On a sad day !

A person I met once, but shared thoughts and times with on email and blogs, does it make them a friend ? an acquaintance, a BFF, or just someone you know.

Does it make it any easier when you read they have lost a pregnancy ? no it doesnt, it tears at your heart and makes you shed a silent tear, for a lost loved one. I took these photos on a day that was fun and happy but they seem to reflect the feelings of the day.

Nearly a year

Nearly a year has passed since I have written here. Whats changed , mostly we finished off our house renovations. Yippee!! Some friends marriages have broken up and one has a new partner. Jeremy has joined scouts and Zoe netball. I have some photos of some gorgeous pelicans than congrate down at Paradise point waiting for the fishmonger to throw out his scraps.

Whale Watching

This school holidays we went whale watching at Hervey Bay we were lucky enough to stumble apon a beautiful mother and her baby who allowed us the pleasure of watching us and not stealing her baby away.

The fact that she was comfortable enough to let us stay nearby was amazing as when I went years and years ago well 1994 to be exact the only mother we saw took her baby away so quickly , it was a blink of an eye. So we felt really privileged to be with her. I also found out that whales will often use a midwife to help their baby to the surface after birth and that the calf will average 80kg a day weight gain.

Anyway enough of the biology lesson here is some photos to enjoy.
Baby Breaching out the water

Mother with baby on his belly

Tail view of one of a pod of 5 males hanging out together

The stick family

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

By the cats whiskers

Sometimes and somehow I finally fluke a photo that I think it perfect. I wish I knew more about my camera to do it all the time.
This little bush in my garden is aptly name cats whiskers,
and today with the sun shining through it you can see the beautiful purple tips.

Moments in life where

WTF is the only "word" to use. The carrying on outside our house over the last few weeks has been nutty , firstly we thought it was possums until we saw the dark shapes flipping in and out.

Two large beady eyes could only be seen in the photos until I ran it through an auto correct programme where we see the culprit.

Sunflower sea

We went to a friends farm on the weekend who grows sunflowers for bird seed. How divine are all these flowers and so tall. I had to stand on the back of a ute to take the bottom one. The flowers were the size of a dinner plate.