Archie loves his little patch of fyansford
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This is the latest iteration of Archie's blog. We thank the moderator of Fyansford Community Noticeboard for suggesting we refrain from posting on his site as Archie's posts perhaps would be more suited on a different blog; hence Archie's Turf, which will comprise posts based on Archie's P&P (his real home-turf) followed by our neighbourhood walk. Each photoshoot will have a different focus.
Take me there
Happy Birthday, Archie!
Big cuddles, big boy!
Carn, Archie, put your hat on...
No, you don't blow it, or bite it...
Big cuddles, big boy!
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Archie's P&P Time
A necessary part of our daily routine ~ that 10 minutes immediately after getting up and before we depart for our daily around-a-block walk. That time when Archie does his business in order that he won't have to "drop a landmine" during our shared time out in the neighbourhood.
Take me there...
Psssst!
In truth, at a purely personal level, this is a daily photographic "distraction' for me.
I have several rules which guide my photoshoots
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all photos are taken with my iPhone,
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all photos are taken from public property (footpaths, parklands, streets or river banks). I encroach on a front garden only with owners' permission (e.g. close-ups of Lauren's imaginings).
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I restrict myself to taking a single photo of each aspect.
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The shoot is restricted to a circuit of one neighbourhood block (approx. 15-20 minutes).
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On returning home I allow an hour for editing and posting of photos.
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I minimise personally-identifying features (house numbers, number plates., personal portraits, etc.
If any member of my community would prefer a photo to be withdrawn please let me know (Fyansford.com@gmail.com)
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at least once every month I try to take Archie for an adventure ~ to some more-distant Fyansford landmark.
Sure it means a drive in the car; but that's all part of the outing...
One restriction - I have to be able to navigate the terrain
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Downtown Fyansford
Downtown Fyansford
Ca 1890s
Downtown Fyansford walkabout 23.11.20
Downtown Fyansford
In perspective
Parked car out front of the old Gugger store
The engine spluttered and I saw smoke coming out of the exhaust so....
Looking across at the old Swan Inn
Parked car out front of the old Gugger store
Downtown Fyansford
Atkins Street ~ here today, gone tomorrow...
That's life...
13 November, 2020
Looking west over parklands
Oval (still under preparation)
13 November, 2020
Hights parklands
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Pssst!
If you own #56 and feel this is an invasion
of your privacy I'll remove it from my page.
It's just that I thought it delightful...
I took Archie to see our monier bridge this morning
little realising the sights we would see.
Check-out this WeVideo link
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archie's turf
Archie's p&p time
Archie's walkies time
2021
Feb
12
Focus: Looking up
Inside while Archie has his milk
In the porch. Archie is having his P&P-Time
A little touch of Bali
Inside while Archie has his milk
Thanks, Ned.
By the Moorabool
The drinks on me
Thanks, Ned.
Remember: Click first image to open the gallery
2021
Feb
16
Focus: Looking through
2021
Feb
21
Focus: H2O
2021
Feb
22
Focus: Greens
2
Mar
2021
Focus: Symmetry
Mar
2021
10
Shapes-n-colours
Mar
2021
13
Little-n-big
Mar
2021
17
n-comfortable
Mar
2021
29
in the detail
Apr
2021
19
Being alone
Archie post-walkies
Archie post-walkies
Just Joey
A gift from Sue many years ago... Since then it has almost trebled in size...
Red intuition
Just Joey
The oiling certainly helps. Looking great!
Great shape-n-colour; hopefully, great tastes...
I see you...
Beautiful shapes-n-colours
Great shape-n-colour; hopefully, great tastes...
So many great shapes-n-lines
My leafy walk for the morning
Never too old to play, Mary...
Not a bird takes flight.... (View from side door)
Yes, I know, I've gotta pick it...
Never too old to play, Mary...
Our nature strip changes colour
Lauren's imaginings always delight
Our nature strip changes colour
We had a visitor last night
At home on the money plant
Relic from the past
We had a visitor last night
And they are still coming...
Raindrops keep falling on my head
OK, Archie, let's go...
And they are still coming...
Archie loves bright flowers
Peek-a-boo
Archie loves bright flowers
That's consideration....
Is it Stella, Bella or someone else playing with Lauren's world of imaginings?
That's consideration....
It's hard being a leader....
It's hard being a leader....
I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch...
O Sole Mio...
Mummy! Mummy! Mummy! Sob.....
I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch...
Mr Lonely....
Sigh!!!!!
Twosomes are comfortable
Mr Lonely....
Apr
2021
20
Love shapes
&
colours
Ever get that, "Where is everybody!" feeling?
What we lack in quantity...
Mary's suggestion - both picture and title
Ever get that, "Where is everybody!" feeling?
One of a kind
Can't help but love the shapes, shadows and colours
Is that a change coming?
One of a kind
30
Apr
2021
Love shapes
&
colours
May
2021
9
A bit chilly but...
Happy mother's day, Mary!
Chocaholic - even smells like chocolate
Happy mother's day, Mary!
Sure, the rule is one photo only
This morning's Archie's Patch is for Auntie Kerrie....
Ok, Archie, ready for walkies?
OK, Archie, let's go inside. Time for breaky.
Auntie Kerrie, click first image to access slideshow.
May
2021
23
Love that "special" time o' day (includes 2 ring-ins)
Moments to treasure...
Archie's outdoor spa retreat
An entirely different universe for some...
Moments to treasure...
May
2021
24
Battle fought, but lost (2-1) Nothing like the smell from first fire of season...
Just in case there is a frost
Archie, gives thanks to Ra, fire god of the sun, light, warmth, and growth.
My dad is a big believer in the power of distraction. Guess I can give it a go....
My auntie Kerrie is having a hard time at the moment.
This link takes you to a few of the distractions dad sent
Aunt Kerrie to help her pass the time....
May
2021
31
A Frosty Morn During Lockdown
1
June
2021
First cab off the rank in McAuliffe
First cab off the rank in McAuliffe
5
June
2021
Dad has a go at walking in my shoes
6
June
2021
Out by Mum's gallery
Trying to hide in the succulents
Let's play here for a while, dad...
Out by Mum's gallery
13
June
2021
28
June
2021
Getting somewhat chilly
Mary loves digging old recipes out
Mary's experimenting with dehydrated lemons (for use in her manhattan cocktails)
While lighting the fire I noticed this little critter (wasp) in the woodpile
Mary loves digging old recipes out
29
June
2021
No clouds. No wonder it was so cold last night.
Beautifully crisp
I wonder how many weeks it will take before the CoGG collects this body...
No clouds. No wonder it was so cold last night.
Looking down the road
Brrrr! It'd be cold up there....
Beautiful
Looking down the road
30
June
2021
in search of moning's glow...
9
July
2021
Lockdown strikes again....
16
July
2021
Good crop of oranges
Hope yours are flowering, Pat...
Good crop of oranges
Not so dreary after all.....
More than spring in the air...
19
July
2021
Thought it was going to be a bit of a drag.... But, no. A new whirly-gig always brightens the walk
Even Archie enjoyed the newcomer to the neighbourhood
We have been wondering when the first blooms would appear....
Thought it was going to be a bit of a drag.... But, no. A new whirly-gig always brightens the walk
1
August
2021
An ever-growing collection
Just gotta smile...
2
August
2021
Juist gotta smiel
Juist gotta smiel
See: A Different Time
1
Dec.
2021
No, Don't! Life will never be the same...
Final pickings from last year's citrus crop
I like your optimism. Perhaps, they'll get the afternoon sun this year...
No, Don't! Life will never be the same...
See: Spring was slow this year
Happy Easter, Archie!
No walkies this morning. Instead, Archie got
a bit of a surprise.
Into the bath he went.
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Hey! come in out of the rain...
It's Review-Time...
Here are some of my better Archie's Patch images
What's it about, Archie?
It's P&P Time
(Inside)
It's P&P Time
(Outside)
It's Walkies Time
Keep your face toward the sunshine
muviag
and the shadows will always fall behind you
Mary helped in packaging the seeds. It took two weeks to letterbox the packs (one block per day).
It was early September, 2020, in the midst of the lockdown gloom that Jodie suggested I give sunflower seeds to neighbours. I ran with the idea.
I distributed seed packages to neighbours in Riverside, Monier and the Blackbull Ridge estates as well as lower areas in the Heights. during my morning walks with Archie.
Also a group named after each of my siblings. Mary's siblings are in the raised rose garden.
It was early September, 2020, in the midst of the lockdown gloom that Jodie suggested I give sunflower seeds to neighbours. I ran with the idea.
The
McAuliffe
2020
Sunflower Stakes
Standout performers
3 November, 2020 Measurement day #1
Working overtime - under solarlight
Definitely - petals-n-hair
Sue glows just like the flower
A beautiful sunfolower
Definitely - petals-n-hair
Can you see a resemblance between the head of the flower and its namesake?
New neighbours...
Croc
Just over a year ago
Fred appeared suddenly in our yard.
We enjoyed his company immensely;
until he just as suddenly disappeared.
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Well, a week or so back Croc suddenly appeard.Archie was totally smitten.
Croc was Archie's new best friend.
Recently, they've begun a new game; a fun game of hide-n-seek.
Croc hides somewhere in the house during the night while Archie is asleep.
Sometimes it takes all day for Archie to find his friend. They get so excited....
Hey, Croc!
Gotcha!
Hey, dad! I've found Croc!
Look, there he is...
Hey, dad! I've found Croc!
Sometimes even I have difficulty finding Croc.
Those photos show Croc peeping out
from some of his hiding places.
I spy with my little eye...
Neither Archie nor I are looking forward to the day Croc suddenly disappears.
Maggie
Archie
has mixed feelings about Maggie...
I hate to brag, but...
Fyansford crop circles reported by our man in the field - Archie
Archie and his dad were out walking their patch
when Archie observed the crop circle.
Ever alert to the unusual, Archie spots a circle.
"What is this, daddy?" he asks.
Wow!
Ever alert to the unusual, Archie spots a circle.
Assorted posts from the Archie Walks Clip-collection
Looking back is good...
Archie Walks Reflections 1 (August, 2020)
Archie Walks Reflections 2 (August, 2020)
Millie
Millie!
Millie who?
I've been told I'm getting a little sister,
Millie.
To catch up on Millie,
click the LINK
2021
2022
Does a sleep-in make a difference?
See Archie's Facebook post
Archie & Millie try their hand at chalk chasey.
Once a teacher, always a teacher...
Can you find Daisy, the dragonfly, Sammy, the snail and whatever else is hidden in the photo?
Click image to enlarge.
The McAuliffe Drive Roadside Library
This wonderful little, free library has been operating successfully for some time now.
Archie has decided to place a book from his series in the library for community use each Saturday with the idea being that people return the books after reading them so they may be enjoyed by all.
The books are designed as "Read with" books, i.e. nannas and pops, aunts and uncles, mums-n-dads can share them with their little ones.
e-book versions of Archie's books are available at....