SkyWatch ~ 42 Three Minutes of a Sunrise

Please enlarge, they are well worth it.



4:43am, this is already some way into the sunrise,
I am only giving you the last three minutes of this
fabulous sky show.



4:43am the sky was changing so quickly I was shooting
a dozen shots a minute



4:44am and the difference is remarkable, these three
minutes held enough beauty to fill a lifetime, life was
on hold, the splendour was all around me as



4:45am I stood in awe, my eyes everywhere and my
shutter clicking away as though demented.



4:45am when I thought it could not get any better,
of course it did!



4:46am, it filled my heart and soul with overwhelming
colour, at last my camera hand sank and I just stood
there drinking my fill of this amazing morning gift.

Should anyone request it, I could post more of this
glory next week.

Rub your eyes, click on the Logo and enjoy other skies.

To Klaus and the SkyWatch Team, I wish all success with
Mr.Linly!, and a big thank you for persevering.

At Seventeen

...those were the days my friend...

Time has marched on and taken it's toll.

now, on the last day when the numbers

can be reversed, the old car has had a

number of overhauls, but refuses to run smoothly.

God willing, a little longer and then the scrap yard

or fertillizer for my roses. At least that's useful.

All our photos were lost in the 1983 bushfires,this is

one of the few remaining of my first 46 years of life.

Cheer from the Shadehouse

Waterlilies, Rockhampton Bot. Gdns from our holiday in Queensland

Sunrise on the farm

Calendula

Zygopetalum

Frosts threaten and most of my orchids are ailing except, oh wonder of wonders, my Zygopetalums. Wish I could share the intoxicating perfume. One plant fills a whole room to overflowing with scent of tropical sunsets and large pina coladas, perfect sandy beaches and the obligatory orchestra playing. In winter one becomes nostalgic for Queensland, Noumea, Fiji - no, not Fiji with the present political situation, or Tahiti. Sadly only Queensland is accessible to this earthbound blogger. Large aircraft play havoc with the balance of bionics in my ticker. Fortunately memory still holds true and the many places on our planet I call home walk with me still in this little slice of paradise in the driest state in the driest continent.

Back to my Zygopetalum of which I have three pots flowering concurrently as well as a solitary Cymbidium. I am happy to report that my Calendulas are a picture and the broccoli is in full bloom due to neglect of picking. Must remember to chop it back for a fourth crop. The grandchildrens' bunnies will be ever so happy! Where did the time go? Yesterday they slipped a tiny hand into mine as we wandered the paddocks or explored the creek in the wild wood and now they tower above me in time honoured role reversal and pat me on the head.....Tempus fugit....time to post blog.