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…
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Beautiful Sunset in Selby
I’ve been very busy since coming back from holidays and when I checked this blog found that something had gone awry with the theme template. Will have to fix it over the weekend. But it won’t stop me from posting as I need to get back into it. Thought I’d share with you this most…
Pied Currawong
These birds have been making quite a lot of noise recently in our area. Kind of a sad calling sound, calling to one another across the hills, almost echoing. The noise is unmistakeable but not annoying. They watch me as I walk around the garden and often follow me from tree to tree. You can…
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.
Kookaburras at home
On that beautiful day Graham and I went out for a walk and in our garden and down the road we could see Kookaburras in trees. They are lovely birds with a unique sound that is like a clearing of the throat before they begin their famous laughing sound.
Beautiful morning
We are now in the months of winter here in Australia and in my own state of Victoria, it has already gotten particularly cold, and wet. We had a long weekend this past weekend and Graham and I had nothing in particular planned. Just taking each day as it comes. Saturday and Sunday were days…
Amanita muscaria
I’d almost given up on seeing any this year in our garden. Previous years it had been much earlier in May for them to be visible. Here it is early June and I found this a few days ago, at the end of May. And we’ve only seen one this year instead of a dozen…
Last of Autumn
Winter has definitely been on the way for some weeks now. Cold days, cold nights, wind and rain and we’ve been getting the occcasional gorgeous Autumn day here and there. These are Autumn leaves from our Liquidamber tree in our garden. As you read this post today, we’re busy getting ready for our daughter’s wedding…
Huge leaf
Saw this huge leaf on the ground at home the other day and wondered where on earth it had come from. Then as I wandered around the garden I noticed a tall tree at the side of our property that I’d not taken a lot of notice of in the past and realised the leaf…
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.