Graham and I went back to the lake one evening a few nights ago, to witness the sunset there. We don’t get to see it where we live, except through trees. I had hoped for something a bit more spectacular but it was a relaxing evening at least – as you’ll see from the pic…
Golden Whistler
For the past few days we’ve (hubby and I) been hearing a birdcall we’ve not heard here before. Yesterday, when a guest was getting ready to leave my guest and I were commenting on the bird call and speculating on what it might be. A bit like a whip bird, but not quite. As we…
Darter (snake) bird
My husband and I went for a picnic lunch on Saturday at Lilydale Lake Park. He’d not been there before, it was a lovely day and I wanted to go for a drive. There weren’t any available seats in the shade and we had one seat in the car so poor hubby had to sit…
Signs of Autumn
I’m loving seeing the signs of Autumn on its way. Our Liquidamber trees have leaves with changing colours and I’ve noticed many other different trees in our area with leaves turning mainly yellow, but some with orange as well. Of course, if you weren’t looking for it, you wouldn’t notice as most of the leaves…
The antics of the Cockatoo
Late yesterday afternoon we had a storm sweeping in – thunder, some lightening, lots of rain and some wind. The cockatoos had decided to settle in our oak and liquidamber trees and were making quite a racket as the rain got heavier. I stood underneath our verandah to watch them and their silly antics. One…