86:365 Sprinklers again

After many years of not using a sprinkler I have the sprinkler today fir the first time in a ling time.



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85:365 Visual timetable

I have got behind in my pics but intend to back fill as I have lots of pics. Today I made a visual time table for a challenged student and it worked very well.






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65:365 Early Autumn

The nights are cool and great for sleeping. The days are sunny and warm. The vines are beginning to turn which doesn't usually happen until mid to late April. So yes Autumn is here and Summer has gone.
We escaped without bushfires for the first year in a long long time. Floods have ravaged parts of the State of Victoria.
The garden has remained green all summer. I'll miss those first rains in Autumn when you see the grass growing in the paddocks day by day.



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64:365 Rubbish

Why do people drop rubbish and even worse refuse to pick up unsightly rubbish? It's clean up Australia day soon. Hope everyone pitches in.




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63:365 Basement view

I sat out the front of the basement in the autumn evening ambience. It was so warming.




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62:365 Coffee & cake

Yum this was very nice. A flourless orange cake and coffee at the basement on view in Bendigo. Best coffee and cakes on View St in Bendigo.




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61:365 new desk& chair

I finally found a desk I liked and a new chair.



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60:365 Survival and bloom

This rose shows how hardy roses can be. It grew from a cutting in a pile of dirt and has now flowered for the first time ever because of the rain and great growing conditions. It has a lovely perfume.


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59:365 A cats life

What a life?




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58:365 the birthday girl

Another year passes and we celebrate a birthday. It's great having all the kids back for their birthdays. Happy birthday Katherine!




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57:365 Birthday Roses

Katherine kindly brought her birthday roses up to our house and left them here for me to enjoy. They had a lovely smell thanks Luke.


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56:365 Evening skies

It was summer the other week. This looks quite wintery with the dead tree. It's amazing that some trees have died from too much water after surviving drought for over a decade.
We have had lots of pink clouds lately which make for beautiful evening skies.

55:365 Spiders webs

I've been trying to capture the spider webs that are everywhere at the moment. You have to have the light in the correct position to see them. We've been getting them in our hair when we walk.

54:365 Dessert

Another guitar lesson for Simon and another dessert for me. Perhaps I should be jogging Rosalind park instead. Hmm thus lemon tart was yummy. Such a nice tang.




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53:365 Cathedral

The Bendigo cathedral Spire can be seen from many places in Bendigo. However I now think of the Christchurch cathedral when I see it and it's crumbled spire.



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52:365 Snails

I haven't seen snails for so long. In fact not for years. The drought has long ago rid of them. So now with all the rain the snails are making a come back .






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51:365 My new pencil case

Today I bought a new pencil case. Except it's not for my pencils as I don't use any. However as a child I treasured my Derwent pencils and spent pocket money buying one pencil a week to build up a set of 72.
I still think Derwents are the best pencils and the water color ones are also great. Draw then add water with a brush.
I now use pencil cases for all my cables, headphones and power cords. The brighter the better so I don't leave it anywhere.



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50:365 Wye River

Two weekends ago we went down to the beach at Wye River. Katherine organized a beautiful house for our family to all stay together. This is the view we had and I realized I didn't add it to my 365blog. So it's a bit late but worth it. The house was called Azure and Wye River was perfect. Love to go back in the winter as the house would be full of winter sun with great views.


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49:365 Weeds

So everything has grown wonderfully with the rain but so have the weeds.
Usually I weed once in October and the don't grow back until August. Where do I start?


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48:365 So many blooms

The roses have been out in bloom so many more times this summer than ever before. They aren't getting burnt as much and have more flowers. Water!






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47:365 Eaten

The possums have begun to eat the green pears before they are even ripe.






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46:365 Pears

The pear tree is loaded and if I'm quick and put a net over we'll have some pears.


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45:365 Plated

These sweet chili prawns were lovely with snow peas and sundried tomatoes.



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44:365 Tagged

Last year we asked the students to personalize their iPads with tags and fad a handful bring one. Thiss year I gave out tags to everyone so all ipads are named and numbered.



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43:365 The perfect afternoon

Our weather has dished out some extremes this summer. However today has been glorious. I've sat out the back in the sun enjoying every minute. Feels a little like Autumn is on it's way. My favorite season.




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42:365 Agapanthas

The aggies are nearly finished and are now covered with seed pods. This has been their best year as with many other plants.



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41:365 Pink clouds

Pink clouds are so nice but not often seen. Why are they pink? (taken on 11/2/11)



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40:365 Easter Eggs

We have had hot cross buns since boxing day. But now I see they have the eggs coming into the shops. Oh my.


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39:365 Dessert and Coffee

While Simon had a guitar lesson I went in the wine bank and had some dessert and a coffee. Very nice! Each week I will try a different place in View Street.



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38:365 Can you see the moon?

This was such a great shot but the iPhone isn't very good at night shots. It was a slim moon near the fork of the tree while I was out walking.


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37:365 Beach combing

This creature was at the beach today. I think it's an eel. Looked quite dead but I decided not too touch it and to go on my run.



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36:365 Koalas aren't bears

This Koala was first spotted walking along the road. It didn't take long to go up a tree. They are very slow on the ground. Wye River has lots of koalas and yes they are not bears but marsupials. A nice change from kangaroos who are also marsupials.


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35:365 Clouds

The clouds on the way down to Wye River were spectacular and changed very quickly. It was hard to decide which clouds to feature for this post. This was the evening of the floods in Melbourne and Bendigo. We managed to miss rain all the way.


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34:365 Flooding

We are having tropical rain that pours and floods. The spoutings can't hold it and overflow. 110mm fell over this and the next day.





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33:365 Zip bag

A bag made from a zip that goes around and around. Lois gave it to me and I thought it would be good for my idevice's cables and kits. The bright color will help it be found and not forgotten. Thx Lois





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32:365 Gel inside

Finally found a gel cover that fits inside the hard shells for the iPads. The gel skin will absorb shocks when the students put them down on the table.





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31:365 Golden wrens

These glass birds have 22carat gold leaves inside that glisten in the sun or light. They are meant to be wrens and I liked them a lot.


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30:365 The Poppet head

I finally made it up to the top of the poppet head in Bendigo. This is one of the views you can see around Bendigo. I usually only go up to the first level. Peer group pressure pushed me to the top. It wasn't so bad as I thought and the views are stunning.


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29:365 More hydrangeas

I took Lois to the conservatory in Bendigo and they had very nice hydrangeas of all sorts growing.





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28:365 How does this work?

I saw a stand with cans of drink that say they self heat. I wondered how does this work? Could be a good starter for the science competition.



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27:365 Shopping bargains

We got lots of looks from shoppers today when we bought ipads for school. A trolley full was an eye popper for many people. Felt like we needed a security guard.



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26:365 Is this Australia?

Today is Australia day.
The day we celebrate being an Aussie and living in lucky Oz. I always come home from overseas thinking just how good we have it in Australia and
how lucky we are.
This is an Australian farm gate. Most farms have this style of gate for keeping stock in and unwanted visitors out.



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25:365 Full as ever

I can't stop thinking how amazing it is to see dams totally full after years of seeing them empty.






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24:365 Hydrangeas

Years ago I used to try to plant hydrangreas. Either drought or frost would kill them. I love the blue hydrangeas and haven't seen these lovely purple ones before. Katherine and Luke brought them up on Sunday for my birthday. Very nice thanks!






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23:365 Pavlova

Pavlova is such a nice summer dessert. I usually put banana and passionfruit on top but today went for mixed berries. It's very light so you don't feel too full when you eat it. However a cup of tea or coffee is a good follow up to counter the sweetness.



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22:365 The Waterholes

We went out walking a little late today at 9:50 am. I could feel the heat starting to rise and the morning freshness was gone. My real thermometer is Elmo as he doesn't really like water but when he's hot he goes in and wades while he drinks. The dams are all very full Which is a first for over a decade.






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21:365 Look up

Ever take the time to look up? I did today in Melbourne and it still amazes me how they build these sky scrapers. This crane was on a site next door but from this angle it looks like the crane is hanging over the tall building. The sky was a wonderful blue today. Magnificent!



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20:365 The Apple Effect

Why is it iPads in their boxes look so nice and make you feel good? In fact whenever you get an Apple product you get this feeling "Like a kid on Christmas morning" as uttered on twitter by someone about to open their new MacBook Pro. You can even find videos on YouTube of people opening Apple products. The Apple Effect.



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19:365 Citrus Butterfly

A beautiful butterfly or perhaps butterflies have been visiting the citrus trees everyday. I've never seen these large butterflies at our house before. They are very big with a wing span of 140mm. This is the female butterfly.
I had great trouble taking a photo as it wouldn't sit still. So I have one of the shots I took and a screen shot I took from the CSIROs website.












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