Sunrise 07.27
The sun rose through a mist of early morning rain, providing a filter to enhance some great images. […]
Writing and Photography
I don’t want to be a writer, but I do want to tell the story of this beautiful […]
More Rain
We had another 12mm of rain today after a warm night. The minimum was 17 degrees, 10 degrees […]
Reunited
When I went out to bring the chooks in, I spotted young Roo with mum Kanga in the […]
First Snail Orchids
I found a new colony of snail orchids in the burnt forest and they were already in flower. […]
Rib Wattle
The Acacia Nervosa or Rib Wattle are the first of the wattles to flower in the forest. […]
Blue Skies after the Rain
We got over 65mm of rain up to 10am this morning, with most falling overnight, just the way […]
Tiller the Oats
I learned a new word today, well an old word with a different meaning. I was in the […]
Slave to the Sunrise
I have become an addict, a slave to capturing the sunrise. The last few mornings I have tried […]
Home Alone
For the last couple of days, I have seen the young Roo on its own. I am not […]
Developing Udder
Midge is starting to look pregnant and is getting more “private”. I think she can feel her babies […]
Childhood Dream
I was horse mad from 7 years old and 40 years later, I still have all my childhood […]
Baby Goats
Andreas and Sonja had kindly invited me to their goat farm, Koonac, to see a doe kidding, so […]
Misty Morning Mark II
A week after the last misty morning, she turned it on again. The mist got heavier and heavier […]
Halo
The mist diffused the light of the sunrise and created a halo effect. The colours were amazing. The […]
Earthstar
The oats are looking lush and the horses are looking for ways to get into the paddock, so […]
Oats Loving the Rain
The oats are looking amazing, with a good colour, apart from one little patch in the middle that […]
Unseasonally Warm
I thought the thermometer was broken this morning as it said it was 15 degrees C ( 60F) […]
Box-walking Bowie
Every now and then, Bowie gets himself worked up overnight, doesn’t eat his feed and walks round and […]
First Frost in Four Years
This morning we had our first frost in the four years we have been here. I thought that […]
Recycle Reuse Repurpose
In another monument to upcycling, Brad welded the last discs into our firepit, and it looks awesome. […]
Stripes after Sunrise
Thirty minutes after the sun came up, it disappeared into the clouds, leaving these amazing bands of blue […]
Endangered Baudin’s Cockatoos
Last year, we had a lot of black cockatoos on the property, but I couldn’t tell if they […]
A Chilly Start
With a morning temperature of 2C (35F), it was well below the average minimum for this time of […]
Crescent Moon
The crescent moon hung in the sky at 7am, 25 minutes before sunrise. The clear skies that gave […]
Happy Birthday Midge
Happy Birthday to our independent goat Midge, she turned two today, the 4th of July. She is supposed […]
Scleroderma Cepa
I have given up trying to identify this fungus. It is either a Scleroderma Cepa or a Scleroderma […]
Scleroderma Polyrhizum
We have a lot of these puffballs around the compost heap and in some of the vege beds. […]
Misty Morning
The fog thickened through the morning until the visibility was quite low. The trees looked quite eerie as they […]
Rogues Gallery
Now that Ginger has been to the Dag Day Spa, she has a bottom worth photographing again. I love […]
Tranquility
It was another cold still morning and the dam looked beautiful as it reflected the clouds just after […]
Bobtail Lizard
Shorty was my “donkey ears” today, teaching me to stop rushing and take time to stop and observe. […]
Reflections on June
It was totally calm this morning and beautiful clouds were reflected on the Dam. I was kicking myself […]
Chicken Dag Spa
Today I washed a chicken for the first time. The big fluffy bottoms are my favourite bits […]
Near the House
This morning, Kanga and Roo were the closest I have seen them to the house. I spotted a roo under a […]
Chartreuse Velvet
The oats have really benefited from the light rain this week. The paddock is looking like green […]
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