Over the last few days the yellow butterflies have come out to play! We are surrounded by flashes of yellow I love the way they gather together under awnings and flit, fly and flutterby. They have been wherever I went on the weekend, even 100kms away. My grandfather was an avid fisherman - I think... Continue Reading →
I have some lovely Australian native berries in my garden at the moment - they are all rainforest species. The orange one on the left are Brisbane Lily seeds and below are Australian cordyline berries. All are indigenous to northern NSW Southern Queensland. The green and deep blue are Native Ginger berries and the lovely... Continue Reading →
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums are making 2008 the Year of the frog to highlight the rapid decline of amphibian species throughout the world with many extinct or facing extinction. Along with habitat loss and degradation a fungal disease - chytridiomycosis ("chytrid") - is spreading at an alarming rate causing losses of species or... Continue Reading →
Found a great website about Australian Frogs - Frogs of Australia. An update from a previous post which looking at this website appears to be Litoria brevipalmata Green-thighed Frog - I think this frog's leg marking are beautiful! The tiny frog from Sunday is a Litoria dentata - Bleating Tree Frog I love its red... Continue Reading →
Found this tiny frog on Sunday in the bottom of my peg bucket - I had to empty the pegs out as it was full of water and found this surprise visitor. It was only about 1 inch long with lovely red eyes. I'm not up on many frog species - so I am unable... Continue Reading →
The sun is just coming through the off and on drizzle - it has been pretty much raining for the past 3 months off and on - the cicadas are singing and it is a bit humid - 'muggy' as we call it. Butterflies are busy at the moment - orchards and blue triangles in... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 