Alphabet Challenge...........................W...................

W

Waratah: One of my favourite flowers. Today, I planted a Shady Lady at the shack.

Whale: Over the years I have seen many, many whales, but the thrill never diminishes for me. This one was a humpback, swimming of the coast of north west Western Australia.

Washing machine: inside of mine.

Wringer: from the past.

Washing machine from the past also, found in the old Richmond gaol.

Woven: part of my basket.

Weaver:  from my doll collection.

Windmill at Oatlands, Tasmania

Wall: convict built at Oatlands.

White Lily

Wind flower: from my garden.

Weathered: This old wooden fence is at Campbell Town and if you look closely you can see the effects of the weather on the timber.

Wind Generator: The local supermarket has three in their carpark to reduce their power bills.

Wizard:  One of my fridge magnets.

Wool: Handspun and dyed and just inviting me to drag out my needles.

Windows: in the conservatory in the Launceston City Park.

Water droplet: on my broccoli plant.

Wasp: not swimming very well.

Whirligig: a closeup on one at the market.

Weighing device:  at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery.

Wrought Iron: in the graveyard at Windemere.

Windswept: at the Bluff Lighthouse at Devonport.

Wineglass Bay on the East Coast of Tasmania

Waterfall: can't remember where.

Wisteria: Growing over the patio of our previous home, which by the way was an old church building on the river bank.

Waiting to be let in: Asia by the sliding glass doors.

Whirlpool Reach: Taken from the Batman Bridge over the Tamar River.

 

A Day with Zoe

It's school holidays here in Tasmania and it the time I get to spend with my grand-daughter, Zoe, who is 6 and as bright as a button.  I had no sooner picked her up today, when I decided I needed to drive through her town to buy paper for my printer. I was driving along a street and I had an accident.  I had a collision with an elderly gentleman in a motorised scooter totally enclosed in a canopy. I don't know who was at fault, but it made me feel sick to think I had hurt him. An ambulance came for him even though he didnt want it and the paramedics decided, that seeing that he had hurt his hip and he had none at home to help him, that they would take him to hospital.  He had lost his hearing aid on the road and the cars had smashed it to pieces. Luckily there were people there to help get his scooter upright but it wouldn't start so the men carried it off the road. The police came and I made a statement and then after an hour I was free to go. I had this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach which I couldn't shake. Zoe was bright and bubbly and asked if I was still going to take her to see the seahorses at Seahorse World. So that's where we went. It was good to have some time with her, taking my mind off what had happened earlier in the day.  Here are some of the photos I took today.

Tails linked is like holding hands

Leafy Sea Dragon

You looking after my babies in there, Eric!

Jelly fish that glow in the dark.

Cuthbert the Cuttlefish.

A spotty sting ray

I found Nemo!

I am hoping tomorrow has a better outcome than today. We are spending 3 nights down at the shack so we shall see. 

Alphabet Challenge.............................V....................

V

Vinegar: with orange peel as I am making my own citrus cleaner. Looks pretty sitting on the window sill.

Vessels of the sea, both old and new.

Vista:  Autumn glow at New Norfolk

Venus Fly Trap. In my friend's garden.

Verbena: from my garden.

Vegetables: mainly, part of 2011's harvest.

Violinist: Playing at Salamanca

Vases: at the nursery.

Valentine: I was asked to create a Valentine for a photographic contest and I came up with this. It's a fridge magnet, repeated and colour changed.

Violet: The only violet flower that was out the day I was looking. 

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments. As I get through towards the end of the alphabet I am feeling really challenged trying to find photographs but hopefully I will have at least one thing for each remaining letter.  Then I will challenge myself to a thematic view on things, perhaps.

Alphabet Challenge.................................U

U

Upside Down

University of Tasmania (part of)

Uninvited guest: regular readers will know about the ducks that visit me at school.  They tap on the glass sliding door with their beaks when they see the children eating their lunch.

Upside Down Umbrella: it was hanging from the ceiling of the local plant nursery.

Umbrellas: Roger brought me home a postcard of the umbrellas and I added a paper one to the picture.

Undulating:  This is on the way to my beach shack.

Under the bridge: Richmond, Tasmania.

Underside of a leaf (Fatsia Japonica)

Underneath a show chrysanthemum. Apparently they have little frames that hold the petals out.