Thirteen Nannies
The older Guineas are looking after the two Littlies. Last night they took me to where they were […]
Five Below
It was 5.8 degrees this morning, five below the April average. I felt a bit guilty that […]
Grey Fantail
I finally got a picture in focus so I could identify one of the birds that is quite […]
Sun Dial
A beam of sunlight stretched all the way through the forest from the setting sun just after 5.30pm […]
Perfection
Brad grabbed the camera and took this photo of the full moon just before 7am as it was […]
Moon Fall
There is still one day until the full moon, but it still looked beautiful as it slipped in […]
Mum and Dad?
I let Bill and Ben out for the first time as they are just under 10 weeks old […]
ANZAC Day
Lest We Forget. The 25th of April is the day when Australians remember the sacrifice of all those […]
Farm Routine
Writer Jon Katz blogs about his Bedlam Farm and today, he listed his farm chores and commented on how they […]
Confused
The old saying is: red sky at night, shepherds delight, red sky in’t morning, shepherds take warning. We […]
Zucchini Still Producing
Our Zucchini are still flowering and producing fruit, not as big as they were in summer, but still […]
Submissive Guinea
The Guinea Fowl are loving the seed heads on the couch grass which is growing out of control […]
Drizzling Rain
The forecast had been for 1-5mm of rain, and we ended up with 2.5mm after stop start drizzle […]
Mare’s Tail
Also called Horseweed or Canadian Fleabane, this is a new weed on the property. Throughout summer, I have […]
Russian Roulette
Walking in the forest is a bit of a lottery at the moment, the trees are full of […]
Perching Birds
The Young Guineas Billie and Bennitta have stopped crouching on the ground and are now perching on the […]
Electrical Storm
All show, no action. Some rainfall had been forecast for this evening, but looking at the radar […]
Disappointment
I had a message from Andreas at Koonac today that Midge (Liponeura) had not fallen pregnant to Magic during […]
Like a Library
Nature is like a library, you just pick a story every time you open your eyes or go […]
Amazing Mama
I noticed what I thought was a HUGE spider hiding in the rebate for the shed door, but […]
I Beat the Bucket
I took the forks off the tractor and attached the bucket for the first time. It took several […]
Finishing Touches
Brad was out at first light just after 6.30am putting the finishing touches to the Goat Mahal. […]
The Goat Mahal
The Goat Mahal (Palace) is taking shape. Brad brought over the 7m zincalume trimdek sheets which were left […]
View from the Goat Shed
We are building the goat shed out of bush poles and re-used and recycled materials. We have put […]
Flying Ants
One day after the rain, everywhere we went on the property, there were swarms of flying ants in […]
We Got an Inch!
It seems strange to get so excited by 27mm of rain over 24 hours, but this is first […]
Red Sky in the Morning
Shepherds take Warning….and it looks like there is some rain on the radar. The mornings are much […]
A Sink full of Sweet Potatoes
When Brad was watering the vege beds, he noticed a large sweet potato sticking out of the ground. […]
Another Hot Day, Another Fire
Just two weeks ago, I was feeling relieved that the hot days had passed and with them the […]
Endless Summer
Another 33 degree day with no significant rain in sight, and we will soon be halfway through autumn. […]
Shrooms
A couple of patches of mushrooms have appeared in the summer paddock with the onset of autumn. There […]
Pom Poms
Ten days after they were just in bud, these wattles have exploded with yellow pom poms. The smell […]
Flowering Kike
Some of the the kikuyu has thrown out long white filaments and I have only just noticed that […]
Chasing Butterflies
As it was a sunny day, I decided I would persevere with trying to get a photo of […]
First Bunny
I found this lonely little Easter Bunny orchid, the first for 2013. These are the first orchids of […]
Damp
The heavy fog precipitated out a lot of water which clung to the horizontal wires and cobwebs and […]
Fingers of Fog
The southwest of western Australia was blanketed with fog this morning. 220km north of here, Perth had fog […]
Salt and Pepper Moth
I found this very colourful moth by the patio door, it is supposed to live in the tropics, […]
Like an Anemone
This tiny little drosera is like a pin cushion or a sea anemone. There is a whole colony […]
Regeneration
It feels like we have gone back to summer, it got to 34 degrees today and because the […]
Cooking with Compost
People always tell us that we should feed the dog outside. We have learned why we shouldn’t. She […]
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