Melanie is my friend who lives in Australia and she loves photography. Every month Melanie has taken part in this monthly neme and we managed to find a way round her not having a blog by posting here. I love that we have found a way for her to take part so once again Melanie, over to you:
With
January 5th coming so close to Christmas I almost forgot about it
being the 5 in 5 day. Fortunately though it was a day we planned to take
a trip to the Clare Valley and I had my camera with me. Not much variety
in the spot I chose for the 5 in 5 I am afraid just vines and the inside
of a cellar door. The day was extremely hot with temperatures over 40C in
places. Clare Valley is a couple of hours drive from where we
live. It is one of South Australia’s smaller wine regions with around 30
cellar doors. It is known for its Riesling wines and has some of the best
Rieslings in Australia. The Crabtree cellar door where I took my 5 in 5
photos is in the town of Watervale. It uses the phrase ‘Hand
pruned, Hand picked, Hand crafted’ as its vision statement. Their wines
do very well in shows often winning trophies and medals. Maybe my photos will
inspire you to check out more about wineries in the Clare Valley.
As always, a big thank you to Melanie and if this has inspired you to pick up your camera take part in this challenge you have until 25th before this months link closes. It's great fun and this post should answer any questions or give other information that you need.
Links for this months posts are here and hopefully I'll be back with more photos from Melanie and myself next month. I hope you will join us!
This year I decided to start walking every day as a meaning to moving more and getting out. I love walking and during the summer months we do this often, but in winter or miserable weather it is too easy just to jump in and out of the car or spend the day indoors.
I am not someone who likes 'exercise' so I need a nudge to keep me motivated. I decided that I will take photos of my walk, including regular ones of the same viewpoint so that I can become aware of the seasonal change. It will encourage me to pay attention to what is around me and then Eileen bought my attention to 'I am following a tree'. I had started to notice one or two different trees along my walk and the idea of taking photos had already began to establish itself. So I will be joining in with Loose and Leafy and sharing photos each month of my chosen trees. I'm hoping this will add interest to my walks and help me develop a routine.
But meanwhile I wanted to share what a difference a day makes. This is the view point I have chosen on two consecutive days:
And this is our local pub which I use as my half way marker.
Like so many other pubs it closed down but it is being redeveloped into an equestrian centre. It will be interesting to follow the progress and I was surprised to see the security fence removed overnight.
I am using these photos to link in with Helena. Last year she ran a weekly neme called ZIZO and I enjoyed taking part. This year Helena has invited us to share PAIRS of photos and I see this being fun and offering more potential so I hope to join in even more.
Have a good week and if you are getting out for regular walks I'd be interested to know more about how you maintain your motivation!
This seems to be my year of blog celebration!
After saving I noticed that it is my 250th blog post.
And yesterday I spotted that I had received over 51,000 page views.
Thank you. Thank you!!
I had planned a giveaway when I reached 50,000 views so I took the opportunity to mark the occasion.
So why not do the same for this?!
The first person to leave a comment here will receive a small giveway. It's as simple as that!!
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