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  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    Oops, didn't mean to start this conversation.  I just think it's hilarious, every time I park there.

    After seeing all the damage done to houses from falling trees (mostly huge eucalypts) lately on TV, I can't understand why people would leave them in their front gardens.  I love them in their bushland environments, but not near houses.

    time to change the subject. I will have a quick scroll through my photos.

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    these two are not mine. My sisters grandson took tHem. He is a keen surfer and therefore the dolphin one at Ulladulla.

    S. E. NSW
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    I just took HRH for a walk so that I could take a photo of my young quince tree that I grew from seed about 8 years ago

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    and noticed the snow Gum that I grew from seed about 20 years ago. 

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    Then I bent down to pick up a bamboo cane that the Roos has knocked over and nearly put my hand on a tiger snake!  Hastily grabbed HRH who is nearly blind and certainly deaf, and beat a hasty retreat.

    not a relaxing way to start the day.

    S. E. NSW
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    We've been out the back of our place today getting yet more firewood. So much for the cold season coming to an end. More snow predicted on the ski slopes.

    these are random photos to demonstrate the type of country we have. Not exactly agricultural country.

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    termite mounds 

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    A colourful beetle disturbed by moving dead wood around.

    S. E. NSW
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,036

    Morning all.
    That's a pretty bird Pat, looks like a Kingfisher with the wrong colouring.

    Off to daughter's in a minute.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    BusyL  it's a kookaburra, sometimes called a kingfisher, or laughing kookaburra because of their distinctive call.

    S. E. NSW
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    A plentiful supply of wood to keep you warm Pat.  Lovely pics of kookaburra and the beetle. . . so many insects have beautiful colouring.

    SW Scotland
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    Yes, thanks Joyce

    S. E. NSW
  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Lovely photos Pat, bringing back a ton of memories

    we used to go up to friends at Wangaratta and the ghost gums  took your breath away on a clear night.

    Tiger snakes you can keep but I do miss a lot especially an Aussie spring!

    happy anniversary!

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Great photos Pat - love the kook and the termites mounds. One of the wildlife progs did a piece on termites and I found it fascinating. 

    Your quince is beautiful. It's clear you have quite a challenging location and climate to garden in Pat. Makes any successes even better, I'd think  image

    I laughed at the tree pic too - I love how people can sometimes just accept what they have and work with it accordingly!

    Last edited: 20 October 2016 07:59:50

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    Yes, to all of that Lilyp. I often think that's it no wonder that our goats loved being in the back area. We used to take them a bale or two of lucerne on weekends, otherwise they'd manage quite well on the scrub. 

    S. E. NSW
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