For our third walk of the day, (not bad for a recovering sprained ankle?), we went on the Tuart Walk. The highlight of this walk are the majestic tuart trees which grow up to 40 metres high and occur in the 420 kilometre strip between Busselton in the south to...
In Australia, they refer to the first day of September as the first day of spring. Kinda hard to get my head around, but I just think they’re being over optimistic sometimes. 🙂 But perhaps spring was indeed in the air as we’ve been quiet around here for days and...
So our bird bath had a visitor. Actually it gets a lot of visitors, I just don’t always think fast enough to get a photo. I sure enjoyed watching him take his bath.
Still on our way to Paynes Find, and had enough of Everlastings to photograph, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a rather large bird. Over a 100 photos later, we got back into the car and headed to Paynes Find.
Long before John started calling me “Princess” I admired his photos of this flower. All my other times to Australia, these were not in flower in his garden. I was so happy when I noticed this time around it was starting to show its lovely pink flowers. Eucalyptus caesia, commonly...
Saturday, John and I were unsure what to do. Since he lives close to Whiteman Park, we decided to go there. Magpies make me nervous, as I know they can be very aggressive. I knew it wasn’t their aggressive time of year, but I was leery just the...
Well overnight, the robins seemed to make a nest that wouldn’t slide off. So, this morning I woke up to one keeping watch… …the other sitting on the nest without sliding off. I sure hope it stays.
My grand-mom used to feed the squirrels peanuts straight from her hand. I remember as a child watching with wonder as she would reach out and they would just come up to her and reach for the peanut. Of course she cautioned me never to do that. I used to...
When you see them in person, you can’t believe how BLUE they really are! I get very excited to see them each time, but they can be very shy when the camera is out!
A frequent visitor to our bird feeder, small but noisy, and perhaps RubÃ’s favorite.
The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter.
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