A CHANGE FROM BIRDS...

I'm dog sitting this cutie for a few weeks so we were doing lots of walking and managed some nice bird shots whilst doing that.  Darcy has been photographed and mentioned before on my Travelling Sisterhood blog here. I get to say, "my boyfriend, Darcy."  He's pretty well behaved and quite handsome. I'm also updating his blog "Tales of a Travelling Terrier".

 He's helped me in the garden...

We've been to the beach...

Seen all sorts of wildlife...  (birds, wot birds??) 

Although he looks like he is going after the waterdragon, he had zero interest in it... 

I had to photoshop him onto the platypus pic...

Sometimes it's been very trying for him.  He doesn't like thunder storms so was allowed up onto the bed where he shivered and shook until it was over, poor boy. 

He and the cat rarely see eye to eye... 

Only here it's eye to bum!

I had to start wearing a boot on my left leg for a tear in a small foot muscle that hasn't responded to strapping and shock wave treatment, so long walks are out but we'll still go places and on short walks. 

He went to ceramics with me yesterday where he charmed the ladies and managed to score a few titbits under the table.  I'm sure he'll be fine and quite worn out by the time his parents come back to pick him up. Only two weeks to go but who's counting?

CHRISTMAS WISHES TO YOU...

In the same vein as my last post, I present a galah Christmas angel... 

...and a cockatoo tree topper.

I wish you a wonderful Christmas and a fabulous 2017.

MOON LANDING...

Another walk along the beach yesterday afternoon after work and the moon was almost full with a fairly colourful sunset behind me.  I love the varied colours of this beach scene... 

...but then saw this plane coming in the land so got a close up shot of it with the moon as backdrop.

 Thanks to Photoshop I was able to blend the two and make the moon slightly bigger.  I like this shot much more.  What do you think?

“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”  ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

FRANKENSTEIN FOTO - ANOTHER BIRD EXPERIMENT

I've been mucking around with Photoshop again and have come up with this very strange effect. A plump pigeon sitting in a tree outside pasted again a lavender sky, after it had been slightly misaligned.   Hopefully, I won't need to repeat the steps I took because it was a total accident.  It's a bit surreal ("a bit?" I hear you say) but I think it's pretty and can imagine it blown up on a canvas.

EARLY BIRD

A sunrise taken from my front verandah last week (I know! Who knew I could get up so early?)  And a bird taken elsewhere a month ago.  No prizes for guessing I've just discovered Photoshop. Perhaps soon I'll add a worm...