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The rain rain rain came down down down

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  This guy is as close as we get to a Pooh bear story and it probably isn't our wombat. Our neighbor took this picture. Amazing that it was that close to their deck and that it was out in daylight. Also unusual in that it does not seem to be mange ridden. It is possible it lives in our paddock but it is spending more of its time by their house - but probably not.  We do have some photos of our wombats but they tend to be shyer than the one above. This one couldn't be bothered to go into his den as we drove in.  And this one is a bit more red than most - he has obviously spent some time in the red clay! Yes, the image is blurry. You are just seeing how fast it is moving...  It has definitely been a few days that Roo would claim fits his song: The creek has risen noticeably but not about to come over its banks. Just a nice level of water. Once the rain let up, the birds came out in force. We saw lots of our regular friends but also heard (Erin) and then saw (Scott) glo...
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Ring around the rosy

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Scott found this cutie on the back power cable. It is not a rose robin but it is in the same family. This female flame robin is the first we have seen here since we arrived. She posed a few times before heading off.  To refresh - we found a rose robin awhile back but were unable to get great pics or find it again, despite serious hunting.  These Australian robins are smaller than American robins and seemingly much harder to spot. We haven't given up. After the first rose robin siting, we have seen other robins (elsewhere) with some color such as this male lame robin And this set of scarlet robins We did also see a pink robin.  Unfortunately it saw us first and was quickly out of the scene.  We do have yellow robins around the farm. Cute and a bit more prevalent. I call this the superman pose: The hooded robins are not as colorful. We got a single blurry shot of a hooded robin. Finally, we have jacky-winters in abundance. These little robins like sitting on fence post...
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Charlotte's web

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  Didn't actually see the spider but the web was gorgeous! We stopped by a national forest on the way to a doctor appointment in Moruya. By the time we got there, we had 15 minutes and it deserved longer. We didn't spend much time looking for fungi or birds but the web caught my attention.  We have had some great views lately. Most Australian trees don't change color but this orange/red one is doing very pretty changes. It lives in what we refer to as the "formal" garden.  With an easterly facing view, I expected, and we do get, some very nice sunrise The morning mist can also make the other spider webs very visible Unexpectedly, the sunsets can be even more gorgeous Maybe because they often bring an end to a hard days' work but mostly they are just amazing to watch. It is moving into winter here, so they do come earlier and earlier.  The doctor visit was to get a Q-fever test done. I am not sick but my doc recommended the vaccine. Q fever is much more prevale...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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  Our broccoli plants are apparently the favorite meal of the local caterpillars. The white cabbage moths (on wire screen below) are prevalent and have voracious young. The caterpillars are great at hiding on the stems and undersides of leaves. But the plants are still growing so fingers crossed.  Scott caught them around the radishes the other day. The radishes and turnips are producing way more than we can eat so hoping they stay over there and away from the slower producers.  Scott's bean crop is coming in now, as well, but those seem to have no natural predators.  We have been working on moving the potable water from one of the older plastic tanks into the other older tank, using a transport tank we rented from the Triangle Tool Library. Unlike the tandem trailer, this tank has seen limited use in the past few years.  Here it is getting gravity fed from the tan tank: and then emptying the water into the black tank: [These plastic tanks were displaced by the ...
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