The sun was out today for awhile. It was very cold and windy so I rugged up warm before venturing out. I needed to check the sheep’s water and after filling it up, went for a walk in the paddock below the sheep’s pen. The girls (mum and lamb) decided to follow me. The grass…
New visitor to our garden: Common Bronzewing
Haven’t seen one of these in the garden before. I noticed what looked like a very fat pigeon on top of our pergola and when I went outside to get a closer look I discovered it was a Common Bronzewing. I’ve seen them at Lysterfield Park, but not here. These are from the pigeon family…
New Holland Honeyeater
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…
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.