I didn’t know what these would be called. Seems they have lots of names such as “space bug”, “monkey ball”, “bommyknocker”, “bir ball”, “gumball”, “conkleberry”, “cukoo-bir” or “sticky ball” (see Wikipedia) In reality they are fruit and that explains why the birds (parrots in particular) go crazy over them.
Category: At home
T'was a foggy morning
This is outside our house one foggy morning just after 8am last week. I’ve had a lot of feedback about this image at both Flickr and Facebook. It has an eery surreal look about it. It is currently my favourite shot. This image is now for sale in both low res and high res copies….
A Winter Sunshine
It’s winter here in Melbourne, Australia and very cold. Some areas not far from us have had snow already and frost. For us it’s just been crisp and cold, but quite clear some days – the blue sky and sunshine have been welcome.
Oak Tree's last leaves
We still have a few Autumn leaves on display but not many.
The moon rising
With my husband in hospital I’ve been doing a lot of travelling to and fro and little time for taking photos. But now and then I’ve seen something in my travels that I’ve just had to jump out of the car for. One night, when it wasn’t raining, I could see the moon rising and…