A set of wooden rods in different colours representing numbers, in a plastic case. They are called Cuisenaire rods. Long orange rods are on top of the set, four can be seen. Along the bottom of the frame are green, back, brown and blue rods still in their slots in the case. The image has been cropped in the app.

The concept of using rods in maths has its origins in the 1820s. Cuisenaire rods date to the 1950s, these though are probably about 20 years old.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOForOld #ColourADay #OrangeSun #photography #Cuisenairerods

It seems it was available only in Australia and New Zealand in the early 2000s. We made these in a holiday house in Katoomba NSW a few years ago.

Looking down at two purple canvas shoes being worn, looking like Converse Chuck 70 hi-tops but are not that particular brand. The shoes are new, so the laces are very white, as is the white on the shoes themselves. The shoes are in the sun so they look extra bright.

The shoe's so bight I gotta wear shades

Apologies to Timbuk 3

#purplefriday #shoes

I thought you might appreciate them Rebecca 🙂

Close up view of two African daisy yellow flowers just after rain, one behind the other growing on the plant. The one in front is in focus, and its centre has a shale shape that looks like a pinwheel as the florets are not all raised. The second flower appears to have a fluffy centre, though it is not in focus. Raindrops can be seen on both flowers. The background consists of leaves of the plant and in the lower left of the frame a low front fence.

Possibly the shape of a pinwheel in the centre of the front flower, then again

#ColourADay #YellowThu #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling

A pair of short red boots against a dark blue background. They have zip on the inside and laces on the front.

Now it's getting cooler*, time to bring out what I call my Nanny Ogg boots**

#ColourADay #RedWed #photography #footwear

*and I use that term loosely

** no, I can't style/arrange to save my life

According to a friend of mine who found his father's old film filled camera, there are tips for shooting with time-expired film. I will be looking them up before I go out and use what is left in the roll, along with finding somewhere that processes film in this day and age.

I will need to find somewhere that processes film these days, but I may take you up on you offer 😄

A camera that was introduced in 1954 and last produced in 1959. It is a Voigtländer model Vito B, not sure which variation. There is one 50mm fixed lens attached to the camera. The aperture is set on the front of the lens, focus in the middle and shutter speed is the closest dial to the cameras body The camera is black on the sides and the rest silver. Next to the camera and not fully seen is the camera case and strap, that looks a little worse for wear.

Not #Old in the grand scheme of things, but this camera was produced between 1954-59. I'm thinking it would be called vintage?

It was amongst mum's things and still has film in it. I'm tempted to give it a good clean and try it out.

#AlphabetChallenge #cameras #photography #vintage

View of a footpath and suburban streets at a T junction. Eight wheelie bins are on the footpath, in two groups. One group, towards the front, has red bins, two are one size, the other smaller. The other group has mostly yellow lids, with one red. The yellow bins are all the same size, the red smaller. One of the yellow lids is open. The council is shown to be Inner West by the logo on the bins, in Sydney. Cars are parked on the street. Two trees and a power pole are on the verge. A yellow sigh, only partly seen is attached to metal pole by the red bin group. Part of a white sign is seen below the yellow sign, attached to an unseen metal pole. Across the road is another red bin left on the verge, close to a power pole and a car parked on the street.

It was a nice afternoon, all the bins were (still, after five days but who's counting??) out. And not a bin chicken in sight.

#SensoryArt #Urban #photography #bins

A sunset seen through smoke. The clouds are low in the sky, with colours of orange, yellow and bruised purple that are possibly intensified due to a layer of smoke from hazard reduction burning surrounding Sydney.. The sun has only just set so around it is bright yellow. A bird is flying in the sky, to the left of the frame. The foreground is in silhouette, and consists of trees, power poles and wires and a parkland.

Tonight's sunset through hazard reduction smoke

#sunsets #photography #clouds

A group of people around a table in a hotel rooftop bar. Some are sitting, most standing.

The Sydney Skeetup April 2026 group photo.
Too many people to tag.
Many thanks to @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social for organising, and @p-terg.bsky.social

#skeetopia #SydneySkeetup #NoDickheads #GenXClub
#SydneySkeetup2026

Three raindrops splashing on the top of a wooden balcony railing. The top railing and corner post are green and the pickets are beige. In the background close to the railing is a pine tree and further back are more pine trees. Rain can be seen falling but you need to look closely to be able to see it.

Three raindrop splashes from the other day, and there's also a lot of green

#ColourADay #GreenSat #photography #raindrops

A suburban street with cars lining each side. On the left side closest to the camera are two signs. On sign has a 40 speed limit with Local traffic area. The other sign, behind, says End school zone and a 40 speed limit. There is very little distance between the two signs,, so it would seem that the 40 speed limit zone lasts for about 5 metres maximum.

Nonsense as in makes no sense, but also most council signage placement makes me laugh

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNonsense #signs

An insect crawling along a green top railing. The insect has a 'mobile home' made from plant material and garden detritus on its back. The insect was probably about 5mm in height, in the photo extra zoom was used. It is a pagoda bagworm caterpillar.

A pagoda bagworm caterpillar moving along a balcony top railing.
Extra zoom used.

#InsectThursday #photography #macrophotography

A power pole with a knitted blanket around it, three squares wide. The squares are mostly knitted but there is some crochet in the there as well. In the left of the frame part of a street library is seen, sitting on a concrete fence with shrubs above it.

First yarn bombing I've seen in a good long while (but then I don't get out much)

#UrbanGaze #yarnbombing #photography

A pancake in the form of a penguin, on a white dinner plate. There are no toppings on the pancake.

There's a gadget for everything, though maybe not space in the kitchen for them 😀

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNonsense #pancakes

I thought so.
I'd like to say it was somewhere exotic, but it's the bus stop in Blue Street North Sydney early on a Sunday morning.

Leaves on a tree, some green and some red, in autumn colours, The tree is possibly some sort of flowering cherry. It has been raining and raindrops are seen on the leaves. The photo has been cropped.

It was autumn in the mountains over the weekend: cooler, colourful. Came back down the hill and it was summer temperatures . . .

#ColourADay #RedWed #photography #autumn #leaves

The outside of a building with either a glass wall or large window, depending on how you define such things. There is some silver metal holding the glass panels in place, looking like minimal scaffolding. The inside of the building can be seen, mostly white panels with some small rectangular internal windows visible. Reflections are seen on the glass, of trees and other surrounding buildings.

Wall, window, or both?
Either way, there's definitely a reflection.

#WindowsOnWednesday #wednesdaywindows #windowswednesday #photography #WallsOnWednesday #reflections

A long puddle on a wet bitumen road. A tree is reflected on the puddle. The sky is overcast so the scene is quite dark.

Reflection on a wet road

#MinimalMonday #puddles #reflections #photography

Crowea exalata (I think) flowers, or wax flowers, growing on the plant. They are pink, and stand out as the day is overcast. There are five flowers in total, in various stages of being open. Raindrops are on some of the flowers. The background consists of leaves of the plant.

Crowea exalata (I think), wax flowers on a now overcast Monday.

#ColourADay #PinkMon #flowers #photography #bloomscrolling

Looking over a wooden balcony railing to pine trees. The balcony pickets are beige and the top railing and corner post are green. It is raining big heavy drops, and one of those drops can bee seen on the top railing, having landed and is now making a splash. The photo ha been cropped.

Big heavy raindrops this morning so tea was, and will continue to be, drunk inside whilst looking out.

#photography #raindrops #trees

Yes, I should be able to be there

Standing on a street looking north up the hill. Cannot see the end of the street for the rain and mist that is everywhere, blotting out the distant trees, powerlines, poles and other things that line a suburban street.

The Mist (2007)

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMovies #photography #mountainweather #mist #weather

It's been like this all day but I put on my trusty gumboots, coat and beanie and ventured out.

The top of a mint plant growing in a planter on a balcony. The photo has been taken on a day where it has been raining and misty all morning, so the spider web on the mint is covered in tiny droplets of water. In the background is the outside wall of a house, with a window partly visible, all blurred.

Spider web on mint in rainy mountain weather.

#ColourADay #GreenSat #mint #photography

It's more of a-stay-inside-with-a-book kind of weather so ventured as far as the balcony for today's challenge.

Looking out at trees in mist/rain.

Tea will be drunk inside this morning, balcony's a bit wet as it's also raining.

#photography #trees #weather

Trees with blue sky and a few clouds. Two of the trees are in autumn mode, leaves are changing colour. A backyard fence is in view, along hte bottom of the frame.

A Change of Seasons (1980)

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMovies #trees #autumn #seasons #photography

Midday sun and smoke haze from a nearby hazard burn do not make for a great photo, but it's forecast to be overcast and rainy for the next few days ...

The Sydney Opera House, from an angle not often seen. Four shells are in view, none in in full. The tiles that cover the shells are also visible. Steps run along the front of the shells, though these are not the famed Opera House steps that are used for concerts etc. Lamps run along the bottom of the frame, along an unseen boardwalk.

A Night st the Opera (1935)

Sails and steps of the Sydney Opera House

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMovies #Abstractia #Architecture #photography

Yellow flowers and a seed pod growing on a plant. One flower is open, one in the process of and one is yet to. A young green seed pod, looking like a green bean, is also visible. The plant is Cassia (Senna pendula var. glabrata) Also known as: senna, Easter cassia. It is an invasive weed in NSW and many other parts of Australia.

Easter cassia, an invasive weed with bright yellow flowers

#ColourADay #YellowThu #flowers #bloomscrolling #weeds