Day 273... a wonderful world

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Day 272... thrilled

If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. 

Terri Guillemets



Day 271... Hello Cocky

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Scientific name: Cacatua galerita

The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a large white parrot. It has a dark grey-black bill, a distinctive sulphur-yellow crest and a yellow wash on the underside of the wings

Day 270... puzzled

If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is.
J. B. Yeats


This rose is actually a lovely pink colour and it was it's colour that caught my attention as I walked to work this morning but once loaded on to the computer, I had a desire to take away the colour and fell in love with the detail that appeared    

Day 269... thinking

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am happy with this shot, I am happy with my shots for the last few days but I am a little frustrated...

we have had wonderful sunny days the last few days, I have been on days off and had hoped that I would be able to get out and about and capture some landscapes of my hometown and surrounds...

but instead I have been busy doing everything else and have captured close ups instead.

My next few days off we are heading to the coast so hopefully that will be the change I need

Day 268... growing

“You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom”
Janet Erskine Stuart

Day 267... living

“Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
Hans Christian Andersen

Day 266...

“I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.” Bernard Manning

Day 265... Made from BEER

Tonight I was a the pub, when the colours of the taps caught my attention, realising I had not taken a shot for the day I grabbed my camera, climbed up on a bar stool and started clicking away.... before anyone comments on my choice of beer, this tap was the best lit so the easiest to shoot.

For those that have not seen the ad and so don't understand my title here is a youtube link.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRDcbPAe2g4&feature=youtu.be

Day 264.... mmmm chocolate

Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate.
Gina Barreca

Whittaker's 33% Cocoa Kiwifruit chocolate.... a gift from NZ (I am lucky enough to have three blocks bought back for me)   

Day 263....

The National Wine Centre of Australia (commonly the "Wine Centre") is a public exhibition building about winemaking and its industry in South Australia.

The Wine Centre is situated at the eastern end of North Terrace, Adelaide in the east parklands and adjacent to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. The building is designed and uses building materials to reflect items used in making wine. The external of the building looks like a section of a wine barrel.   

Day 262... wears away

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone. - Lucretius

Day 261... horizon

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you. - Zora Neale Hurston

Day 260... beauty

“By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”
Rabindranath Tagore

Day 259... balance

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”
Albert Einstein

Day 258...

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
Aaron Rose

Day 257... Love what you do

“Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement”
Oliver Goldsmith



This is my third shot of a bee in this project... before this project I can't remember the last time I even noticed a bee!!

Day 256... building

Living a life is like constructing a building: if you start wrong, you'll end wrong.”

Maya Angelou

Day 255...

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.” - Victor Hugo

Day 254.... morning

Driving to work this morning, not the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning but I don't mind, when I saw a gentle mist hanging in the parklands... of course I had to stop and try and capture it (no one seem to notice I was 5 minutes late arriving)

I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.

Pete Hamill



Day 253... needs

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.
Max Muller

Day 252... Showtime

The Royal Adelaide Show also known as the Royal Show or simply The Show, is an annual agricultural show/fair held in Adelaide, South Australia that begins on the first Friday in September, or the last Friday in August, and runs for 9 days. It is held at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds, located in Wayville