Sunday Selections # 526

 

 

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.

 

Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image.

 

The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.  Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle. 

 

The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.

  

I usually run with a theme.  I am finishing my Enlighten posts for the year this week, with a jaunt into the city to marvel at the Illuminating Mini Beasts.

The Mini Beasts were in our city centre - and in my eyes at least improved the ambiance dramatically.  Some of them were huge (up to 4  metres tall).  There were four of them and I happily wandered through the centre (not something I can usually say) to track them all down.

Starting with the delightful dawn as I headed off to do my shift on the crisis line and to ogle the mini beasts.

 

The first I found was the Swallowtail Butterfly, especially common in Queensland.

Then to the Jumping Spider.  They are  mostly small spiders, with large eyes, brilliant colours and remarkably jumping ability. Our peacock spiders fall into this category.

 

The Mini Beast was impressive too.

The next beast I found was the Cicada.  As an aside it is a long time since I have heard them.  They used to be a song of summer, a song which seems to be fading away...

 

The final Mini Beast was a Neon Cuckoo Bee - something I have never seen for myself.  They are apparently common in Sydney and rely on other bees to raise their young by laying their eggs in other species nests.

Fun, aren't they?  Next week (and possibly the week after as well) photos from our annual Balloon Spectacular.