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FLARE Step into Spring

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Our favorite photo this week showcased above is from Emma Featherstone. "A reflection - My cat Peanut looking through the window to see a late night visitor on our porch."

Each week throughout September we have chosen two words and encouraged staff to try to photograph something responding to those. We are taking a break in October but may start up again in November to celebrate the end of lockdown.

Items for the week starting 27 September were:

  • Joy
  • Long

Items for week starting 20 September were:

  • A shadow
  • Emotion 

Items for week starting 13 September were:

  • A reflection
  • Something red

Items for week starting 6 September were:

  • A pattern
  • Something that made you smile

Items week starting 30 August were:

  • A place to sit
  • Movement

Items week starting 23 August were:

  • Something yellow
  • Something new
  • Lilian Lee - Patterns - beautiful shapes from a house gate on my walk
    Lilian Lee - Patterns - beautiful shapes from a house gate on my walk
  • Emma Featherstone - this photo shows the dam wall at Silvan reservoir
    Emma Featherstone - this photo shows the dam wall at Silvan reservoir
  • Emma Featherstone - A reflection - My cat Peanut looking through the window to see a late night visitor on our porch
    Emma Featherstone - A reflection - My cat Peanut looking through the window to see a late night visitor on our porch
  • Mary Orsino - joy - my daughter on a spinning ride at the park having a fun time. She loves to get all dizzy.
    Mary Orsino - joy - my daughter on a spinning ride at the park having a fun time. She loves to get all dizzy.
  • Lilian Lee - Something red - Reminds me of Christmas and all the warm, beautiful feelings that come with it
    Lilian Lee - Something red - Reminds me of Christmas and all the warm, beautiful feelings that come with it
  • Emma Featherstone - shadow - a beautiful srping day and some afternoon shadows onthe Yarra Valley trail - Wurundjeri Country
    Emma Featherstone - shadow - a beautiful srping day and some afternoon shadows onthe Yarra Valley trail - Wurundjeri Country
  • Mary Orsino - Long - pulled over on side of road for a photo of these alpacas with their long necks
    Mary Orsino - Long - pulled over on side of road for a photo of these alpacas with their long necks
  • Mary Orsino - emotion - sitting around the fire and watching the flames is so calming and the heat is so comforting. So many happy memories with friends and family around campfires.
    Mary Orsino - emotion - sitting around the fire and watching the flames is so calming and the heat is so comforting. So many happy memories with friends and family around campfires.
  • Emma Featherstone - Something red - I spotted this holly bush in a neighbour's garden on a walk.
    Emma Featherstone - Something red - I spotted this holly bush in a neighbour's garden on a walk.
  • Mary Orsino - Shadow - throwing a ball through a hoop
    Mary Orsino - Shadow - throwing a ball through a hoop
  • Lilian Lee - Something yellow - Late to the party but it's something yellow
    Lilian Lee - Something yellow - Late to the party but it's something yellow
  • Lilian Lee -Something that made me smile - A reminder that there is a beautiful and kind world of human beings right outside your doorstep
    Lilian Lee -Something that made me smile - A reminder that there is a beautiful and kind world of human beings right outside your doorstep
  • Lilian Lee - A reflection - Words on the footpath to reflect on
    Lilian Lee - A reflection - Words on the footpath to reflect on
  • Maureen Campbell - something red - Taken in my front yard. My sister-in-law had recently passed away, she loves ladybirds.
    Maureen Campbell - something red - Taken in my front yard. My sister-in-law had recently passed away, she loves ladybirds.
  • Council volunteer Alfred Pavia - Emotion - It is a bit chilly and I am a bit hungry
    Council volunteer Alfred Pavia - Emotion - It is a bit chilly and I am a bit hungry
  • Maureen Campbell - Something red - A photo I took when we were in Italy in 2019 and posted on Facebook saying "I wonder if they are talking to each other in Italian?" hahaha
    Maureen Campbell - Something red - A photo I took when we were in Italy in 2019 and posted on Facebook saying "I wonder if they are talking to each other in Italian?" hahaha
  • Maureen Campbell - Something red - A sunset taken from a girls weekend before COVID hit.
    Maureen Campbell - Something red - A sunset taken from a girls weekend before COVID hit.
  • Monique Godbehere - Pattern and something new - Each new morning before the wind and sun comes up fully, the morning dew in the paddocks bejewels the spider webs and turns the fence into a gallery displaying hundreds of works of art.
    Monique Godbehere - Pattern and something new - Each new morning before the wind and sun comes up fully, the morning dew in the paddocks bejewels the spider webs and turns the fence into a gallery displaying hundreds of works of art.
  • Monique Godbehere - Pattern and something new - Each new morning before the wind and sun comes up fully, the morning dew in the paddocks bejewels the spider webs and turns the fence into a gallery displaying hundreds of works of art.
    Monique Godbehere - Pattern and something new - Each new morning before the wind and sun comes up fully, the morning dew in the paddocks bejewels the spider webs and turns the fence into a gallery displaying hundreds of works of art.
  • Maureen Campbell - Reflections -mirror in bathroom.
    Maureen Campbell - Reflections -mirror in bathroom.
  • Monique Godbehere - Something red - My girl Lucile's red comb that lets me know is she is happy and well.
    Monique Godbehere - Something red - My girl Lucile's red comb that lets me know is she is happy and well.
  • Mary Orsino - Something red - Red traffic lights and a light trail of vehicles tail lights moving through the intersection. I thought I'd try walking at a different time to get different type of images and try different settings, so this this the photo I liked best.
    Mary Orsino - Something red - Red traffic lights and a light trail of vehicles tail lights moving through the intersection. I thought I'd try walking at a different time to get different type of images and try different settings, so this this the photo I liked best.
  • Yohana Jury - something that made me smile - I love the irregular patterns from the grass and the morning dews. The combination of lines and circles. Something that we often missed. Sometimes, we need to stop and look around to find beautiful things around us. One way to practice mindfulness
    Yohana Jury - something that made me smile - I love the irregular patterns from the grass and the morning dews. The combination of lines and circles. Something that we often missed. Sometimes, we need to stop and look around to find beautiful things around us. One way to practice mindfulness
  • Mary Orsino - something that made me smile - Something that made me smile - watching the birds in the sky flying in all different patterns and together
    Mary Orsino - something that made me smile - Something that made me smile - watching the birds in the sky flying in all different patterns and together
  • Emma Featherstone - something that made me smile - Something cheeky that made me smile this morning at my local cafe
    Emma Featherstone - something that made me smile - Something cheeky that made me smile this morning at my local cafe
  • Miranda Harwood - something that made me smile - no work for you today mum
    Miranda Harwood - something that made me smile - no work for you today mum
  • Mary Orsinio - a pattern - On my walk I saw a lot of dandelions, I saw the pattern on them and thought it looked so pleasing
    Mary Orsinio - a pattern - On my walk I saw a lot of dandelions, I saw the pattern on them and thought it looked so pleasing
  • Miranda Harwood - patterns - found on my morning walk
    Miranda Harwood - patterns - found on my morning walk
  • Andrea Wintrip - patterns - the familiarity and peculiarity of urban shapes against trees and clouds. Brick pattern, fence pattern, fluffy clouds, leaves, hexagons, trapezoids, triangles, parallel straight lines, diamonds, rectangles
    Andrea Wintrip - patterns - the familiarity and peculiarity of urban shapes against trees and clouds. Brick pattern, fence pattern, fluffy clouds, leaves, hexagons, trapezoids, triangles, parallel straight lines, diamonds, rectangles
  • Mary Orsino - something yellow, I chose a photo of the sponge while kids washed my car during lockdown.
    Mary Orsino - something yellow, I chose a photo of the sponge while kids washed my car during lockdown.
  • Dani Gerresheim -  something yellow street signs that shows that we have a lot of children in our neighbourhood. We have so many children on bikes riding to school which sets a great atmosphere; however a reminder to take care on the roads.
    Dani Gerresheim - something yellow street signs that shows that we have a lot of children in our neighbourhood. We have so many children on bikes riding to school which sets a great atmosphere; however a reminder to take care on the roads.
  • Miranda Harwood - something yellow a pot plant in the window where I buy my morning coffee.
    Miranda Harwood - something yellow a pot plant in the window where I buy my morning coffee.
  • Miranda Harwood - something new  a sunrise is always an opportunity for a new beginning
    Miranda Harwood - something new a sunrise is always an opportunity for a new beginning
  • Emma Featherstone -Something yellow - something yellow - Wattle hanging over the Olinda Creek, Lilydale. Wurundjeri Country
    Emma Featherstone -Something yellow - something yellow - Wattle hanging over the Olinda Creek, Lilydale. Wurundjeri Country
  • Mary Orsino - something new I chose a lemon tree with buds popping up.
    Mary Orsino - something new I chose a lemon tree with buds popping up.
  • Miranda Harwood - a place to sit is being used for something different during COVID.
    Miranda Harwood - a place to sit is being used for something different during COVID.
  • Mary Orsino - a place to sit - I went for a walk before sunset with my daughter and thought it was a great time to get a photo of the gym equipment
    Mary Orsino - a place to sit - I went for a walk before sunset with my daughter and thought it was a great time to get a photo of the gym equipment
  • Dani Gerresheim - a place to sit. My favourite view when walking along our bay, a great spot to stop, sit, reflect while having a good Melbourne coffee.
    Dani Gerresheim - a place to sit. My favourite view when walking along our bay, a great spot to stop, sit, reflect while having a good Melbourne coffee.
  • Emma Featherstone - a place to sit- The Lilydale-Warburton Rail Trail, Lilydale, Wurundjeri Country
    Emma Featherstone - a place to sit- The Lilydale-Warburton Rail Trail, Lilydale, Wurundjeri Country
  • Mary Orsino -  movement is of the town clock which I thought could be considered as movement, and I used a slow shutter speed to capture the traffic movement.
    Mary Orsino - movement is of the town clock which I thought could be considered as movement, and I used a slow shutter speed to capture the traffic movement.
  • Mary Orsino - movement a photo of a bee.
    Mary Orsino - movement a photo of a bee.
  • Miranda Harwood - movement a snail starting the day.
    Miranda Harwood - movement a snail starting the day.
  • dandleion
    dandleion
  • dandelion
    dandelion