Lessons Learned
Today’s lessons included always taking my camera (again) and the importance of getting the young guineas into their cage […]
Brutal start, Beautiful Sunrise
The day did not start out as beautifully as the sunrise suggests. Shorty started barking at a fox about […]
Golden Shredded Cloud
The sunrise looked like it had a rippled golden, potato chip or shredded wheat hanging in the sky. […]
White Out
The world did not exist beyond our deck this morning as a thick blanket of fog blocked everything […]
Rare Cloud Formation
You can almost feel the texture in this cloud and I thought it looked like rippled silk. I […]
Native Reed Bee
The little native Reed Bee (Exoneura bicolor) at the top is dwarfed by the honey bee. They get […]
Dark Mackerel at Sunrise
There was a perfect example of a Mackerel sky this morning just after 7am. The winds have […]
Breathtaking
The sky was breathtaking just before sunrise at 6.40 am. The clouds highlighted the difference between the blue […]
Cold Morning, Cool Day
It got down to 5.5 deg C this morning and stayed cool all day, reaching a max of […]
Red Sky Confusion
We haven’t had rain for 4 months, but some storms north of us gave us some interesting clouds. […]
Stick Spishy
Local artist Lauren Wilhelm paints and sculpts and made this amazing horse out of sticks she found on […]
Sunrise at 06:29
The sun doesn’t come up now until almost 6.30am which means an extra hour in bed ! The […]
Smokey Sunrise at 6:20
The smoke from yesterday’s fire lent a bit of colour and texture to the sunrise.
First Bottlebrush Flower
This is the first “bottlebrush” type flower to appear on the property. We have planted hundreds of different […]
Golden Dawn
It was a really warm night, with the temperature not dropping below 18. The high humidity and clouds […]
Stairway to Heaven
I got up at 2:22am to get a drink of water and saw the moon reflected in the […]
Summer Solstice Sunrise
Well almost. Today was the first time I woke up to see the sunrise at 5:10am. There was […]
Miracle of Nature
This seed has its own auger and spearhead! I have no idea what it is from but it […]
Smoked Mackerel Sky
Smoke from bushfires has often given us some interesting sunsets, but this time, the smoke added a salmon […]
Sort of Sunrise
The sun is coming up just after 5am as we head towards the longest day. I mostly […]
Stunning Sunset
This amazing sunset signalled the impending arrival of a cool change and the end of the heatwave. Today […]
Smoky Dawn
I smelt smoke when I woke in the night, but didn’t see any red glow anywhere, so was […]
Ducks and Dragonflies
It was even hotter today getting up to 34 degrees, so we took another trip to the dam […]
Flowering Leek
A couple of leeks have flowered and when you look closely they are quite pretty, with tiny pink […]
Sunrise at 5:37
I was obviously excited about mowing the hay and was up in plenty of time to catch the […]
Epic Sunrise
At 8 degrees it was a couple of degrees warmer than the last couple of days and the […]
Milkmaids
The Milkmaid or Kara is one of our most common and prolific flowers. It used to form a […]
Coppery Sheen
27 y.o. Bowie has beautiful copper highlights in his coat that glint and gleam when the sun catches […]
Sunrise at 06:24
The red faded into gold as the sun came up, but the clouds were forecasting rain.
Stunning Red Sky at 06:14
Ten minutes before the sun actually came up, the colour in the clouds was like liquid copper, shimmering […]
Coral Vine
The Coral Vine (Kennedia Coccinia) lives up to its name whenever it finds something to climb. Twining its […]
Sunrise at 06:38
At 4 degrees it was 10 degrees colder than it had been 3 days ago. It felt pretty […]
Sort of September Sunrise
It has rained every day for the last week, so there have not been many spectacular sunrises. (I […]
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.
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 […]
Streaming Algae
I am being inspired by the Bedlam Farm Group which was set up by writer Jon Katz as a Ministry […]
Sunrise at 06:59
I loved the orange, taupe and tan colours accentuated by gold highlights at the edges of the clouds […]
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 […]
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