The New Holland Honeyeater have begun showing up in the garden again. They are mostly black and white, with a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. It has a small white ear patch, a thin white whisker at the base of the bill and a white eye. This honeyeater is an…
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More winter flowers
We’re starting to get a few flowers out now as winter progresses. I’m excited about this as I wanted to build up colour in my garden, all year round, and am finally beginning to achieve this. The orchids were hidden under the ginger plant and had thrown out a very long stalk just to get…
Sunlit at the gatepost
More on the pretty entry. I was out working in the garden yesterday and noticed the sun was shining onto the gatepost and the azalea beside it.
Pretty entry
This is the entry to my driveway. The Azalea flowers in both Spring and Autumn and stays in flower through to Summer and Winter. So it’s almost in flower all year round. Pretty, isn’t it?
Blackbird, blackbird, sing me a song
A few days ago I was watching a blackbird in our backyard, from our bedroom window. He was aware of me but still hung around foraging in the garden before taking off. Our Lily Pily tree has been dropping berries all over the ground. Apparently you can make jelly out of the berries but I…