Looking south over Manhattan from the top of the Rockefeller building.
I couldn’t resist framing this vista of Manhattan’s skyscrapers through the iron arches along the top of the Rockefeller building. I loved the contrast of old and new.
A glass of sparkling wine in a pool of sunlight on The Ghan.
This is first of the many glasses of bubbly I consumed in the lounge car of The Ghan. This train runs from Darwin to Adelaide (and vice versa) in Australia. A four-day trip, known as The Ghan Expedition, includes a stop at the opal-mining town of Coober Pedy.
Alice Springs Desert Park – swooping Hobby (a type of falcon). Look at those gorgeous feathers!
I visited Alice Springs Desert Park a couple of weeks ago and saw some amazing demonstrations of free flying birds. The Hobby is a type of falcon, very swift and agile, and I was thrilled to get a fairly well focused shot of it swooping down, every feather clearly visible.
Another impressive bird display involved a juvenile Black Breasted Buzzard. These birds are known for their ability to use stones to crack open eggs, including the very large, thick-shelled, green eggs of emus. At the park, the buzzards open imitation eggs with meat inside.
Close-up of buzzard’s wing feathers.
Here, the bird has both wings outstretched for balance.
Alice Springs Desert Park – Black Breasted Buzzard (juvenile) cracking open an “emu egg”.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week has the topic of feathers.
Cathedral of Light, Vivid
Another shot from this year’s Vivid Festival of Light. This exhibit was called Cathedral of Light. I like how the phones are held aloft as if they are offerings to whatever god inhabits this cathedral, and how the people’s arms mirror the peaked shape of the exhibit, which you can see on the phone screens.
Not just tasty, but gorgeous to look at!
So, did that post title get your attention? 😉 This is a boutique brand of gin I encountered at a wine festival recently, from Baker Williams Distillery, est 2011 and based near Mudgee in Australia. Botanicals include juniper, pepperberry, cinnamon myrtle, traditional herbs and spices, and local cumquat [sic]. This stuff is wonderful! I can’t imagine sullying it with tonic or anything else, and am savouring it (even as I type) with just a couple of ice cubes. A bit like a martini but without the vermouth. 😉
