random monday photos and a completely gratuitous dawg

bees working away on a beautiful red flowering gum in glowing autumn sunshine at the Kangaroo Flat Shopping Plaza.
It was a very young tree but already producing these huge heads of blossom less than a metre from the ground.
... and an even more vibrant red than my camera could capture



weathered boards outside a local quasi-medical establishment

and then there was this fabulous weathered and patinated door handle at one of the exhibitions I wrote about recently


and on another tangent entirely, with absolutely no attempt at a segue:
I realised yesterday, while showing several weeks worth of creations to Nadie, that I've been a bit remiss with the documentation of late.
I shall remedy that situation this week
I promise
there will be
cats
goats
quilts
mixed media
drawing and painting
knitting
crochet
visiting friends and relations
cute baby photos of Nadie-and-The Boy's brand new nephew, Billy Bob [ William Robert ]
but for now here's Bear

sitting on my work table which he has learned to climb, thereby rendering totally useless my ingrained habit of keeping all the electrical cords unplugged and [theoretically] out of his reach