January 22 - Big and small

Big and small ... the olive backed oriole down by the river has 3 chicks in her nest - so tiny compared to her, yet soon they will be fledged and grown. (you just knew it would be another bird photo didn't you!) so to make up for all the birds - mother and foal grazing in the paddock have almost identical markings :)

January 17 - automobile

So... I was wondering whether to save some of these for 'Iconic' - the horse motif is one of the more recognisable when it comes to cars, but automobile is the word of the day and an impressive collection at Marinello had us captivated for some time as we imagined ourselves driving one or more of the vehicles on display. When I received the list of words for the days I figured that 'in the details was a bit of a theme for the year rather than the first 'word' so instead of images of the beautiful hand-built cars here are some details - scrutineering stickers on an old racer, the iconic stallion on the grille, engines that you can almost hear the roar of...