Cute and Fluffy No More
We are now in the middle of a rainy patch of winter; short, wet, gloomy days. Of course there have been some gloriously sunny, but cold days – days to look forward to. But even so It is nice to have a reminder of summer, and here it is lovely bright white, fluffy clouds from February.
Sunrise in Kilsyth on the Winter Solstice. The Winter Solstice occurs for a moment when the earth is at its maximum tilt away from the sun, giving us the shortest day. And it was a beautiful foggy, and very cold, morning – just right for catching the sunrise.
Hopefully this brings new meaning to the term clock-speed. To me, without looking under “the bonnet”, it looks as though this International Business Machine runs at about 1 hertz – one movement each second! We found this clock hanging in The Old Brewery in Beechworth.
Here are some flowers on a gum tree just around the corner from work to show that it isn’t all gloom and doom in a wintry Melbourne. I Love the contrast between the flowers and the dark green foliage, it’s one of the few colourful bursts at this time of year on my lunchtime walks.
A giant can of Campbell’s soup can be found towering over the Campbell’s factory [^] on the outskirts of Shepparton [^] in North-eastern Victoria.
It makes for a quite disconcerting sight, a massive can of soup, in the classic Campbell’s livery, suspended over the fruit trees that are normal associated with the city! But what a wonderful sight it makes against an early morning blue sky.