Dear Mother Nature…
Dear Mother Nature, You know how I love you and all? How much of my blog is kinda aimed at paying tribute to you in all your beauty and your power? Well, here’s the deal… It’s been so hot since you...
View ArticleSummer in the sticks
Oh look… it’s Wednesday. And you know what I haven’t done for ages? A World Weather Wednesday report!! It’s been hot in our corner of the world lately… Queensland summers can be notoriously steamy,...
View ArticleFlood of panoramas
As you may be aware if you are a regular reader here, I have recently discovered the panorama function on my iPhone. And while I do wish there were some blue skies featured here, I thought I’d share...
View ArticleAbstract – POLL #5
Every photographer has their own ‘style’ – mine can be a little photojournalistic in nature sometimes. (That might be because that’s what I was, once-upon-a-time.) But I find myself, out here in the...
View ArticleA cloud is a cloud is a cloud…
As many Aussie have already seen on the news, or experienced first hand, it’s a tad dry beyond the city limits at present. So weird that we could be almost washed away in the first two months of this...
View ArticleHeaven and Hail
The day started off dry-ish. Like the last 80 or so days have been… Everything has been seeking shade or somewhere cool to doze… And our pregnant mares have been stretching out and hanging near the...
View ArticleBefore, During and After
As some of you know, it has been pretty dry here over the past few months. I tend not to take photos of the dry really – it’s not deliberate, but I always try to focus on what makes me happy. And...
View ArticleI can stand the rain…
Something kind of amazing happened this week. I’ve almost been too scared to talk about it, even photograph it, in case the magic vanishes. Last time I blogged about our place, just a few days ago, it...
View ArticleHughie delivers
The landscape around these parts has been missing something for a few months now… Something vital and something money sure cannot buy, and hard work cannot earn… And in it’s absence, colour has slowly...
View ArticleDo the flowers know something?
It’s pretty dry here at the moment… our inch-and-a-bit rainfall about a month ago – which did start a green shoot happening in the grass – has evaporated. Storms are skirting our area, with a shower...
View ArticleA Steamy Saturday…
It’s MARVELLOUS what a difference a little water makes… We miraculously managed to get under some storm clouds last week – 55mm at the house and 20mm up the paddock. Better than a kick in the shins! I...
View ArticleIt never rains…
This blog post is not the only thing long-overdue here… A proper bit of wet-stuff from above has been sadly missing for the past 12 months… despite much talk about the El Nino kicking in, storms have...
View ArticleThe Inspections…
Follow-up photos as promised on the waterways inspection this morning… we managed to gather 100mm exactly in our gauge (4 inches in ‘old school’ measure) but our neighbours measured 52mm just 2 km away...
View ArticleDear Green …
Dear Green, I think I love you. I think this is probably the worst-kept secret in the world – but I had to say it out loud. I don’t think I can ever, EVER tire of you… After so long with everything...
View ArticlePost Marcia (Marcia MARCIA!)
Oh WHAT a night… I have to say, even though there were a thousand warnings for this weather event, I never really believed we would experience a CYCLONE this far inland (250km from the coast). But...
View ArticleThe gauge of rainfall
My husband is incredible – he’s a funny mix of alpha male and sensitive bloke, he’s tough and tender, he’s not house-proud but can pack a mean dishwasher and has taken great care of me over the past 18...
View ArticleWhen the rain tumbles down…
It’s been some amazing weather in Queensland over this past week… Thought I might share some of the shots – both on the proper ‘big girl’ camera and on my trusty iphone – to share some of the joy we...
View ArticleIn the meantime…
*tap tap* Is this thing on? Let me wipe the cobwebs away, dust off the keyboard, and catch you up on the shenanigans here at Granite Glen over the Christmas school holidays… I took Dash (to his first...
View ArticleWhen Mother Nature visits…
To say it’s been pretty dry in our corner of the country this year would be an understatement. Like the rest of northern Australia, the Summer months are usually our ‘wet season’ – when the majority...
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