Arty photos .........

I am glad to be home - even though I quite enjoy a holiday break away from home, the best part is returning.  My sons did a good job at keeping house - however they do need some more skills on cleaning kitchens (as I could guess what they had for dinner by the little messes on the bench top!!).  

The animals were all well looked after - the cats decided not to like me for the first hour of returning home - as punishment I am sure, but now Ruby is back sleeping next to me as if I am her best friend.  I  am home all next week on leave so they can have my full attention and hopefully forget that I left them all alone!! (well, not quite).  The dogs are always thrilled to see us return and have convinced Steven that they have been under-fed all week and need extra food:).....

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Today's photos are my more "arty" ones which I hope you enjoy.

I love taking photos of the sea, however I am always on the lookout for something of interest that can be added to my photo, so I was delighted to find a sail boat ready to become an "extra" in my photography.  For those interested this was taken at Broulee Beach at around 9:00am.

This black and white photo was taken at Narooma (south of Broulee) along the estuary that runs out to sea.  Narooma is an Aboriginal word meaning "clear blue water" which I assume refers to the ocean rather than the estuary which was anything but blue. The photo below is also taken at Narooma, this is the deep waterway that the fishing boats use to exit the bay and head out to see.

A seagull - every time I tried to get close they would move so it was a bit tricky getting a good shot.  I was using my baby Canon which isn't as good at taking close ups.  But as I was walking through water I didn't think it was wise take my more expensive Canon with me in case I dropped it!!

This is a Kookaburra that came to visit (part of the Kingfisher family) - we had 5 that visited us every day at the cabin.  I never knew they would be so friendly, but they would almost eat out of out hands.  When they "sing" in the morning they sound like they were laughing.  I will share some more photos of them a little later. 

The meerkat - no, we didn't go to Africa - visited the Mogo Zoo and meet a "gang" of meerkats that were just beautiful. As it was morning all they wanted to do was lie in the sun and sleep!! which wasn't as easy as it sounded as they were disagreeing on who should get the most sun - I love meerkats - they are so amusing to watch, one of Gods wonderful creations.