I found this flower growing at the beach. If you look closely, you can see sand on the stem. It amazes me that flowers are able to grow in such salty and sandy conditions. This photo was captured with

I wanted to resteem this post by @juliank but can't because it is over a week old (a feature I hope Steemit changes!), so I am putting a link to it in this post instead. @juliank runs photography contests

Fairy bread is a popular kids party food in Australia and kids just love it! Add sprinkles to buttered white bread and you've got yourself an easy party hit. Here is a photo I took of some fairy bread

Thursday is green in the color challenge, so today I have for you the beautiful green feathers of a rainbow lorikeet: Rainbow lorikeets arrived in full force during our stay at Huskisson. There was a permanent

Wednesday is yellow in the color challenge. Today I have a heart I made from daisies. At the centre of the daisies is a beautiful pop of yellow. Yellow is the colour of sunshine, hope, energy, optimism

Koala found on top of a drilling rig in Adelaide, 30 metres (90 feet) high. She had to be rescued by firefighters who used a crane to get her down! Source I just saw this news post and thought it was worth

Sunset at Burrill Lake in NSW, Australia. Last year we camped at Burrill Lake with friends. It is a truly amazing location for a holiday. Take the path to the left for a five minute walk to the beach,

This is my son taking a nosedive in the surf. He was only 6 in this photo! He has wiped out more times than I could possibly count. To see this wipeout in its full glory, scroll to the bottom of the post.

Water drops make the most amazing shapes when they hit water. This session was my first experimentation with photographing falling water drops, and it was a true exercise in patience! Initially I used

Today is Skyblue Friday in the @colorchallenge, so I have for you the beautiful blue sky and water of Huskisson Beach on the south coast of NSW, Australia. School holidays have arrived and we just spent

Every year we grow our own vegetables. We like to grow organically, so bugs can be a real problem. This little guy may be cute, but he is enemy number one! We are lucky enough to have a greenhouse, so

When the sun shines behind this agate wind chime, it glows a beautiful golden yellow colour. The sound of the wind chime is a little on the loud side, so this is hanging inside and is more of a suncatcher

Macro and close-up photography open up fascinating tiny worlds in all kinds of unexpected places. Photography helps me to see beauty that I would otherwise overlook. I also love the challenge of creating

I wanted to capture a photo of a bubble popping. What better instrument to pop a bubble than a sharp pencil, right? Well, it turns out that the tip of a pencil will pass straight through the membrane of

The bees have been busy in our garden this weekend. They seem to really love the lavender we have planted in the front yard. The Australian bee population has managed to avoid some of the deadly diseases

We had a visit from a friendly kookaburra in our backyard this morning. It even stuck around to let me photograph it: And then it flew away! I love hearing Kookaburras laugh... it always makes me feel

Want to share the location of your post on a world map? I just learned about a great initiative by @steemitworldmap and wanted to share it. Unfortunately, I can't resteem their post, so here is a link

This colorchallenge post is dedicated to all the victims and survivors of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey. We have been watching the news in horror in the southern hemisphere. Our thoughts are with

When we bought our house, these daisies were running wild along the garden path. Despite my efforts to tame them, they are still growing as vigorously as ever. They flower all year round and are probably

When my neighbour came by to visit, he was more than a little startled to find me lurking in the bushes by our letterbox armed with my camera. I tried to explain that I was simply photographing our creepy