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Monument Valley Sunset
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Good Evening.
You captured three magnificent sunsets.
very nice x 3, amac. great monument valley shot.
Beautiful photos Mac! Have a happy and healthy holiday!
And to you as well, Perrie!
Err ummm... yesterday you mean..
Your evening is our yesterday..and our today is your tomorrow..
Phew..glad we got that sorted..🐨
the kiwi's have you beat ...
Morning...psssttt half their population is over here so that mob hardly count .
Besides what's two hours between friends..other than when they forget and ring me at 5am for a gas bag..😁
Sunsets were an important thing in my life when I was a young kid spending my summer vacations at my grandmother's summer cottage on the narrow beach strip of land that separated the far western tip of Lake Ontario from Burlington (a/k/a Hamilton) Bay. The cottage faced westerly over the bay and I would watch the beautiful sunsets from her screened in porch. My lakeside chalet looked north-east over the lake and it was at the bottom of a hillside so I only got to see the sunrises. The sunsets in China that I have seen are really nothing special so I have little to post.
Sunset over the Yellow River near Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
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Sunset over the mountains, taken from my home in Chongqing.
Nice, Buzz.
Thank you Dig.
Arvo...sunrise near my town and down the harbour..
Not my photos as I am hardly ever up at this uncivilised hour..😁
Beautiful.
My contribution of sunsets.
Lake of the Woods, Canada
A terrific contrast of the brilliant sun with the foreboding darkness of storm clouds and the lake reflecting both.
Gorgeous. Is that where the wild rice grows? I remember you showing a picture of it being harvested once, and thought it was from a lake somewhere up there.
I guess this is kind of a sunset. Here's the extent of my outdoor holiday lighting. There's no way I'm climbing up on the roof, lol. This is from back on Dec 4th, right before dark, with a crescent moon and Venus overhead. I thought that was kind of cool.
Seasonal stuff in the kitchen.
This year's tree.
Starry light effect.
Bella in the tree, preparing for Operation Ambush Santa.
Merry Christmas!
uh yeah, I hope your tree stand is screwed to the floor ...
I hope not all of those ornaments are glass
the ex would put up all her xmas shit before thanksgiving and my cat howard would terrorize her by rearranging it and knocking the tree over for the next 50 days ... he was such a good kitty ...
So what you are saying is..
You trained Howard well..🐾🐾
What a name..that is so moggy..
his brother's name was roger ...
Lol.
Bella hasn't come close to knocking it over. She's only climbed up in it a few times so far, and not very high. I was expecting worse.
consider her point of view. you know she likes climbing trees, and now you've brought one indoors with a bunch of dangling stuff hanging in it. it's a huge cat toy, in the house, while it's cold outside ...
Haha, yeah. Still, she's been better with it than I expected.
I never had a Christmas tree, but I have to tell you that yours is decorated more beautifully than any I can remember seeing.
It truly is, Buzz and a cat in the tree tops it off.
OMG. My vision really IS waning. I'm going to the optometrist for an eye exam and a new pair of stronger glasses. Have to add a new verse to The Cat's in the Cradle - The cat's in the Christmas tree.
Thanks, Buzz.
Morning Dig..you are well organised..
I am thinking about shoving the tree up today... can't rush these things.
By far the best Christmas tree ornament I have seen, especially with eyes..🎄🎄
Just how big is your Christmas tree??
... not big enough for one of those obnoxiously loud and foul smelling drop bears. put the shipping crate away ...
You're no fun..
It's a privilege to have a drop bear in your tree..
How could you resist..🐨
It's only a 6 footer. The last one was a 7 footer, but it got replaced last year. It was old and needles kept falling off and making a huge mess when it went up and came down. This new one is nice and clean, and being smaller makes decorating easier to manage.
It looks huge..I am sure Bella loves it..
Well I have progressed with my tree it has made it into the loungeroom..
Lol. One step at a time.
That is an array of very pleasant photos to view.
Nice pictures, all!
The dog picture is just spectacularly amazing. Everything looks as if it is headed in the same direction.
Great shots. I especially like the dog one.
Great start!
Sunset (© G. Gam)
... under a pastel sky.
Nice. A view from your home?
Thanks. Yes, that is looking west across the canyon from the front of our house.
Great colors.
Expressions of Autumn
Branches and Clouds (© G. Gam)
Branches and Clouds (© G. Gam)
Fall Leaves (© G. Gam)
"Mid-Autumn Letter" by Wang Xianzhi, 344-386 ( Jin Dynasty, 265-420) (© G. Gam)
Calligraphy is an ancient form of communication, and a way to record ideas and information, many believe to be China's supreme art. Here, I used part of an ancient scroll by one of the premier Chinese calligraphers, Wang Xianzhi, imitated in what is considered an excellent copy by Mi Fu, 1051-1107, and created a piece I think of as art within art.
Obviously you've been influenced by Chinese art. What you did with the calligraphy is absolutely magnificent.
Thanks much.
I am influenced by Chinese art. I even took a class in Chinese brush painting at one of our local universities about 42 years ago taught by a wonderful artist from China. It was a couple of years after I finished law school and I needed to do something fun. Maybe I will check and see if I have anything worth posting.
haven't seen a klinker from you yet ...
LOL. You mean you didn't have fun practising law? Think of the saying by Confucius:
I love the clouds in the black and white one.
Photo taken in the mountains of Georgia last year.
is that a tree that was broken, or some kind of bush? wtf?
It is a tree Devan, there were a number of them around. Unique is an apt description of them.
That is a really unique tree. Glad you recorded it and showed it to us.
Wow. Any idea what kind of tree it is?
I believe that it’s a ‘’Japanese Red Maple’’, Dig.
I have seen plenty of those, but they did not assume that particular morphology. Is there a chance that the tree in the photo was damaged in some weather event? Or perhaps made to grow that way?
There were at least half a dozen of them in the Japanese garden area all exactly the same, Thomas.
Morning...not particularly good news from down my part of Victoria..
A massive bushfire is burning north of here...the dreaded bushfire season has began early and I fear it will be one of many this year..
We are in no danger but many others are and the cost on animal life is heart breaking. The only consultation it was started by lightning and not a fire bug...
Smoke has reached Melbourne 250 kilometres away and down over my town on the sea 200 kilometres away...could smell the smoke before I saw it .. as eucalyptus has a sharp acrid smell when burning..
Not my photos..
Smoke reached Melbourne..
Photo from space..not looking good...
Stay safe.
The brushfires have started in WA as well, Shonia.
Morning..yes WA started before us and have been coping temperatures around 40 for a few weeks now..
Both states are well down on our usual rainfall..which in itself is a foreboding warning..
That doesn't look good at all.
No afraid not..they are now evacuating a small town called Hall's Gap..been there many a time and it's very scenic and unique..
The town has been threatened numerous times over the years but think only a miracle will save it now..the fire is heading straight towards it..
Are there many koalas where the fire is? I hated seeing video of burned koalas that were being rescued from another fire a couple of years ago. Poor things.
Arvo dig... unfortunately yes the area is full of them and they can't get away.. same as the possums as well..
Roos and wallabies can move out, wombats head under ground, emus can run etc..but it's the slow moving animals that cop it..
Animal carers will be gearing up big time and move in as soon as the fire front passes and start looking..
It is an extremely distressing time for humans and animals.. it truly breaks your heart..
It does.