Not-a-Camellia

There is a bush beside our front steps. When we first moved in, I decided it was a Camellia - reasonable bushy shape, with nice, glossy leaves. Well, it doesn't have the standard camellia-type flowers, so I'm not so sure, now, what it is.

Beautiful Buildings

I was at Queen's Park (Toowoomba) in October/November last year, and a building opposite the park caught my attention. I love the older styles of buildings, and Toowoomba has a lot of Federation and older style buildings. My daughter often comments about how pretty the city is, with its older, more aesthetic buildings still around, and in use.

New Growth

Spring has sprung, and delicate little leaves are coming out all over. The trees along South Street, that have been grey and stark all Winter now have a coat of light green. I was at Lake Annand, yesterday, and took saw one of the trees covered with new growth.



EXIF Data

Shutter Speed - 0.007 second (1/150)
Aperture - f/5.0
Focal Length - 70.8mm
ISO Speed - 100
Exposure Bias - 0 EV
Flash - off, did not fire

Night Lit Building

I've been wanting to photograph this building for a little while, since I saw it onw evening, but it was very difficult with my old camera. Tonight, while driving home, I decided to try out my new camera. I rested my arms on the car door, and managed this shot. I haven't really done anything at all to it - maybe hit the auto contast, but didn't see any difference.
And because I have just received a brand new copy of Creative Memories Memory Manager 3.0, I decide to play with it, and create a sepia-toned version of the original. Pretty.

Merry, Merry King of the Bush is He!

You can only get so close, and only zoom so far on a camera like mine. Still, you can get something reasonable, while not brilliant, with persistance.

Flying Fox

Taken on the same day, and at the same place as the header photo. The blue thing had been wrapped around her head as a blindfold, because launching out into space, blindfolded, is just the bees' knees, don't you know! And without shoes!

Fascination

We finally have a working heater, and the two younger children are utterly fascinated by it. They like to sit in front of it and watch the flames.

Lake Annand

Lake Annand is part of East Creek, which runs through the eastern part of Toowoomba, before joining up with West Creek to form Gowrie Creek, which flows into the Condamine River, which will forms part of the Murray-Darling Basin.
Lake Annand Park is a rather pretty park, with trees, bridges, play areas, and an actual barbeque area (complete with covered eating area - yay!) I'm going to try having a picnic there, when the weather is less cold/windy/wet.

Tent City

Yep. They decided to make a tent. Make that A Tent!

Rose Red and Snow White

Growing up, I had a book of fairy tales from various European countries. There were some very interesting ones, including one which featured a grown son being fed by flesh cut from an underarm (huh?) Also included was the tale of Rose Red and Snow White and the Bear. I thought of the girls when I saw the bushes across the road. I think they are camellias, but I haven't gone to take a look.