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Spring Rain

Well the much needed Spring rain finally came! And weren’t we grateful… especially my broad beans. It also gave me an opportunity to sit all snug inside (
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Inspired

Who would have thought that after so many years I would finally get back into painting… but how can I not with things to inspire me everywhere on
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Kookaburra roost

Very often, especially on cold nights, we will have a family of kookaburras all nestle together on the same branch in one of our eucalypts. Anywhere between two
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Winter wonderland

We have so far been pretty lucky with the weather for our first official winter up here. Most days are cool, but sunny. The skies are clear and
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Surprise Bulb

We have a garden bed dedicated to bulbs, most of the year it looks barren except for the weeping crabapple in the centre and the spectacular liquid amber
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Eastern Spinebill

You can always tell when the Eastern Spinebills are around. You can hear their clapping wings as they fly way before you actually see them. They flit around
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Crimson Rosella

  As the weather turns colder we get visited by the Crimson Rosellas. Being a city girl, I just assumed they were the same size as our lovely
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Seasons

I find it very hard to choose my favourite season. Each has it’s own delights, or maybe it is that out here we really have seasons, unlike in
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Superb Wren

This beautiful little lonely superb wren was hanging around in our shrubs out the front on his own at the beginning of Spring. He had not yet developed
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Sundew

We found a patch of these carnivorous plants growing in early spring after a wetter than average winter. They are rather small and easily overlooked in the 20cm
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