Sunday Selections #547

 

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.  This week I am posting photos from home again.  We are still in lockdown, and will be for some time I expect.  Our numbers continue to rise and most of them have been in the community for some at least of the time they have been infectious.  However I am pleased to be able to say that the State nearest to us is finally also in complete lockdown.  Hypocrites that they are their Premier and Deputy Premier blamed their statewide lockdown on the numbers coming from my territory (despite the fact that our break has been genomically linked to Sydney the capital of their State) .  We had sixteen new cases on Thursday, they had well over 600.  Yesterday they had 825.  We had eight.

My voluntary work is considered essential so I will (very cautiously) go into town next week.  In the meantime we are firmly at home - which isn't all bad.

Many of you know I am bird obsessed.  Last week a pair of birds new to me came to visit.  Turquoise Parrots!!!!  Their numbers dropped so dramatically last century that they were considered to be extinct in 1915.  Fortunately they are not.  We saw two of them for a few days last week, and four of them came to visit on Friday.  Lots of photos follow.  The male is much more dramatic than the female, but seeing both of them delighted me.  I hope they continue to visit (and that I can get better photographs).

Beautiful aren't they?  While people cannot visit us, they were not our only avian visitors.  Most days we get visits from at least a dozen species of native birds (attracted by seed we supply, apple we supply and nectar giving plants we cultivate).

Some of the other visitors included White-winged Choughs, and Eastern Rosellas.

Aren't we lucky?

The garden continues to give me joy (and a lot of work).

The wattle is coming out more each day.

As is the prickly grevillea beside it.

 More and more spring bulbs are coming into flower - and I have orchids in bud (though it will be quite some time before they open).

The ginger interloper is a regular visitor.  Jazz is not impressed.

And, if that wasn't enough, I have dawn and dusk to look forward to as well.

I hope your week is packed with colour, with beauty and with joy.