Monday, May 11, 2009

MY WORLD ~ 25 The Great Autumn Leaf Hunt 1

At last the rain moths came, and three weeks later
the first autumn rain followed and we dared to leave
our brown landscape behind to seek solace for our souls.



Still breakfasting together after 51 years at our
first over night stop in Horsham Vic. at the Majestic Motel,
our usual half-way house to Melbourne.




One night's rest at my sister's in Melbourne and
onward to our destination...



passing through Benalla I spotted a Heron and he
had obviously spotted lunch



Our destination, 'Alpine Park' cabins at Porepunka
and lovely autumn leaves littering the ground



While the Prof checked us in, I tore once around the
block madly snapping like a rabid dog



all the lovely remembered sights from last year were
different, but just as beautiful. The leaf turn was a little
later this year.



View up our private driveway with pure gold draped
across it.


Sunrise on the river next morning. We arrived with
rain and loved it after our long dry, but for the rest of
our stay we had perfect tourist weather!

If you like what you have seen, come again next week
for the next colourful installment.

Now click on the Logo at right and enjoy Spring in the
Northern and Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.

With thanks to Klaus and the MY WORLD team for
giving us the opportunity to show off our particular patch.

59 comments:

  1. Beautiful photos as usual. I forgot for a moment that it is autumn in your world, beautiful colors

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  2. How lovely,.... and doubly so that you are still enjoying after 51 years! How wonderful!

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  3. My area is well renowned for our fall colors. We talks about it as if we are the only ones that get fall colors. How egocentric. Thanks for showing us yours.

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  4. What a beautiful trip you are having! Thanks for sharing these great photos with us!

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  5. now that is a huge moth...have never seen one that large around these parts.
    enjoyed your lovely fall foilage shots...so pretty. and your breakfast looked mighty yummy.
    have a wonderful week.

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  6. Oh, I am so jealous! I am definiely an autumn/winter person, and summer is on it's way here in the US! I want to be down under with you! Beautiful colors!

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  7. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!! I am glad the autumn rains arrived. I bet the ground judt sucked it up. 51 years--very good. MB

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  8. Just lovely photos of your Autumn and the rain moth is fantastic. Hve a good time.

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  9. Hi Arija! Great post! How beautiful autumn is with all those red, golden and brown colours. I am looking forwardto reading your next colourful installment!Thanks for sharing.

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  10. Hi Arija:)

    Greetings:)

    Lovely photos. Gorgeous colors. Excellent narration.

    I enjoyed your post.

    Wish you a beautiful day:)
    Joseph

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  11. Marvelous post and gorgeous photos as always, Arija! Love the picture of the two of you! Beautiful autumn colors! Sounds like such a great trip! Thanks for sharing!

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  12. oh what a nice trip I took thru this post ~just delightful and thanks for visiting my blog!

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  13. Ah, your photos filled my eyes with color and adventure. Thank you for sharing! What kind of moth was that in the first picture? How gorgeous!

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  14. I love those leaves! In the south of Sweden, a "bok" forest offers the same kind of red carpet. I love visiting! Congratulations on 51 years of breakfasts together! That is soooo precious!

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  15. Just gorgeous; love the shining, curving river!

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  16. Excellent myworld post, I love all those colors in the last few pics.

    Have a great week
    Guy
    Regina In Pictures

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  17. Beautiful autumn pictures! Great colours! Here in Austria, summer has come, and we have today the first summer rain bringing some cooler air :)
    I love your rain moth, it looks so nice!

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  18. Arija, a pretty, colourful world in your part of Australia. We do not get a colourful autunm, I wish we did!

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  19. It's breathtaking. Love your fall colors. You and hubby look so sweet together. I look forward to more of this journey.

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  20. Oh congratulations on your 51 years with the Prof. More to come. I love the autumn leaves, make me want to skip summer and have autumn right after spring.

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  21. Beautiful scenes,and that 'young' couple is very dashing.
    Blessings,Ruth

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  22. Lovely post Arija...and I absolutely love the one below about your Mum..lovely to read! What a life and what an example for you! I am sure she would be proud of you now...and look at your wonderful blog! An amazing place!

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  23. Awesome photo on top and a little exotically held!

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  24. Beautiful place to visit! Have a great week, Arija :)

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  25. Those red and yellow leaves are amazing. And I really love the first photo close-up of that unusual looking moth - wow!

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  26. A perfect landscape. A lovely story. Thanks.

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  27. I always enjoy seeing fall leaves. We don't get much color like that here.

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  28. This was a wonderful sequence of autumn shots. What fun! I love the shot you got of the heron.

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  29. So happy to hear you have had some rain. May it continue softly and gently. Lovely fall photos.

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  30. Arija: Thanks for your photo, a face with a name. Love your heron photo, nice to cstch one in action.

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  31. Fab pics again and I'm loving the colour. Look forward to the next instalment.

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  32. Beautiful photos. I love the autumn colours

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  33. Whoa! Congratulations to your 51 years of togetherness. Love your foliage.

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  34. Beautiful post and that is a lovely shot of both of you together. :)

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  35. This is another wonderful post of yours. I enjoyed looking at all those beautiful photos. You two look beautiful and happy and also make a great couple.

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  36. When I was little I thought seasons come at the same time worldwide even knowing they're not the same. It still amazes me You have Autumn when it's Spring in full blossom here.

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  37. Oh Arija, how beautiful your autumn color is! Autumn is my absolute favorite time of the year, and spring is my fourth favorite. I do realize that I must go through the other seasons in order to get to fall but if I had a zillion dollars I could skip to my favorite fairly easily!

    Have a splendid week!

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  38. Such fantastic photos yet again. Amazing moth and leaves. Thanks for sharing your world with us.

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  39. How lovely! I forget what Autumn looked like here because is Spring with Summer soon to follow... :)

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  40. How beautiful, and I'm glad you had good weather after the rain!

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  41. Gorgeous fall colors--things are just starting to green up here!

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  42. Arija - I loved seeing the picture of you & your Prof- you're as beautiful as the flowers you photograph! Your compositions are always perfect. I look forward to your posts - even when I'm on vacation...Have a great time on your getaway!

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  43. Beautiful colors! It is worth the drive to stop and photograph the leaves.

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  44. Amazingly beautiful as always. I love it that we are in different seasons. Whenever I'm lonely for autumn, I can pop over and visit you!

    The photograph of the two of you is beautiful. Isn't a happy marriage the best thing ever??

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  45. What beautiful trees! I liked the heron shot too. I'm glad you did run around snapping like a rabid dog (great phrase). China is such an amazing experience, I do hope you will get to visit it.

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  46. Wonderful autumn colour in these leaves.
    That is a nasty big moth you have on your hand, it is just waiting to chew holes in all the new foliage next year.

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  47. Wow - how gorgeous! Love all your shots of autumn. And must be lovely to get some rain after a long dry period... My sister lives in Perth, which is also very dry.

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  48. Lovely, lovely fall colors. Wish we have autumn in my part of the world. :-)

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  49. The autumn colours are amazing and so is the moth photo. I love the light relected in his eyes.

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  50. What a lovely post ... filled with beautiful fall photos as we experience spring ;--)
    Hugs and blessings,

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  51. What a beautiful place to spend some down time.

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  52. You have the most beautiful eyes because you see with your heart! I love the poem and you have the perfect images to illustrate them!

    Thank you so much for your loving comment. I feel the same way about you from the very first time you offered your hand and helped steady my gait when I faltered.

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  53. What an unusual moth! The autumn colors are beautiful! How funny it is that we are finally coming into spring as you will enter winter.

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  54. I am looking forward to next week's instalment. These photos were awesome, beautiful!

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  55. This is so beautiful. Love the colourful nature. :)

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  56. You captured some beautiful fall photos. Seems strange to look at the changing colors. Here the leaves are just coming out, fresh and green for a new season. I look forward to next week!

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  57. What a wonderful trip :) What is that moth? It is gorgeous!

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