Well - the old
red car has gone to . . . who knows where. It's just
gone, maybe it's been squashed already, maybe it's being scrapped to
pieces right now, or maybe it's just sitting somewhere nervously not
knowing what's to happen - and keeping it's hoses crossed for
luck.
It was a rainy,
sombre day that saw the old horse
carted off to
the glue factory.
  And just for the
record
the dents and
that long deep scratch down the door
were on the car
when I got it 4 years ago
from damage when
it had been stolen
and not from
mayhem caused
by Penny and me
since.
That's partly
why
it was
cheap.
HA!
HA!
HA!
I know some of
you will be curious (being the 'busy bodies' that we all
are) I'd better tell you that the car wreckers gave me $250
for the old car - and when I surrender the plates at the Motor Registry -
I will be able to then get back a further $400 refund from the rego
& insurance for the remainder of the year. That put it's 'get rid of'
value at about $650 which is more than it's worth if I'd ever been able to
sell it. Perhaps to some poor fool who likes fixing up old
bomb cars.
Now who do we
know like that? Maybe if I had written 'Volvo'
neatly on the side with a marker pen Yankee Bill might have bought
it. HA!
 (Yes - I know - but he
doesn't spell vey well
so he wouldn't have
noticed)
Now because it
was a great day for close-up photography - and by that I mean it was a
flat, even light, no sun, sort of day - which is really perfect for
soft natural close-ups (are you paying attention
Indianapolis Steve) - I decided to have a look among the
verdant foliage near the gate to see if I could find some exotic insect to
photograph. That Maggie in South Africa seems to find the
most colourful different insects - every day - stacks of amazing
arthropods right in her own back garden. Just look at
some of these she's taken - and they look even better - big.
 Well goodness
is always rewarded - so sure enough it was no time at all before I found a
rare and unusual . . . . . . . honey bee. Not again! I
hear you saying. What's with all these bees, it's the only
thing I ever see - they must have scared off all the other
stuff. But just take a look at this impressive bee
shot.
 Can't see it -
well that's because he left a moment before I clicked
and it was too
late to stop the click - I was click committed
but this is
where the bee was, a second ago.
Geez you're hard
to please.
Well then, how
about this one?
 Now come on -
I'm doing my best here
these bees move
pretty quick and it's hard to keep up.
How many times
have I told you that the number one rule is
always
hold your camera steady or they'll be blurry.
Well here's
another important rule
try and aim the
camera at
what
you want to
photograph.
Let's try again.
 There - I told
you, goodness is rewarded.
And just have a
look at the wonder of Nature in play
as this little
worker unknowingly gathers the pollen on his
hair as he
brushes past - to then brush against and pollinate
the next, and
the next, and the next, flower in his travels each day.
 Well there - I
hope you're satisfied now.
Does that bee
look familiar to you - it does to me.
It looks a lot
like the bee that was on our boat the other day.
Maybee it
is, or maybee not, it's hard to tell, beecause bees beecome
hard to
distinguish beetween.
 Well that might
have to do us for tonight
it took longer
than I thought with all that fancy framing
and
beespectacled precision portraiture
for which Penny
and I are quite
famous
amongst the
bee
community
in
this
area.
So we'll
say
'Goodnight,
until another day'
from your
friends
Rodney &
Penny
I thought there
was an insect here
but there
wasn't.
Sorry. |
