RAINY NIGHT

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RAINY NIGHT

If you travel to Melbourne, pack an umbrella - you never know when you might need it!

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FIRE!

It's not a pleasant thing being woken up at night by blaring sirens and going out see billows of smoke coming out of a house a few doors down... However, it was good to see the rapidity of the response by emergency services and the efficiency with which the firefighters put out the fire. Fortunately, there were no injuries.

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme

HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2026

Dear Friends, Best wishes for a New Year filled with health, happiness and peace!

CITY LIGHTS GLARE

A view towards the Melbourne CBD from about 6 km northeast. It's Autumn here and we've had some rain. The sky is still overcast.

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TWILIGHT

The City viewed across the Yarra, at twilight.

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LANTERN FEST

The Lantern Festival (traditional Chinese: 元宵節; simplified Chinese: 元宵节; pinyin: Yuánxiāo jié), also called Shangyuan Festival and Cap Go Meh, is a Chinese traditional festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar, during the full moon. Usually falling in February or early March on the Gregorian calendar, it marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations. As early as the Western Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.

We celebrated it in our garden as it was a warm Summer night and it was fun to light up the lanterns and sip cool drinks.

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme
and also part of the Nature Notes meme.

RAINY EVENING

After a hot and humid day, we had some rain in the evening, which made things a little more comfortable. Not to mention the opportunity for taking a sky shot of the sunset through a wet window...

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SUNRISE ON THE YARRA

Sunrise across the Yarra River, taken from Princes Bridge in the City.

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LIGHT SHOW

When you have no tripod and  the camera slips from your hand after you've pressed the shutter button! I superimposed the same image enlarged and flipped in Photoshop. Just for fun. This was a photo of the road with cars going by our house at night.

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RAINY NIGHT

It's been raining on and off all day today and it's quite cold. The rain persisted in the evening and it's raining tonight as I'm posting this. A classic image of wintry Melbourne today, composed of four separate photos assembled into a Photoshop collage.

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

WINTER NIGHT

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DOCKLANDS

Evening view at the Docklands looking towards the West down the Yarra River.

This post is part of the Travel Tuesday meme

RAINY EVENING

A cold, rainy Autumn evening in Melbourne. Everyone (well almost!) is indoors quite cosy with the heater on and the electric blanket warming the bed...

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IN THE GLOAMING

Summer twilight sky.

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WET NIGHT

Well, the weather people predicted a hot, dry El Niño Summer for Southern Australia this year, but so far we have had lots of rains and flooding in many places. When the weather bureau makes a forecast, the weather gods laugh...

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NIGHT GARDEN

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and also part of the Nature Notes meme.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

May these holy days bring us all what we most need.

As Bulat Okudzhava says in his "Prayer of François Villon":

"...Almighty, please give to all of us

The things that we do not have:

Grant a brain to the wise man,

To the coward, grant a battle horse,

To the happy, give some money,

And don't forget to give something to me...

Let those striving for power,

Wield it to their heart's content.

Give a break to the generous - 

At least for a day or two;

Pray, give Cain repentance,

and remember me, too..."

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RAINY EVENING

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MOONRISE IN MELBOURNE

This post is part of the Travel Tuesday meme,

and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme.

Remember you can see more of my artwork on my Instagram account: @jammysevenk