Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
In the darkness I watched the silhouette of the possum as it stared back watching me. It was a young Ring-tailed Possum. I'm thrilled to have them around the garden, though I'm sure they are eating our strawberries. In designing our garden, I am having to make allowances for those creatures that the neighbours said … Continue reading Ringtail Possums
I was out in the garden early this morning. 5 am. The Cuckoo shrike was about as were Purple-crowned Lorikeets wheeling about high in the sky while the gums are blooming. As I stood on a ladder to get a shot of the garden a magpie flew in at close range and sat on the … Continue reading Filling the Bioreactor
After a few weeks of much working and not much other stuff I was yearning to get out into Nature a bit more. I needed a fix of trees. We headed out west towards Denmark and stopped for a quick morning snack before heading out on Scotsdale Road to the Harewood Forest trail. It always … Continue reading Amongst the Trees
The morning started with bird calls. The magpies were the first birds I heard. It was around 4am. This time of the year, in this part of the world, we get some lovely morning light. One of my first tasks was to water the garden. Kind of a gentle way to ease into the day … Continue reading Pests, Predators and Observations
Hoverflies around the brassica flowers. Last Monday the back of the house was inundated with hoverflies. I have never seen hoverflies in such prolific, swarming abundance. They were coming in under the verandah and getting caught up in spider webs. Throughout the week they have maintained their presence in the garden but appear to have … Continue reading Hoverflies
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