Lightning and Landscapes

13/11/2025

Been a while between posts. Still taking photos, just haven’t been posting. Aurora is the current “focus”, which means darkness and light are significant. One photo was last night, the other was earlier in the year. Looking south both times.

22/09/2022

Raptor on a fence Post. One of the sights around my new location...

It has been a while since the last post, but rural living seems to have a lot of extra chores that I didn't know I had.... but that is what happens when you slow down, you get into a new groove.

06/06/2022

On Sunday afternoon, we just went for a drive up to Berridale, and grabbed a couple of photos in the dying light...

03/02/2022

Hmmm. Michelago gets cold. Oh, well.

The Michelago Music Muster was a top event held last night. Apart from the Rain that Dene Burton - Guitarist seemed to have brought with him from Victoria, it was a typical Winter's evening, with "fresh" breezes. Michelago Region Community Association, Be proud of yourselves. Great food, drink and awesome fire barrels.

Stewie Barton Music and Ivy Lane provided great music for the evening, Stewart Barton tried out his new guitar, which was awesome, there were songs to sing to and appreciate and I had an absolutely great night.

Stewart learned an important lesson about fingerless gloves - they are a good idea when playing the guitar, and I sacrificed my warm hands so that he could play in a bit of comfort.

Alicia was dancing - I guess the semi trailer stage was cold?

Great to see Barbara L Fleming and Meryl Hinge, and the "Bar" was run by the Alpine Hotel, Cooma.

The hot food was welcomed, and I had two of the lamb rolls. There must have been a secret to how the lamb was cooked. It was so tender and virtually fat free.

If you didn't make it, buy your thermals for the next Music Muster now, it is a great little town with a festival that will definitely be on next year.

05/01/2022

Tidbinbilla Walking series - I learned something important about clothes. Red shirts are great for flame robins, but every other bird, critter and lizard sees a bloke in a red shirt as a predator, probably. All except one inquisitive mammal, I don't know what it was.

02/01/2022

Tidbinbilla - January 1, 2022. This was a return to sacred ground, where we had missed our walks and seeing the critters that live in the sanctuary.

The Cunningham Skinks made an appearance, only one, but the others were probably close by.

Not a lot of humans, but there were a couple, loud noises were pretty scarce as they probably sought shade to cool hangovers.

Only when editing did I notice the bright dragonfly who seemed to prefer the turtle shell as a resting spot, its filament wings folded neatly on its back.

There was a cry of "A Turtle on a rock!", but my companion could be forgiven as it was the first we'd seen in a while. In that particular pond, the only turtle as the others leapt off their logs....

29/12/2021

2019 to 2021. These are the photos that I missed putting up, that I waited a while to edit, that for whatever reason, didn't get shared. There are lightning shots, landscapes and the ever present nature shots. While the page has been quiet this year, here are a range of missed photos that I looked at, moved on and didn't share at the time.

24/12/2021

To all of my followers, and likers of the page, these past couple of weeks have been madness leading up to the holidays. I’ve taken a few photos, but haven’t uploaded them yet.

This will change soon, and 2022 hopefully will be filled with colours, landscapes and moments of photographic reflection. Haven’t been to a gig in a while, but that’s mainly due to what’s going on round the country. And the world.

Have a great break and celebrate the time of year with family and friends.

27/10/2021

Glassy appearance on the water at some rapids near Cooma - I love the image because it was a surprise to see it so clear and still see water in motion.

28/09/2021

The CMAC Opree - so many colours, such a great event for re-colouring images. When lockdown is over, I can't wait for the next walkup.