OUR WORLD - Angaston in the Rain

Come rain or shine, I love to go to the Angaston farmer's marker

very early on a Saturday morning.

Afterwards my dog and I enjoy the little township itself.

We park under my favourite oak in this delightful off

road car park between the main street and a small creek

side park. No that is not my car, mine is quite grown up

and had it's 21st birthday some time ago.

After our little bit of shopping we sit a while either under 

the vine covered colonnade or on a bench on the lawn

say hallo to that splendid oak that shades our car in summer

look back towards the main street

let our senses wallow in the beauty of the lingering autumn leaves

and cross the bridge to be greeted by the last of the golden wonders

still as bright as in mid summer

 marvel at these tiny, less than an inch tall, 

sulphurous fungi dotting the lawns

with hardly time to tuck camera under coat before it braves the

rain again to shoot the last hollyhock escapee from a garden

abov that has naturalised on the steep, rocky bank of the creek

with camera once more safely tucked away, dog and I 

nimbly step between the raindrops to enjoy 

the rest of our walk

OUR WORLD has so many nooks and crannies to

explore, this is just one of them but if you look

with an open heart, you find then everywhere.

I Heart Macro - Just one single drop . . .

Twas not the splendour of the last lingering 

leaves that woke my senses

but one gleaming drop

of water

Linking with

I Heart Macro

SkyWatch Friday - Cars???

I was shooting a few autumn leaves

when this kind of caught my eye.

I thought the sky in the bonnet of the 

red sports

was more interesting than the car itself

 

Stopping to load up the dog after his run down the hill

my own car was embellished by the late 

afternoon sky

how could I help taking a shot at it.

You can find interesting skies in the oddest places.

The SkyWatch Logo on my sidebar

opens a wealth of skies around the world.

OUR WORLD - A Little Philosophy

When the world seems dark and dreary and your troubles

weigh you down,

look over your shoulder and see the sun that shines upon the

beauty in your life,

that, no matter what the difficulties, still brings you beauty

in abundance in every season of the year and of life,

wherever you go new wonders surround you . . .

Learn contentment from the goose, happiness is green grass

to nibble, as long as we have food and shelter, we are rich.

All photos enlarge and are from our fall trip in May.

Cone one, come all and show us what is happening in your world

on OUR WORLD.

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ As Autumn Turns to Winter

As winter sets in, the shadehouse is starting to produce an
occasional Orchid or two.



Lashed by late Autumn storms and drenched by sudden rain
squalls, a brave Rose still holds up her head.



The wind whistles around corners and all too soon these colourful
leaves on the Tree Peony will be just a memory.



All photos enlarge for greater enjoyment and the Logo at right
will take you to a wonderland of flowers.

Thanks to Luiz Santilli Jr. and the other brave souls who co-ordinate
this meme, we all have the chance to join in.

MY WORLD ~ 27 The Great Autumn Leaf Hunt 3

All pictures enlarge with a simple click.



The Tupelo tree, Nyssa sylvatica, a tree producing
the brightest autumn foliage enhanced by its shiny leaves.



The colours changing from green, to yellow and orange
into a really deep red amazing to behold when rain soaked.



We drove up the valley to get some Chestnuts, Walnuts
and Hazelnuts and were stopped in our tracks by this
impressionistic group of trees. Like something out of
faiyland it really was just a fleeting impression and one
click before the light had returned it to its normal state.



Just different light on the same scene along the old
railway easement turned into a walking and cycling
track



can you imagine jogging along here without a camera?
To me that would be criminal, yet a number of people
were long-distance cycling with their heads hidden under
helmets engrossed in conversation as though they had no
eyes in their heads!



All this splendour of Liquidambar trees passed them by,
what a waste of nature's wonderful display!



A little education:- in times gone by this valley was planted
to Hops, and Poplars for splitting into matches. Here are
some of the old corrugated iron oasts for drying Hops.



In front of the old farmhouse stood this wonderful
Rhus chinensis, in Noth America commonly called Sumac,
dressed in its finery



while across the road was one lonely field of Hops. Now
along the Ovens valley there are mainly nut plantations.



One more look at the path that runs for many miles
between a number of country towns. With easy gradients,
since it was cut to accommodate the railroad, which some
bright spark of a beaurocrat had dismantled and sold for
scrap when passenger numbers dropped off. All that effort
of building the railroad by hand and the sweat of many brows,
utterly wasted.

If you think the colours cannot get brighter than this,
come back next week and be surprised!

The magic doors to the world open by clicking on the Logo.

Once again, thanks to Klaus and the MY WORLD team
we display our world in this great meme.

MY WORLD ~ 26 The Great Autumn Leaf Hunt 2

Feel free to enlarge..the effect is quite different.

The Platypus pool at dawn, is there one on the left?



I creep with the light up the riverbank, hoping for what?
A platypus, awakening birds or just the thrill of a child
adventuring alone in the woods near precious water...



In the still dark woods, a little brook joins the river
at the platypus poole edged with autumn leaves and
solitude.



Dawn light mirrored in the flow as though from
Monet's brush



and as the sun climbs up with blare of trumpets
colour magically appears



flocks of tiny birds grazing the willow fronds all a
twitter as they flit about



some 300 photographs later I head back to breakfast
mmm porridge, I feel like mama bear!

Ah, there's the cabin with a glimpse of our chariot in front,

hope Goldilock didn't get there first to wake my sleeping

prince or steal my porridge

just had to snap these maple leaves on my way,

and now an apology, the colour extravaganza only

comes next week...I took so many pics I could not

bear to pass all these by, this was but the first morning

before breakfast and we were there for four days in

which there were more than 1,000 clicks!

This is a foretaste of what is yet to come...

To visit the world as it unfols, click on the Logo.

I salute Klaus and the My World team for their

unremitting care of this wonderful meme.

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.