Thursday 29 February 2024

GOOD FENCES

This is a photograph taken at the Centenary Lakes at the Botanical Gardens.

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Wednesday 28 February 2024

Tanks at the Armour and Artillery Museum

On Monday I showed you a few tanks from the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum and there are 2 more.   Next door to this Museum is the Skyrail which I hope to go on soon as my brother and his wife will be staying with me. 





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Tuesday 27 February 2024

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

On one of my early morning walks I saw this Willy Wagtail perched up on a tree.

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Monday 26 February 2024

THROUGH MY LENS

Just along the road from where I live is the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum and these are a few tanks sitting outside.  I will show you 2 more on Wednesday.

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Sunday 25 February 2024

SUNDAY THOUGHT

“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.

1 Corinthians 15 V 32



 This photograph was taken in Australia.

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Saturday 24 February 2024

SATURDY CRITTERS

This is a Plumed Egret and Peaceful Dove perched in some trees 

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Friday 23 February 2024

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

 Time for Weekend Reflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter H and Happy.  HELP!  I am late in publishing my blog this week!  We celebrated out 1st HAPPY Birthday Party where I now live at Botanica Lifestyle Resort and this is the cake.  This is Bob the bar man at the event and I am using it as my STREET PHOTOGRAPH.  Finally, these are the group of residents this week that were very HAPPY as they won the trivia qiiz. 




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Thursday 22 February 2024

GOOD FENCES

Part of the Cairns Botanic Gardens.

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Wednesday 21 February 2024

Cactus Flower

I thought the flower on this Cactus plant was unusual. 


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Tuesday 20 February 2024

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

Following on from last Saturday’s post, this is a video of the Australian White Ibis in Cairns Botanic Gardens.

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Monday 19 February 2024

THROUGH MY LENS

 This is an immature Metallic Starling photographed at Cairns botanic Gardens.

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Sunday 18 February 2024

SUNDAY THOUGHT

Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy;


 This photograph of this lake was taken along the orad from where I live in Australia.

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Saturday 17 February 2024

SATURDY CRITTERS

These are Australian White Ibis and a Plumed Egret in the cairns Botanic Gardens.  I will show you a Video of these birds next Tuesday.

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Friday 16 February 2024

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Time for Weekend Reflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter G and Ground.  This bird is a Stone Curlew and is sitting on the GROUND and the yellow butterflies are also resting on the GROUND.  I am using this shot as my STREET PHOTOGRPAHY of a GROUP of bird watchers who feet are on the GROUND but their eyes are trying to find a particular bird high up in the trees.







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Thursday 15 February 2024

GOOD FENCES

This is one of the bridges we cross when we are out on a Tuesday morning bird watching in the Cairns Botanic Gardens.

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Wednesday 14 February 2024

At Valentine's Day

This is St Valentine’s Day so I give you a red flower. 


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Tuesday 13 February 2024

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

This is a Magpie Lark photographed at the Cairns Botanic Gardens.

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Monday 12 February 2024

THROUGH MY LENS

 This is the caterpillar of the Blue winged butterfly and then the next stage is called a chrysalis. You can see in the second shot when touched, it draws out its horns in defence.   When the caterpillar is full grown and stops eating, it becomes a pupa. Someday I may be fortunate enough to photograph the actual butterfly.

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Sunday 11 February 2024

SUNDAY THOUGHT

He is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.’

2 Samuel 23:4


This photograph was taken at sunrise on the I.O.W.

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Saturday 10 February 2024

SATURDAY CRITTERS

This is the video of the Radjah Shelduck I promised you from Tuesday’s post this week.

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Friday 9 February 2024

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

 Time for Weekend Reflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter F and Flower.  Each FLOWER grown at Cairns Botanic Garden is FABULOUS.  I hope you agree.  The final shot is Shane my birding FRIEND who leads the bird walks every Tuesday at the gardens and also is very knowledgeable about the trees, FLOWERS and bugs. I am using this shot as my STREET PHOTOGRPAHY.






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Thursday 8 February 2024

GOOD FENCES

These are fairly steep steps at Cairns Botanic Gardens.

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Wednesday 7 February 2024

Surrounding countryside at my new home

This it the surrounding countryside at my  new home near Cairns, Queensland, Australia.


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Tuesday 6 February 2024

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

 These are two Radjah Shelducks seen at Centenary Lakes ar the Botanic Gardens.  I will post a video of them on Saturday.

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Monday 5 February 2024

THROUGH MY LENS

These shots were all taken just outside where I live near Cairns.  The birds are the Plumed Egret, Masked Lapwing and Pacific Black duck.

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