oops, better late than never I hope!
Sorry gang!

a stick insect

Cool insect!

Here's a true sign of the end of summer - preparations for the local "Fall Fair" (or to give it its grander title "Exhibition") which started this evening.

Oops indeed, I agree. Where the heck did August go? Thanks Jill!(and Toni)

Another of my dad's model cars. I'll leave the identification of it to those in the know.

This is a mallee ring neck parrot that was playing in the weeds of our front lawn.

That's a Wolseley/Princess 1300, a lovely car but very prone to rust and not very reliable.

One of my all time favourite views, the churches at Hampstead Garden Suburb from the heath, the whole area and view were planned about 100 years ago.

They look pretty good , for weeds. Gorgeous bird!

Beautiful bird! Just wonderful

The rain, wind and fog rolled in over the fairground really quickly this afternoon. I was lucky enough to be near the corner store, and ducked in until the heavy rain passed.

I took the boy to a mini school earlier this week. It's when all the kids gather at another station and do activities for a few days - posssibly even more a social thing than educational! The kids love it and are exhausted by te end.

I went along to the fair today, and was nearly blown away!

These horses were competing to haul upwards of 7000 pounds on that sledge, over a set distance. Each team got two tries to make a "full pull". I'm pretty sure this was the winning team, but they were all marvellous creatures.

I attended a family Christening today, and was amazed at the beauty of the church - Saint Bartholehew's, in Rainhill.

That is stunning!

Yesterday, a mere 5 days into Spring we got our first snake on our enclosed verandah. About as close to being inside the house as you can get. *shudder*

A view of Long Ditton in Surrey, just beyond the end of London.

A bit further along the rose nursery is gradually being taken over by the park but I have no idea why.

Martin, I do believe that's an MG Sport Sedan of mid-60s vintage.

He's a classic British motorcar I came across at a vintage car show-off this past July 4 here in Northern California. A Rolls-Royce roadster from the early 1930s, but I haven't been able to pin down the exact model or year.

ohhhh that's a bit nice!

grass parrot sitting on the front fence.

and here's a couple of top notich pigeons to join the parrot above ..

This is the hotel (Crowne Plaza) where we stayed in Alice Springs. It's a "green" hotel and it has the largest rooftop mounted solar array in the southern hemisphere. You can see some of their 1326 photovoltaic solar modules in this photo. They provide about 80% of the hotel's energy.

Welcome to my world, the offices and garage on the Edgware Road in Colindale a mile north of me

No prizes for guessing the identity of this Australian icon.

I took this photograph this afternoon when standing opposite my house, I wasn't fast enough on the button to get them all but not to worry.

Wow, you got enough of them, that looks impressive!

Another typical North London suburban road in Edgware taken from the brook running next to it.

We took a helicopter flight over Ayer's Rock (Uluru) at dawn.

Wow, what a gorgeous picture MotherGoose

It is such a pleasure checking this thread every day and looking at such beautiful pictures Just wanted to say that!

Thanks Minkpenny, we aim to please

Central Square in Hampstead Garden Suburb

"Wow, what a gorgeous picture MotherGoose"


Yes, as you can imagine, I took hundreds of pictures of the Rock - this one is my favourite. I love the way the earth looks like it has varicose veins.

"It is such a pleasure checking this thread every day and looking at such beautiful pictures Just wanted to say that!"


I couldn't agree more. I love the glimpses I get into other people's worlds. It has really made me more appreciative of my own environment, realising that what I consider mundane is interesting to other people. I look at my own little world in a different way now.

Some wildlife in Hendon Park

Ah, that's a good catch, Satguru! Looks like he's about to jump on your head!

More signs of autumn here: the chestnuts are ripening and the acorns are falling:

Nonsuch Park in Ewell

great photos! Been away a few days so is nice to see them. Especially those Ayers Rock ones - spectacular MG!!

A wonderful season of rain has left us with lots of wild flowers. No idea what they are but here is the first one.

How lovely that is, Jill. Someone will know its name

Our helicopter ride at dawn also took us over the Olgas (also known as Kata Tjuta, which means "many heads").

Very cool, Mg.

another flower

The first flower's some sort of daisy, they're very popular here in gardens.

Here's another view of the park from yesterday

We went to Barmouth for the day on Sunday.

I think MotherGoose posted some Sturt Peas last month - well, here's some more. I've never seen so many of them as what are around at the moment. Not on our place but a friend tells me of a patch not too far away that have pink ones and white ones in it. Very rare.

I know I posted this picture about two years ago, but seeming my favourite author celebrates her 120th birthday today ...



A momument to Agatha Christie in the Imperial Hotel, Torquay.

Some nice gardening in Mill Hill Park

One more looking towards the hill and the monastery to the north.

This is the mighty Todd River. Alice Springs (named after Alice Todd) is built around the Todd River (named after her husband, Charles Todd). The riverbed is dry for about 95% of the year. It had rained a week or so before we arrived, hence the little bit of water present.

I spent the weekend at a small town a couple of hours away from Bombay recently.

MG, your pictures of Alice Springs are beautiful.

The view from our hotel room in Egypt. The gardens of the hotel were amazing.

A typical London suburban bus view, although until 1965 Kingston was in Surrey before it expanded to include most of the suburbs around the edge.

I took a wonderful day trip to Toronto Zoo today, so be prepared for some animal photos

This polar bear seems to be feeling the heat, though it was a lovely autumn day today, cool enough for walking all afternoon, after a really hot, humid summer.

Some Welsh hills from our day out to Barmouth last Sunday.

What a great varity! The Outback, India, Wales, Egypt and London! Great - all of them!

Typical British countryside in Surrey

One of my favourite things at the Zoo yesterday was being able to walk through the kangaroos compound, with no fence between them and me. The only stipulation was visitors must "stay on the path".

Looking down from the bridge over Lake Vyrnwy, the man made lake in Wales that provides water for Liverpool.

Very odd, I hadn't seen the previous photo (this has happened a few times before) and what have I got today? The Brent Reservoir, five minutes from my house, another man made lake. What are the chances of that happening?

That's really cool, Satguru!

Sunset on Thassos, Greece.

Oh Yes please!
Welcome SMW!

Thanks Dot, that's one reason why I live here.

Here's one of a pair of houses probably designed by Ernest Trobridge between the wars. He's done many near me and include castles and thatched cottages, all built around the same time.

The long walk at low tide to the warm waters of the Aegean sea was all the excercise I needed...lol

Thanks for the welcome back ren.

The centre of my universe, Finchley Road in Temple Fortune. I worked two blocks down on the left for five years.

Some of Melbourne's skyline, viewed across the Yarra River as it enters Port Phillip.

This is one of the waterholes around the base of Ayer's Rock (Uluru). As you can see, The Rock is not always the bright red colour that you typically see in pictures. The rock is actually grey-black and the red colouration is a thin crust of iron oxidation. The rock can also acquire a silver colour due to deposition of minerals when it rains.

More million pound houses (a few million actually) in Hampstead Garden Suburb.

Another find from the attic. I remember my dad getting very excited about
seeing this on QVC & buying it. A favoUrite car of his, the Mercedes Benz
300SL. This model has great detail, even the steering wheel works!

I have been away for a week so take my son to a Scouts camp which was great fun. This was one of the inhabitants at the camp .. first time I've seen a koala in the wild.

This is the Wills Memorial Building in Bristol, part of the University of Bristol.
They've just finished restoring the building which is generally considered to be
the last great gothic building to be built in the UK.

A lazy late September afternoon on the Kennet & Avon canal in Berkshire.

Same building as in my previoUs photo, this one taken with a 2 second
exposure to capture the lights of the (invisible) passing traffic.



(Not too much camera shake which isn't bad without a tripod.)

Oy vay, it's October already! We're late!

well, you are. The October thread's been up since the first.

I did look, honestly! I found this straight away as Martin had added to it but still didn't see October, but I've been like that all my life...

Oops. Sorry, I forgot to wind up my calendar & it stopped. :]