Australia has been burning for the last month. We’ve had hundreds of fires and an immense area of the country has burnt (when you consider 85% of the population live within 50km / 31 miles of the coast). To give you an idea, the map below is the status as of today in just one…
Canberra
Swooping Season
Spring is officially here on Sunday (1st September). And with it (well, from late August) comes swooping season. Magpies have already been spotted dive bombing unsuspecting cyclists and pedestrians in my local area. We have a new one this year, which means in the last 12 months some horrid human has been cruel to the…
My satellite dish bird bath
A few years ago a tree outside my office window (a Liquid Ambar, I think it’s known as Sweet Gum in the US, although it originates from Turkey) died and blew over in a (very) strong wind. Actually it didn’t blow over, more snap in half. We left the stump to dry out and over…
Spring Flowers
I love spring. Regular readers would know it’s my favourite season. One of the things I love in mid- to late-spring are the flowers. Our yard needs lots of work. It’s progressing very slowly but the little sections that have been finished look wonderful in spring. Here are some of the flowers from out front…
End of year signs
In my part of the world students are gearing up for their final exams. Where I grew up we used to say if you hadn’t started studying when the jacarandas bloomed it was too late. Where I live now, there are no jacarandas (wrong climate), instead, they say when the fluff flies it’s too late…