Here we go for October.
As usual the ohter thread will stay open to allow everyone time to catch up.

This was taken in the middle of South Australia. The canola was so bright.

WOW That is amazingly *yellow* ...

Love it!

An old fashioned windmill in Vanzylsrus, South Africa, on our way to Namibia.

That could be a shot from here, Lady

This is the slide at the scout camp - it was huge!

Your photo reminds me of the mustard fields in north India, Copago.

A kookaburra

Morocco landscape

Went to the Highland wildlife park yesterday to try and get and get a photo of "Mercedes" Britain's only resident Polar bear. However it was sitting in the wrong place, and couldn't the seen from the official viewing spot so had to be taken from way to the side, presumably eating it's meal from that green barrel (you can see the drive-through road at the back, along with a few European Bison). He arrived last year, and when the first snow came, he hated it and wouldn't go outside.

Bougainvillea at the Sofitel Hotel in Marrakesh

Great pic of the bird, Copago!

Window at Yves St. Laurent's house in Marrakesh

Another helleborus from my spring garden.

I love the Polar Bear story, Mugaboo!!
Plus all the pics are great.

Here is a kid that didn't quite make it over the water obstacle ...

Just to show I can get close to animals at the Highland wildlife park, here's one of an Amur Tiger, taken through rather dirty glass I'm afraid.

I don't know how I couldn't find this thread yesterday but found it now. Hampstead Garden Suburb has paths between most of its roads which I got to know from the age of five.

Berber adobe house -- Morocco

I've just realised- I've been to Morocco on part of a cruise in 1974 and don't seem to have taken any photos there. That is very odd as I have them of everywhere else. It took me 36 years to realise that! It's strange what makes you remember something after so long.

The tiger is a beauty!

have you just been to Morocco, BHS? I'm enjoying your photos from there very much.

A good old magpie tellling the world what he thinks.

My very favourite bird!

"A good old magpie telling the world what he thinks."

There's a lot of that going on since Collingwood won the AFL Grand Final last Saturday.

Copago, I just spent 10 days in Morocco. It was a wonderful trip -- saw a lot and learned a lot.



At a rug store...

This is the last Photo I'll post from the Highland Wildlife Park, of a Markhor.

A view only a local could appreciate, and few at that. The junction of Finchley Road at Childs Hill.

Kitchen at the adobe house

This is my first attempt at posting a photo here so please don't blame me if it all goes wrong :-)



This should be a photo of a heron, taken today at a local lake in Surrey.

That looks just wonderful, trev! Great shot!

Oh Wow! And welcome to you Trev!

Great pictures from everyone. A fine introductory contribution trev1, hope there are more to come!




This is the unusual flower of Kennedia nigricans (dusky coral pea),a vigorous climber endemic to the state of Western Australia.

Haven't been "around" much for quite awhile due to family health issues, so I see I have a lot of catching up to do. Not going all the way back to May LOL, so will start with October..

Copago: Love the canola field picture. We're quite familiar with that crop here on the Canadian prairies. For over 2/3 of my life we knew it as rape or rapeseed. Apparently "somebody" decided that wasn't politically correct, so now we use the word canola instead ~. Well composed picture - I especially like the wind machines in it - shows how HUGE they must really be (compared to the large building in the foreground)!

Zorba: Cool plant/flower! Do you know what it is?

Copago (again): I've noticed you've become more "adventurous" with your photo taking of late, including macros. Love the bird pictures. Your magpie is much different than ours. I'll have to take a pic of one here (not usually a popular subject since, here, folks would rather shoot them with a weapon rather than a camera lol)

bhs: you always post lovely photos, but I REALLY love the bougainvillea one - postcard quality! Lovely colours in the rug photo as well.

Mugaboo: that's really odd about the polar bear (not just the fact that he/she doesn't like cold, but Mercedes is a ridiculous name for such a creature LOL). Was the bear a "transplant" from another zoo - like California or something? lol

Satguru: You have a good "eye". I especially like your pictures of gardens and trails - you'd be a great person to go on a walk with : )
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Except for one killing frost 3 weeks ago, we're having a surprisingly nice fall. I am shocked that this lady has survived this long. You don't usually see orb weavers OUT of their webs, but this girl has already done her duty by leaving behind a cradle of cold-tolerant eggs in the eaves of the garage that will hatch in the spring. This is Araneus gemmoides , nicknamed the "Jewel" spider due to the Latin name, but more commonly called the Cat-face spider. Personally I think the "face" on the top of the abodomen looks more like a devil, but maybe that's just me lol