Showing posts with label MacMasters Beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MacMasters Beach. Show all posts

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Mum's garden



My mother has a green thumb and the gift of creating beautiful spots in her garden. It is a haven for birds - tiny little blue wrens, willy wag tails and larger birds - the kookaburra and the sulpher crested cockatoo. Swarms of lorrikeets nestle into her grevilleas, feeding on the flowers. Their sounds are happy unlike the cockatoo who screeches noisily and bosily. All of the birds love her different bird baths and come to bathe at different times of the day.



Mum has created little nooks in her garden that are a delight to sit in curled up with a book, a cup of tea or just to sit and observe tiny activity.



We have been up here for a week and it was when winter hit with a bang. It has been cold with an icy wind blowing, keeping us hibernating indoors with books. I have spent much of my week quilting and being very lazy. I have done a little writing and played with taking photos.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Grevilleas at MacMasters Beach




I have been walking while we have been up at Mum's - I do her "steep hill walk" which takes me up some very steep slopes.  It is short but hard going.  During one part of it, I pass some beautiful grevilleas that are smothered in flowers at the moment.  I took my camera and tried to capture them. I am still learning about using my camera and about blogging. 
Today it has been dull and overcast, but has just recently cleared and the sun on the lagoon is golden - it is like a still pond with tiny ripples where the ducks are swimming by.  I can hear many different birds singing and enjoying their day.