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Posts in this topic  Peanut This weeks photo challenge is... 10/04/2012, 09:13 AM PrincessPinkenIt Great theme this week Peanut
Hoping to get an ent... 10/04/2012, 09:26 AM rbat Lovely topic Teri Good luck with the new camera s... 10/04/2012, 10:04 AM Mercurial Mmm autumn - still about 28 degrees here and balmy... 10/04/2012, 10:19 AM Peanut That is what I love about "Autumn at Araluen... 10/04/2012, 10:37 AM Millie71 Thanks Teri! I peak too soon, keep providing t... 10/04/2012, 11:30 AM Mercurial Yep Brissy here too. I agree getting up at 5 to w... 10/04/2012, 12:49 PM winkwink Yay, another Brissy girl here I'm loving t... 10/04/2012, 02:50 PM Peanut Wendy, I can add another person to the broken came... 10/04/2012, 04:25 PM mummy26 There's no autumn colours in Melbourne . W see... 10/04/2012, 05:31 PM Red Cabbage We still have summer heat! 10/04/2012, 06:19 PM madreader Canberra, 1 degree overnight. 10/04/2012, 06:20 PM  jupiter123 QUOTE (madreader @ 10/04/2012, 06:20 PM) ... 10/04/2012, 06:31 PM Abbygirl 5 degrees here tonight, our heater will be on low ... 10/04/2012, 09:14 PM winkwink QUOTE (madreader @ 10/04/2012, 06:20 PM) ... 10/04/2012, 09:36 PM Abbygirl Thanks Wendy, croup is very scary, thankfully I do... 10/04/2012, 10:18 PM winkwink No it was the first time he's had it (hopefull... 10/04/2012, 10:29 PM Abbygirl Thats terrible Wendy, the poor little man. Fingers... 10/04/2012, 10:53 PM winkwink He's 4, only a few weeks younger than Gracie -... 10/04/2012, 11:02 PM mummy26 Freezing here, no autumn colours so the best I cou... 10/04/2012, 11:58 PM raven74 Gee girls, a few of you are having a rough time ... 11/04/2012, 08:20 AM Peanut Well, we've had cold winds and even some rain ... 12/04/2012, 08:39 PM SUSIE25 Bit of sun today in Melbourne. Could see it throug... 12/04/2012, 10:36 PM Abbygirl My entry this week
Hahndorf, one of my favourit... 13/04/2012, 11:51 PM Abbygirl Meant to say, congratulations on being published S... 14/04/2012, 12:16 AM Peanut I'm loving the photos entered so far, looking ... 14/04/2012, 11:57 AM SUSIE25 Love the rich reds in the leaves. Last time I was ... 14/04/2012, 12:28 PM blue4me Looks like I have missed several challenges . I ... 14/04/2012, 02:48 PM silverwattle This week, I decided that I had to learn Photoshop... 14/04/2012, 04:25 PM 3greenhills Hi all, Ive been MIA for a few weeks, not much cam... 14/04/2012, 08:59 PM PrincessPinkenIt QUOTE (SUSIE25 @ 12/04/2012, 10:36 PM) *P... 15/04/2012, 12:52 AM LenaK I've been missing in action for a few weeks: ... 15/04/2012, 04:15 AM raven74 This is my take on Autmn - the horses get hairy... 15/04/2012, 01:30 PM tickly_rain Had to use my P&S this week.
Just used Avia... 15/04/2012, 09:09 PM SUSIE25 Beautiful day in Melbourne today so we went down t... 15/04/2012, 11:33 PM madreader 2012-04-16_IMG_0054bsaturated by madreader, on Fli... 16/04/2012, 05:13 PM jupiter123 Autumn Leaves by Jupiter_123, on Flickr
I took th... 16/04/2012, 05:45 PM Superman+4sisters I think I just made it this week! I had to fig... 16/04/2012, 07:17 PM PrincessPinkenIt Struggled getting a photo this week, until I went ... 16/04/2012, 07:57 PM Peanut Thanks for taking part in this weeks challenge eve... 16/04/2012, 08:23 PM silverwattle Congrats superman+4sisters, looking forward to se... 16/04/2012, 08:50 PM winkwink Congratulations Superman+4sisters Can't wai... 16/04/2012, 08:57 PM Abbygirl Congrats Tmuv, I knew yours would win! Beautif... 16/04/2012, 09:00 PM Mercurial Congratulations - lovely shot!
I didn't ... 16/04/2012, 09:07 PM LenaK Really nice shot Superman+4sisters :-) 17/04/2012, 06:00 AM Superman+4sisters Oh wow! I wasn't expecting that Thank you... 17/04/2012, 08:15 AM jupiter123 Lovely shots ladies.... S4S nice work and congrats... 17/04/2012, 09:08 AM blue4me Congrats Superman+4sisters! Great photo 17/04/2012, 11:28 AM
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