Random shots

 A close up shot of a Rhododendron shows the dew on a cold Walhalla morning.
In my last post I took a couple of photos on the track to Aberfeldy and told you that I went through the township of Walhalla,Well what can I say, a gorgeous litte place about 2-3 hours North of Melbourne with plenty of accomodation and a great little pub called Wally.
You have to try try the Chicken Walhalla.
Mmm!

  I have editted this rose to look like a painting, can you tell it's a photo?

 I love Violets, there small but have to most impressive detail. We have many Voilet in our garden and some are purple and yellow like this one and then there are others coloured in shades of white and blue.
When they just start to smile I like to pick them and use them in salads and to decorate a meal.
Yummy.

 A slide shoot of the white/yellow rose. I love using Corel to edit my photos, it simple and I can pretty much do anything on it, I have a lot of roses in my Garden and this one doesn't seem to have a very strong perfume but does make up for that in it looks.

It's a cold start for the Box Hedge. I took this in April 2010.

My beautiful wife took this photo of the walk way leading up to Razorback lookout at Coolangatta on the Gold Coast, Australia. At the top, which is only a couple of minutes walk, the lookout took my breath away, It had 360˚ veiws almost to Byron Bay and all the way back and around to Surfers Paradise,plus you can watch the planes take off and land at Coolangatta Airport.

At Peace

Dedicated to my beautiful Auntie.

Black & White

 I took these two shots of the Thomson Dam one afternoon whislt on my way to Aberfeldy. Not far back is the beautiful little township of Walhalla, I will make sure to get a few pictures on my way back.

Morning show

I took this this morning as the sun was waking up after a cold night, the dewdrops look amazing in first light.

I will try and get a shot to pick up the light another day.

Birds

My Daughters love to feed the King Parrots on the veranda, they know when I get home it's dinner time.

Jonquils

 When I see these flowers in the driveway on the way to work all I can think of are those dancing flowers that were a big hit in the 90' (and possibly still are).

Goongerah Flora

 I'm not sure what this beautiful little plant is called, anyone know?

Scotch Thistle..Ouch!

Cherry Blossom

I took this photo late in the spring and to me it has an oriental look. The petals are perfectly shaped and have a gorgeous pinkish white colour.

Insects

  "Next stop"

 Hungry little fella

"I'm waiting"

White rose

I edited this photo tonight, it is of a white rose in full bloom and I have named her Chloe.

One of the many Maples in our garden

We have a few Maple trees in our garden and this particular one takes my breath away everytime I walk past it. The Japanese Maple has the most beautiful leaves and the shape of the tree is really unique.

Pink rose

I have editted this one and I have named it "Killing me Softly" because it reminds me of something beautiful slowly fading away.

Without sounding to political, this is what climate change is doing.......

My very first post

The first two photos are of the same flower, the one above shows you how alive these beauties are. The rose is an amazing flower isn't it..

We have a lot of roses in our garden, all flowering, and these are some of my favourites. I like to edit some photo as well. The leaves frame this rose nicely.