A while back I recall a conversation in comments where rq mentioned that the trees dance when no-one is looking. Well, for this Tree Tuesday Lofty has found a tree that’s dancing when everyone is looking. Lofty says,
Another Eucalypt from my favourite bicycle riding area, it’s “doing the twist”!
That it is, Lofty. What a marvelous tree. Thanks for sharing.
Twistree ©Lofty, all rights reserved
It’s damp and drizzly again and while I might not like the weather there are certainly things that thrive when it’s moist outside. Fungus for example. Jack and I haven’t been to the forest in a few days and I was surprised to see this big bright piece of flaming fungus grown so large in 3 days. I swear it wasn’t there on Friday. It fits right in with the October colours all around it, but I didn’t expect to see fungus in a frilly orange party dress.
Flaming Fungus, ©voyager, all rights reserved
Pretty orange frills, ©voyager, all rights reserved
Oversized kittens
Ready?
©Giliell, all rights reserved
Look, look, I’m climbing a tree!
©Giliell, all rights reserved
Fuck, I actually climbed a tree.
©Giliell, all rights reserved
Thank goodness. Mum said if they have to call the firefighters again I’m grounded. Literally.
©Giliell, all rights reserved
These incredible photos were sent to us by Avalus. The first time I saw them I just sat there scrolling back and forth taking in more and more detail. The first shot is all about camouflage, but after that it’s all about standing out. It’s a wonder filled study of a beautiful creature. Avalus says,
this encounter I found the most impressing. It was a really large dragonfly, just sitting on a mossy patch of sidewalk in the botanical garden of my University. She did not mind me in the slightest and I could take pictures from a few centimetres away.
She did stick her abdomen in the moss repeatedly, so maybe she layed eggs? There was a pond-flowerbed maybe 20 cm away.
The finger is for size, I did not touch her.
As you can see in picture 11, it is a beauty and a beast (if you happen the be a insect)!
Avalus, thank you so much for sharing.
libelle 1, ©Avalus, all rights reserved
I poured another batch of resin last night.
I stirred it, and I stirred it, and then I stirred it some more and it went much better.
First you can see my prepared wood pieces. I wrapped some laminated foil around them and secured it with tape. That was a good idea.
Beech and fir, broken off and wrapped.
©Giliell, all rights reserved
My workspace all set up before the pouring. I used the little cups from a sweet to dye some resin.
©Giliell, all rights reserved
That’s waht it looked like afterwards
©Giliell, all rights reserved
Oh, wait, did you want to see the results?
This dose of extreme animal cuteness comes from David in Oz who says,
And now for something completely different, I give you the white kangaroos of Bordertown. (http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2015/08/19/4296371.htm)
Shot these pics a week ago, just in time to catch a joey with mum. Enjoy
Well, they certainly are something completely different and I can’t stop smiling at the photos. In the second to last picture it looks to me as if mama has heard a rude word and is gently covering her joey’s ears. Thanks for sharing, David.
©David Brindley, all rights reserved
Yesterday Giliell posted about the wonderful gift of acrylic casting supplies that she received from Marcus, noting that she’d been considering trying this art form. Well, I received the same gift from Marcus last week and I wasn’t even thinking about trying resin casting. Marcus just knows. He knows that I have a large collection of seaglass and that this is the perfect medium to pair with them. I can’t wait to try it, but I’ve been rearranging my cabinets and my work table is buried under a ton of paper crafting crap right now so I haven’t gotten past the gazing in wonder at it all yet. Well, I have watched a few how-to videos (link below) that have given me lots of ideas for using seaglass and more. I love the bracelet Giliell made and it’s made me even more anxious to try it. Alrighty then…time to clean up the mess and play. Tune in over the weekend to see if I can make something as pretty as Giliell did. Thanks, Marcus. You definitely spread sunshine.
Resin Obsession (a very good site)
Wow, Thank you Marcus
Yikes! The bigger picture (my work table is under there somewhere)
Last year we didn’t really have too much of an autumn show of colour. Instead, most trees just went from green to brown to leafless. This year, though, autumn is glorious and all the trees are wearing their best, bright party dresses. Jack and I invite you to join us as we stroll around our neighbourhood and look at all the pretty October colour.
Just starting to colour up
OK, it’s just one more spider, but (s)he’s beautiful. This one came to us from Avalus who says,
I found this spider in August when I was riding home from work under the lit handrail of a pedestrian bridge. She had many moths woven in silk hanging just under the rail, so it seems she picked a good spot. She did not like the flash too much. I think it is a common orbweaver (Kreuzspinne – “cross spider” in german).
Photos are below the fold. The detail in the second shot is outstanding. Thanks for sharing, Avalus. [Read more…]
This week’s Friday Feathers come from Nightjar who writes this:
These sanderlings briefly landed in front of me during a relaxed walk on the beach, understandably I was not carrying the 500mm lens with me. I took these with the 50mm, and then I cropped and cropped some more, and then I pretended I meant to compose the images like this all along because sand and seawater are pretty too. :D
I completely agree that the composition IS beautiful and I sympathise with “if only I had the other lens”. I am wondering, are sanderlings related to starlings?
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No. 10, ©voyager, all rights reserved
Jack and I have been on the hunt for the rich reds and oranges of autumn, but today this bit of green caught my eye. Tomorrow Bubba (Jack’s nickname) and I invite you to tag along as we share the showy colours of our very own neighbourhood in an extended Jack’s Walk.
While David’s tulips are most gorgeous, my woods are just as colourful, though the flowers are my potted plants.
I’m going to try something new here and give you a nice video instead of plastering everything with photos. Because I’m taking so many pics right now, it would clog the blog. Please let me know if you like it or not.
I never tire of autumn colours, but the sight of these gorgeous tulips sent in by David from Australia made me more than a little nostalgic for the season of new growth. The white ones in particular caught my eye. They look so fresh and crisp. David Says,
It may be Autumn/Fall up North, but here in the South, Spring has sprung, The Grass has riz. Shot these tulips last week in Bendigo, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo)
such a lovely sunny day it was impossible to shoot without humans getting in the pics. Enjoy.
Thanks, David. I am enjoying and so will everyone else.
©David Brindley, all rights reserved