I learnt something the other week. With my husband currently going through rehab and having to relearn to use his right hand and arm, the physio had mentioned to him that birds are left-handed. And then my daughter mentioned the same thing. A guy she works with is a bird enthusiast and he’d told her…
Someone's banging on our roof
For the past month or more now, the cockies (Cockatoos) have been in our Liquidamber tree which towers above the office roof of our house. They like to chew the nuts or whatever it is the trees are producing. All day long, during daylight, there is this constant banging as they drop their castoffs below…
Insects on our trip
When at Mengler’s Hill in South Australia I spotted this Monarch Butterfly (sometimes referred to as The Wanderer as well) and followed it around. And there were these amazingly huge Orb spiders in many gardens and parks as well.
Photography Glossary
I mentioned Australian Photography Magazine a couple of weeks ago. They have launched a new website AustralianPhotography.com with competitions, events, exhibitions and lots of other things listed. On it is a very useful glossary on photography that I thought you might find useful. It also mentions some famous photographers, both present and in the past. …
The reason for my absence
I’ve missed a couple of days. I had preposted up to that point but didn’t get time to do more posts. Almost two weeks ago my husband had a serious mountain biking accident that required the SES and Ambos to trek a good half kilometre or so into bushland to retrieve him in a stretcher…