2023

Erno Rubik of Hungary has given the world its best ever three dimensional puzzle. It is a truly difficult puzzle and be consoled, few solve it without help. There are 43 252 003 274 489 856 000 possible combinations on this simple looking "Toy".

Agapanthus, New South Wales, Australia

The darker wood items are (modern) spurtles. I rather like the one shaped like a cricket bat :-) The spurtle is a wooden Scottish kitchen tool, dating from the 15th century, that is used to stir porridge, soups, stews, and broths. Wikipedia

Sunday challenge - Still life

Scavenger Hunt/40 - Phobias Yes, it's Friday the 13th, folks, and there is actually a traditional word for it. Paraskevidekatria comes from the Greek language, where 'paraskevi' means Friday and 'dekatria' means the number 13. The superstitions connected with this day are largely associated with Western culture, but thanks to the popular culture surrounding the number 13 itself, as well as Friday the 13th, it's seemingly almost a globally acknowledged tradition of sorts. In fact, the fear of the number 13 has its own medical name: paraskevidekatriaphobia; similarly, the intense and irrational fear of the number 13 is known as triskaidekaphobia. chl.anu.edu.au

288 - 14.01.2023 washing machine This is a top loader, not much to see ... very popular in Australia... smart, clean lines, and efficient... utility. www.fisherpaykel.com/au/laundry/washing-machines/top-load/top-loader-washing-machine-5.5kg-mw513-93260.html Fisher & Paykel Their revolutionary Smartdrive top loading washing machine was created in 1990. The company had a manufacturing base in Australia for almost 20 years and nearly 70 years in New Zealand, but stated it can no longer compete with low cost labour countries and had to close them. In 2012, Haier, a major Chinese appliance manufacturer, purchased over 90% of Fisher & Paykel Appliance shares. Wikipedia

Crocosmia, New South Wales, Australia

Scavenger Hunt 49 - something you really don't like - puppy teething phase. Bella, our Jack Highland puppy, now 6 months old, is ripping through travel brochures, which I intended to throw out anyway.

Created using NightCafe from my original photo, see PiP. Editor: FastStone Scavenger Hunt 41/style of Picasso

Sunday Challenge 28 - Bright and bold. Any subject, with bright colour/s as at least 50% of the photo. Can be abstract, or flowers, clothing, jewellery ... might need to be macro to achieve 50% in the colour/s selected. One primary colour, or more, whatever works for you. Using sections of recent photos for red (7Jan) and blue (9 Jan), see PiP. Archive photos for white (2015) and yellow (2021). On a roll with the style of Mondrian :-) Much easier to do using squares rather than rectangles.

Amazing primary colour images from last challenge! www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/doc Now on to Yin Yang... With thanks to Annamaria for this suggestion: Yin Yang as opposites....... ( for example, black/white; hot/cold; or others related to chinese philiosophy.....) The idea is of balance, with opposing elements, things, or colours. See link for challenge description and examples... www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/198164

Theme - symbol for 2022 New South Wales, Australia

Sunday Challenge - Yin Yang/opposites This image Yin... orange flower representing earth Yang... azure sky representing heaven Original photos taken 10 & 12 January 2023, in PiP Yin is a symbol of earth... represented by the tiger, the colour orange, and a broken line. Yang is conceived of as heaven ... represented by the dragon, the colour azure, and an unbroken line. www.britannica.com/topic/yinyang Azure is the color between cyan and blue on the spectrum of visible light. It is often described as the color of the sky on a clear day... The complementary color of azure is orange. Wikipedia

290. - 28.01.2023 Minimalism, a line

Sunday Challenge - Square Format Our flowering red gum has many flowers now, attracting bees and native birds. New South Wales, Australia. It is Eucalyptus Summer Red, a (grafted) hybrid between Eucalyptus ficifolia and ptychocarpa, about 2.5 metres high, at the moment. Can grow to a height of 5m and a crown width of 3m. Larger view here www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51754398

Our flowering red gum has many flowers now, attracting bees and native birds. New South Wales, Australia. It is Eucalyptus Summer Red, a (grafted) hybrid between Eucalyptus ficifolia and ptychocarpa, about 2.5 metres high, at the moment. Can grow to a height of 5m and a crown width of 3m.

New and old. Tacking Point Lighthouse, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Such a brilliant day. Tacking Point was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802, on HMS Investigator. The lighthouse was built in 1879. Sunday Challenge 31 - Juxtaposition - two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Near the lighthouse, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Love this place.