TODAY'S FLOWERS - Primulas

When skies are grey and days are dreary,

it's good to have something bright and cheery.

Just a few of the primulas I have recently planted

and can see from both the kitchen sink and my bedroom.

I hope you all have flowers to enjoy!

SkyWatch - A Day at Wirrealpa

Sunrise at a place I dearly love, Wirrealpa station in the North of 

South Australia.

A little drama during the day

that resolved itself into a rather nice sunset at gin & tonic time.

What a difference a day makes . . .

World Bird Wednesday - Mistletoebird

When we were up at Arkaroola, I tried so hard to get a 

Mistletoebird, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, actually on a mistletoe.

On the last morning, I had success of sorts. The lighting was not 

ideal and the tree was at some distance.

I just kept trying . . .

and trying to get a half decent image.

This is the bunch of mistletoe growing from a high up branch 

of Eucalyptus . . . can you spot the bird??

Happy birding to you all!

OUR WORLD - Back to Yesteryear

Imagine my surprise as I headed into the village and spied these

vintage Holden cars. This is the all time iconic Aussie car. 

The road outside the pub had a clutch of them on both sides,

obviously the owners were having a get together lunch there.

A quick U-turn, and I had snapped a few and

could zip onward to the next little town to get our necessities.

As you can see, it is autumn and the big pomegranate tree outside

the cafe was laden with fruit basking in the sun.

They are such incredible fruit, splitting with ripeness and showing 

off their gleaming, ruby red, juicy insides.

What a wonderful world we live in, post yours and visit every one else's.

TODAY'S FLOWERS - Winter Colour

Some people are just blessed. 

My niece came for the weekend from far, far away.

Here is my private garden gnome attacking the wasteland that is

my garden.

A couple of days later, there was a cleared patch and some

 rounds prepared for my tulips.

She even bought me some winter cheer 

which brought the sun out and a butterfly as an added bonus.

Isn't it great that flowers show up every day!

SkyWatch - More Kingston Sunset

This was one of the reddest sunsets I have ever seen, the sky, 

the sea, the very air was suffused with a glowing golden red.

The sun had set but the birds refused to go to bed,

flying in pairs,

practising formation flying

or, like these cormorants, were just sitting around by the dozen.

What fun it is to SkyWatch, the more you do it, the more you enjoy it.

OUR WORLD & World Bird Wednesday - Galahs

Just these Australian iconic parrots, Galahs, photographed in the 

inland. Dark clouds always set them off well.

I haven't managed to post or visit for a while, things have been

just a tad chaotic . . .

Do enlarge these so you can see the colour of their eyes.