I’ve been looking at what flowers this time of year and what might be suitable to plant in small bunches outside our picket fence. I don’t want anything that will grow too large and I’m happy for it to die away again till the next winter. At this time of year our trees are bare…
Tag: Australia
Superior Fairy-wrens
Yesterday I was commenting on our Camelia bushes. Well, on Sunday just past, I was looking out our kitchen window at the large bush there, and saw a couple of Fairy-wrens playing in the bush. Then I noticed their children were on the ground. Mum and dad had brought them out to play in the…
Winter still has colour and beauty
I’ve been wondering around our garden in the cool, almost frost air this past week. We’ve had rain, but some sunshine too. Wind and very cold. There’s no doubt we’re in the middle of winter here in Victoria, Australia. But, for all that, we’ve got beauty and it’s not all drab and bare trees. Our…
Scenery at Grant’s Picnic Ground
Birds aren’t the only reason for visiting Grant’s Picnic Ground. The beautiful Sherbrooke Forest is another reason. There is lots of new growth with ferns growing on dead wood, fungii and trees and treeferns everywhere. It really is very beautiful to walk through. I love the character of the gumtrees and how tall and straight…
Meet Smokey
Smokey is the youngest of our three cats who love our 2 acre property. He knows when I’m out with my camera I’m usually hunting down birds and likes to be not far away. We keep a couple of bells on his collar for that reason – ruins some of my shots at times, but…
New Holland Honeyeater
We did have some moments of sunshine and blue skies during the week so I took advantage and went outside to have a brief walk around our property. I was delighted to hear a New Holland Honeyeater nearby, they don’t seem to come to our garden much. I saw it on the Mulberry Bush hanging…
Unusual visitor to the park
I managed to get in a short walk at Lysterfield Park yesterday. The weather was nice, albeit quite cool, but there was no rain and I was desperate to get out in some fresh air. I’m missing my daily walks. Anyway, just after I got out of my car in the carpark and started to…
Winter images in our garden
We have a variety of mushrooms popping up everywhere. Mainly tiny ones like the ones below. The larger of the three tiny ones has 3 very tiny yellow bugs on it. I’ll have to go out again with my macro to see if I can pick up what the bugs might be. The other is…
Images of winter at home
I’ve not been outside much for a few days. We’ve had a lot of rain here and one day was extremely windy and very cold. Doesn’t make for a nice time to wander around the garden or elsewhere. Today I did get out a bit, between showers though and very quickly I discovered a rainbow….
Winter flowers
Now that winter is setting in here in Victoria, Australia, the winter flowers are out in bloom and one recent day we did have sunshine and blue skies. Below are images from our own garden and that of our neighbour’s.
Meeting Mr Roo
I was walking along the conservation track at Lysterfield Park yesterday, enjoying the winter morning sunshine, a break from the rain we’d been having in the previous week. As I neared the end of the track by the gates I was looking around, listening for bird sounds, when I suddenly heard heavy footsteps come to…
Before the sunrise
Thought I’d share with you a few shots taken before the spectacular sunrise I posted yesterday, taken at Kallista here in Victoria, Australia. It felt like the whole world was still asleep and I was the only one there to witness it.