Was outside watching the birds this afternoon. It’s been quite cold and today the wind is bitter, so I was rugged up but the sun was out and I needed to just be outside for awhile. Thought I’d try and get some photos of kookaburras in flight – which isn’t easy when you have a…
Tag: garden
Visiting Mawarra: An Edna Walling Garden
As you may have gathered in past posts, I am a keen gardener and for me, the mix of nature and gardens is just perfect. Last year I learnt about Edna Walling, who was a well known garden designer here in Australia during the 1920s-1940s but she was also a photographer and an author, writing…
Kookaburra in the garden
This gorgeous bird and two companions were keeping watch in our garden this afternoon. Love the kookaburras, such beautiful looking birds. Don’t forget that we have our nature photography workshop near the end of next month! Bookings are still open but places are limited and there’s only a few spots left. http://www.steveparish-natureconnect.com.au/events/
Kookaburra on our fence
I mentioned yesterday about the kookaburra in our neighbour’s yard. This one was in our front garden, on our fence. They love to watch for worms on the ground. I wonder how they can actually see them. It’s really amazing. When the weather gets warmer they’ll also be on the look out for skinks and…
Hardenbergia – The Happy Wanderer
A friend of mine posted a photo of this on Facebook and I asked him questions about the plant. Thought it so pretty. So I went in search of it to buy. Apparently you can get it in white as well, and I’ve since seen it in places near home, growing along fences. You can…
The colour white
Everywhere you look in our garden at the moment, there is the colour white. Don’t know if this was by design of the previous owners of our home, or by accident. Our plum tree is going to burst into blossom very soon. We’ve been watching it every day as we open our bedroom curtains. At…
New Holland Honeyeater
While out and about exploring my neighbour’s garden the other day (I love to explore hers as well as ours. She’s an elderly neighbour recovering from a hip operation and can’t be out there much so is happy for me to wander around and keep an eye on it for her), I noticed some New…
Eastern Spinebill and Grevillea
I mentioned the Grevillea in my post yesterday on the Protea. Today I have shots of an Eastern Spinebill which is a small honey-eater, enjoying a Grevillea flower in our front garden. I can watch these from our office window but to get a good close up shot I have to be outside and much…
Pretty entry
This is the entry to my driveway. The Azalea flowers in both Spring and Autumn and stays in flower through to Summer and Winter. So it’s almost in flower all year round. Pretty, isn’t it?
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…
The beautiful dahlia
As Autumn is drawing to a close and winter is nearly upon us, the garden is starting to look bare with leaves scattered all over the ground and the trees looking bare. This dahlia was in full bloom recently though and looking very beautiful.
The Colour Purple
is prominent in our garden at the moment. Here are a some reasons why: