As I walked back along Logan’s Track at Lysterfield I could see something white hanging in a tree. I moved off the main track and walked through the growth to get closer to the fence line where the tree was. It was a birds nest that had some extra items added to its making. It…
Young bucks at play
As I headed towards one of my favourite conservation walks at Lysterfield I noticed a group of young male eastern grey kangaroos at play. Gotcha!
Walking at Lysterfield Park
It’s been most of the year since I’ve been to Lysterfield. I’ve been concentrating on Birdsland Reserve, which is closer to home, but as I was planning to host a photowalk at Lysterfield, thought it best that I go back to have a look around, in case there were any changes I needed to be…
Attracting bees
There’s been growing concern over the shortage of bees in our country and elsewhere. It seems a number of things are responsible for it: weather, the use of insecticides, lack of govt funding for support and research, etc. This simply encourages me all the more to keep planting things that I know the bees would…
Purple (wild) flower at the park
I have no idea what this flower is, it is daisy-like. It was growing as a wild flower in the local park. Thought it really beautiful. Do you agree? If you know what it is, please do let me know too.
My guardian cat
Whenever I’m out and about in the garden, my cat Toki, is never far away. Always keeping me in his sights. He’s a handsome cat and I thought I’d share him with you here.
The Cherry Laurel Tree
We have a magnificent tree in our backyard nestled next to the Lilly Pilly and easily as tall, if not taller. For a long time we hadn’t really realised there was a different tree there. It wasn’t until Graham and I began working in that part of the garden that we noted some differences. This…
Butterflies in the garden
I’ve been delighting in adding to our garden, plants and flowers I knew that butterflies would love. I watched an episode of Australian Gardening some months ago that spoke of developing our gardens for butterflies. I got inspired to do similar in our garden and now watch eagerly for the butterflies. I’ve even begun a…
Crescent Honeyeater
Recently I’ve discovered some ‘new’ birds in my garden at home. I don’t know if they’ve always been visiting or whether it’s a new occurence. I am a lot more aware of different birds here and was delighted to see these ‘newcomers’, the Crescent Honeyeater. They are a native to eastern Australia. Quite a cute…
Playing with Wordle
I’ve been wanting to design a tshirt to wear when I’m out on photography jobs. But just wasn’t sure what I wanted on it till I saw similar type of thing for someone else’s tshirt on a different topic. And I thought ‘what a great idea!’. So I’ve been playing with Wordle. Do you know…
Wall images
I had the wonderful privilege of having an insurance company purchase two of my photos some weeks ago, to have them imprinted into glass walls. I couldn’t really imagine how they were going to look but at the beginning of this week I was invited to go in and meet the ‘boss’ and view the…
Birds at Cranbourne Botanical Gardens
At last we get to the birds. I’m told there are 178 species at the gardens and counting but I only had a limited time and not the best light to capture images of all those I did see. So here are a few I saw during my visit there. Sacred (Australian white) ibis flying…