TODAY'S FLOWERS & I Heart Macro - Spring has sprung

Often last winter I did not expect to see another spring

yet here it is, in all it's glory

even without the ability to care for my garden,

it gives me joy after joy

anemones have been more glorious than ever

all winter long I had things flowering

to feed any bee brave enough

to venture out

I had so much blossom from white to deep pink

that I could shake the trees over visiting children

hand have them dancing around in veritable 

snowfalls of petals

tulips have gone crazy and multiplied like rabbits

even Kookie was astonished

at this fringed variety

only my daffodils turned their backs on me

but glowed like stars in a midnight sky

to light up an overgrown patch of garden.

Please forgive me for only sporadic visiting.

I find it hard to sit at the computer

and enjoy so very much when YOU pop by.

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Skywatch - Sunrise and moonset

Spring is here, as well as a few clouds

sunrise on one side of my garden 

and simultaneous moonset on the other

a great time to be outdoors

Enjoy your spring or autumn,

whatever season you have

you'll never see the same again,

every day has it's very own wonders.

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Wild Bird Wednesday - Drive-by shooting . .

Some time ago when travelling in the Australian inland,

in the middle of no-where

it was a good year for Emu

families of eight or nine kept popping up on either side

unfortunately, when going at 110km, 

the conditions for bird photography are less than ideal

Joining Stewaet's

Wild Bird Wednesday

TODAY'S FLOWERS - Winter cheer

Even in the midst of anAntarctic blast

chilling us to the bone

Mother Nature gives us the joy

of the Flinders Ranges Wattle, Acacia iteaphylla,

to brighten our day.

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SkyWatch - A Solstice rainbow

Back from the desert to the cold, cold, cold of the farm

the nights were cold in the desert too, but it was a dry cold

with incredibly clear skies

where the milky way was visible

from horizon to horizon

the pot of gold, or opals

at the other end

a heartwarming Solstice fire as the temperature

started dropping

and a rum toddy may have been

more fitting than our, none the less enjoyable G&T

while the sun slipped gently down into the red soil

Pure enjoyment, what a life!

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SkyWatch - Back for a brief post

Autumn came and went, we had a little rain

My granddaughter cut and stacked wood for me

 the lovely apples from my seedling tree were harvested

reflections of opposing windows 

turned my bedroom into a jungle

the cows broke through the fence into the paddock

behind my garden

a last carpet of gold on the way to my plastic surgeon

sorry, no face lift, just a cyst removed from my eyelid

and a doughnut plastered on my face

my globe artichokes have been a dream and are still producing

in the darkest part of the year

and plentiful fruits of the forest . . . yum

my garden keeps me in potatoes, spinach, chard, silver beet,

globe artichokes, Jerusalem artichokes with beetroot, radishes 

and broad beans thriving

even with some very painful and expensive root canal treatments

as well as the death of my 24 year old, much beloved car,

LIFE IS GOOD

Off to the desert again tomorrow.

Who knows, I may put up another post on my return.

Stay happy and enjoy the life you have.

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OUR WORLD & Nature Notes - The colours of autumn

Stirling main street transformed from a barren sealed road

wide enough to land a Jumbo jet on

into this magnificent sight that now attracts tourists to it's 

autumn festival.

Forty four years ago a band of conservationist fought 

tooth and nail to preserve the last remaining oaks in the main 

street, against a Council that wanted to create more parking 

places in front of the shops.

Somehow, with getting the media on side,

we got our way and the council consented to us planting

an avenue of Liquid Ambers along the main shopping strip.

My daughter still proudly points to the tree she 

planted as a 10 year old.

This is one of the highest rainfall areas in the state,

where the trees do not lose their leaves until they have

displayed their full glory.

Finally the Council saw sense, built car parks

behind the shops and added beautiful plantings along the road.

Now it is a pleasure to shop and walk there and there is still 

some discreet parking along the roadway.

A perfect place for an autumn ramble and to pop into 

Matilda's Book Shop to pick up a book or three . . .

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