Right place...



...at the right time. The sun breaking through the clouds over the city, from Morell Bridge

Underpass

Brunton Avenue, next to the MCG

Orb

Chapel Street, Windsor

Peeling

Somewhere in Richmond

Chandelier

Myer in the city

Ballflower

Score!

A stroll in the gardens

Rescued

I rescued a European wasp from the Ornamental Lake in the Botanic Gardens (using a bird feather). If you look closely, you can see a tiny drop of water on its wing.

Sign extravaganza!

I've been wandering about a lot in the past few days taking photos of signs I've seen along the way - and, as always, spotting new signs I'd somehow not noticed before - but I haven't had a chance to post them until now, so this will be quite the epic...

J Higson and Sons, on the side of a fantastic late 19th

 century warehouse  on the corner of Flinders Lane and Higson Lane.

The 131 Flinders Lane frontage. I'm very curious about

its current use but there are no clues.

Remnants of its life as a warehouse remain on the Higson Lane side.

I'm not sure what business J Higson was in. Walking Melbourne says the

building is a "rare survivor" up the eastern end of town and was

 built in 1857 for importers and wholesalers Levy & Robertson.

I think this is the remnants of a sign too.

This is on Hosier Lane. I'm usually too busy

looking at the  street art to notice old paintwork.

Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

Smith Street on the Fitzroy side. I spotted this sign

 after seeing a very faded Moran & Cato sign on Brunswick Street

when I was sitting in the window of Bean & Bagel on Johnston Street.

 I forgot to take a photo though. The interwebz tell me Moran & Cato

was the largest chain of grocery stores in Australia in the late 19th

and early 20th centuries, with two stores in Fitzroy.

A side street off Smith Street, Collingwood.

Smith Street, Fitzroy. R H Brooks Furniture?

Skyflyer

A carnival ride at the Moomba festival, which started today beside the river.

Setting up

A drizzly start to the day as the Moomba carnival takes shape

Lunch time in the gardens

The city from Treasury Gardens

Before and after

 Heading out

Heading home

Spotty

Moth in a front garden on Alexandra Avenue. I got one rushed shot before it flew off.

Nacre

One of the shells I picked up on the beach yesterday