Love all the cat pics - thanks everyone.

Auntie, that is so lovely. Looks like a Christmas card!

great shot, Auntie!

here are some swans in flight.

The "undressed" tree. We've brought a real one for years, but decided to go back to a pretend tree this year
I shall post the "dressed" tree tomorrow

Can't wait to see it all decorated, JM!!!

Last year I promised the juniors that we would start to collect the elements to build up a chrstmas village. Unfortunately they couldn't decide which piece they wanted most last year and we ended up with none. Today, coming home from town with two of the juniors we stopped by the local gardening centre and had a look at what was on offer, and this is the piece we came home with. The windows all light up from insde and it's ever so cute! Can't wait to get some of the pieces with moving elements!

aww very cute.

I meant to say yeaterday .. I had washed my last one, a nano, and never did quite recover. It hung in there for a little while but the sound went funny LOL A because I use it so much on walks and such I couldn't be without one.

A curious kangaroo wondering what I'm doing.

Hah! You ran it through the machine??? Classic!

(but I can imagine that it probably didn't appreciate the experience very much!)

The Mughal Emperor Humayun's tomb at Delhi. President Obama & Michelle visited this place on their recent trip to India. All the others seem to prefer going to see the Taj Mahal at Agra.

Dressed tree!

Aha Jane! I can spot some of your own beautiful work on there!

Beautiful Jane!

Here's half our vege garden going nuts this year (lots of rain ) Yesterday we tok out some of the zucchini (the ones in the middle) just to give us some space to get around lol

On the subject of vegie gardens, my horticultural staff are currently cultivating and fertilising my next project.

It's so hot over here, even the fences are melting.

It's been so cold and dark I haven't been out with the camera till today. This looks impressive and is actually the end of a row of shops giving access to the flats above. Architect designed though.

Another shot of the kangaroo. See how green it is? We've had twice our average rainfall this year which is a huge difference to the year before where we didn't even get a third of it. Here's a link to a photo from November last year .. not much green stuff about! november goats

That is a really sweet piece! I hope to see more photos as your village grows!

Makes me feel quite Christmassy!

Tha Bahai House of Worship more commonly known as the Lotus Temple in Delhi.

Here is a typical view of my estate, with the playing fields in the background.

My bedroom cabinet, all done up for the festive season!

The telegraph pole supplying the local football club at sunset

One of the mosques inside the Red Fort at Agra

Zorba: wow, wonderful pix as always. They make me feel warm (we had snow warnings today and somewhere around 70 or so traffic accidents. It took me 45 minutes to get home this evening - it is normally a 12 minute drive for me during summer LOL)

Jane: nice tree indeed! And such lovely work on the card and your ornaments

And of course I love all the catpix, especially SOTHC's BB&F (too funny, you can almost imagine them conversing like the old guys in the balcony on the Muppet Show lol)

Copago: you are getting "scary good" with your photos lately. The sunset is fabulous (as are the roo pics)


Satguru: I gather your snow went away? Would you like some of mine? (shovelled for 2 hours this evening lol)

Rosie in the snow...

Thanks, Jake. I love the snow pics on the Forums because I could never bear to click any myself. 15C is as low as I'm willing to go.



Taj Mahal, Agra

The snow has just returned, and I have to go out tomorrow evening if possible. Fingers crossed.
This is a typical modernist house, sadly few kept the original windows.

Oh poor Rosie, Dot! She needs boots.
MY Rosie is lying in the sun on the windowsill.

Copper bougainvillea

You are quite right Ren, that was the first time she saw snow and she soon came inside! Your Rosie looks far more comfortable than is allowed! Cats have the knack, don't they?

A minor confrontation.



http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad254/ozedawn/morningsun-1.jpg

And the winner is.....
Mishka gets the spot that catches the early morning sun through the east window.

A ornament what a good friend sent me