DESKTOP 3333 - END OF AN ERA

This post will be the last for quite a while. It's been over nine years I've been posting an image a day here on this blog, and today is a good day for me to rest for some time. Thank you for your kind comments and I hope my posts have brightened your days a little. Farewell.

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

DESKTOP 3139 - PEACE

 MAKE PEACE NOW!

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

DESKTOP 2789 - EQUINOX

It is the Autumnal Equinox here in the Southern Hemisphere and in Melbourne we had the appropriate weather: Cool, grey, rainy day, which was quite appropriately autumnal. Our thoughts were with our neighbours in NSW, with Sydney and many regional areas in the state suffering from a once-in-a-century storm system and extensive flooding causing much tragic loss of property, livestock and livelihoods.

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme.

TRAVELLING...

 ... again, now that the Lockdown has ceased and our new COVID case numbers are zero for more than 40 days in a row!

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme.

DESKTOP 2557 - LUNACY

We have been officially designated as being in a "State of Disaster" in Victoria today and we are entering Stage 4 restrictions in the lockdown from tonight. COVID-19 is spreading quickly and the restrictions we have been living under have not been successful. It seems some people in our population have not been doing the right thing (some deniers and conspiracy theorists amongst them), hence the continuing spread...

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme.

DESKTOP 2544 - FOGGY POND

Cold, showery, foggy, in Melbourne and under a lockdown again due to a second wave of COVID-19... At least we can walk in the Parklands for some exercise!

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme.

DESKTOP 2438 - CLOSED

This post is part of the Weekend Reflections meme.

DESKTOP 2428 - PARK

A solitary walk in the park by the Yarra River in Alphington, in suburban Melbourne, Australia affords some relaxation and serenity in these stressful days of the COVID-19 Pandemic...

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,

and also part of the My Corner of the World meme.

DESKTOP 2418 - CORONAVIRUS!

This is a mixed media drawing I have done. It was inspired by the Coronavirus pandemic that has now taken hold of the world!

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme.

DESKTOP 2041 - ANTECEDENT

Four bushfires in Victoria’s east have joined into a raging blaze, putting lives and homes at risk as winds fuel the out-of-control fire. The fires merged at Bunyip state park near Tonimbuk, about 65km east of Melbourne, causing a blaze of about 3,400 hectares in size, last Saturday. An emergency warning was issued, with residents told it was too late to leave.

Tonimbuk, which borders Bunyip State Park, was in the direct path of a massive fire that swept through over the weekend. A map of the area from the Country Fire Authority shows a large section of black over the township, which is believed to have been all destroyed. At the last census, Tonimbuk was home to 208 people. Winemaker Andrew Clarke is among them. As bushfires ripped through the region, he could do nothing but stare at a screen in horror and disbelief at what he was watching on live TV: His winery and vineyard exploding in flames...

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.