APRIL PHOTO CHALLENGE - MACRO

Donna has thrown me a curved ball with her

April Personal Photo Challenge of

MACRO!!

I use a basic “Point and Shoot” 

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3 with a Leica lens.

The second image taken in

a wheat field in France

I did some editing with the Pixlr

focal adjustment.

Please pop over to see some

very good macro examples at 

A Personal Photo Challenge 

THANK YOU DONNA

for hosting, especially when you have

so much happening in your life.

We're having some beautiful Autumn weather!

I love this time before Winter.

Some mornings there's quite a heavy dew

followed by a glorious warm sunny day with blue skies!

What more could one want.

Take care and be kind to each other

  Merci à bientôt

Shane x

The Royals Auckland Harbour - Day Three

Our Royals flew from Wellington to Auckland

on an RNZAF Air Force plane

for some action and adventure pursuits.

They met Air Force families

at Hobsonville Air Base.

Then on to Auckland City

to board two previous

America's Cup racing yachts

for some fun match racing on the harbour! 

 My embroidery friend Mary

invited us for lunch today to see

the Royals at play!

Mary's apartment on Princes Wharf

was the perfect vantage point to see all the action!

Mary's three little granddaughters waiting to see Princess Kate in her tiara!!!

Wonderful to hear you're all enjoying

my snippets on our beautiful Royal family!

The baby stays at Government House

in Wellington and his parents

fly back to be with him each evening.

We've heard from a reliable source

that Prince William gives Prince George

his bottle in the evening......

he's just a normal dad like thousands

of others the world over.... awww!!!

Take care and be kind to each other

  Merci à bientôt

 

Shane x

Kate's wardrobe today

smart casual with a nautical touch!

She wore a pair of folding Ray-Ban's in tortoise.

The Royals in Blenheim - Day Three

Today our royal visitors

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

travelled to Blenheim

a pretty small town in the 

Marlborough wine growing region of

New Zealand.

 It seems like the whole town

came out to welcome

William and Kate!

 They laid a wreath at the cenotaph

in honour of the

centenary of the beginning of 

the First World War in 1914.

 

As expected they have charmed everyone

lucky enough to meet them!

I'm so glad you're all enjoying my

'Royal' posts - I'll be back again tomorrow!

Take care and be kind to each other

  Merci à bientôt

 

Shane x