Month: August 2020
Wollumbin
I only had time today to take a couple of photos of Mount Warning just before sunset. The sky had just the slightest hint of sunset colours and a patch of cloud hovered over the mountain.
Seeing the clouds reminded me of another name for the mountain. To the local Bundjalung Aboriginal people, the mountain is Wollumbin, which means “cloud catcher”.
Wollumbin is pronounced Wool-um-bin, so very similar to the spelling.
There are so many Aboriginal place names in the area. I must compile a list one day, but that will be a project for when I’m not working on uni assignments. 🙂
Around the garden
The hazy valley today, rather than being caused by nearby bush fires or dust-storms, was the result of a few good ole sugar cane fires. They seemed to be burning in all directions and filled the valley with smoke.
The thick tuft of smoke toward the top-right in the photo above is near the sugar mill. Which reminds me, I must take a drive down there and take a few close-ups one day.
Usually when I take photos of kookaburras sitting on this branch, the green cane fields form a backdrop for the photo. Today, it was just smoke. The kookaburra didn’t seem to mind though.
Earlier today I had a visit from Larry and Shilo, my two regular kookaburras who have been visiting for years. This is Shilo, hinting that it’s time for breakfast, I imagine, because she didn’t leave until after I had fed her and Larry.
We had other visitors for breakfast this morning too. Six sulphur-crested cockatoos landed in the palm trees near to the house and watched as I fed Larry and Shilo. They must have decided that minced meat wasn’t to their liking though, and soon flew down to the pecan tree. I didn’t realise there were any nuts left on the branches, but those observant cockatoos knew they were there.
I’m pretty excited about this rose bush. I transplanted it during the colder part of winter – although it is still pretty cool even now – and it has several buds on the bush. This is the second bud to open and I love the velvet texture of the petals. I felt I could be taking a chance transplanting three rose bushes that had lived in the same position for about ten years, but now I’m so glad I did. All three look much healthier than they ever have before, and being closer to the house now I can admire them more often.
One of the most photogenic flowers in my garden each year is the grevillea. The whole tree is covered in buds and blooms, and the native honey eating birds are loving it!
I’m working on a uni assignment again, so I don’t know how much time I’ll have for blogging and taking photos this week. At the very least, I’ll take one each day of Mount Warning. 🙂
Silent Sunday
Another hazy day … and more news
The smoky, hazy, dustiness is back today, blurring the mountain as the wind whips up a veritable dust-storm.
From down in the southern areas of New South Wales and across the western tablelands, we are hearing reports of snow, while in Sydney, the coldest day of the year was predicted.
Tonight was a special occasion when the whole family – all thirteen of us – had dinner at the home of my son and his fiancée. Four day old baby Eli had already met his cousin Aurora two days ago, and today he met his other cousin, Braxton. Meanwhile, proud Nana had her camera ready. All three of my grandchildren together!
And if you lean is closer I will whisper some very special news … we have another grandson on the way! How exciting is that? ❤
A baby brother for Braxton, who is to be promoted to Big-Brothersaurus status!
In My World 