Mosquito Orchid
The kangaroos or something seem to like eating these, so I rarely see more than the leaves. Their […]
A Baby Duckling
Our neighbour found a baby duckling on the road alone and brought it over for me to look […]
Fantastic Flash
Flash is working beautifully and looking great. My instructor Jenny had him on his Pasoa and Lunge line […]
Welcome Swallow
The Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) is a small passerine or perching bird in the swallow family and is native to […]
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.
Ducklings on the Dam
I was thrilled to see all the baby ducklings on the dam. This is the first year, we […]
New Camera, Poor Dog
Mum bought me a digital SLR for my birthday and I chose the the Canon 650D because of […]
First egg from young bantam
I found a perfect tiny white egg today, so we know that one of the chicks is a […]
Knee high to a Kelpie X
The hay is growing well, I am glad we used the slow release organic fertiliser.
Getting to know you
The young chicks Chicken and Rumples (yellow legs, short for Rumplestiltskin) and Mama Hen have been living in […]
Slabbed
It took about 4 days to dock, snig, slab and mill the big Marri, a couple of Jarrah […]
Little dog on big log
Shorty gave some scale to the size of the Marri tree that came down in the storm just […]
Chemical Warfare
One of the drivers for establishing and growing oats was to control the onion weed which is rampant […]
Hairy Green Paddock
Very impressed with the consistency and level of germination. There are a couple of spots with less or […]
Ayres Rock Fungus
A number of these fungus appear around the property each year. This is the biggest one yet and […]
Easter Bunny Orchid
This is the first orchid of the year and it appears in a couple of places around the […]
Chicks at five weeks
They have lost almost all their cute fluffiness and are looking more and more like chickens. The neighbours […]
Sowing the seeds
We got the big paddock raked, harrowed, rolled, sowed, harrowed and fertilised on the 12th. It was a […]
New babies settling in
After 7 days, the chicks have grown and are venturing out of the boxes, they are still very […]
It rained
Finally, after being promised rain for most of April and getting 2mm in the first 2 days of […]
So Many Stories
First off, it was a beautiful sunrise I think this time of year has the best ones and […]
New Babies
Our neighbours offered to hatch some chicks for us when we told them we were getting chickens. A […]
What a Whopper
I am sure she squawked when this came out. Not only is it huge, it is also rough […]
Free Ranging
Ginger, Goldie and Red encounter the horses for the first time. It was a peaceful meeting.
First time back on Flash
I rode Flash for the first time in 2 years today. He was injured when we first came […]
A Rainbow of colours
The eggplant, eggs, spring onions and chillies have come out really well and will definitely get replanted next […]
Our 3 Girls
The 3 girls Goldie, Ginger and Red are settling into their new home. Brad collected them from the […]
Grass is Growing
The patches of Kikuyu are starting to spread and join up. It is stabilising the surface well and […]
Burst Pipe
The retic didn’t work and when I went to check, the pump was still running on and very […]
Water Lily
We have adopted the beautiful water lily as our symbol of hope for the Save Our Southwest campaign. […]
Red and Green
Zucchini, beans, basil, peas, cucumber, rocket and few little tomatoes. What more could you want.
Smokey Sunset
There is still lots of smoke around from the bushfires which make for eerily beautiful sunsets.
Purple Potatoes
Cooking the first of our home grown potatoes was a real treat and they looked beautiful too.
Margaret River Bushfire
Auspicious keeps an eye on the smoke from the devastating Margaret River Bush Fires. Over 30 homes were […]
All Systems Grow
I have cramed a whole variety of herbs and vegies into the bed. We are still in experiment […]
Potato Crop
I wasn’t expecting much from the potatoes as the leaves had been eaten really badly and the plants […]
Fringed Lily
The fringing on the edge of the petals on this lily make it very different from all the […]
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