The skies

I happened to be over at the small aerodrome this time last week, driving past, and thought this was an interesting shot. Some one was hosing off his light aircraft in front of a slightly larger one. The skies were terrible that day, so smoggy and windy!
And I think this might have been taken around the same time, it was hard to get the camera to focus on the mountains. Sometimes it will and sometimes it just won't!
Apologies to those of you who may have already seen a couple of these shots in my Today's Flowers and My World posts below.
It was a very pleasant day on Sunday after the winds had blown most of the smog away.
These shots were taken at the Mt Cootha Botanic Gardens, where there were a lot of families out enjoying the warmer sunnier day.

We have had quite a lot of dreary dismal overcast and rainy days lately.
These shots were taken at the Brookfield Showgrounds. A lovely leafy rural area, not too far from the City centre.
More rain was on it's way!

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Comments

Michele said…
I can never get bored of your flowers no matter how many times you post them... sigh... so beautiful.
Sorry you have been getting such wet weather... icky. But it won't last forever...!

Hugs and kisses, my friend!
Lynn said…
Love your photos. BTW, what is that stuff that is on the car window...looks kind of spotty. lol

-Lynn from "almost desert" country
Guy D said…
Excellent selection of photos, my favourite one is the first one.

Have a great weekend.
Guy
Regina In Pictures
Maria said…
Beautiful photos, Annie, and I'm glad that the wind blew away the smog!
Have a nice weekend!
weedie said…
What is that animal I can see through the rain on the car window? It looks rather like a horse with an elephant trunk??
Annie said…
weedie....It was a young lady standing beside her horse...sorry that it is unclear. I should have posted the photo I took with the window down.
;-)
Anonymous said…
What a marvelous array of sky photos this week! Love the rainy one (wish we'd get some rain in Southern California) and the lovely foregrounds too. Wonderful perspectives and variety!
Hugs and blessings,
MOO said…
I love all of these, but especially the clouds streaking across the sky. Happy SWF!
2,4,6 = my favorites although I love them all. That view in #2 is my favorite of all and I love how it changes depending on the time of year, time of day, etc.

Regarding that camera focus thing, I have the same problem. If there is something extremely close up and extremely far away in the same frame, the camera freaks out and tries to guess which one you want to focus on. It's the luck of the draw as to what the end result is...but in this case it's great!

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