Above Average August Rains
There were only 3 days this month that it didn’t rain! An average August down here would have […]
Use What You Have II
We have started building the base for our wood-fire pizza oven. We have clay, gravel and sand on […]
Use What You Have
We wanted to build some seating around the firepit and looked at various options, including rough logs, stone blocks […]
Memorial Garden
Widening the gap between us and real farmers is our memorial garden or Pet Cemetery. We buried Goldie […]
Turning over the Compost
Brad turned over the compost bins with the bucket on the tractor so we have a whole pile of […]
Spots are In
The pair of welcome swallows have finished their new nest and I was delighted to see their interior […]
Horseproof Fence
The pony train heads home after a couple of hours of free range grazing, all in the proper […]
Free Range Flash
The horses have settled back into their routine. They get a bit of breakfast before 7am then free […]
Standing Water
The guineas are quite happy with the standing water in our new emergency swales. It saves them a […]
10 minutes of clear skies
I watched the sun crawl down the trees as it came up over the horizon, touching everything in […]
Sunrise at 06:48
It is a week later and the sunrise is 10 minutes earlier. Here comes Spring.
Welcome Swallow Song
I recorded the sweet warbling, chirping and clicking call of the pair of Welcome Swallows as they flew in […]
Rain Heart
The band of rain due to arrive this morning came with its own loveheart of low pressure. We […]
The Early Bird
I caught this kookaburra swooping down to collect a worm on the gravel drive. The rain always brings worms […]
Yellow-Rumped Thornbill II
I got a better photo of the Yellow-Rumped Thornbill which clearly shows the “white spotted black crown” on […]
Moonfall v Sunrise
The moon was behind me as the sun rose in front and the colours faded from blue to […]
Day’s End
This was the warmest day so far this winter, almost reaching 20C/68F. Australian spring officially starts on 1st […]
Prickly Hakea
The Prickly Hakea (Hakea amplexicaulisis) are starting to unfold their flower heads. These shrubs are native to this area in […]
Prickly Moses
Acacia pulchella, commonly known as Prickly Moses, has erupted throughout the forest. Like the Hovea and Kennedia, it is in the […]
Lovely Lupins
The hairs on the lupin leaves hold rain drops really well and they often roll into the centre to […]
I felt it move
I felt a kid move inside Midge today for the first time. I have been massaging her lower […]
(Not so) Welcome Swallow?
I thought this one looked a big grumpy, maybe because they were having to rebuild their nest. It is […]
I love Bunnies, but….
They are multiplying. Two days ago, there were 2, today there are 4 and they are chomping their […]
Black Field Cricket
When I was walking back from reading the electricity meter – which is in the south east of […]
Streaming Algae
I am being inspired by the Bedlam Farm Group which was set up by writer Jon Katz as a Ministry […]
Under Water
After the heavy rainfall this year, the edge of the property on the eastern boundary is under water […]
Sunrise at 06:59
I loved the orange, taupe and tan colours accentuated by gold highlights at the edges of the clouds […]
A cool Foggy Morning
It was another cool morning at 5 C/41 F – two degrees below the average – and there […]
Rabbits in the Rockpile
A couple of weeks ago, I thought we had rats in the rockpile, but today I got photographic […]
Sunrise at 6:59
The sunrise is getting earlier and sliding round to the south, giving me a different point of view. […]
Tree Hovea
The Tree Hoveas (Hovea Elliptica) in the forest are covered with beautiful purple flowers. They look like Holly Leaved […]
Halo of Holy Light
I noticed the sunlight refracting/reflecting round my shadow giving me a halo. It is a phenomenon called Heiligenschein which […]
Winter Returns
It was a chilly sunrise just after 7am this morning dipping down to 4C – about 3 below […]
Laughing Kookaburra
I got my first reasonable pictures of our iconic Australian Laughing Kookaburra. A couple were in the […]
Bad Pink Flowers
I feel guilty admiring the beauty in these pink flowers as they are the flower of one of […]
Relief
It was a quite a relief when the rain and wind stopped just after 4pm. We got just […]
Storm Racer
The radar showed the front hitting here around 8am. As I raced through picking up the boxes a rainbow […]
Redback Spider
We have had a big redback spider living in the house compost bin for the last year. I […]
Rebuilding
A couple of Welcome Swallows nested on the beam in the corner of Flash’s stable last year. This morning […]
Spring Springing
Everywhere you look on the property, buds are bursting into flower providing some wonderful splashes of colour. Most […]
Blue Squill
A number of our blue squill (Chamaescilla corymbosa) are unfurling their flowers now. They are usually the first […]
Photo Bombing the Sunrise
It was raining first thing, so there was no obvious sunrise. As I was manure picking in the […]
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