Autumn has definitely become winter ... and its cold enough to be shivery in the hills even around noon. Dave was out cycling this morning and reported seeing zero temperatures in the Clarendon region. We're just a couple of weeks short of the winter solstice, and the rain is coming quite regularly, so ... happy, happy! The creeks are running --
-- and the hills are green. What a joy, and also what a jolt to realize that it's only five months since half of Australia seemed to be on fire. This can be such a harsh country; but the truth is, few places in the world are much, if any, better these days. England is having its own drought now, which seems so bizarre; I must remind myself, we left the UK almost fifty years ago, and it isn't the place we remember. So...
When we went to Belair NP yesterday, the plan was to photograph lichen, moss and fungus, and really get the hang of macro, using the new camera. The hardest thing was judging the day just right, but this time we scored! Perfect weather, patches of sun, right after a lot of rain. And after a great deal of experimentation, I think I'm about 90% through the process of getting macro worked out to the point where it's reliable, results guaranteed every time. There still some to hash out, but it's all about fine points now. Details. Am very happy with the work the camera is doing.
On the way home, we stopped several times for shots of the evening light on the paddocks around Blewitt Springs. I haven't even got to those images yet ... I took about 600 frames yesterday, so I'm still sorting! I like what I'm seeing here. Now, if I can just kick the sinus infection I came down with overnight, I can get back to the book I'm supposed to be writing. Am on the last lap now, and it seems to be taking forever....
Not that there's any rush. I have a feeling that the pandemic will hill America hard in the next week or two, and the last thing publishers will want is to deal with foreign newbies. The timing for this really stunk. Ah, well! You live and learn.
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