My Life is Ruled by Cats!

Does it show? Here's Smokey helping in the office by doing some shredding for me.

Who Put That There?

More photos from Melbourne Zoo

Inside the Butterfly house there lives a bird....

Brolga settling into its nest for a snooze

Pelicans sunning themselves on a beautiful day.

Spot the Fake!

Can you spot the fake? The Melbourne Zoo has dotted around the zoo sculptures (or perhaps they're real, stuffed and glazed - who knows?) of reptiles and animals in their natural habitats. It was a little disconcerting to come across a snake within striking reach until I realised it wasn't real. Others were equally fooled and all around the zoo I would hear people say 'is that real or is it fake?' if the animal, bird or reptile wasn't moving. In fact we watched a Brolga settle into its nest to rest and then a mother and son arrived shortly thereafter and she was telling her son it wasn't real - until we informed her otherwise. It really wasn't that easy to tell. Can you spot the fake(s) below?

Echidna

Blue tongue lizard

Red bellied snake

Possum in tree

Inside the Butterfly House, Melbourne Zoo

New photos

I've been remiss in posting new photos but life has been busy. A daughter got married and we had guests in the home for awhile. Then I had 3 AGMs for clients and have another one coming up next week. We've had people coming and going and just a generally busy time - but I know it will slow down again soon, once Christmas is upon us - it's not far away now, is it? And to think this time last year I was still coming to grips with what blogging was about. Now I own lots of blogs, lol!

Last weekend one of our daughters was home and a friend of hers from Germany also came to visit so we took her to the Melbourne Zoo.

New family member

Actually, there are three of them - we didn't know they were there till they were about 20 days of age. Christine found them whilst on a home visit from the country. Cute, hey?

Bungalow in the country

One of our daughters works with horses in the country and this is where she lives - a simple bungalow on the property with a wonderful view of the dam and horses in the paddock.

More at Campbell's Creek

Campbell's Creek Ride - on the trail

Reaching for the sky

Dead gum tree amongst life in the scrub

And they're off for the race!

6 hour endurance race at Campell's Creek, Victoria in August 2006. My husband and some of his mates participated in the race - it was a beautiful day and I got to relax and take photos!

Australian Scrub

Campbell's Creek, just outside of Castlemaine, Victoria

Died in the Scrub

Took this at Campbells Creek last weekend whilst Graham participated
in a 6-hour endurance mountain bike ride with his team.

Fern on Tree

Fern growing on a tree in the rainforest.

Growth on a tree

I thought this looked interesting - saw it in the rainforest I visited with my daughters some months ago.

Large tree base

Large tree base in Australian rainforest.

Naughty Cat!

Shadow is a Milkshake thief - you can't leave the desk for even a moment!

Old Tram in Bendigo

One of my favourites

This is one of my favourites of Graham - he loves Steam Trains and it was great that the Station Master offered him his cap and invited him the best seat on the train!

steam train, Gembrook, station master

Smokey picks the oddest places to sleep. I had to clear my papers to make room for him, but still kept working whilst he slept - he didn't seem to mind.

Flowering Tree in Cockatoo Valley

I don't know the name of this tree but it's like a flowering gum - perhaps a reader might know? Taken in Cockatoo Valley on the long weekend - thought it was pretty.

Cockatoo, Victoria

The Puffing Billy track in Cockatoo, near Fielder Station.
We spent a weekend at a B&B close by.

Puffing Billy, Dandenong Ranges

Puffing Billy, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia

View from Bungalow in Euroa - Christine (my daughter) would see this view every morning when she was working at Euroa.

This is St Brigid's Cathedral in Kildare, Ireland. We were fortunate to be there are the right time and were given a private viewing and allowed to walk around whilst preparations were being made for a special event that evening.

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Frozen Leaves

We were wandering along the Japanese Gardens at the Irish National Stud in January and under my feet was this crunching, I looked down and saw this wonderful pattern of frozen leaves.

My PostCard Pic

I really love this photo - it was taken in Ireland whilst we were walking through Monastarevin and I really thought it would be an ideal shot for a picture postcard.

Best Cappacino I've Had!

I had this beautiful cappacino at the Cafe La Baratin the night before we left Paris. You can read about our trip here.

Beautiful Begonias

We attended the Begonia Festival Show at the Botanic Gardens in Bendigo 2005 on a weekend away. The display was quite beautiful.

The Sun's Rays

Taken outside our house one evening - I love how the sun's rays shine out beyond the clouds, ever reaching higher.

A bird in the hand....

When we were staying at our favourite cottage in Warragul we heard something hit the glass door and when we stepped outside this poor little thing was stunned on the verandah - we put it in the sun and it finally revived about an hour later.

Strange Sleeping Place

Our youngest cat sleeps in the strangest places.

Just Waiting To Be Picked Up

Taken at a client function last year

A Walk in the Morning Sun

Also on the property at Euroa.

A Mother's Love

This was taken in Euroa where our daughter Christine lived for a year, working with horses.

It Doesn't Really Need An Intro - The Eiffel Tower

Church in the fog (Ireland)

Cottage Garden

I'm looking at you

Taken at Warragul on a weekend of peace and quiet.

Coming soon

I love photography but get little time to really pursue it. For all that, I think I take reasonable photos and want to share them with you here. KMT