I have been doing just a short course on Botanical Illustration at the local adult community education. Although I draw all my designs most of which are botanical and I see my linocuts as botanical linocuts, I have never done any formal training in botanical illustration. So I am doing a short 4 week course....here... Continue Reading →
The #69 of the birding blog carnival - I and the Bird - is being hosted by Grrlscientist of Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted). Talking of birds our local pair of Tawny Frogmouths must still have a fledgling - they were calling in our nearby reserve and backyard at 5am this morning - definitely... Continue Reading →
I recently joined the Nature Blog Network which was set up by 10,000 Birds the originator of the I and the Bird blogfest. The #68 edition of I and the Bird is currently hosted by Slybird. The Nature Blog Network is basically a list of blogs dealing with nature - ecosystem, flora, mollusc etc. New... Continue Reading →
An interesting afternoon in my garden - we were visited by a couple of pheasant coucals. The first indications they were there was a loud 'whoop whoop whooping' on the roof of my house. I thought my appearance with a camera resulted in what I think was a 'younger' bird taking off into a my... Continue Reading →
Another banksia currently flowering in my garden is the Banksia robur. Banksia robur is an open smaller tree with large dramatic serrated leaves and the most wonderful flowers. These start as tight cones and then turn an iridescent green before ending up as open cream cones before turning to the brown seed pods. The flower... Continue Reading →
Walking in my garden today I found some Banksia serrata in flower. This tree has a gnarled and ancient looking trunk with cream flowers which are set against serrated brighter green leaves. The banksia derives its genus name from Sir Joseph Bank who accompanied Captain Cook on the first voyage to Australia and collected and... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 