MY WORLD ~ Seal Bay, Eyre Peninsular

Sorry this is a long shot, but what a place to chill out! The sea
breeze in your fur, a sundrenched rock all to yourself....


















Oh jeeze, there's an other guy muscling in on the beach.


















Ah, bliss. all serene again and we can settle down for some
serious relaxing.

All this just a little north of last week's post. Do enlarge them

for a bit of detail.

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TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ Summer Roses

Roses burning in the summer heat. A dry 42C is not a comfortable
temperature for either bush or bloom. It dessicates the petals in a
matter of hours.





















In our mountain garden the temperature is 7C cooler due to the
adiobatic lapse rate. The roses last a little longer there.

This is Rosa Noisettiana, one of the oldest roses in our garden, it was
planted in the 1870's when the gable end was added to the house.



















A delightful survivor of another era with delightful scent and
extraordianry hardiness. It blooms but once a year and bristles
with sharp thorns yet it is one of my greatest treasures.
I have only ever seen one other specimen in Australia.

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SkyWatch ~ Hot Summer Sunrise

Pale, insignificant colour in the sky as the light grows. Will it
amount to anything? No-one knows...

















I wait in hope as the colours deepen, the morning is already hot.

















Then as the sun peeps over the horizon, its full force hits the clouds

In a majestic blaze of glory!

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Nature Notes ~ Gecko and Bunny

This delightful little fellow was in the laundry trough, guess
who made a beeline for the camera...
















he had the cutest markings and little adhesive feet. We have two
varieties of these, the other is smaller and paler and has little suction
caps. Both are seldom seen as they are night feeders and delight in
chomping the mosquitos on the screens. I have only ever had the
pleasure of seeing one of each in the 17 years we have been here on
the farm.

My daughter reports that they are often seen at her place a

little further down hill. Our prevalent geckos are quite snake like

and are easily mistaken for snake hatchlings. They are about 4"-6"

long, dark grey with two pronouncesd yellow lateral stipes. At first

sight they appear to be legless. Closer inspection however reveals

their very short little legs which they propell themselves forward

in a snake like wriggle.

The grandchildren found this tiny flea ridden bunny and brought

him home and were full of excitement about taking him back with

them to Sydney as a pet. He was such a lovely colour too.

Unfortunately, not only was he full of fleas but also succumbed to

the calisi virus the next day. They had wondered why he could be

so easily picked up!

This summer the owls have not returned and I miss hearing their

call of Mopoke in the night.

To balance out, we have scores of swallows again. They are fun to

watch against the darkening sky in the evening or grazing the dams

for rising mosquiteos.

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Watery Wednesday and Birdphotography Weekly

These don't look like much until you enlarge them and
see the colours come into their own.
























A little lake on the landward side of the dunes with some old
farm machinery providing a perch for pelicans and cormorants.
These are from the same trip as the coastal shots in the post
below.

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MY WORLS ~ Eyre Peninsular Coast

Sometimes when I suffer from cabin fever being land locked on the
farm and a two hour drive from the sea, the Prof indulges me by
driving 500 miles and then some to the OCEAN!

The west coast of the Eyre Peninsular looking south towards
Antarctica, majestic in its beauty and so deceptive in its strength.


















Roaring in to assault the shore with its might to carve it into
weird and wonderful shapes.

















The Bathtub, a football field sized hollow carved out by roaring
high tides washing in through a gateway sized opening. The sea
has time and to spare to do her handiwork. unhurried and
unceasing she sculpts. Slowly, grain by grain she gnaws creating
ever growing sculptures incomparable in beauty.

















How beautiful the blues of the water against the soft dunes and
hard rocky shore, but, like the wicked witch who wears a loving smile,
dare to enter her domain and she will chuckle at your foolhardiness
and drag you in her undertow to certain death.

















Her might and majesty as she whips up an army of rolling waves
that even fill the air with spume.

For me, the rush of salt laden wind fills my thirsting soul's longing
and once more it takes flight across the seven seas and is at peace.

















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TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ The Joy of Little Things

While the Northern Hemisphere has snow, the nearest thing to
snowflakes here are Elder blossom. Unlike the lovely icy fluff
which is hexagonal, these only have five petals but are very useful
medicinally. An infusion of Elderflowers, cooled and sponged on
welts of alergic reactions, clears them up in double quick time.

Most people would heedlessly step on these little beauties.

Less than half an inch across, they grow on paddocks or grass

verges from tiny starchy bulbs and are hard to eradicate. Their

long, tough, grass like leaves are out of place in a garden but

provide good fodder for sheep and a delight to the eye when you

bother to bend down to appreciate their beauty.

Just for contrast, a touch of blue from this tiny flower, the

Lobelia in a planter pot which even now in the hot summer

gives a touch of colour to the garden.

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