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.
Tag: Victoria
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.
Betty Cuthbert Rose
This is one of the new rose bushes in our garden and it has a really pretty flower. Smells lovely too. Same bloom 2 days later.
Tiny moth for a tiny flower
Have you seen those tiny little white daisies that spring up in the lawn and garden at this time of year (Spring)? I love the challenge of photographing them. On this particular day I was given extra value with an equally tiny moth upon the flower.
With spring comes the bugs
We’ve had a lot of flies turning up lately and suspect eggs have hatched somewhere in or close to the house. Very annoying. Outside there’s been an array of colourful bugs arrive in the garden. The top one below is a Hover Fly but I’m yet to find out what the sparkly green bug is.
Australian King Parrot
This pair were watching to see if I was putting out any more feed recently in our garden. These parrots don’t seem to be afraid, that is they’re used to having humans in close proximity. I know they hang around my neighbour’s deck out the back as he has a pet Corella living there and…
Beautiful roses
That time of year and the roses are budding – and they look beautiful in the spring rains too. The scents are beautiful. I love exploring my garden every day.
Crimson Rosellas
These two were enjoying the grevillea in our garden recently. The adults are a vibrant red and blue but the juveniles have this patchwork of green, blue and red.
Australian King Parrots in my garden
I love watching the birdlife in our garden and consider my husband and I to be very blessed indeed. We live in such a beautiful part of Australia. The Australian King Parrot is a large parrot and the male have a completely red head and the female completely green. Both have red tummies and green…
Visitor to our home
Yesterday, when I was wandering around our garden with one of our daughters, I noticed a yellow breast on a bird on a tree many metres away from us. I know all the birds that visit our property and I hadn’t seen one of these here before. I knew what it was as I’d seen…
The Colours of Autumn VI
More colours of Autumn. This time from my own garden.