Christmas cheer...

Thought that I might post a little Christmas cheer - these are my Christmas tarts in the making - the recipe has been handed through the family for 130+ years and we all love them...

A happy Festive Season to all...

what's for lunch?

Not that I fancy rabbit (or is it hare?) but these six were nearly ready for the table. We saw them hanging in a butcher's window in Tetbury, England.

a real tree...

Yes a real tree absolutely covered in Swarovski crystals - magnificent! We saw this beauty at the central Zurich Railway Station...

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

WOW what snow - a weekend with Anna and Tino in Brugge, Belgium. The heavens opened and we were covered in snow within minutes.

What an experience!

faces of japan - number 1...

Travelling around Japan we were anxious to photograph rice harvesting. We took some pictures in the south but it was not until we were with Misao, near Hamamatsu, that we stumbled across a family tying up the rice for drying. Of course we stopped to take a look. The family invited us to help, which was fun. This dear lady, all of 88 years, was only too happy to pose for photographs before getting back to work...

having fun...

Oh what fun - the freedom to have fireworks all to ourselves, something we have not done for years due to a ban on them in our state!

autumn at its best...

This is a stunning spot in the mountains in Nikko, west of Tokyo. Whilst the leaves were only beginning change in most places but these - well the picture tells the story! Added to this I have never seen so much fresh water in all my life!

WOW - I made it on the BBC...

This appeared on the BBC site today. I am pretty pleased. How did this happen? I post images on a photo sharing site called 'Flickr' and I guess my images were spotted. The BBC contacted me and I answered acouple of questions and this is the end result. (If you click on the article it will become larger!)

To read more visit:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7584592.stm

07:28:51 am and waiting...

The Benalla Railway Station last Thursday morning as I waited for the train...

sunset framed...

Another sunset - taken when we were out collecting wood! Yes we were about to call it a day!