Yin Yang Chaff Cutter
This set of beautiful curved blades are on the fly wheel of a 1900’s Bentall and Co Chaff […]
Broad Beans are Ready
We have a great crop of broad beans ready to pick. I planted them pretty close together this […]
Dog Sitting Dusty
Our friend is overseas for 3 weeks so we are looking after Dusty. She has recently had 2 […]
First Greenhouse Produce
It looks like we will soon be picking our first tomatoes of the season, at least 2 months […]
Hot and Humid
The cloud cover in the morning meant that it was hot and humid. It was already 30 degrees […]
Free Range Chicks
Mama took the 7 week old chicks out for the first time today. She had seemed quite happy […]
Helpful Kids
It looked like the kids were all set to give me a hand with the mucking out, but […]
Wedge Shaped Gompholobium
There is no common name for the Gompholobium preissii, although I did find one reference that also called […]
Scented Sun Orchids Blooming
Two weeks ago, I spotted a whole colony of scented sun orchids in bud. The Thelymitra macrophylla are […]
Fabulous Fringed Lily
I love the sheen on the petals, the colour and of course the unique fringing on the Thysanotus […]
Drying Off
The past week of record temperatures has dried off most of the property except for two patches of […]
Forest Banjine
This is the first time I have seen this flower on the property. It is a Forest Banjine […]
50% Hotter
In the bush, there is nothing more unsettling than seeing smoke on the horizon on a very hot […]
Blue Grass Lily
These flowers are a stunning, rich cobalt blue and with its slender leaves, it suits the name Blue […]
A Simpsons Sky
We have just had a week of above average temperatures climbing to 32 Deg C today – more […]
How many legs?
I had no idea what this was, and after finding out it was venomous I just hope it […]
Common Velleia
Although these are described as common, the Velleia trinervis are one of the least common on the property. […]
Home Grown Broccoli – Yummy!
I thought I had rescued a single head of broccoli for dinner, until I soaked it in some […]
Under Attack
Brad’s organic pest control has worked wonders at keeping the cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) off the brassicas […]
Let us in
The horses have been locked out of the big paddock for over 5 months since we sprayed the […]
Stacked
One of the good things about big round bales is that they are very quick to stack. We […]
Rescued
There was a heavy dew overnight and I could see the goodness leaching from the hay. I left […]
Baling – Failed
We picked up the baler from our wonderful neighbour first thing in the morning. It is a 40 […]
Eagle Eye View
This big bird kept its eye on me as I turned over the hay for a second time […]
Raking
I went round the paddock in the opposite direction to the mowing and turned one pile on top […]
On the Ground
At the end of the day I was very happy to have the oats on the ground, a […]
Parallel Lines
The mowing took just over 2 hours. It took a bit of time to get the position of […]
Sunrise at 5:37
I was obviously excited about mowing the hay and was up in plenty of time to catch the […]
Went to Mow a Meadow
One girl and her dog went to mow a meadow and was doing really well until one of […]
Pink and Grey on Grey
These are the first Pink and Grey Galahs that I have spotted at the property. They were very […]
Like a Midwinter Day
The maximum today was a record low for October, only 14 deg C, 7 degrees below the average […]
Blue Leschenaultia
This is the first of the blue flowers to appear. It ranges in colour from a soft powder […]
Big Appetites
The kids have got quite an appetite now and are supplementing their milk with sold foods. They get […]
Pink Fairy
The Pink Fairy (Caladenia latifolia)are not as abundant as our other common Caladenia or spider orchids – the […]
Purple Patersonia Umbrosa
I caught this Patersonia, just as the petals were unfolding. Most of the other images I have found […]
Purple Enamel Orchid
The Purple Enamel Orchid (Elythranthera brunonis) only grows in the southwest of Western Australia. The petals are shiny […]
Wait for Me
Water Baby Auspicious was most unimpressed that the other two didn’t want to linger and wallow. His ears […]
Bath Time
I was watching the horses from the deck when they all disappeared. It was only when I zoomed […]
Pink Buds
The white and yellow flowers have mostly come and gone and we are just about to see all […]
The Milking Shed
We moved the small shed into the goat paddock to house the milking stand in preparation for milking. […]
Like a Statue
I caught Shorty on guard as she listens out for the guinea fowl alarm call. She looks like […]
Goats at Five Weeks
At five weeks, the goats are filling out nicely and becoming much more independent, confident and inquisitive. Their […]
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