using my camera more often
Some of the teachers can’t come to the stall tomorrow as they are going away with families for the long weekend. Instead they are coming to my house today. This is what it will look like for them to browse through the boxes.
This time the magpie is preening on the neighbour’s fence.
Lots of different birds at my place – sort of live in the country area with an inside block so not lots of traffic. This little magpie is scrounging for food beneath my undercover clothesline where the swallows often perch – hence the bird droppings.
Recently had some branches from my flowering gum lopped. Naturally many gumnuts fell to the ground. Will have to tell the art teacher at school who I am sure would love them for her lessons.
Well my old camera was starting to cause me problems like not focussing and zooming properly. So I headed to Officeworks and bought a new one. Testing out the zoom function on this grape leaf. Can you see the water drops?
I really enjoy travelling even if it is only going to Richmond, a very old town in Tasmania, to look at the buildings and, of course, to buy something at the bakery. The building below is the Richmond Antiques.
Remember,my parents, squirrel and I headed to Maria Island during January. We didn’t make it on the island because of bad weather, but one of the other people on the boat sent me this great image to use in my blog.
Wow! I am nearly three weeks behind in my posts. Luckily I can change the publish date. I have, though, been taking photos nearly every day.
On 3rd Feb I was roused from my bed at 6.30am by a phone call.
“Can you please come and pick us up from the casino in Launceston? I have been ill all night and want to go to my local doctor in Hobart.”
My parents were on a bus tour and dad was not at all well. So I headed north for a two hour drive to pick them up, then we came back down the Midlands Highway through Campbell Town where these beautiful chain saw carvings were at the local park.
Now that I have retired from classroom teaching, I needed to sort out all my teaching resources ready for a book stall next week. Many of the books were still at school, so I went down today to bring them home. One teacher was finding some good bargains in there and saved me bringing home extra weight in the car.
May I buy these, Sue?
All animals have different types of scat. If you find a square shaped one, then you know a wombat is nearby. I wonder which animal left this scat at a parking viewpoint on Mt Wellington?
Wonder who left this?
Because Tasmania is an island state, we get lots of plants and animals that are only found here. While on the mountain, I snapped this shot of the native mountain pepper. If you taste the leaves, they do give off a hot taste in the mouth.
Hot tasting native pepper
On the way back from the mountain yesterday, I extended the drive through Summerleas Road and onto the road through Taroona and Sandy Bay. Passed by the Shot Tower which was built in 1870 and is the tallest stone shot tower in the southern hemisphere.
Shot Tower, Hobart