It’s quite magical on a chilly winter morning when the sun hits the tin fence and pushes the mist up over the top. I have to be lucky to be standing at my coffee machine at the perfect time to catch its ten short minutes of rolling beauty.
Beetroot’s colour comes from a chemical called betalain. It’s quite good for you and is also responsible for the colour in rainbow chard and rhubarb. Having prepared some delicious homegrown beetroot (thanks Kim!) betalain is also found on my chopping board, knife, tea towel and hands – I’m loving the pink highlights it
Low in the eastern sky this evening hung a glorious honeyed full moon. Big and fat, hanging heavy on the skyline, taking its time to rise up into the night sky. Such a rich colour that you wouldn’t have been surprised to see a slow dribble of honey falling off on side.
They were just sitting up there patiently at the station, like they were waiting for a train. Maybe they were. Maybe they hopped a train to Melbourne and spent the day in the city. I kept an eye out for them on the the way home, but they must have already been tucked
I walked to my car after ukulele class tonight and the sky was ablaze with golden light, pink powder clouds, shimmering clouds and luminous blue sky. Twas exquisite timing – the twenty minute drive home was quite stunning but by the time I pulled into my driveway the intensity had faded. I love
I don’t know why they do it but it’s so impressive to watch people pick up trees and throw them around. They throw all kinds of other things as well at Highland Games.
Take a drive through Western Victoria in late summer and you’ll find that many of the small towns are a mass of bright flowering gums. Corymbia ficifolia is actually a native of south-west Western Australia but her flowering exuberance means she has been planted far and wide. In Dunkeld, at southern tip of
It’s interesting when you travel in Australia and realise the birds have different accents in different places. The magpies always sound very definitely like magpies, but with slight variations in their warbles. I had a little chat to this magpie in Portland who sounded like it was a master of copying accents. At
Vibrant green growth against the dark grey bark of an old tree is a wonderful reminder that the new is always a possibility. Today’s example is an old monkey puzzle tree on the foreshore at Portland in south-west Victoria. (Which is, by the way, the oldest white settlement in Victoria). I love the
If I were a botanist I might be able to tell you why a passionfruit flower has all of the intricate parts that it does. I am not a botanist, so am left to marvel in the beauty and wonder of the flower, pondering why it is so and what makes it such
