BIRDS AND GOWNS

 

This week, I am pleased to report, I finally managed to get a few pictures of our local lorikeets..

I hear them in the trees along our back fence every morning...

But they are very shy, and I have not been able to get close at all (unlike the very cheeky birds we had at our previous address)..

This time, I stood in our doorway, and put the zoom lens at its furthest point, and this is what I got.  A bit blurry, but they are lorikeets at their finest - feeding, chatting, and singing, decked out in their colourful plumage..

This week, the Golden Globes were presented in Hollywood.

I had not really looked at the gowns, but had a request from a lovely blogger and follower, Kay of Georgia Girl with an English Heart.  I forget how to make a link, but do check out her blog, it has lovely music and musing about life in beautiful Georgia.

Thank you Kay for giving me a nudge, and I went right over and selected a few for comment:

As usual, I rarely know who these ladies are, but I think this is stunning.  More rusty than golden, but with real 50s glamour...

I do believe this is Elle Fanning, looking very elegant in a beautiful crinoline skirt, with a striking and unusual leopard bandeau top... (for the Red Cardinal, leopard never goes out of style.... I cling to a leopard top I made about 17 years ago)

Silver or pewter?  Interesting and asymmetrical..

This is just so baby-blue Cute...

Naturally, I like to show off the Australian ladies:

Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman, veterans of the red carpet.

Golden Cate is always Perfection, and Nicole is striking out on her own, and very daring it is.  

This is totally chic, and might be my fave for the night...

Australia's Rose Byrne, who won a Golden Globe for herself in bright lorikeet green with a train.  Well done Rose.

And onward we go to the Oscars...

Be good

XXX