Three Adorable Ones

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 Joanne4 Comments

Tonight my four-year-old grandson is having a sleep-over at Nana and Poppy’s house, and I have snuck away to add a very quick post while he is watching the Spongebob movie. Poppy is out buying pizza for dinner, as you do when the opportunity arises to spoil your grandson. 🙂

Today all three grandchildren visited, so someone had the great idea that we’d try and get a photo of them all together. Hmm, they are all together, so that’s a start! We’ll have to work on encouraging them to all smile – or at least all look at the camera – at the same time. 😉

Australia · birds · clouds · in my garden · Mount Warning · native Australian birds · summer · Tweed Valley

Will he stay – or will he go?

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Joanne10 Comments

Again today, the rain in the valley hid Mount Warning and kept the humidity in the air. At least this weather isn’t overly hot, so it is actually making summer more bearable than usual. 🙂

Ever since the little Pee Wee – or Magpie Lark – arrived in my garden. I have suspected he was a male, calling for a mate. Today, my suspicions were confinrmed. I saw three more Pee Wees arrive. There may have been more, but I only saw three, and immediately I noticed that one of them had different markings on its face, it had more white than my little friend. A trusty Google search has confirmed that my little friend is a male and one of his visitors – the one in the photo on the right – is a female. My little friend is on the left.

The others, including the female, didn’t stay long, so now I will have to wait and see if they return. Alternately, my little friend may leave, and if he does, I will miss hearing his happy little song each day. I’m hoping he will stay, but the choice is his. ❤

Australia · clouds · Mount Warning · subtropical weather · summer · Tweed Valley

Moody

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Joanne8 Comments

It’s been mostly fine today, with just one heavy shower of rain this morning. But still no sign of the mountain!

I’ve gotta say, I’m getting a tad bored with taking photos of just clouds. At least today the clouds have a bit of moodiness about them, just to add a tiny touch of interest. I miss seeing the mountain every day and I’m really looking forward to this hazy, misty, whatever-it-is blocking the view being gone. The water is drying up though, so perhaps it will pass soon.