Mid-Week Monochrome – bushboys world

Sadness of losing Bren

Published on June 16, 2023 by bushboy55 Comments

I like many others have been saddened by the passing of our blog family member Bren of Brashley Photography

Like many others I was inspired by her love of flowers and for me, was the love of Monochrome images with her challenge of Mid-Week Monochrome. Bren really challenged me to produce better B&W photos and this also was added to by Leanne Cole who made it a double weekly monochrome challenge.

I thought a slideshow would be best as I can’t decide on the flowers I want to post so I hope you understand.

I should do the same for my monochromes too I guess.

Late last year when we hadn’t seen any posts from Bren, I wrote to see how she was going. At the time there was a lot going on in her life so I just guessed she was busy. Her reply was the first installment from her Bacardi Girl site of her discovery of cancer. This floored me and by the time the last post written by her son, I knew that things weren’t going to be good.

I don’t drink Bacardi but I am sure you will join me in raising a glass to a good friend to say goodbye.

Written through my tears

The shop

Published on May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 by bushboy15 Comments

Leannes Monochrome Madness

The staircase

Published on April 19, 2023 by bushboy14 Comments

Leannes Monochrome Madness
Brens Mid-Week Monochrome #126

I’m still standing….almost

Published on April 12, 2023April 13, 2023 by bushboy18 Comments

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #125

PS I contacted Bren earlier via email and not heard back yet. She has had a few things going on taking up all of her time, that’s why we haven’t seen a post for a while. When I find out how she is going I’ll let you know.

At the post office

Published on April 5, 2023 by bushboy10 Comments

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome

The front of the Grafton Post Office. A grand sandstone building from the 19th Century

This is when it was constructed

I am frond of this one

Published on March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 by bushboy16 Comments

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

During last years walk in the Gibraltar Ranges National Park to see the Waratahs flowering, I also found a bit more to photograph as well. Not only were the Waratahs in flowering glory but so many other plants were doing well. The fire of December 2019 laid the whole mountain bare of vegetation so it was so lovely to find that there has been a good recovery commencing.

One of the first to return were Tree Ferns and three years later they were al growing well. Many of Australians flora are adapted to fire and some require fire or smoke for the seeds to germinate.

This is a classic Tree Fern frond curling photo.