Silently Mine

a cup of light

2012-02-15T22:33:00.000-08:00

macro of a Morning Glory, shot early in the morning. I love the way light glows from within...they're also known as Moon Flowers. :))

love,
Eaton

for the joy of

2012-02-14T04:05:00.000-08:00

Perfect heart shaped leaves for Valentine's Day...

Valentine's Day... I wish you all a wonderful day whether you be with family, best friends or lovers.

love,
Eaton

for the purpose of...

2012-02-14T03:52:00.000-08:00

spending an enjoyable afternoon hand picking the evening meal? It is organic, nutritious and soooo delicious from Cheryl's garden. :))

love,
Eaton

liquid absorbtion

2012-02-10T21:22:00.000-08:00

at the setting of the sun. :))

love,

Eaton

her world

2012-02-09T03:05:00.000-08:00

the abstract of night fall

2012-02-07T01:29:00.000-08:00

dashboard shots

the fall of night is unavoidable...impossible to change, solid in the majesty of our planet. :)

love,
Eaton

by the light of Luna

2012-01-22T03:40:00.000-08:00

love,
Eaton

how far can the eye see

2012-01-14T17:20:00.000-08:00

...on a foggy day?

love,
Eaton

faithful

2012-01-08T15:45:00.000-08:00

just look at that face, those eyes...

love,
Eaton

beauty enough to make a poet write...

2012-01-05T04:34:00.000-08:00

love,
Eaton

an interlude in the chicken coop

2012-01-01T17:45:00.000-08:00

Cheryl's chickens enjoying Christmas day. :))

love,
Eaton

In this garden...

2011-12-31T02:55:00.000-08:00

My friends Cheryl and Grahame's garden. I love this garden, it's full of inspiration and I always feel grounded, at home.

Most Christmas days we spend some time here.

Happy New Year

to everyone who

comes to visit

my photographic efforts.

Wishing a creative year to all of you

love,

Eaton

red, ready for Christmas...

2011-12-12T05:08:00.000-08:00

my potted Poinsettia, a glorious red for Christmas.

love,
Eaton

lush growth

2011-12-09T04:45:00.000-08:00

tiny white flowers...
hiding in the corner of
my garden

love,
Eaton

the sweet simplicity of spring's softness...

2011-12-06T16:05:00.000-08:00

a distant memory in the reality of summer.

love,
Eaton

a rose by any other name...

2011-12-02T05:04:00.000-08:00

Mr. Shakespeare says, "still smells as sweet". :))

love,

Eaton

tea in the winter sun...

2011-12-01T17:05:00.000-08:00

friendship, how special! :))

love,
Eaton

is that the future we see straight ahead?

2011-11-29T18:43:00.000-08:00

love,
Eaton

doing time...

2011-11-22T04:49:00.000-08:00

This is Nibbles, one of our Guinea Pigs. I know exactly why pig is attached to Guinea...they don't stop eating! They're gorgeous little waddlers and quite timid. I don't like to see them behind bars, but that's how they live in suburbia.

brand new...

2011-11-19T02:57:00.000-08:00

Our new Grandson, born at 5.15am today. 19th November, 2011.

love,
Eaton.

midway through spring...

2011-11-11T19:43:00.000-08:00

love,
Eaton

every time I see a yellow rose, I think of...

2011-11-07T17:41:00.000-08:00

big, bold, beautiful Texas! :))

love
Eaton

I spy with my little eye, two in the sky

2011-11-07T04:37:00.000-08:00

love the fun of this shot. :))

love,
Eaton

after the rush

2011-11-06T04:44:00.000-08:00

I love coffee shops, this one serves good coffee. :))

love,
Eaton

there's a soft, warm breeze blowing this morning :)

2011-11-05T15:34:00.000-07:00

summer is getting closer. :))

love,
Eaton

the game of solitaire

2011-11-05T02:27:00.000-07:00

a gray Thursday morning...

love,
Eaton

this is a disposable society

2011-11-04T22:31:00.000-07:00

no more analogue TV's in Australia. :))

love,
Eaton

look into my eyes...

2011-11-04T00:48:00.000-07:00

and you're going to keep me waiting how long? :))

love,
Eaton

metal & lace

2011-11-03T17:08:00.000-07:00

when a road bike is so expensive it lives in the lounge room with the family :))

love
Eaton

opposites

2011-11-03T03:26:00.000-07:00

love,
Eaton.

is this going to take long?

2011-11-01T23:37:00.000-07:00

it's so tiring waiting... :))

love,
Eaton

silvered...

2011-11-01T04:19:00.000-07:00

I aimed straight into the midday light over this bay at Arthur's Seat, Mornington Peninsula. :))

love,
Eaton

your childhood gift of love...my blue treasure

2011-10-28T02:41:00.000-07:00

love,
Eaton

when these flowers appear

2011-10-27T02:36:00.000-07:00

summer is very close...Callistemon is it's Botanical name, Bottlebrush is its common name. :))

love,
Eaton

in a Black & White mood...

2011-10-25T21:11:00.000-07:00

Curiously, even in Black & White I can see the colors that won't be silenced in my memory.

love,
Eaton

does this go with that?

2011-10-24T20:17:00.000-07:00

what to make of this? :))

love,
Eaton

behind the red door

2011-10-21T03:08:00.000-07:00

Out for a walk this morning and what do you know, a surprise behind the red door. :))

love,
Eaton

weeds...

2011-10-19T19:03:00.000-07:00

tough customers, irritating, impossible to erradicate...but quite beautiful in their own right. :))

love,
Eaton

wild thing, you make my heart sing...

2011-10-18T00:36:00.000-07:00

Wattle seed pods.

you make everything groovy.

I can't get the song out of my head: Wild Thing by the Troggs Cool song, go look it up on youtube, see if you can get it out of your head. :))

last minute edit: I added Wild Thing to my play list just for the heck of it. If you really don't like it scroll down to my player and click mute. Enjoy!

love,
Eaton

because love is...

2011-10-16T03:07:00.000-07:00

nothing else comes close to satisfying.

love,
Eaton

so that's what's over there...

2011-10-12T06:00:00.000-07:00

Glory Vine taking a peek over the neighbor's fence. :))

love,
Eaton

a moments stillness on a stormy, spring day

2011-10-08T18:25:00.000-07:00

delicate, timelessness of Apple blossoms.

Love,
Eaton

half a Cadillac is better than no Cadillac...

2011-10-08T05:57:00.000-07:00

maybe!

I think this is a Cadillac? :))

love,
Eaton

the branches shook in the stillness before the rain

2011-10-06T02:31:00.000-07:00

trembled at the threat of wind sighing its way from the south.
Seawinds again. :))

love,
Eaton

tangled leaves and branches...

2011-10-05T17:17:00.000-07:00

hide eyes,
watching,
waiting
hungry.

love,
Eaton

impressions

2011-10-04T05:57:00.000-07:00

Seawinds gardens, Arthur's Seat, Mornington Peninsula.

love,
Eaton

Suggestions for a caption anyone?

2011-10-03T06:52:00.000-07:00

I would love to know what anyone thinks would be a good caption for this photo...

An underpass on the Frankston freeway...love dash board shots, especially when it's raining, foggy, early in the morning or just on sunset. There's a lot of scope for photos as passenger in a car. :))

love,
Eaton

pink plum blossoms turned blue with the cold...

2011-10-01T03:45:00.000-07:00

my neighbor's Nigra plum shivered delicately for my camera on a chilly day at dusk.

love,
Eaton

a coffee a day...Mmm Mmmmmmm

2011-09-29T20:39:00.000-07:00

Coffee shops play a big part in our daily culture. This place is a Marylin Monroe fan's dream come true! Situated in Jetty Road, Brighton, South Australia...a fun place to have coffee, cake and view the life of Norma Jean. A customer autographed mural on one wall and dozens of photographs of her on the other...even on the back of every chair, she's the woman of every moment here. :))

love,
Eaton

So, you've got all the bright ideas. Which way from here?

2011-09-28T20:23:00.000-07:00

two Indian Minor birds deciding which flight path?

love the way their little feet are gripping the wire...of course you need to open the shot up to see that. :-)

love,
Eaton

people are art

2011-09-27T19:27:00.000-07:00

the art of life...

foyer of the National Gallery of Victoria, through the water wall.

love,
Eaton

inside looking out...

2011-09-26T23:30:00.000-07:00

inside the foyer of the National Gallery of Victoria.

love,
Eaton

all man made...

2011-09-26T02:50:00.000-07:00

The water wall at the entrance of the National Gallery of Victoria. The two figures behind the glass wall are metal sculptures of humans.

love,
Eaton

thinking space

2011-09-24T22:28:00.000-07:00

National Gallery of Victoria. :))

love,
Eaton

Taxi...

2011-09-22T21:29:00.000-07:00

Arthur's Seat, Dromana, Victoria.

love,
Eaton

road trip #7 watching the rain roll in off the ocean...

2011-09-21T22:16:00.000-07:00

droplets from Heaven
to quench the thirst
of a dry and dusty landscape

this is an unexpected sight in Adelaide...but very welcome. :))

love,
Eaton

road trip #6 seeing clearly is not always possible

2011-09-20T04:44:00.000-07:00

until the fog clears.

love,
Eaton

road trip #5 the sweet comfort of familiar ground...

2011-09-17T05:29:00.000-07:00

*all shots taken from the dashboard of our moving car.*

the landscape of the Melbourne to Adelaide road trip holds a sentimental familiarity for me, we have been trekking this road for a very long time. The golden Canola crops are a new sight, an increasingly popular crop in this part of Australia. The farmhouse, an often seen style of country home. :))

love,
Eaton

intermission in the road trip :)

2011-09-16T07:16:00.000-07:00

Dusk a few minutes before a down poor. Glenelg pier, South Australia. :))

love
Eaton

road trip #4 puddles I passed on the way

2011-09-15T06:54:00.000-07:00

other bodies of water I captured on the way to Adelaide, from the dash board. The only recognizable puddle is the last shot, which is the Murray River. :))

love,
Eaton

road trip #3...all the photos in this series are dash board shots

2011-09-14T00:00:00.000-07:00

Rural Victoria, the Wimmera - our wheat belt.
Just some fancy of mine to record our road trip from Melbourne to Adelaide, with shots taken from our moving car. :))

love,
Eaton

road trip #2

2011-09-13T02:11:00.000-07:00

Sequence of shots taken of a lake between Ballarat and Ararat, the Western Highway, Vic.

love,
Eaton

road trip #1

2011-09-12T07:14:00.000-07:00

Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, on the road to Adelaide...an eight hour drive ~ with kids! Says it all. :)

love,
Eaton

a spot for reflection

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or introspection, whatever takes your fancy. :))

love,
Eaton

last summer's sweethearts

2011-09-01T01:27:00.000-07:00

Their beauty will soon bloom again...first day of Spring today ~ at last. :))

Thank you to everyone commenting on my work, it's great to be meeting you all.

love,
Eaton

a few minutes apart as sunset was happening...

2011-08-30T05:22:00.000-07:00

these two shots were taken a few minutes apart...such major differences in color and light...nature is the superb artist. :))

love,
Eaton

a softer moment...

2011-08-26T20:20:00.000-07:00

we all need them for recovery from life's harsher moments.

love,
Eaton

old man tree, your gnarled branches hold much history

2011-08-26T00:32:00.000-07:00

again Seawinds, Arthur's Seat, Mornington Peninsula.

love,
Eaton

life is a tangle, the path not always clear

2011-08-25T03:50:00.000-07:00

another shot taken at Seawinds Gardens, Arthur's Seat, Mornington Peninsula.

love,
Eaton

plum blossoms = plums...yum!

2011-08-24T07:35:00.000-07:00

not long till summer fruits grace our tables and fill our bellies... :))

love,
Eaton

what dances in this meadow in the dappled afternoon light?

2011-08-23T19:18:00.000-07:00

a butterfly perhaps
the rhythmic flutter of
its wings in flight
surging in the gentle breeze
before the onset of night

love,
Eaton

walled in or walled out?

2011-08-20T07:22:00.000-07:00

One BIG wall around Brighton Cemetery, Melbourne. :))

love
Eaton

I don't want to hear your stories, too many voices to see with my eyes...

2011-08-17T18:29:00.000-07:00

Two photos layered, taken at Brighton Cemetery, Melbourne 15th August, 2011.

love,
Eaton

spring's delicate emerging...

2011-08-15T19:53:00.000-07:00

in my garden. :))

love,
Eaton

fledgling?

2011-08-14T06:27:00.000-07:00

I couldn't work out if this little guy was a baby with all his baby feathers still, or if he was unwell.

love,
Eaton

for the love of lunar...

2011-08-13T07:22:00.000-07:00

I love to find the moon still in the sky during the daylight hours...

love,
Eaton

in the delicate way only a pink petal can be...

2011-08-12T23:18:00.000-07:00

Cyclamen petals...

love,
Eaton

blue flight

2011-08-12T07:23:00.000-07:00

Another Port Phillip Bay shot, taken around midday at North Point, Melbourne, 2011.

love,
Eaton

the serenity of a blue sea...

2011-08-11T06:56:00.000-07:00

no matter what blue it is in the moment ~ North Point, Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne.

love,
Eaton

a little bit of Sunday sunshine and look what ya get...

2011-08-11T00:05:00.000-07:00

a crowd! North Point, Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne.

love,
Eaton

who's the cutie out for a stroll?

2011-08-10T06:25:00.000-07:00

or perhaps looking for a bite of lunch...

love,
Eaton

through a window to see the sea...

2011-08-09T07:35:00.000-07:00

when the sea is calm it is very soothing.

love,
Eaton.

forget me not my darling...

2011-08-08T03:29:00.000-07:00

The unfolding of spring is apparent all over the garden, my Forget Me Knot buds are opening. :))

love,
Eaton

the cool of white...

2011-08-07T05:05:00.000-07:00

summer rose, 2011.

love,
Eaton

this shoot was a big round seed...

2011-08-05T02:07:00.000-07:00

an Avocado seed to be exact. I think it's too cold in Melbourne for this shoot to grow into an Avocado bearing tree.

love,
Eaton

longing for Lakspurs lush in the summer sun...

2011-08-04T08:28:00.001-07:00

last summers' beauty

love,
Eaton

yeah, this close...I want to see who's getting on my back

2011-08-02T07:34:00.000-07:00

I'm never sure whether Angus and his workmates are happy about having passengers for the trail rides?

Love,
Eaton

come closer, closer still...

2011-08-02T02:13:00.000-07:00

The last photo, this photo and the next are of Angus...too cute and a little cheeky! :))

love,
Eaton

hey you, there better be some darned good reason for me standing out here in the mud...

2011-07-31T06:09:00.000-07:00

rain, hail or shine, a trail ride horse doesn't get any say in the conditions he's expected to perform in.

love,
Eaton

soft summer sunset

2011-07-29T19:06:00.000-07:00

the antithesis of a winter sea... check out the contrast in this link Waves lapping at cold sand.

love,

Eaton

billboard

2011-07-28T19:55:00.000-07:00

Shot off a billboard in Swanston Street, Melbourne. My birthday two years ago. :))

love,
Eaton

winter waves lapping at cold sand...

2011-07-25T20:48:00.000-07:00

Dromana, Mornington Peninsula early winter...a cold but sunny day.

love,
Eaton.

on any sunny day...

2011-07-23T20:03:00.000-07:00

a bee can be found tirelessly collecting pollen.

love,
Eaton

the life of green...

2011-07-17T06:09:00.000-07:00

A selection of leaves in my garden.

love,
Eaton.

summer blues...

2011-07-15T07:09:00.000-07:00

the wind painted an abstract of a Jacaranda tree in full bloom.

love,
Eaton

on the road to get there

2011-07-10T05:29:00.000-07:00

manual settings...grrrrrr

2011-07-08T19:06:00.000-07:00

Aperture, speed, ISO...understand it all technically, sort of. :) actually getting it to work and taking good quality shots is another matter entirely. Practice, practice and more practice.
Oh the frustration, lol!

Love,
Eaton

and here's to where the raod may lead...

2011-07-08T05:36:00.000-07:00

On the way to Arthur's Seat, Mornington Peninsula.

Love,
Eaton

broken perfection...

2011-07-07T06:51:00.000-07:00

Hand painted China plate...fell off the wall.

Love,
Eaton

I spy with my little eye something at the bottom of my cup...

2011-07-05T22:14:00.000-07:00

Little ones at play, mimicking adults...adorable.

Love,
Eaton