Sepia Saturday 150; 1956 Olympic meeting;

I am somehow at a loss when it comes to team sports. Luckily one member of our family was  an enthusiastic race driver. 

Here are some of the events that took place.

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Thursday; substitute;

LV Paper bag; that will have to do, if you can not afford the real McCoy!

Smile, a bag is a bag; enjoy your day.

©Photo, my garden, Ts

Wednesday; travel to...

Flying over the Flinders Ranges;

Places  in Australia with odd names; I leave you the pleasure of looking them up on the Australian map,
enjoy a nice trip. The names are pronounced in English!

 Oodnadatta,

Pepegoona,

Ararat
 Arkaroola

 Tantanoola

 Wipipee

Above the Flinders Ranges;

 Farina

 Ballarat

 Thackaringa

Taltabooka 

 Murrindindie;

Kalioota
 Winininnie

 Beltana
The Bight,

 Mallee's 

Flinders Ranges a fantastic landscape.

 Darling Downs,

 Yudnapinna,

 Tidnacoordininna,

 Mallacoota

 Baroota

 Yankalilla;

Wallaroo
Wirrawilla

Booboorowie 

Oodla
Wirra, 
Orroroo

Wycheproof
 Wollongong

 Never Never,

Sounding in each mountain rill,

Echoing from hill to hill…

In the lonely, silent places

Men lift up their glad, wet faces,

And their thanks ask no explaining -

It is raining - raining - raining!

Names of  towns used in CJ Den's famous poem  "And it's raining, raining, raining."

C J Dennis, Poet; Journalist, was born in Auburn, South Australia, on 7 September 1876,  he preferred to be known as Den.

©Photos Ts.

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Poetic Takeaway's;
Three Monkeys

Tuesday; Nature's wonders;

Honey Bee collecting nectar and pollen; My Garden;

Lavishly golden,

 liquid sunshine held in tiny, waxen  chambers. 

 The  fragrance of  flowers and harvest, warmed by sun, wind and rain,

 nectar collected diligently, 

transmuted into  the sweetest  of sweets,

 for sticky, little fingers to lick and savour,

  this wonderful alchemy of  nature. 

©Photo/Text Ts

Link 

http://www.honeybee.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60

Monday; Aahh...

Aahh… close your eyes and dream of an island in the sun;

 idly succumb  to a delightful dream;  a closed book in your lap,

 the soft tap

 of  a slow day rolling by. Aahh…

©Photo/Text Ts

Links

Poetic Takeaway's;

T-Picturesque;

Sepia Saturday 149;

Aptly described as ‘gifts from the earth’, thermal springs occur in many parts of New Zealand. Most are scattered throughout the Taupo Volcanic Zone in the central North Island, but some are in areas of extinct volcanic activity such as Northland, the Coromandel Peninsula and the Bay of Plenty. Others lie in non-volcanic areas, along faultlines, particularly in Westland and North Canterbury. They are formed when rainwater seeps down through rock towards the heat source deep beneath the surface and then rises again. The hot water dissolves minerals in the rock, and the mineral content as well as the temperature of hot springs varies according to locality.

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/thermal-pools-and-spas

 Mud is bubbling;

Water Steaming;

Hot sulfurous lake;

©Photos/ Ts Rotorua, New Zealand;

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Thursday; Sunrise in the valley;

Morning sings in glowing pink;

Photo/Text Ts

Links

 Lavender and Vanilla;

Poetic Takeaway's; a trivial world of words;