Flats at dusk in Dollis Hill

ClaraSue, I am enjoying your photos of Arizona too. I had a wonderful holiday there in 1984 staying with my husband's relatives who live in Tucson. We hired a car and travelled all over the state. We lived in California at the time and wanted to move because of the crime and violence in our area. I wanted to move to Arizona and my husband wanted to move to Australia, but we would have been happy with either choice. In the end we chose Australia but if we had chosen Arizona, we probably would have settled in Tucson since we have family there.

Howie, I'm going to show my horrible ignorance...are those goats or sheep?

MadMartha, next time you visit your relatives in Paradise Valley and decide to drive to Tucson, I hope you give me a ring. You'd be within 3 miles of my house on your way there!

MG, every time I see one of Copago's photos, the area reminds me a lot of Arizona, especially where I live. I did an aerial search of her area on Google and the terrain looks very similar. I'm still waiting for my trip to Australia; one of these days I'll make it!

I think it's time for another sunset. This was last night from my driveway.
(I almost said looking West. DUH!, LOL)

I was going to ask Howie the same question, ClaraSue!

I'm loving all of the photos, as ever. Here's a wintry Canadian sunset to continue the mini-theme.

That is a good question....I did not ask them....

My guess is goats. Perhaps white kikos. Sheep horns don't grow that way (at least not in the wild in OUR country - and they're usually "docked" if domestic but if left alone would probably be quite "curly"/more circular). I've been wrong on several occasions though lol.

Yes, I would go for goats as well

I'm going for sheep on Howie's photo, purely because of the coat. They remind me of the Wensleydale (a rare breed sheep here) that has that long almost curly fleece, as do some of our other rare breeds, and they have horns as well.

Oh I don't think they're Wensleydales, Wensleys look more like Old English Sheepdogs than sheep. However, Howie's photo reminds me of Wiltshire Horns, the sheep from my home county ooh aarrh, where there be more sheep than people, ooh aaarh (but no one actually talks like that, lol). Although the horn is a tiny bit different and Wiltshire Horns don't usually have quite so many curls - but who knows what they might have done with them in NZ, one hears such tales!

Howie, go back and get them to stand up, the only way to tell sheep from goats is the body shape. Or offer one a shoe to eat - if it's a goat, it will eat it.

We need David Attenborough, he'd know.

Definitely a goat

I have met David Attenborough but he might not remember me. I used to know Dickie quite well but he'd be useless, he calls everyone "darling" and the poor goat might get confused.

I've been to Dickie's house once but he wasn't there but did use the toilet if that counts for anything, as his wife let me in to deliver a parcel.

The playing fields at Gladstone Park not far from here

I think we left Wales with a horse and foal on 'The Mountain Walk' to the Iron Age hillfort of Twmbarlwm in Wales so here are some of their neighbours.

Flopsy: you're hilarious

Howie: Perhaps these are your friends:
demonic poodles
(umm ... that wasn't the actual name of the link lol)
Those last ones are definitely in the moo family
(I'm sure Mr. Linnaeus is rolling in his grave about now)

Here's my belated contribution to the 'birds' collection earlier in the month. This is a fledgling Black Noddy on the nest with a parent nearby. These birds nest in their thousands on the Pisonia trees on Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef.



p.s. that tree name is correct (Pisonia grandis is part of the Bougainvillea family)

I took this towards the end of summer. The thing with it is that for two years we had so little rain it was completely dry, and this year over the course of just three months we had so much rain it had to have danger deep water signs erected.

Precious said it was time for a kitty picture.

Are you ready for some views from 'The Mountain Walk' to the Iron Age hillfort of Twmbarlwm in Wales. I am not sure which towns etc we are looking at but that will have to be the Bristol Channel in the background.

I'm pretty sure that's Newport, Monmouthshire. It's the third largest city in Wales and has various suburbs creeping out along the valleys. I've got a feeling that the middle of your picture shows the River Usk but I'll happily defer to a Welsh person because what do I know of darkest Wales? (Not much is the answer to that question, lol.)

My contribution to the recent wonderful sunset shots...
Taken while snorkeling in the harbor on Heron Island - that's my excuse for the non-horizontal horizon! The old ship in mid-ground was scuttled to form a breakwater.

Wow!

Great photo, Mike!

Can I recommend Picasa3, the freebie program, there is a straighten feature which I use before uploading to Photobucket.

Actually in this particular case (and heaven knows I usually scream at my laptop when I see water that isn't level) I think it's a better picture left as it is. I just straightened it in Photoshop and it looks just like any other picture taken across water, maybe from a boat, bit of a swell, sunset, old ship... nice pic but not incredible. Sorry Mike.

But as it is now, water tilted alarmingly, and knowing that it was taken by someone snorkeling, it's an action photo. I still want to scream at my laptop but this time I'm screaming "Whoa Mike, that's amazing! Oh heavens I feel seasick!" - whole different effect.

Now, where are my Kwells?

These are pretty much like where I lived with my parent/s from 1965-93, otherwise it was a bungalow version first and since 1995 where I am now, and a brick version from 1994-5. They weren't deliberate particularly but ended up being the best places available each time we needed to move.

It is, I agree. a great pic, Mike. Leave it! Sit!!

This time we could be looking towards Brecon Beacons from 'The Mountain Walk' to the Iron Age hillfort of Twmbarlwm in Wales.

OK, I won't touch it! Thanks for all the great feedback and I'm really sorry for the induced discomfort, flopsymopsy. I do know what you mean about non-level horizons.

It was rather wet yesterday