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Daily Archives: November 17, 2014

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Rage amongst the swiss chard

A fabulously scary scarecrow in the veggie garden at Berowra Public School.
A fabulously scary scarecrow in the veggie garden at Berowra Public School.

This is what happens when you get schoolkids to grow spinach!

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A hoarder's confessions
A hoarder’s confessions
Still morning on Two Mile Lake
Still morning on Two Mile Lake
Pelicans on the Wyong River in late afternoon
Pelicans on the Wyong River in late afternoon
Butterfly visiting a shallot flower - is it a cabbage white?
Butterfly visiting a shallot flower – is it a cabbage white?
Sparrowhawk square crop
Death, hot compost and chicken addictions
Death, hot compost and chicken addictions
Surfers floating over the relics of yesterday's lagoon
Surfers floating over the relics of yesterday’s lagoon
Clydeside in late autumn. Ideal habitat for kale.
Clydeside in late autumn. Ideal habitat for kale.
Reflections of a ground predator
Reflections of a ground predator
Spring rain
Spring rain
Red wattlebird in our Japanese maple
Red wattlebird in our Japanese maple
Sunset moon and boats
July sunset - sorry for knocking you off your perch for this one Snowball
July sunset – sorry for knocking you off your perch for this one Snowball
Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
Bee-ing positive
Bee-ing positive
Brush turkey chick on the alert
Brush turkey chick on the alert
A fossil in the garden
A fossil in the garden
The light blue soldier crab, Mictyris longicarpus
The light blue soldier crab, Mictyris longicarpus
Summer sunset
Summer sunset
Tumeric flower
Tumeric flower
Andy mugshot
Andy mugshot
Spring rain
Spring rain
April sunrise
April sunrise
Bowerbirds: snacking for solar gain
Bowerbirds: snacking for solar gain
Eye to eye with Snakey the diamond python
Eye to eye with Snakey the diamond python
darter wings outstretched crop
Winners and weeds
Winners and weeds
Mist rising over Berowra Valley National Park
Mist rising over Berowra Valley National Park
Eat your heart out Georgia O'Keefe
Eat your heart out Georgia O’Keefe
From bean thieves
From bean thieves
The liquidambar feast
The liquidambar feast
Silhouette of a yellow tailed black cockatoo
Silhouette of a yellow tailed black cockatoo
Callicoma shadow great
The papparazzi invade the marsupial Big Brother House
The papparazzi invade the marsupial Big Brother House
A fossil in the garden
A fossil in the garden
R and Andy June 2011 crop
Pigface with sun behind
A hoarder's confessions
A hoarder’s confessions
Today on chicken TV: the makeover show
Today on chicken TV: the makeover show
A breba crop
A breba crop
Mosaic of a cockerel
From a sentimental chicken remembers the good old days
Red liquidamba leaves
Red liquidamba leaves
Australian magpie with hairy caterpillar
Australian magpie with hairy caterpillar
Pomegranate star and blue sky
Pomegranate star and blue sky
Borage: a salad climax community
Borage: a salad climax community
First artichoke of the year
First artichoke of the year
And this time a squid.
And this time a squid.
Huge sandstone cliffs at Wentworth Falls
Huge sandstone cliffs at Wentworth Falls
From labour and wait
From labour and wait
Cockies and smokey view 2 Aug 2014
A fossil in the garden
A fossil in the garden
Child's eye view
Child’s eye view
Green and orange for closeup real crop horizontal
Dawn breaks over the barrier between Bombah Broadwater and the open sea
Dawn breaks over the barrier between Bombah Broadwater and the open sea
Just part of the flock
Just part of the flock
Spring rain
Spring rain
The Bronze Orange Bug: a worthy adversary
The Bronze Orange Bug: a worthy adversary
From bean thieves
From bean thieves
Eastern water dragon enjoying the attentions of the papperazzi.
Eastern water dragon enjoying the attentions of the papperazzi.
Dianella caerulea really really closeup
Dianella caerulea really really closeup
Sprinter (not yet sprummer)
Sprinter (not yet sprummer)
Apocalypse descending over Berowra
Apocalypse descending over Berowra
Beautiful jerusalem artichoke flowers
Beautiful jerusalem artichoke flowers
White faced heron
White faced heron
Lizard after encounter with chicken
Past-it parsley showing off its new spiky leaves
Past-it parsley showing off its new spiky leaves

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