty, winding street in Castle Hill, Budapest. I had my winter boots on but that wasn’t enough to keep my feet warm. Thursday Tree Love – Autumn in Budapest
Metal Chairs and Bright Leaves
“Two empty chairs are not a good use of space. Fill them up with love.” – Jarod Kintz Gotta continue with my short getaway. We stayed in Firetail Ridge, an 8.5 acre rural property in Yapeen, a hamlet between Castlemaine and Guildford in regional Victoria. Around the farm slash winery slash retreat, there were lots…
Raindrops on a Bright Pink Flower
“Small raindrops on flowers are like small happiness on life.” – Sushama BeckyB’s Square Challenge – Raindrops and a Bright Pink Flower Jude’s Life in Colour Challenge – Bright Pink FOTD – Pink Flower
Bright Autumn Leaves
“AUTUMN is a second SPRING, when every LEAF is a FLOWER.” – Albert Camus Spring is a magical season… but it comes to us, the opposite of the rest of the world. While for Amy and to most of you, the flowers of spring are slowly bursting brightly …. the green leaves are now becoming…
Macros & Close Ups
“Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful.” Roald Dahl Some random closeup and macros of a duck’s feathers, of autumn leaves, a dog siting in the park, salt and pepper containers and some feathery plants in the botanical gardens. Please click photo to see full image. CMMC – Cee’s…
Looking Upon Decay…
“I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.” – Henry Miller I love how these flowers are still standing upright even in decay… “There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind.” – Sarah Josepha Hale…
Do All Birds Fly?
“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.” – Robert Lynd CFFC – All kinds of Birds Please click photo to view full image.
Lavender Rhododendrons
“Stay as rare and radiant as a rhododendron.” – Tashi Namgyel FOTD
Seagulls In Flight
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes Sea gulls in flight are a common site here in my local wetlands. They stand and fly gracefully which is so beautiful to look at. For Cee’s Black and White Challenge – In Flight Some facts…
Special Moment
“You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you.” – John Muir I am a nostalgic and sensitive person and so with Tina’s topic of “Special Moments” I was tempted to talk about the special people in my life which is my family. But…. change of plans! I would rather feature a place that…
At the Frankston Beach
“Let the waves hit your feet, and the sand be your seat.”- unknown When there’s a beach there would always be a tent with doors. There would also be beach chairs all around. For this week let me take you through the doors and seats at Frankston Beach Plus bonus ice cream cone for the…
A Red Flower
“A flower has no time to waste; Her soul stems from self-love.” – Angie Weiland-Crosby FOTD – A red flower
Nature on a Wall
“Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden Sometimes you can just walk on this beauty on the side of the road. Monday Mural