He is beautiful. Do they bite?

Heading down the highway in Montana.

Very nice card Sara, and to you!

I was taking something else here so took the road as well which is about a mile from here in Kingsbury.

Frosted cobweb

Gosh, that's amazing Christina!

We had a really hard frost and freezing fog the night before last and it left the cobwebs looking more like ropes the frost was so thick on them. This one and a couple attached to the back of a shed were still pretty near perfect and just looked so amazing.

I could have zoomed a bit on this as without the paint the small letters are tough to read. In 1965 the county of Middlesex was abolished and incorporated into the enlarged Greater London, and all the boroughs were also merged and abolished, Wembley and Willesden joining into Brent. So although we had partly London postcodes from way back that wasn't an administrative boundary so Kingsbury was part of Wembley not London. There's a similar sign in Willesden and due to a little bike ride to the shops yesterday the first in Wembley borough has surfaced, and almost certainly pre-war.

You could probably date it more accurately by doing research on the Town Clerk to find out when he was in the position. £5 sounds like a huge fine for that time and 'crime', that would be more than most people earned in a week. I can certainly remember similar signs, but Southampton, during the 1950s.

Hmmmm.......shall I take the high bridge or the low bridge?

This is the view from my new classroom.

How do you ever get any work done?

Howie, ye'll tak the high bridge, I'll tak the low bridge....

Once were moas



While I remember, I ended up taking the low bridge

Another photo from the frost the other morning

Slight change of scene....

This fellow (girl?), a moray eel, was wrapped around a clump of coral just offshore from Heron Island on the southern Great Barrier Reef. He bared his teeth for this photo (I think) to protect his food (the green fish seen below him).



I'm still very much a newbie taking photos underwater (Canon PowerShot D20) - most are just blurs. But the scenery is spectacular... more photos over the next few days. And to complete the story, the water temp is a very balmy 27C (81F). I keep telling myself that work is making me do this :-)

that is a really cool shot, Mike!

Ah, sorry everyone, I haven't had the time to get the camera out, but here is a slightly older one I found on my computer. I found this little spot near the river after deciding to go a bit off my normal route, and I'm glad I did. Nearby is a wild waterbird reserve, where you can catch glimpses of some rare species (just don't take your dog!).

We're spending the weekend with my brothers and went out looking at Christmas lights tonight

Martin, I love that photo but how big is that eel, looks pretty big in the photo.

Dan - looks lovely and peaceful there. Sort of place to just sit and contemplate on a hot day.

Copago - Wow - is that a private house?

This is the main road in Sevenoaks, I couldn't have done that with the old camera

Christmas decorations at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The red ornament stood at least 6 feet tall.

At first it looks as though the trees are tiny!

Letting sparks fly.
Using a grinder while on-the-job. I wish I had had my real camera with me.

Anyone else having trouble with Photobucket. I never log out, but today it has logged me out and now won't recognise my user name to let me back in.

Not having that particular problem, Christinap, but I have a problem almost daily with Photobucket. Which is why I haven't been posting much lately. Hope you can get back in.

Thou shall not pass....

Do you want me to ask them for help Clara Sue. If so PM me your user name and I will.

I have had the exact same thing happen to me. I've been using facebook because of trouble with photobucket.

Try Flickr. You need a yahoo email address and it's limited to 200 photos for free accounts (but then you can just set up a new yahoo email address and start a new account.)

Lovely Christmas decorations everyone, and the frosted berries and cobwebs are the eco-friendly version of course!, and those sparks are fab, as is the bird.

I've been unimpressed with Christmas decorations around here. I liked the simple tree in front of the church best.

This was the last photo I took yesterday before it was too dark and the auto focus packed up



If anyone knows how to override the system on a Lumix camera so it focuses by eye rather than just giving up in low light I can get even longer before it gets completely dark. Normally you press the button and it does its thing before taking the photo, although you can press it immediately most of the time and it does exactly the same thing. But once it gets any darker than this it focuses for a moment and then lets it go completely nearly every go, but works again when it's completely dark.