Favourite Photos of the Past 10 Years - Episode 7 'Beautiful Birdies'

 

 

Above:- 'A Robin Red Breast'

The Children's Garden

Osbourne House

Isle of Wright, U.K.

January 2018

 Kim's favourite bird  photo of the past 10 years and possible one of my favourite ever photos.

So here we are in the Children's garden  at Osbourne House. Prince Albert designed this garden and had a little swiss chalet installed for the royal children to learn to garden and learn (somewhat) normal domestic stuff.

As we visited on a cold early January day, there were very few visitors, and this little bird just popped onto a twig next to us to check us out.  I guess they are used to people picnicking and alike.

Snapped a couple of quick pics, it posed!

Unlike many birds, both the female and the male have the red breast. They are also very territorial, so it might have been telling us off!

 

Above:- 'A pelican, closer to home'

Armidale NSW

October 2018

Photo from the back deck at home

Above:- 'Pelican Ballet'

Rockhampton

Far North Queensland

September 2018

Above:- ' More Pelican Ballet'

Rockhampton

Far North Queensland

September 2018

Above:- 'More Pelicans'

Laurieton NSW

September 2018

Above:- 'Even More Pelicans'

Laurieton NSW

September 2018

 

Above:- 'Sydney Seagull'

Darling Harbour

March 2011

Above:- 'English Seagull'

Brighton U.K.

January 2018

Above:- 'Irish Baby Gull'

Ha'penny Bridge over the river Liffey

Dublin Ireland

September 2011

Above:- 'NZ Seagull'

Coromandel peninsula

New Zealand

September 2014

Above:-'Kookaburra'

Queen Mary's Falls

Queensland

November 2015

 

Above:-'Backyard Again'

Sulphur-crested Cockatoos

Armidale

November 2016

Above:- 'Baby Cockatoo in its nest'

Toowoomba Queensland

November 2014

Above:- 'Birds on a Wire'

Silly Galahs in the rain

Backyard - again

New Years Day 2017

Above:- 'Bathtime'

Galahs hanging upside down in the rain

Backyard - again

New Years Day 2017

 

Above:-'Bush Turkey'

Ellenbororgh Falls near Taree NSW

November 2016

Above:- 'Blue Faced Honeyeater'

Lightening Ridge

May 2014

Above:- 'Another Blue Faced Honeyeater'

Far North Queensland

September 2018

Above:- 'Noisy Miner' 

Queensland

November 2018

Above:- 'Wading birds (Moorhens)?'

Rockhampton

Far North Queensland

September 2018

Above:- 'Ibis!'

Far North Queensland

September 2018

 

Above:-'Elegant Swans on the Thames'

 

Eton U.K.

 

September 2011

Above:-'White Crane'

 

Hunter Valley Gardens NSW

 

October 2015

Above:-'Ducks in Capetown'

 

South Africa

 

November 2015

 Above:-'You shall not pass'

Trevor and Graham meet a Duck

Toowoomba Chinese Gardens, Queensland

November 2015

Above:- ' Repeat! Kim and a King Parrot'

Queen Mary's Falls, Queensland

November 2015 

Keep flapping - nearly there!

 

 

Above:- 'A Rookery' 

 

Rooks

Carlisle Castle, Isle of Wright, U.K

January 2018

 

Above:-'Hornbill'

Kruger Nation Park

South Africa

November 2015

Above:-'Vulture'

Kruger Nation Park

South Africa

November 2015

 

Above:-'Pigeon control methods'

 

Hawks at Trafalgar Square to  scare the pigeons away!

 

London

 

November 2011

 

Above:- 'Pigeons'

 

Dubronik, Croatia

 

October 2011

Above:- 'Pigeon having a Drink'

 

Bern, Switzerland

 

October 2011 

Quilt Number 40! Mr. Blue Sky

Hello, My Dear Readers, I thought it was time to take a quick break from the blogs 10th anniversary year and share with you my latest finished quilt! 

Its a biggie!

And my 40th quilt!

I first blogged about this quilt in February 2016. 

The top was finished for a couple of years before I finally got it to the quilters.

That's the problem when it's a quilt for you, it gets put on the back burner while you do other stuff!

Beautifully quilted, with clouds, rainbows and stars.

Above:- The quilt label.

A Irish chain quilt named after the ELO song 'Mr. Blue Sky' 

and that's a 70's version of Jeff Lynne on the label.

(Hey...I don't know!..- Wikipedia it,... Jeff is now 72!)

I used two different blocks based on the Irish Chain, I designed my own blocks with the help of EQ6.

2500 one inch blocks!

I might put it in the Armidale Show (If it ever happens again)...

What do you think? Is it good enough?

Above:- putting it all together in 2016

Above:- My original EQ design.

Always a relief to get something finished!

WARNING:- Expect a future onslaught of cot quilts!

 

Favourite Photos of the Past 10 years - Episode 6- 'Floral Moments'

Above:- 'Strike a Pose'

Garden at Beaulieu Palace House

Beaulieu, New Forrest, Hampshire, UK 

August 2011

My favourite photo of this episode.

 

I was just bending over to get in close to take a photo of this beautiful dinner plate dahlia

(a flower the size of  dinner plate),

when a HUGE bee landed in the middle of the flower and posed for me. 

 

Mr Show Off...

 

I've never seen a bumblebee before, except in Winnie the Pooh and Beatrix Potter. 

It was huge,  almost an inch long, nothing like our little bees. 

 

 Also look at the beautiful droplets of dew on the flower, this was from my last lovely camera.

 

The nice dark background was a fluke.

I took one photo.

 

This has not been cropped or touched up (Although, I think I zoomed in to take it).

A lucky photo, that would easily be one of the  favourite photos I've ever taken.

Above:- 'Yellow Rose'

Garden of Wrest Park

Bedfordshire U.K.

August 2011

Probably, a David Austin, called 'Graham Thomas'

Above:- 'Our State Emblem'

Waratah's

Robertson. NSW

October 2019 

Above:- 'More Waratahs'

Robertson. NSW

October 2019

 

Above:- "Graham, ... Stand next to this flower so I can compare it to the size of your head" said Kim

Chrysanthemum, Bendigo, Victoria

May 2012

Above:- 'Ditto,....Graham.. stand next to this flower so I can.......'

Protea Flower, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Capetown, South Africa

November 2015

 

And now.. for some nice trees, 

 foliage,and bark... 

 

Above:- 'A Pair of Palms'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2019

Above:- 'Jacaranda blooms'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2019

 

 Above:- 'Bunya Pines'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2015

 

Above:- 'Patterned Bark'

Open Gardens

Armidale 

November 2017

 

Above:- 'Australia's Largest Cork Tree'

Tenterfield NSW

June 2018

Above:- 'More, Australia's Largest Cork Tree'

Tenterfield, NSW

June 2018

 

Above:- 'Don't Park Under the Tree'

Tenterfield. NSW

June 2018

 

 Above:- 'Another Pine Tree'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2019

 

Above:- 'Bottlebrush'

Far North Queensland

September 2018

 Above:-'A Man Made Vista'

Hunter Valley Gardens

NSW

October 2015

Above:- 'A Vase of Gerbras and Roses'

Mothers Day

Armidale

May 2010

Above:- 'A Vase of Roses and Orchids'

Mums Birthday

September 2019

Above- 'Peas or Beans?'

Kitchen garden at Beaulieu Palace House

Beaulieu, New Forrest, Hampshire, UK 

August 2011

 

Above:- 'Tropical Flowers'

Far North Queensland

September 2018

 

Above:- 'Hippeastrum'

Far North Queensland

September 2018

 

 Above:- 'Hibiscus'

Far North Queensland

September 2018

 

Above:- 'Purple Orchid'

Fiji

April 2016

 Above:- 'Another Pretty Orchid'

Fiji

April 2016

 

Above:- 'Yet Another Orchid'

Fiji

April 2016

 

Above:- 'Even More Orchids'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2019

 

  Above:- 'Marigolds'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2019

 

Above:- 'Clematis'

Open Gardens

Armidale 

November 2017

 

Above:- 'Bird of Paradise'

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Capetown, South Africa

November 2015

 

 Above:- 'Protea'

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Capetown, South Africa

November 2015

 

 

Above:- 'Banksia'

Port Macquarie, NSW

June 2012

 

And Finally 

Bright and happy sunny flowers!

 

Above:- 'Sonnenblumen/Sunflowers'

Markets in Bern, Switzerland 

October 2011