Australia Day -- January 26 (Featured Album 26 Jan 2008)

Hi Gladys, Happy Victoria Day to you!! You have made an awesome album depicting Australia. Congrats and keep up your very good work. Judy

said matts112 2006.01.22 at 08:21:49 PST

Hi Gladys, I meant Happy Australia Day to you!! My mistake indeed. Have a great day. And yes we are still under snow, another foot fell on the weekend. Will share photos later this week. Have a great week. Judy

said matts112 2006.01.23 at 04:15:20 PST

Hi Gladys - we wish you a very happy Australia Day - we feel a little bit connected to you: simply by living exactly on the opposite of the Globe! But the better reason is that we still have in vivid memory our two weeks in southern Australia (at Warrnambool - thanks to a convention). We felt we as Swiss had something similar, perhaps through a kind of isolation of our countries? Well, anyway: may this be a very special day for you and your friends! Cordially yours: (Kaethi and) Henri

said oertlif 2006.01.23 at 10:49:17 PST

what a fantastic idea Galdys! Happy Australia to you too, Paul (umina beach, NSW)

said koropaul 2006.01.23 at 20:17:13 PST

Hello Gladys! Henri has already written. From me too: thanks for this beautiful tribute for Australia! We appreciate your interesting comments! Thanks also for your nice guestbook message (about the blog: we will try when we have more time...)! Happy Australia Day on Thursday! Käthi

said oertlif 2006.01.23 at 22:45:53 PST

Hello Gladys, your album hits the spot and stirs my patriotic soul. You've put a lot of energy and imagination into creating these wonderful collages. Have a wonderful Australia Day on Thursday, and best wishes from Keith.

said magikeith 2006.01.23 at 23:17:06 PST

Hi Gladys! Well done mate. This is terrific and I'm going to invite everyone to come and have a look.What a great Australia day Album it is. Catch you later. Hugs Al

said shortshooter 2006.01.24 at 03:31:53 PST

Dear Gladys: It has been awhile and I like this new album you have made. Very unique. I like The Land pictures as they are very near like parts of the U.S. South West. But my favorite is The Ocean shots. I do love the beaches. Beautifully done. Kay

said kay38101 2006.01.24 at 05:23:19 PST

Hi Gladys, Al sent me an invitation to come have a look at this album. I'm sure glad he did i love what you've done here. I live in Canada but i've seen enough pictures of Australia to agree with you it's a beautiful country. There is nothing i would rather do then to visit there. You've done a lovely job of putting all these pictures together and your captions tell it all. Thank you for sharing this album of your country and it's spectacular sky. Claudette

said mamabear250 2006.01.24 at 06:13:46 PST

LOVE this album, Al! How original and interesting. I really enjoyed it. The colors are stunning. Thank you for sharing Australia's beauty! Kris :)

said KrisApplegate 2006.01.24 at 06:17:06 PST

Hi Gladys. I'm another of Al's pals, and he also invited me to view this wonderful album. You have such beautiful photos of your great nation. It's a truly unique and interesting country. I would love to visit my many friends there. Thank you for sharing this with us. Sharon from SE Minnesota, USA

said sharwils2 2006.01.24 at 06:38:02 PST

Hello Gladys. Al sent me a link to your album this morning. I am so glad I stopped by for a view. This is excellent and so full of history. I would love to see this as a featured album. Thanks for sharing the love of your country with us. Lynn

said 1seahag 2006.01.24 at 06:47:13 PST

Hi Gladys, Happy Australia Day and congratulations on a beautiful and informative album! Thanks for sharing it and thanks to Al for telling me about it. Cynthia-Oklahoma

said cayowza 2006.01.24 at 09:01:12 PST

Hi Gladys! This is a fabulous, fantastic, splendid album! Your collages are so creative and well done - this is bound to be featured. I hope you don't have to wait until next January for that though, because it deserves a feature just for the creativity, variety and quality of the images. A big thank-you to Al for directing me here. Very well done! Warmest wishes from California, Beth

said bvillanyi 2006.01.24 at 09:14:52 PST

Oops - I see that the day hasn't arrived yet this year! My internal calendar is all off at the moment - I thought Jan 26 was last week. SO - I expect to see this featured this Thursday :-) Beth

said bvillanyi 2006.01.24 at 09:16:37 PST

Gladys, what a fantastic composition and travelogue! I sure wish I knew how to get the editors' attention to offer this for album of the day on the 26th!

said barnchaser 2006.01.24 at 09:38:47 PST

Hello there Gladys. This is an exquisite album - not only must it bring total deja vu to those having lived in the country, but it also gives those of us, like myself, who have never been there a wonderful introduction in way of everything possible put in a nutshell so very beautifully. It is an excellent advert for Australia Day - better than many travel agents and photographers could produce! Likewise, your photography is quite spectacular and certainly you do much justice to Kodak's products! :-) Thanks for sharing such a superb album. Best wishes, Sue

said sbirkhead 2006.01.24 at 09:44:43 PST

Gladys this is one fantastic album! It is ovious that you put your love for your country, and so much creativity into this very special album. Truly every photo is a work of art, and so very interesting too! I found this album a delight to view as a slide show and ran it through three times! Thank you for sharing your fantastic album. Take care, Laura

said Nannygoose 2006.01.24 at 10:15:29 PST

Oops! forgot to add that Al sent me an invite, so glad he did!!

said Nannygoose 2006.01.24 at 10:17:13 PST

Hello, Gladys - Al pointed me here and I'm glad he did! This album id SUPER, should get a feature in my opinion! Thanks for sharing, you did a SUPER job! - claudia (PS...have to laugh at the vegemite. Created quite a discussion, ask Al!)

said gardenlady110 2006.01.24 at 10:53:40 PST

Dear Gladys what an enormous amount of work and creativity you have put in to create this wonderful tribute to your beloved country AUSTRALIA! Exceptional album Gladys!I totally agree with Claudia that this really must be featured -you have done a stunning job and your photography is superb!I too giggled over the Vegemite ,the great Australian icon!Big Congratulations to you on this wonderful series of photographs and the compiling of them in such a special way!Have a FABULOUS Australia Day filled with much pride in your magnificent country!Sending love from New Zealand -Lynne

said lynne294 2006.01.24 at 13:53:38 PST

Hi Gladys! What a lovely tribute to Australia Day! Very well presented! Fantastic job...and I too agree that it is well worth a feature...and it does seem that our dear friend Al has created quite the stir with Vegemite!! He keeps wanting us to try it!!! Thanks for sharing your patriotism and love of your country with us all...take care...hugs...Darlene

said briansbabe2 2006.01.24 at 20:40:17 PST

Happy Australia Day to all Dearest Australian Friends with the Greatest Australian Emotion and the Stunning Australian Beauteousness in the Magnificient Australian Nature surrounded by the Splendour Australian Oceans under the Brilliant Australian Skies! Enjoy all Joyful Australian Celebrations! CHEERS! CS

said csfoto 2006.01.25 at 06:29:39 PST

Awesome Australia Day Collection Gladys, Execellent Montage of Beautiful Aussie Imagery!!! This Has to be a WS Feature On the 26th...You Certainly have My Vote!! Thanks for Sharing with Everyone! GB, Ted

said torretab 2006.01.25 at 08:40:06 PST

Hello Gladys, What a marvellous tribute to Australia, a colection of collages expressing exactly what Austraila is all about, one hopes that a feature will reconize the day but I doubt whether our friends will even know about it. I agree with your nine poits in the blogs but am reluctant to put any thing in now as I always have a habit of upseting somebody or otherjust for speaking my mind, take care and God Bless Audstralia on the 26th Ken

said hircock100 2006.01.25 at 11:56:10 PST

Hello Gladys,what a wonderful album in celebration of Australia Day,the collages were all so colourful and full of interest and detail,I feel like I've just had a virtual tour of Australia and good on you for showing your National pride in such a wonderful way,Regards,Rod.

said chrisrod100 2006.01.25 at 16:06:04 PST

hi Gladys very nice album and tribute to your beautiful country and of diffrent varieties of things to see. thanks to you and of course AL cause without him i would off probaly never have found it so thanks for sharing Jean

said jac707 2006.01.25 at 16:28:49 PST

What a beautiful and interesting way to celbrate Australia! First rate all the way! Thanks so much for sharing! Candi

said candistackable 2006.01.25 at 19:28:06 PST

What a beautiful and interesting way to celebrate Australia! First rate all the way! Thanks so much for sharing! Candi

said candistackable 2006.01.25 at 19:28:13 PST

Hi Gladys, Al sent me over to take a look, I'm sure glad he did this is a very interesting album I love the clollage idea. Ronda from Washington State

said windy1st 2006.01.26 at 16:18:27 PST

Hi Gladys, This is wonderful, I believe all these collages should be within a tour magazine, they all sure define your beautiful country. Quite nice-all, including explanations. Still trying to catch up here and two weeks behind. Thank you for the history lesson. Best regards. Ron/Oregon Coast

said rboise 2006.01.30 at 08:17:59 PST

You should definitely be in the Travel business, Gladys! This is a beautiful collection of artistic photos, with great compositions and colour, plus bonus information in your captions. I love your collage format. I expect to see this unique album featured soon! Thanks for sharing. Aussie Al invited me to view this album. I will have to thank him too. Don/BC,Canada

said donkeyquod 2006.01.30 at 10:33:33 PST

Gladys...Thanks for your wonderful comment about my "Barns of Arkansas" album as I felt very honored to be asked to contribute to that fund raiser project..I love the old wooden barns as they are a part of the history of our country..once they are gone..they are gone forever..Also Thanks for your encouragement to continue to address BLOG with my comments..If you will look I answered your Featured Album question with one of my own...Now having said all that..your slbum on Australia Day is simply beautiful & all of you "Mates" should be very proud of your wonderful country...God's Blessings my friend...Ken

said bigdaddy8x14 2006.02.01 at 11:51:26 PST

Hi Gladys .. I'm hoping you are having a wonderful New Years.. and all is well. Back to visit your new albums.. wonderful job...~~~ Australia day's are a feast for the eyes.. Great job.!! I also love he calendars Beautiful.!! I would love to visit Australia one day... But until that day comes i will peruse this wonderful collections. Thanks for sharing. Stop by anytime .. I will be back.. Stonesthro.

said stonesthro 2006.02.04 at 07:34:05 PST

Hi Gladys! What an amazing album!!! Great collages and really informative and interesting captions - a great way to celebrate your national day and beautifully presented :) I hope us Kiwis will become as proud of our country one day. Thankyou for a wonderful tour! Best wishes, Kate (New Zealand)

said klb49100 2006.02.08 at 20:15:30 PST

Hi Gladys, A belated happy Australia Day to you and to all your fellow Aussies. This is a great compilation of beautiful photographs and just a terrific idea. I must confess a great ignorance of most things Australian. I'm not proud of it - it's just the truth so please instruct me. Does Australia Day, celebrate the discovery of Australia by Europeans or Australia's independence from Great Britain, or something altogether different? Greetings from Florida, ignorant Paul.

said paul_fernandez 2006.02.13 at 13:56:41 PST

Hi Gladyn, in January 26th I was not that far away from you since I was in New Zealand. I'd like to wish you a Happy Australia Day, although I'm a little bit late. Thanks for visiting my Singapore Botanical Gardens album and for your very kind comment, as always. You're invited to take a look at my new albums of New Zealand. Some additional albums will be released in the next few days. Since your Queen of the Night is flowering now, I expect to see a new album with this beautiful flower as the star. Take care, Yair.

said ykarelic4 2006.02.15 at 07:31:43 PST

You are a master at collage, great album, there are so many beautiful and interesting shots in these 15 pictures. Al sent me an invitation to this album a long time ago, I'm running a bit behind myself, but so glad I came. Thanks for sharing your beautiful country with me. Warm Wishes, Candy

said canary1976 2006.02.15 at 14:27:06 PST

<font color='blue' size='2'> Hello Gladys, I was back to take a look at your beautuful shots! Please come see my new photos sometime? Best regards, Tom from The Netherlands.</font> <font color='red' size='2'><center>Please click here to see my Webshots albums? </center></font>

said hereistom 2006.02.17 at 15:09:21 PST

Hi Gladys. This is a very unique album with its collages. It is fun to view and very well done. I've come to realize how little I know about Australia. My only complaint is that there wasn't a picture of the Fosters (tee hee) Thanks for sharing some of the beauty and history of your homeland. Don

said muggs1953 2006.03.26 at 15:13:11 PST

OH my! Gladys, I just found this invite to your album when I was tring to fix something in my account. I never noticed the feature of viewing our invites before...what a duffus I am! Now about this album it is a fantastic album!!! I will have to try this for a scrapbook I hope someday to make. Your photos are absolutly beautiful. Thanks so much for the invite mu friend. Hugs Laura

said Nannygoose 2006.03.28 at 16:18:31 PST

Thank you for the guestbook entry and the kind words in the blog. I had hoped that Anne would have gotten back to us, but I haven't seen any entries from her anywhere. I hope she is OK. But you're right, I had hoped for more and better discussion in there and I am thankful for your followup entry.

said meabbott 2006.04.02 at 05:47:59 PDT

Hello Gladys. I popped in to thankyou for signing my Guestbook re my Spider Webs album. I appreciate you taking the time and your kind comments. I am loving your photography and have bookmarked your site in My Favourites so that I can browse it again at leisure. Perhaps you would be interested in joining "thewebshotsusergrou p " where we exchange photographic tips and photographs . It gives a one to one contact for Webshots users and a chance to have your new albums previewed by a friendly bunch of photographers.. http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/thewebshotsusergroup/ Again...Thankyou ! Haere Ra from New Zealand. Ella

said ggranny104 2006.04.04 at 02:46:22 PDT

Hi, Gladys; Thank you for your kind messages you left in my guestbook. I took advantage of this opportunity to follow the link to your albums and I'm glad I did. I love your unusual presentation of the photos about Australia. I can see in them the enormous - and rightly so - pride you take in your country, which I admire. Keep up the good work :) Carmela.

said carmela2000 2006.04.08 at 07:59:53 PDT

Hello Gladys, I saw your guestbook entries this morning. Thank you. Yes, the Arboretum definitely is a photographer's paradise. I have discovered that you can find little paradises not too far from home if you use your imagination and have patience (in the case of wildlife, a lot of patience). I am glad you enjoyed the Arboretum photos, I loved taking them and will to go back again.

said meabbott 2006.04.10 at 04:33:38 PDT

I agree with your sentiments from your second message, but I think the solution is configurability. Everybody seems to have different notions of how they want to present their photos to their viewing public. I therefore think that if Webshots decides to do a "2.0" they should make optional configurability a core of the customer experience. It wouldn't be required and it would be unobtrusive to those who don't want to change anything or only want to change a few things. I agree that if a member wants a lot of views they do need to market themselves a bit and your recommendations make good sense. I tend to let my photos float on their own which is good enough for me. The exception is my rilroad related albums which I also post over on a railroad related BBS. I don't know if this is the reason that my Horseshoe Curve album has the highest number of views and downloads (2124 and 41), but it didn't hurt. The rest mainly fend for themselves which does yield some disappointing results. For example, Wye Island hasn't gotten as many views as I had hoped, but I have kind of written that off that what I like is not necessarily what others are going to like. But I digress. I still haven't even noticed the thumbs up thing, but I haven't been looking for it, either. I will have to check it out. Gah. I have been writing too much. Perhaps next time you can reply directly to my blog at blogspot (see the options at the end of the blog entries) so I don't pollute your webshots guestbook with these long entries. :

said meabbott 2006.04.10 at 04:42:54 PDT

great composition. marvelous album. great composition. a delight. cong. all gutierrezguti.

said gutierrezguti10 2006.04.12 at 12:47:54 PDT

Thank you so much for your very nice message in my guestbook for my featured album about Moscow ! Congratulations for this very beautiful and interesting album ...beautiful collages too !I enjoyed very much my visit ! Greetings from Belgium.mary

said marywilford 2006.04.16 at 08:13:17 PDT

Thank you very much for taking your time to sign my guestbook and congratulate me on my featured album. I'm sorry you were disappointed with the lack of dog-walkers in my album. To be honest, I never saw that area, and I'm sure it must be there. I'll check next time. Have a great day. Roza

said rozalia421 2006.04.17 at 05:22:45 PDT

Thank You! Thank you for your kind comments about my South America - Punta Arenas, Chile 2006 album on Webshots. I have enjoyed seeing all of your albums, also. Ev Gibson, Tucson, AZ USA

said evgibson 2006.04.23 at 15:01:08 PDT

Hi Gladys, sorry for keeping you waiting for my answers. I just finished a very busy holiday and I am exhausted from having a dog for a short time. :-) I took lots of pictures while walking her, but neglected everything else. Now they are back, just as the dog (and I) got used to her new conditions. Thanks for telling me about the cut-off descriptions in the dog album. You are right it is disturbing. Often the description seems to fit, and then a few days later it appears cut-off. Thanks for looking at all of my new albums and for your lovely compliments. The roses are still beautiful. I keep adding pictures to that album, which soon will explode. YOUR rain soon will arrive. Hopefully it will be cooler in your region. I think the end of the summer is the most exhausting part. I am happy you liked the cat in my cactus album. She belongs to the local market garden. She loves the boxes, even when there are cacti in it. It is nice to have the camera always ready to shot. Gladys this album is fantastic! I've looked at it several times and always I find something new and surprising. It is a very good presentation about Australia. Nothing left out! I love your captions!!!! How nice that Webshots leaves us space for that!! So much information! I didn't know that Australia has it's 'own' car. Your collages are very nicely balanced especially in the colors! Beautiful! You invested a lot of work in this album. It should be printed out and published as a book! And it should be featured so that more people can learn from it and enjoy it. Gladys I have a question!! While walking the dog I - at last - wanted to take pictures from a beautiful tree, blooming now. A very slim and high tree. The bloom is barely to reach. At last I reached a branch and as I looked at it - - - it looks like 'Grevillea'! I thought about Grevilleas as of scrubs, not about 30 meter high trees!! And I didn't ever see a Grevillea in nature - only on Webshots!! Is it possible, that it IS a Grevillea?? Gladys, I hope you are fine! Have a wonderful day! Galit

said 854847 2006.05.07 at 14:05:38 PDT

Gladys, Thanks for your words on my featured album. You have excellent albums too with a lot of beautiful pics. Best regards, Manuel from Spain.

said mdediego 2006.05.09 at 06:01:54 PDT

<font color=#4169E1>Hello dear Gladys. I love, love, LOVE this album. How clever and creative you are to come up with such a unique idea. Your excellent variety and collage of photos and the extremely interesting information you have provided has resulted in an outstanding piece of work. This album should be most certainly be featured!! I am also here to thank you for your most generous words you kindly left in my Easter g/b. I am sorry for the long delay in getting back to you, but I left on holiday the day of my feature so sadly missed out on all the fun of the kind notes arriving and more recently my computer had a virus and I was without it for quite some time. And on top of all that it was so my most popular feature ever, so I am STILL in the throws of replying to everyone. When I am through them all, I hope to have more time to visit my regular friends. Take care. </font> <font color='maroon'> Much love, Jayne/West Midlands, UK :) xx </font>

said hjaynefoster 2006.05.13 at 03:33:45 PDT

Very nice Gladys, A beautiful job and a lovely overall look at Australia. Your collages of photos are exellent, you are a fine photographer. Thank you for responding to my request, and of course I am not offended either. I do respect your wishes and opinions and don't have a problem when someone says no. Several of my friends here in Webshots, well we just love to laugh, or see fine collections, like Jaynes mailboxes, or Al's pride seeing his friends featured. And everyone loves CS's fun albums. So we enjoy sharing our photos, and to see what each other can come up with. It's all in fun! It's a way to bring us closer as friends too. So that is why we do this. Just thought I would explain this to you too. Thanks for your visits, and your nice comments. Take care, sending you my friend a big hug. Laura

said Nannygoose 2006.05.23 at 09:21:38 PDT

Hi Gladys, this is a wonderful album with the most beautiful photos and interesting comments. The viewer/reader feels that you have designed this album is made with great affinity to your country. Your collages are done with high skills and perfect feeling for colors and shapes! Thank you for sharing and for visiting my album about Mozart in Vienna! Best wishes from Vienna, Vera

said veralebail 2006.06.11 at 02:57:01 PDT

What a wonderful display of truly the best impressions of Australia. Great idea.Kristie

said mrsbrownie103 2006.06.11 at 18:23:44 PDT

Hi Gladys, This is such an interesting and beautiful album! What a lot of work must have gone into this project of yours! It definitely shows the pride and the love that you have for your wonderful country!!! As for my new album, thank you so much for commenting. My reason for wanting to know which pictures that prople like best is that I like them all...and I had only been out for one day. This new album is to cover the

said lynncb7 2006.06.27 at 05:48:40 PDT

Oops...hit "enter" by mistake before I was done typing! Anyways...the new album is to cover the entire summer - not just one outing! I will add to it for the next 3 months & with that in mind, I started with too many pics! I am running out of room, so I have to start scaling back somewhere...or, I need to get more creative, just like you have done with this album!!! (But, I'm not sure that I have the time or the patience to take on an incredible project like this!) Have a wonderful day and thanks for sharing! Lynn

said lynncb7 2006.06.27 at 05:53:14 PDT

Such a beutiful album Gladys. I especially enjoyed the wild flowers--great creativity! Take care and enjoy your country further as I enjoy seeing it through your eyes. Thnak you for all of your kind remarks in my guest books too. Warmest Wishes. Colleen

said montana155 2006.07.02 at 21:45:44 PDT

Hi Gladys; I really enjoyed seeing your Australian album and all of the things that are special and unique in your fascinating country. I hope that one day I will be able to come here for a visit. Also, I would like to thank you for your kind words in my Bonsai and Japanese Gardens album that was featured. It was a lot of fun going out and getting the photos and putting the album together. Best Wishes to you and I look forwrd to seeing more of your photos. They are outstanding. Hugs, Marjie

said windflowers43 2006.08.06 at 07:46:27 PDT

Gladys this is a wonderful idea... collage like this. You deserve a pat on the back for promoting tourism to our lucky country! Well done! regards poppy. ps where have you been lately?

said poppy1812 2006.08.14 at 05:21:53 PDT

Hi Gladys. I tried to comment on some of the individual photos, but was unable to do so! Your collages are magnifiscent!! A very beautiful album! Thanks for sharing and for the comments on my feature!! Have a wonderful day!! Bob-New York State

said rgarrow2 2006.08.21 at 05:50:53 PDT

Your pictures are colourful; they create an atmosphere! You have an artistic eye! I am looking froward to your new photos. Regards Brian

said waterl00 2006.08.28 at 06:38:00 PDT