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| Lace Monitor |
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| Lace Monitor tracks |
I don't even know what to say about this. All I could say at the time was "WOW!" I heard it walking around the cottage just as I was eating lunch. Needless to say, it was a cold lunch by the time I got back to it.
It was a beautiful
lace monitor. Or goanna if you like. Of course, you can click on the pictures to make them larger. Around here, goannas have a yellow band on the tail, and it seemed to be searching for something good to eat. The
Noisy Miners made sure everyone around knew exactly where it was, and our rooster alerted in a hushed tone. It didn't have any problems going under the electric chook fence, but luckily that fence doesn't have anything living in there (and the fence isn't "live" either). It didn't find the main flock with the day's eggs and two broodies with the single little chick they're mothering. Either that, or it wasn't worth the trouble.
The chimney has been pointed a bit, well, the biggest holes have been filled by a lime mortar mix. I think it was only a mud mix used previously, so I guess it's an upgrade. More mud has gone on the walls to help fill some of the holes left over from the concrete plaster falling off. The incidence of blowfly getting into the kitchen has dramatically reduced as a result. Well worth the effort. There's more to do, of course, but there's always more!
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| Mid October 2017 |
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| Fungus on the strawbale |
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Calendula
with native bee and spider |
After a fairly dry winter, there isn't a lot of green growth on the plants, but lots of flowers none the less. A lot of grass pollen, which is causing our hayfever, the purple flowers from the wild
Salvation Jane, yellow from the
Cats Ear and plenty of white flowers on the radish we grew.
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| Willy Wagtail egg splat! |
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Grapevine moth
(Phalaenoides glycinae) |
An odd thing happened this morning. Two Willy Wagtail's were singing while sitting on the fairy lights under the veranda, when I heard the splat of a little egg hitting the step. There are no nests or anything above.. Nature is just weird sometimes.
Your place is looking great! The garden has filled out - so much better than the bare land you moved onto. Worth all the effort. Nice brick repairs too. We've also had visits from goannas. Although I haven't seen them directly, I have seen some of their handiwork in the garden!
ReplyDeleteGosh I admire your industiousness. Your place is looking good despite the dry spring.
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