Autumn is slowly coming to an end in these parts. Often the days are very warm, dry and cloudless at this time of the year, but because of our protracted La Niña event there has been a lot of cloud and sunsets have been magnificent. I’ve taken a number of photos of sunsets recently, but…
Month: May 2022
Last Light
The last rays of the setting sun catch the last leaves of the silver birch as the garden keeps on giving during the last days of Autumn.
Falling leaves drift by my window. SoS, May 14 2022.
There has been a great deal of rain in the Central Tablelands this year. Already, twelve month’s rain has fallen and we’re not halfway through the year. Our Mudgee garden is waterlogged and water from two days ago is still lying in the gutters around the edge of the garden beds. We’ve had nothing like…
Garden visitors #5
A colony of yellow-tailed black cockatoos lives in the hills behind our house. We often hear their high-pitched cries as they soar high above the house, but never before have any stopped in our garden. Squeals, presumably of delight, attracted us to the Hakea petiolaris which is in flower just now, boasting a decorative covering…