Sunday Selections #548

 

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 mostly posting photos from home again.  We are still in lockdown and while it will supposedly end next Friday I have my doubts.  Our numbers are relatively low, but too many of them have been in the community while infectious. 

As usual I have been delighting in the sky.

I often refer to our dawns as 'galah' coloured.  I think these photos will show you why.

Of course they weren't the only birds to visit.  I am thrilled to say that most mornings the Turquoise Parrots stop by.  And I am adding a photo of Noisy Miner.  They ARE noisy and are currently harvesting nectar from the last of the camellia blooms.

 

 He/she doesn't look impressed with the photographer though.

 

I did get out one day last week to go into town to do a shift with Lifeline.  Goodness the streets (and the buses) were deserted.  The phone lines were not.

 

Spring  has obviously arrived (though the temperatures over the last few days would dispute that).  The first photos are taken from my walk to the bus stops, and in the town centres where I change buses.

The colour is really starting to pop in our garden too.  We have had a lot of damp grey days lately.  The garden doesn't care.

 

I took these photos from behind the daffodils early one morning and was blown away by how they captured the early light.

 I showed you the ginger interloper last week.  His bigger, older relative (who we know as Big Ginge) is also a regular visitor.  Jazz hates him too.

 

We have tulips in bud, and more emerging every day.

I mentioned last week that we have orchids in bud, but said that I didn't think they would bloom for ages.  I was wrong, and am closely watching the other orchids too.

 The nectar loving birds and insects delight in the many grevilleas in the yard.

Last week one of the regular walkers in the street paid me a lovely compliment and thanked me for the respite and beauty the garden gives her.  She said that it was a highlight of her walks.  She walked on, and I floated inside.

 

I hope your weeks bring you joy too.

Sunday Selections #428

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.
 
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 post (like my life at the moment) is less organised.  Random even.

Earlier this week, Margaret-whiteangel posted about the Ross Bridge in Tasmania here.  I mentioned that years ago I had done a long-stitch tapestry of that bridge for himself's mama, and Margaret said she would like to see it.  After his mother died it came back to us and here it is.

A few weeks ago in another Sunday Selections I showed you a mural which was being painted.  When I went back to town last week I remembered to take a photo of the finished product.

I like it.  The more I look the more I see in it.  There is certainly a link to the art of our First People, and my city's native bird (the gang-gang).  I liked the reflections of the trees and the very blue sky in the windows of the building behind it as well.

Returning to my usual obsessions.

I never tire of the sky.

Just after first light.

And a glowing sunset with a new moon high in the sky.

The birds are a continuing obsession too.  We are getting up to eight or nine King Parrots visiting each day.  They are low on the pecking order and don't get a look in at the feeders.  So they make it clear that they are hungry and we oblige.

We have some brightly coloured galahs visiting at the moment too.  They are always welcome.

I have been very, very busy in the garden.  Weeding, weeding, weeding, planting, planting, planting, mulching, mulching and more mulching.

Photos will follow in due course.  However I will show some shots of the tree dahlia (dahlia imperialis) which has beaten the frost again this year and is coming into bounteous flower.  Bees love them.  Ours are at least twelve feet tall and bending over with the weight of the blooms.  The first hard frost will see the end of them, so I am revelling in them now.

 In other news, I am likely to be late and a bit patchy visiting your blogs this week.  Himself's sister is coming to stay from Tuesday.  Sadly the reason for her visit is a family funeral and we have a six hour plus drive (there and back) on Thursday.

Sunday Selections #178

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. 

The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.  The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River.

Like River I usually run with a theme.  This week it is a galah coloured dawn which fed my soul.  A chilly, but beautiful start to the day.  And yes, mad woman with camera dances were involved.

And then some galah photos so you can see what I mean.  The match is not exact, but they are certainly grey and pink like the sky and the distant hills.

And then a slightly brighter dawn.  More dances.

And, at the other end of the day, vibrant colour as the day drew to a (stunning) close.

Sunday Selections #114

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. 

The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.  The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River.

Like River I generally run with a theme.  There was a very spectacular sunset the other night, and I was going to run with that.  And then I reviewed the photos of the galahs who have been visiting us this week.  All of these are much sleeker than the moth-eaten baby galah of last week.

Cheeky (and as the photos will show) greedy and not very patient.  Clicking on the photos will embiggen them for further detail.  The blurring of wings in many of these photos was galahs landing, galahs being evicted, galahs jockeying for position...