SkyWatch ~ Halloween

Enlarge them if you dare....



As the sun was setting, I hiked to the pumpkin patch
to await the arrival of the great pumpnin.

With darkness setting in, strange things came flapping
at my face.



Others, wrapped in their black cloaks, were still
hanging about waiting for the blanket of night to
take to the skies...did I see the glint of fangs?



Shivering a little, I hurried on, breathing a little faster
and desperately curbing the impulse to look behind me.

Passing the graveyard, whisps of grey fog? floated on the
breeze curling around my knees and sending chills up my
spine. I forced my eyes to look away fron the shadows
and stumbled along my teeth chattering in my head.



An owl's wing or was it someone elses, brushed my
cheek, my knees crumpled beneath me and as I looked
up I saw the hanging trees on the crest of the hill....
That was the last straw, I turned tail and stumbled
back past the graveyard, breaking into a run with
rustlings all around, my hands flailing cobwebs from my
face,



when the moon rose darkened in the midnight sky,
bats and larger darker shadows outlined against it.

In a cold sweat, I barely made it back to be met
by witches and skeletons dancing around a bonfire,

ah, the comforts of home.

Thank you Klaus and the SkyWatch team for giving us

this outlet for Halloween.

MY WORLD ~ 21 Arrived at Yeppoon

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Here we are, arrived at the coastal wetlands in
Queensland near Yeppoon. There were a few
tropical blue Waterlilies in bloom
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Intermediate Egret, Egretta intermedia, near the track
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and Mistletoe flowering. All photos can be enlarged,

please do so at least for a few, it really is rewarding.

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Ibis munching and marching

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and colourful tropical Butterflies fluttering here

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and there among the flowers...

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a Blue faced Honeyeater, a remarkably large bird,

joined us for lunch...

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and in the evening we hung around with a few

other old bats. There were two great colonies of these

large Fruit Bats, the bane of orchardists.
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When darkness descended, the sky filled with tens

of thousands of screeching bats. The noise of their

wing beats and the stench they emanated were both

overpowering.

If you do not enlarge the others, please enlarge this

one although it is out of focus, it is more like the sea

than the sky!

When there is such a wealth of animal and plant life,

I find it hard to shoot buildings and views. If you still

bear with me, next week we will be at the Rockhampton

Botanical Gardens complete with Egret rookery.

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To wander the world, click on the Logo at right.

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To Klaus and the MY World Team, a big thank you!

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