Rain rain, you can stay as long as you like!

How wonderful it is to hear the rain we are having today. They say this is a welcome relief for lots of farmers across Qld. Over 200mls has falling in some western areas already. Spring will be good for so many! 

Came home from a quick shop and thought I would get my camera out to see what was dripping with water. Then I noticed the wonderful glorious MUD in the back yard. It has been so dry for a long time now and the grass is very thin in patches. We did go over it with the fork during the last week to try and get some holes for the water to sit in and penetrate into the ground.....but it was wonderful to see the mud!! 

I also found some lovely drops of rain hanging from flowers around the place. Looking like sparkling little crystals.

I was trying to get some rain drops hanging on some berries when suddenly a lorikeet fly in for his lunch

A night......the town!

When I heard there was another super moon coming, I thought I would try photographing it. Then I remembered my sons large camera lens. We went and picked it up two days early so I could get a little practise with it. I pretty much know the setting I need on my camera now to take a moon shot. So for practise, I thought maybe a trip to Mt Gravatt lookout to see some city lights, so a friend picked me up and away we went.

Well, do you think I could get anything except a black screen.......fiddled and fiddled with the settings and just kept getting black! My friend suggested we just use the camera on auto so we could at least get a city lights shot of some sort!

Yes, we had a couple of photos! But it really annoyed me that I couldn't get a correct setting on the manual mode. Ah ha!!!! I was previewing the auto photos and noticed the setting....inside.....down the bottom of the preview screen.......ISO 3200!!! Oh wow! That is the one that I just hadn't turned up enough. ISO.......Is the Sun Out!!!!????? 

Anyway, here is a pic of the city lights of Brisbane. I wasted so much time, now I will have to go back again!! 

I will try for the super moon tonight in preparation for tomorrow night, Sunday 10th. Hopefully the clouds will be gone by then.

And the Gateway Bridge from many miles away!!! :)