For a few cents worth of plastic the price is high for a single HO coupler however the shipping seems a little bloated! #modelrail #modelrailway #fleischmann #ebay

The farmer's market is buzzing. The local radio station is broadcasting from there and highlighting bee day #localmarket

I fitted the LED Interior Lighting kit version 3 into the coach set last night. It was straight forward although fiddly at times. Refer to image alt text for more details #kato #modelrail #modelrailway #nscale

Today mother nature has let us know that Winter is coming. Strong cold winds and low temperatures, currently "feels like" 0.3°C. These two pups know exactly how to get by #dogsofbluesky #gsp #goldenretriever

It's a beginning. I have plans #kato #modelrail #modelrailway 🚂

It's a cool wet Monday. Not cold and windy. I love it #weather #greysky 📷

Today I went to the cork oak plantation at the national arboretum to collect acorns. You would think that with about 2,600 trees I would have been spoilt for choice. However I found less than ten trees dropping acorns. I don't think they flower consistently every year #oaks #corkoaks #nature 🌱

These two, Frieda and Ned (the Goldie) are always up for playtime and mischief. However every now and then it's crash time. Frieda isn't fussy about who provides the cuddles, she loves everyone in the family #gsp #goldenretriever #dogsofbluesky

This arrived this morning. A Kato C11 steam loco. Beautiful!!❤️ I laid a sheet of cork beneath the track. There is an audible reduction in track noise. Mainly the deeper notes from running directly on wooden board are missing #kato #modelrail #modelrailway Ten points for translating the Japanese 😊

Bow and arrow sky #bluesky #photography

I found this at the farmer's market. My first cactus #dahlia 🌱 I love the fire engine red

My first visit to the local produce market. Awesome. I will be bringing a bigger bag next time! #market

I have bought some Kato n scale. I love it. Everything is marvellous. Particularly the track for ease of joining and laying out. #kato #modelrail #modelrailway 🚂

I took a little break from reading after I finished The Wheel of Time. It required 10 months for me to complete the 14 books. Christmas and New Year slowed me down a little bit. However I have picked up New Spring The Novel. It is so refreshing to read pure Jordan again. #wheeloftime #booksky 📚💙🪐

It's that time of day when the street is very active and the dogs insist on security inspections #dogsofbluesky

Full moon through the clouds tonight. I was surprised my phone came up with anything at all but here we are. #pixel6 #photography 📷 #moon #clouds Standing in the backyard looking up at the real thing I was struck by the beauty our world casually serves up for us ❤️

We are out in the Yass Valley grape picking today. A friend in the dog club has a small vineyard. They must be picked today as the grapes have been left a little too long on the vine #wine 🌱

These are some of the images I took in December last year when I pulled my Canon A1 out of obscurity and ran a roll of TMax 400 through it. Sadly, now though, after about 50 years of service the Auto exposure has gone looney. It is now a manual mode only camera #photography #nature #b&w #gardensky🌱

I am fronting the membership stand at the club ecpo. So I put together a small n scale loop to attract people and talk about modelling and the club #modelrailway 🚂

Canberra Model Rail Club Expo. Monster Lego layout! #modelrailway 🚂

More from the Canberra Model Rail Club Expo. Some of the superb layouts #modelrailway 🚂

Canberra Monaro N Scale group #modelrailway 🚂 Massive layout. Very wonderful!

Canberra Model Rail Club Expo #modelrailway Amy's Creek 🚂

Coming to you live from my club's annual expo. Some very sweet small scale layouts build for sale #modelrailway 🚂

After a night of storms and heavy rain this morning there are dramatic skies #photography #bluesky #clouds 📷⛈️

Lots of balloons aloft in #canberra this morning. A dull day that promises showers later. #balloons Photo taken through the bus window on the way to work

When I take the pups for their morning walk they like to read the story of the street with their noses so I have to be patient. However occasionally the Goldie, Nell, will take longer. I have noticed that I shorten "Come on Nell" to something like "Co'on Nell" #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever #gsp

Some more from the local horticultural flower show. I have a severe case of dahlia envy #gardensky #dahlia 🌱

The local horticultural society conducted a flower show this weekend and they focused on dahlias, one of my favourite flowers. 🌱 #gardensky #dahlia

Frieda and Nellie (the Goldie). Best buds #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever #gsp

Rainy day here. Nothing better than a good view of the street and a warm spot #goldenretriever #dogsofbluesky

Oh my. I just realised. It's the last day of Summer here in the Southern Hemisphere. Autumn tomorrow. However that does not mean a big reduction in temperature. We still have 30°C days forecast for early March in Canberra #summer #autumn #seasonchange

This book is two of two. The first being The Courting of Bristol Keats, which I enjoyed very much. I had to wait for this second book to be published and spent 10 months re-reading a fourteen book series. I was well occupied. #booksky 🪐💙📚

Finished. The last book was a battle from start to finish. A gruelling slog of meat versus magic. Even the story estimates that ninety percent of participants on the side of the Light were destroyed. Not counting the Seanchen who look set to take advantage despite the treaty with Rand. #wheeloftime

"Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air" Joni Mitchell #bluesky #clouds 📷 #photography #nature #jonimitchell

Resolution is in sight. Memory of Light. Book 14. It's been 10 months since I started in April last year. Book 13 tied off a number of threads and left some hanging. It turns out that the Gemini AI has processed all the books and is a happy interlocutor #wot #thewheeloftime #wheeloftime 📚💙🪐

Sky, clouds, gum tree, lamp posts #nature #photography #tree 🌱📷

Quercus Cerris. Turkey Oak. Beautiful. An acorn with an afro. I dub thee Sir Afrocorn. #nature #photography #oak 📷

I feel like I am on the home straight now by starting book 13, Towers of Midnight. An epic read, an epic tale. I have been reading it for months! I don't want to think about it being over! I may need therapy #wot #wheeloftime #thewheeloftime #booksky 📚💙🪐

Sky, clouds, gum tree #photography #sky #clouds #tree

I am prone to being a compulsive collector. Particularly if a set is involved. So when I see something like this it's a challenge more than informative #modelrail #modelrailway #kato 🚂

#thewheeloftime #wot 📚💙 The Gathering Storm. Book 12. When I first started on this book, the first of the Sanderson ghost writes, I quickly became disillusioned. Angry almost. This was not Jordan and put the book back on the shelf. It was a year or more before I calmed down enough to start again

A bit warm in town today. That's 107 °F in the old money #weather

Frieda is a rescue. She was found abandoned in an empty house when she was about 12 weeks old. She has her forever home with us. She is nervous with strangers and sometimes her hind legs quiver. However her love for our family and the other dogs is boundless. My heart is full #dogsofbluesky #gsp

A little ray of sunshine #modelrailway #fleischmann 🚂

Seen outside the local bakery. Awesome! #birds #dogsofbluesky

A few years ago I threw a packet of mixed seeds into a patch of the garden. Of all the things that came up, this is the most beautiful. #dahlia 🌱

Sometimes it feels like living in a seal colony. #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever #gsp

I had a small break over Christmas however I finally finished book 10. Now starting book 11, Knife of Dreams. The last of the pure Robert Jordan novels #thewheeloftime #wheeloftime #wot 💙📚🪐

Very pretty little dahlia. The petals have more colour than my phone camera recorded 🌱 #dahlia