Autumn Tints.

Yesterday we drove up to New Norfolk to see what autumn colour we could see! This is the hop growing area and there are lots and lots of poplar trees surrounding the hopfields, and these turn a beautiful shade of gold at this time of year. This is the view across the River Derwent, funny to think this is the same river which runs out through Blackmans Bay to the sea, where it is so much wider!




More views across the river, more beautiful trees, we don't have so many deciduous trees as in Europe so we have to make the most of them.




I zoomed right in here.




This is the entrance to the Salmon Ponds, where the first Trout and Salmon Hatchery was established in Tasmania. The hatchlings were brought all the way over from the Mother Country and it took several attempts before they got it right. The things they did in those days!!

Happy Birthday to my Blog!!

Sorry Blog, I forgot your first birthday!! Is it really over a year since I started this, I have never managed to keep an online diary this long before, it must be YOUR feedback which keeps me going.

This time a year ago I went up to Tarn Shelf with Colleen to see the Notafagus Gunnaei (deciduous Beech to you) and we were too early, remember? Well this time Ken and I didn't even try to make it up to Tarn Shelf but on the winding road up to Lake Dobson there is this stand of deciduous beech, but guess what, it was too early again, in spite of being two weeks later than last year. The beech has only just started to turn golden, but it is nevertheless a pretty little leaf and worth a photo.

Sunrise at my favourite spot yesterday.

I am making the most of these autumn mornings, the days are getting shorter but the sun still shines most of the day, bringing us temperatures in the low twenties.

Dinner time!!

We've all gotta eat!!!!

Well, well, well!

Its all about 'photo composition' they say. How is this for an action shot? I didn't even see the lady jogging along the beach, I just thought how beautiful the bark on the tree was, and was photographing this and she just happened to be in the right place just at the right time!!

I'm off!

Goodbye for now, I have blogged right through the latest edition of Dr. Who and it is now time for 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' which is more up my street.

Edible Images!

Do you know what Edible Images are? I hope Heidi won't mind my showing these four examples to you. They have a printer which prints out pictures or images onto a sheet of, not paper, but icing sugar using, not ink but food colouring, so that they can be consumed. Whatever will they think of next??