Here’s my fun contribution to the challenge.
This is the old chook house, about to fall down. The chooks (Australian slang for chickens) and the ducks have left home in fear of their lives.
Kachunga is a name made up by my children many years ago. I think it originally came from a TV program. It sounds like something you might say when this finally tips over.
August 19th 2020
Today is #World Photography Day.
World Photography Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography.
I started this blog to simply record what was happening in my life. As Covid intensified and my family became separated it was a way to keep in touch. I wanted to share what I was doing. I hadn’t thought about the process much. As I progress, I realise the power of an image. And it fascinates me.
I was planning to use my phone to take pictures and I have been impressed by the quality of the photos. However the day inevitably came when I dusted off the old camera (a DSLR not the one below!) and set about relearning how to use it. Now I’m hooked once again. I’m finding that the photos are dictating the direction of the blog. Once I have a good image, the rest just happens.
The younger generation continue to impress me. Electronic schooling, electronic games, electrionic music. They adapt so quickly to using technology and their creativity is boundless.
Home schooling took a tangent the other day. My grandson showed an interest in photography. Here he is discovering the wonders of how a camera actually works. I wonder what he’ll teach his grandchildren about, when he’s my age. What advances could there possibly be in the future? Mirrorless, intelligent cameras, more resolution, 3D, versatile lenses, drone mounts? Will the camera just be an app?The possibilites are endless.
While I was in Rochester, I took time to walk along a river track along the Campaspe River. It felt a little like spring when the sun emerged from behind the clouds.
The colours were lovely. The gum trees and the wattles merged together.
While it looks idyllic in 2011 Rochester had a massive flood that did some severe damage throughout the town, 80% of Rochester was under flood water.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Wilting, Dead or Aging Flowers
Most people are familiar with pink proteas. I spied this cream one in a nursery on a trip away, many years ago and I have treasured it ever since.
I bought it as a small plant from a nursery in the Adelaide Hills and protected it during its more than 600 km journey home here to Patho. It grew and prospered but sadly it has fallen over and is struggling to stay alive.
My life cycle of a flower.
Oops!!!!
The flowers are just beautiful. I didn’t notice the large fly until I posted the picture!
Taken today. This bird, I think it is a Whistling Kite, (also called a Whistling Eagle or Whistling Hawk) was feasting on a bunny in one of our farm paddocks. It kept flying away as we tried to capture a photo. I’m jealous my husband took the best shot, though he says he had the most patience.
Looking around today I see that some vegetables and herbs are flowering in my garden.
Rocket
“Rocket or arugula (Eruca vesicaria) is an edible annual plant in the family Brassicaceae used as a leaf vegetable for its fresh, tart, bitter, and peppery flavor.”
Wikipedia
I planted a small punnet of rocket seedlings ( in a garden bed, hoping that one or two might grow. I wish I’d taken a photo of when they were prolific. AND THEN THEY SELF SEEDED, everywhere. I attacked them savagely and cut them back. Oh, the smell, I loved it. They regrew. Enough is enough. They threatened to become a weed. So I sadly, tried to remove them. But, then as an afterthought, I transplanted a few to a more remote spot. Now I have hundreds of little rocket babies, waiting to emerge again.
Loving their flowers.
Gai lan
Gai lan or kai-lan (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra) is the Cantonese name for Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale.It is a leaf vegetable with thick, flat, glossy blue-green leaves with thick stems, and florets similar to (but much smaller than) broccoli
Wikipedia
The Gai lan seedlings were planted a few months ago. I’ve never grown them before. I’d eaten them in Chinese dishes, like stir fried vegetables. They grew happily, but then bolted to flowers when no one was looking. While I was looking up the correct spelling, I learned that the flowers are edible. So maybe there will be stir fry soon.
Today would be my mum’s birthday. She loved flowers.
Here is a single flower from a Chinese lantern or Chinese Bell Flower (Abutilon). I have a small shrub I purchased. This flower is the first from a cutting that I grew. She’d like that. Thanks mum
It’s raining. All day. Rarely happens here.
Found Cee’s Photo Challenge blog and it kept me busy for the day. I’m new to all of this. I dusted off the old camera and had some fun. It’s a cyclamen that just happened to be on my kitchen table. It was dim, so I had to play around with lighting. Flowers are amazing up close.
This was a rather steep learning curve for me. I’ve dabbled in photography and made a few picture books, but I really haven’t done much with my camera except use the auto functions. I loved seeing pictures look good, but it’s usually just luck and persistance. Now I have time, I want to gain a better understanding of how it all works together. I’m trying to slow down and being a little more deliberate about my choices.
I also learnt to use Gimp to put a water mark on the photo. I have struggled to understand how to use Gimp. I was glad to read a review that said it wasn’t all that easy and not exactly intuitive, because I thought I was slipping! Layers have always been an alien concept. But I did it, even if I have to quietly admit that I have spent the best part of the last week trying to work out how to insert a copyright symbol! It’s actually quite simple, once you know how.
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