Other Stuff

On my fence, and in my face …

Yesterday.

(Nokia Lumia 530 WP, cropped, optimized.)

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Mr R tells me there is a flock of galahs on the front fence so I grab the Nokia.

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The one on the far right eyes me and launches towards the window.

It must be able to see a reflection.

It might see a reflection.

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I wonder if this is the same bird who has done this before.

galah on window

Mr R says it’s trying to kill me. Hitchcock’s ‘Birds’ springs to mind, as it often does! Then they all fly away.

Have a good day.  🙂

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Bees & Bugs, Flowers

The bees love my Cistus …

(Nokia Lumia 520 Windows Phone)

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I love the Cistus shrub, too. It’s also called a sun rose or a rock rose, probably because the flowers close at night, slowly unfurling as the sun rises. My plant is a lowish, spreading type. I love the crinkled papery look of the petals. I hope you enjoy seeing the bees as much as I do.

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Other Stuff

On my walk this morning …

Hello people. These first two images were actually taken earlier in the month, but Vika and I walked that same bit of extra road today.  The third was taken this morning.

If we venture beyond the footbridge, we usually only go to this end of Argyle Street.

If we venture beyond the footbridge, we usually only go to the end of Argyle Street.

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Today, we continued on (left, then right) over this hill.

From the top of the hill. At the bottom, we turned right and came back home via the service road. Last time we went this way – straight ahead, out of sight – I carried Vika all the way back up the hill.

The native shrubs planted on the roadsides are all coming into bloom.

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bee on a bottlebrush (Nokia Lumia 520)

I hope you are all having a good day.  🙂

Me? I better get back to writing. I’m up to where I have to put in a couple of new scenes and I’ve put it off too long. Should be fun.

🙂 Take care.

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