Lovely photos from all, especially the autumn foliage. That's something we don't see much of in my part of the world.
Meanwhile, I'll continue with my Australian wildflower pictures. I hope you're not getting tired of them; I don't have much else to offer at the moment.



Xanthorrhoea (grass tree) with a flower spike. Fire is required to stimulate flowering.

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A close-up of the flower spike, a rich source of food for birds, insects and small mammals.

We've had several nights of fireworks in the UK to mark Guy Fawkes night. I always
try to take some photos of rockets going up if I can but it isn't easy to capture
them. This is the best I could manage this year.

This photo was the result of me sneezing at the exact moment I pressed the button to take a picture of some colourful leaves on a tree today.
I had to darken the photo and increase the satuation in photobucket, but the result sort of reminds me of a firework display.

I was going to say that it's an effect that's not to be sneezed at but stopped myself just in time. It looks brilliant, a case of fortunate timing.

LOL and thanks Martin - I suppose you never nose how photos are going to turn out :-)

The back of Pembroke Lodge, the tea and function rooms in Richmond Park.

Light coming thru the doors at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca

The pigeon is fabulous!

Wow bhs, that's an incredible photograph.



Today on the table, a robin.

all the photos are spectacular!

Here is a sand goanna that lives in the yard. He's got a kink in his tail so we know he's the same one for the last couple years. I've never touched him with my hands but have stroked him with things like grass or leaves.

Copago, I had blue-tongue lizards in my yard. Two different species, judging from their eye markings. Maybe they sought refuge from surrounding properties being "developed". Mine is one of the diminishing number of houses still with trees, grass and leaf litter. I haven't seen them lately - maybe the chooks have driven them away.



We spotted this little feller basking in the sun as we walked in The Grampians.
Could be a skink, but I'm not really sure.

Woodstork and nest, Morocco

auntie - Where we come from in NSW - that would be a skink. I have one who visits regularly called George. They are fairly tame and rather fearless too if they are in safe surroundings.

A typical English village green in Worplesdon, Surrey

Great photos everybody :-)

Yes we have skinks here too and some are poisonous, so not touching him would be a favourite with me too.

The cathedral at Havana that held Christopher Columbus' remains till 1898.

I couldn't resist buying this in the supermarket this morning. It is boxed just one might with a special bottle of brandy or similar, posh black with gold trim.

Now you've got a dilemma Sue do you keep it or eat it :-)




Today on the table, the doves.

Mosaic floor in Fez

Still in The Grampians, at Sundial Turntable.
You can see the scars of the severe wildfires of 2006, and the degree of regeneration.
Much of Australia's flora is dependent on fire, smoke and ash for seeds to germinate.

Very wet and windy this morning but some late afternoon sunshine let me get a photo of the river Wey near Godalming.

Fabric, fabric, and more fabric
In the medina at Fez

Bhs, for a minute I thought that photo was taken in India before I read your description.

Capitol Building, Havana

Game of pool anyone?

another view of the goanna

Lots of rain today.

The streets in the medina at Fez are so narrow that donkeys are loaded down to make deliveries.

This one is blindfolded so as not to notice all the activity going on around him.

It's raining here too!
There's a drop of green colouring in my rain gauge so I can glimpse the level from inside the house. I'm afraid I'm becoming a female version of Eric Olthwaite......

This could actually pass off for Horniman Circle or Churchgate in South Bombay back when second hand book sellers were allowed to set up shop there.


Havana, Cuba