Archives for February 2017

The most amazing sunset pattern

February 17, 2017 by Jen

We’d been on another boat cruise along the Kinabatangan River and were going back upstream to our accommodation. The pygmy elephant sighting we’d just witnessed was apparently quite rare and we thought that was it for the day.

Everyone had put their cameras away and were enjoying the scenery and the wind whipping in our faces.

We turned a corner and saw the sunset and clouds doing this. I’ve never seen anything like it and immediately got my camera back out to take photos of it. The other passengers did the same.

I have no idea what caused these stripes in the sky but it was pretty amazing.

Majestic

February 14, 2017 by Jen

My neighbourhood was built up in around the 1960s and 1970s so it’s relatively new. Luckily, so far, it’s escaped the knockdown the old house on the big block and sub-divide into two or more houses like many other suburbs around the place are undergoing.

When I was house-hunting I’d look at those cookie cutter houses on the small block with virtually no greenery around them and didn’t even look at one. Maybe one day I’ll be ready to move into a house like that where I don’t have to do much maintenance but when that’s becoming the norm in suburbs nearby I’m not super keen.

I remember driving past housing developments when I was a kid and mum would say the same thing. Although those places are probably very established now with various plants to attract some wildlife.

The tree in the photo above was probably here before the houses were. It’s near an oval and not near any houses so it didn’t need to be cut down I guess. When I drive past it I have to slow down because one of its roots grows underneath the asphalt making a big bump giving me a chance to check it out its majesty. I’m sure it’s seen lots of changes over the years and will probably see more over years to come. It will hopefully be here as this suburb moves onto its next phase.

Sunset slowdown

February 3, 2017 by Jen

The other night I met some friends at Plant 4 at Bowden for a catchup and some dinner.

It was pretty busy when we arrived around 6.30pm with everyone buying food so I’d recommend ordering your food, go the wine stall and grab a glass of wine to sip on while you wait for your food to get ready. That’s what I did anyway.

I had a Japanese cabbage pancake with squid, okonomiyaki, which I’ve never tried before and it was delicious.

We found a table outside and ate and chatted – a lovely Wednesday evening.

I drove home just before sunset and Adelaide being Adelaide I got stuck in a roadworks slowdown. I couldn’t stop looking at the gorgeous sky so snuck a photo while stopped in traffic. Seeing the sky like this almost made it worthwhile being stuck in traffic and for a change I didn’t get annoyed at the snail pace movement. I enjoyed being able to lose myself in the gorgeous clouds and colours of the spectacular sunset.

All too soon I crawled through the 25km/hr section of the road and was home in no time. The sunset was pretty much over by then but I got to relive it by posting my image to social media and enjoy other photos too.