Electrical Storm
All show, no action. Some rainfall had been forecast for this evening, but looking at the radar […]
Like a Library
Nature is like a library, you just pick a story every time you open your eyes or go […]
If I Had Words
If I had words to make a day for you I’d sing you a morning golden and new […]
Lime Vanilla Sherbert
That is the beautiful scent of the flower on our new Magnolia Kay Parris, you don’t even have […]
City 20 – Country 1
We are still waiting for our first real downpour of autumn, the forecasts keep changing and the rain […]
Dragonfly Day
The promised showers didn’t eventuate today with 0.4mm recorded in Busselton. Just after 3pm I went to check […]
Relief
After a week of 30+ days (not much fun for Brad digging post holes with a shovel) we […]
The Reason
This is the reason we are living in this beautiful place. Brad got back into surfing about 8 […]
Mondrian-esque
We had rolled out the green extension lead and the blue hose to fire up the concrete mixer […]
Awesome Clouds
Coming back from feeding the birds at 5.45 I was awestruck by the clouds. They made the sky […]
Sunlit Silent Sentinels
I could see the sun rise over the horizon by watching the light stretching down the trees. The […]
Like a Blanket
A massive cloud band stretched overhead this morning looking like a blanket of cotton wool. It made me […]
Our World at 5.45am
There are some upsides getting up before dawn and the epic sunrises are one of them. We sit […]
Scents of Summer
We only have a couple of these trees round the property, they have prickly, serrated, holly shaped leaves […]
My Favourite Grass
We have a number of different reeds, sedges and grasses around the property, but this is my favourite. […]
First Bottlebrush Flower
Half the property is covered with Jarrah/Marri/Banksia forest with a fantastic range of trees with wonderful blossoms, but […]
Storm Front
Ex-tropical cyclone Narelle created some epic storm fronts over the Southwest this morning. The front had such defined […]
Fire in the sky
The humidity associated with ex-tropical cyclone Narelle is sending some clouds down the coast which leads to some […]
Iridescent
When I thought about the Diary, I was worried I would run out of things to see, photograph […]
Time Flies
Waking in the night and seeing the waning moon, I was surprised to see how quickly another week had passed. […]
The Moon’s a Balloon
One good thing about the hot days and nights is that we spend more time on the deck […]
Pink and Blue
Many of the flowers have finished now, with just the blue leschenaultia and dampiera still in abundance and […]
Pure and Simple
…in looks maybe, but this the flower of the Carnivorous Drosera or Leafy Sundew. I took some […]
Pretty in Pink
Another unknown flower that is breathtaking in its beauty and perfection. It is the sort of flower you […]
Spider Orchid
The red nodules on the lip of the flower look like a tongue or maybe a red carpet […]
Donkey Orchid
This was the first time I had seen these orchids and they are amazing the gradations in the […]
Silky Blue Orchid
Classed as “uncommon” this is one of a number of blue flowers on the property. Flower expert Eddy […]
I wandered lonely as a cloud
..that floats on high o’er vales and hills, when all at once I saw a crowd, a host […]
Fabby Fluoro Flower
This flower always makes me think of 80’s acid house with it’s ridiculously bright flouro colours. This Kennedia, […]
Gone to Seed
The spring onions have gone to seed and I loved this macro image of the head bursting open […]
Pink Fairies
After the yellow cowslip, the pink fairies (in the same Caladenia family) are the most common around the […]
Fantastic Flash
Flash is working beautifully and looking great. My instructor Jenny had him on his Pasoa and Lunge line […]
Pretty Parrots
It was great capturing this image of the birds as they took off, I love my new camera.
An Orange Sky
This sunrise reminded me of African skies I had seen in documentaries. In August the sun lines up […]
Blue Moon
The moon looked perfect as it hung around well after dawn. Everything was crisp and clear.
Water Lily
We have adopted the beautiful water lily as our symbol of hope for the Save Our Southwest campaign. […]
Smokey Sunset
There is still lots of smoke around from the bushfires which make for eerily beautiful sunsets.
Beautiful Banksia
The new growth on this Banksia looks like a Christmas Poinsettia. I think I will use the image […]
Butterfly Orchid
We have a lot of these around the property, they are the most unusual looking of the orchids.
Blue Lobelia
I love the delicate nature of the lobelia compared to the other blue flowers on the property. We […]
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