random photos as i waited while my house was open for inspection. someone better buy it soon as i am sick of the sale process

there are  no good photos amongst this lot....... but i think it is so long since i took

 any photos that  i have nearly forgotten how to use my camera

 bottle brush

a row of water bubblers

 one water bubbler

 leaves between  3 huge tree trunks

 bark markings. i like to look at the endless variety of markings on all the different trees in the area

 the last leaves of autumn

 leaves blowing in the wind

 i tried to be clever with these horrible "torpedos" on the tree but it didnt really work. the photo dosnt look any better in black and white than in colour. i hate the things anyway as they are such a fall/trip hazard when they hit the ground

they were too high up for me with too strong a wind blowing

same torpedoes left in colour

 the first bit of wattle i had noticed. smelled beautiful. again.......the wind was blowing so the photo is blurred

 a single beautiful red rose at the entrance to the school yard

the centre of a bubbler. it interested me in its worn out look.
i messed with the colour a tiny bit 

and then there was Patch

Patch was a dogs dog. she had an independant spirit, an inner life of her own, did not need to be half an inch off my heel all day ........and was capable of spending a day by herself without being traumatised by the neglect of it all. an amazing kelpie X shepherd 

she died nearly 11 years ago

some soap

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Lavender 

Pretty woman

Yuzu

Lots and lots of rice bran oil with some organic coconut. A special batch.
this has turned out to be a fabulous soap with huge softness and great lather.
i am going to have to make more of it . love it :-)

F111

The son went to two press days at Amberley Air Force Base...... over two different weeks.
This was   to see this planes last days before it was  decommissioned

 He has 100000000000000 photos but i will include only a few !!

This is  plane much admired by  and its replacement is apparently a sad day. 

I love to watch jets myself so can part understand the obsession

Warming  up ready to fly

taking off

 7 in formation

Dump and burn

More dump and burn but with some bonus flame left behind

vapour coming off the planes

love this criss cross effect of the vapour

the pointy front end of one of them

   the back of one of them

   full size plane

a row of some of them

the wheels of one of them

Some Soap

  Scentworks duplicate of Rice Flower and Shea (feminine and powdery ...ummm)

Provence

 Yuzu (japanese grapefruit)

lavender

in the driveway

a new baby tree with lots of pretty flowers at the park ....... and some grown up ones

the photos are all a bit less than wonderful as it was poor light.
however there were lots of tree trunks shedding interesting bark.
lots of burned out trunks from fires a few years ago.

a pretty flower that is a noxious weed in most of the state.

has several names but i know it as "Pattersons Curse"

ant nest looks like it is ready for rain

the last bottle brush flower i could find anywhere....

and it is only part of a flower anyway

even the jacaranda wasnt that good

we have had a lot of rain and it seems to 

have made a lot of flower loss and foliage growth instead

dog off to the park