the last sparkles of 013!!!

the last sparkles of 013!!! a video by roomontheleft... on Flickr.

the end...

snap...

the last slice....

it was mine!!!

(used the FOOD setting) ???

don't worry we have more!!!

the little buggers turned around and left

again...

ripples!!!

light and shadow

shadow and light!!!

used the sunset setting!!!

it also has a sunRISE setting...

what's the difference???

and last evening I played with the macro

I love stitches

up close and personal

and so it begins.....

morning sunlight for the first time in days

means the new "eye" can see .....

sammy snacking on seeds

while the other sammy runs in.... before he's run off

this little guy hasn't quite woken up and sits for a few minutes contemplating.....

and this is our Christmas Goose

grazing next door

this is 

HONKER....

he's very very old and he always makes me happy to see him

coz he hisses at me and let's me know who's boss

but today he was calm and bright!!!!!

and after the storm the sky starts to clear and change

 as the sparkles begin to grow

these are the first few photos I took with my new camera

I didn't mess with the photos this time

they are sooc

(straight out of camera)

and 

there are lots and lots of settings 

to 

either ignore

or

play with 

as time goes by

as soon as I've thawed out I'll be back outside 

snapping

have fun all

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chestnuts roasting on an open fire...

chestnuts roasting on an open fire..., a photo by roomontheleft... on Flickr.

testing, one, two three, four.....playing with all the connections I seem to have between one site and another.... almost too many to keep up with... :)

cheep cheep...

happy day after 

Solstice

have a new camera with a very

 very 

big

zoooom lens

not good

but we'll get there

these are cropped

 a lot 

and it wasn't the best day to take pictures of anything

as it's grey and windy and blah

but...

we aren't covered in ice and snow

neither do we have tornado warnings

so it's not a complaint 

it's an observation

anyway

not a goose or a duck or a swan to be seen

not a pretty cloud or any cloud

not a flower worth a shot

but these two kept still long enough for me to 

ZOOM

and 

CLICK

I am a spoilt brat

with a zooooom lens

!!!!!

wish for sun 

and gooses

 and ducks

 and swans

and 

lots 

and 

lots 

of 

SPARKLES

:)

criss cross...

up there and down here

working the baby alpaca I got the other day

so soft and squishy!!!

gaggles of geese and a popcorn sky

today I saw something I've never seen before

an almost pile up of two flocks of geese as they came in for a landing on the lake

I heard a mighty noise outside

 and opened the door to see them 

they honk very loudly to announce their arrival 

and those already here answer, so it's noisy sometimes!!!!!

and from the North came about 40 flying over us as they glided in

and just as they got close to touchdown

another

 bigger group

 appeared from the West 

and they all had to put on the brakes and swoop and swerve to avoid each other...

I couldn't believe what I was seeing....

no, of course I don't have pictures of it

it all happens so fast 

 one would have to sit and wait all day and all night for a week to get something like that!!!

anyway, while I was watching all this I noticed the sky had many different kinds of clouds

so those I got

and then the sun shone right in my eyes

 and with them closed

I took the last one!!!!

good night sun

soon the full moon will be up to shine on those clouds

should they hang around

and it's going to be noisy tonight on the lake

they'll be telling stories about their journey's 

all

night 

long

!!!!!

:}

solomon's knots, are they knots of love...

I think they are

the yarn is so fine and delicate it would be a shame to tie it up in anything else other than fine delicate knots

(this stitch pattern seems to have many names...hence the title)

ice sleet freezing rain snow and the blahs...but

 

 

 

 

a week and some  

of blah and ick and yuck

pains and sleeping a lot

coz I don't do pills very well...

 couch potato-ing and wishing it was Spring again!!!!

power failure so we got to put the fire on

and tell the emperor and empress that all was well in their fair land

(a friend gave us those years ago...they paid $1.50 for them at some high end junk shop

 and they're from the '50's and so vintage and ugly...

they had to stay!!!)

a quick trip to the store to re-fuel supplies

found us with happy blooms again

 

 

and a few days later

 

 

heaven in a box!!!!!

 

 

 

can't get the right colour

it's baby blue!!!!

and so soft and fluffy

................................

hope you're all well

 

:)