FRIDAY GREENS #107 - iGREEN

Welcome to this meme active every Friday. The theme is "Friday Greens" and you can post images, art, photos where the predominant colour is GREEN!

GREEN is the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.

An electronic circuit board through a kaleidoscope!

If you take part in this meme:
*Please link back to this page from your blog, with the Friday Greens logo or link text;
*In the spirit of community, please visit other participants to see their photos and leave a comment;
*Leave a comment here in the comments box, which I appreciate very much!

AUSTRALIA

Australia (officially the Commonwealth of Australia), is an Oceanian country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighbouring countries include Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.

For at least 40,000 years before the first British settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who spoke languages grouped into roughly 250 language groups. After the European discovery of the continent by Dutch explorers in 1606, Australia's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and an additional five self-governing crown colonies were established.

On 1 January 1901, the six colonies federated, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Since Federation, Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy comprising six states and several territories. The population of 23.6 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated in the eastern states and on the coast.

Australia is a developed country and one of the wealthiest in the world, with the world's 12th-largest economy. In 2014 Australia had the world's fifth-highest per capita income. Australia's military expenditure is the world's 13th-largest. With the second-highest human development index globally, Australia ranks highly in many international comparisons of national performance, such as quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, and the protection of civil liberties and political rights. Australia is a member of the United Nations, G20, Commonwealth of Nations, ANZUS, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Trade Organization, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the Pacific Islands Forum.

Australian forests are mostly made up of evergreen species, particularly eucalyptus trees in the less arid regions; wattles replace them as the dominant species in drier regions and deserts. Among well-known Australian animals are the monotremes (the platypus and echidna); a host of marsupials, including the kangaroo, koala, and wombat, and birds such as the emu and the kookaburra. Australia is home to many dangerous animals including some of the most venomous snakes in the world.

This post is part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the  Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

FRIDAY GREENS #36 - LEAVES

Welcome to this meme active every Friday. The theme is "Friday Greens" and you can post images, art, photos where the predominant colour is GREEN!

GREEN is the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.

I appreciate your comments, and please add a link back to this page from your own Friday Greens blog post.

The meme is only as successful as you make it be!

Please add your own GREEN post using the Linky tool below:

GARDEN PARTY

Pippa has a very interesting blog with all sorts of creative things happening. I suggest you go and visit it. She hosts some memes that are quite creative. Here is my entry for one of her creative "cut-and-paste" memes. Pippa has given an image of a 1910s couple sitting and conversing and has requested participants in the meme to "place" the couple somewhere appropriate. My take is that they have been invited to a garden party at Downton Abbey! :-)

This post is part of Pippa's Have Fun meme.

FRIDAY GREENS #24 - SMERALDINE

This is an image I created in a program called "Mojoworld", where one may use an interface to make different planets and image views of the surface. Here is my planet "Smeraldine".

I appreciate your comments, and please add a link back to this page from your own Friday Greens blog post. The meme is only as successful as you make it be!

Please add your own GREEN post using the Linky tool below:

FRIDAY GREENS #8 - GREEN PLANET

This is an image I created in a program called Mojoworld, where one may create different planets and views of the surface. The planet visualised here has a huge moon and an eroded rocky surface overgrown with green plants exhibiting a curious grooved pattern. The seas are greenish, with sandy shores and the little heart-shaped shoal in the foreground is an incidental artifact...

I am open to suggestions on the naming of this, my imagined planet!

I appreciate your comments and a link back to this page from you own blog post.

Please add your own GREEN post using the Linky tool below: