This word isn’t in my Australian Maquarie Dictionary so I had to look it up and found it means “Meaning & Definition: Latibule (n.) – A safe, cozy and hidden-away place where one can find solace. Word origin: English from the Latin word latare (to be hidden).“ (https://vowlenu.com/cool-words/) “a cozy, safe, hidden away place. One where a soul can cocoon themselves and find comfort and solace.“ (quora.com)
I made a promise to post Kookaburras. There are two species of Kookaburras, Blue-winged Kookaburras which are further north from my place. I have never seen one although my daughter living in SE Queensland has had them on her clothes line.
The Laughing Kookaburra is the most common and found almost everywhere in Australia. Their nest is a bare chamber in a naturally occurring tree hollow or in a burrow excavated in an arboreal (tree-dwelling) termite mound
They are quite a handsome bird.
Everyone knows their call. I was always amused as a kid watching Johnny Weissmuller jungle movies, Tarzan and Jungle Jim and there in the background sound are kookaburras.
Laughing Kookaburras are family birds, “usually offspring of the previous one to two years, act as ‘helpers’ during the breeding season. Every bird in the group shares all parenting duties. They feed mostly on insects, worms and crustaceans, although small snakes, mammals, frogs and birds may also be eaten. Prey is seized by pouncing from a suitable perch. Small prey is eaten whole, but larger prey is killed by bashing it against the ground or tree branch.”
Here is a young bird catching dinner thrown by Dad. The whole story sequence is in Dinner Time
Always on alert for a snack to move on the ground, often seen sitting on fence posts.
The tail feathers are quite a treat as well.
Well, it’s still cold outside in early Spring so it’s best to cuddle together to keep warm. Goodnight
Let me tell you why. I wrote down a few things that I wanted to include, had a bit of a look around to locate these particular photos. Unfortunately that lead me to actually see other photos at the same time, so it was a case of, “I’ll just bung a few photos on and I can whittle them down later”
Now I have found that reality has to set in at some stage for a crazy bloke who takes too many photos (over two hundred on the weekend) to know the limits of what is the “suggested” number of photos.
My photo challenge, Last on the Card, has a few rules and no one cares so what the hey, I am going to do a Judy and stick in a few. But some are significant, some are favourites of yours and some are just folly.
The photos are in full. I thought about a slide show but you really want to see the whole photo don’t you? Let’s kick off with my place of peace and relaxation, Raspberry Lookout, just up the mountains from my place.
Water drops are just so good when you can see the rest of the world in a drop
A migratory visitor to my garden a Rose Robin always brings a smile
Dragonflies are so good to photograph. Graphic Flutterer Dragonflies are so cool
The little orange smiling kite that always brings a smile to everyone who see this photo
Butterflies. So colourful and do perch for a while drinking nectar. A Black Jezebel on to of the world
My first cameras were only with B&W film, yes I am that old, so I love taking B&W photos. The lines and shadows drew me into this cafe scene
I am really into photo editing as I have really good software, Corel PaintShop Pro Ultimate. This photo was a combination of a setting on my camera, Watercolour, and tweaking with the software
This is another of your favourites (and mine), that I feel worked well in monochrome
The quintessential Australian scene of Southern Cross Windmills. The sun was in the right spot. I must also, at this stage, acknowledge our Becky for getting me back into squaring photos, which was the first lot of photos taken as a kid were in square format.
I do take the occasional bird photo. A Striated Pardalote was checking me out when I was seated at the computer. Photo taken through the glass door
Sunsets. I have quite a number. This one is special as it’s not just pretty clouds and sky. It is good to have a subject with some sunset or sunrise photos to add a bit extra
It is just a Pelican drifting about on the river. The reflection makes it a bit special
I had to include this one of a Willie Wagtail and its chicks. The look every parent knows
I do take some weirdly wonderful photos at times. This is the Duomo di Milano taken at an unusual angle
Another favourite photo processing is Selective Colour. Some things work well in selective colour and water lillies are good examples. This is a purple Cape Lily with blue selective colour chosen so some purple remains and other highlights in blue
Another of your favourite photos. A Scarlet Honeyeater on a Lilli Pilli flower. I often get asked how I can get so many bird photos. As with the Striated Pardalote and photos from the house, this photo was taken sitting on the verandah having a cup of tea. Rule 1. always have your camera with you as you never know when something extraordinary will happen
Another of the weird and wonderful bits of nature. Finger Fungi that seem to only pop up every now and then.
Fog, trees, sunrise and an old building, another of your favourites. A combination that evokes a sense of mystery. I like the Jacaranda tree flowering on the RHS throwing a hint of colour
Thanks for getting this far in my over the top response to the prompt “Tell Us Why”. For that you deserve a photo I have never posted before that is one of my favourites. This is busking in Seoul South Korea on the banks of the Cheonggyecheon Stream, which runs through the heart of Seoul. The stream was a four lane highway that was built over the stream and has since been reclaimed. This flautist was under one of the bridges that crosses the steam and it sounded wonderful. It is a pity I was on the other bank otherwise I would have given him a few Won
There is much more like my water reflection abstracts for Jez’s WWE, good fun photo editing, animal portraits, so many photos of our natural world, the list is endless but lucky for you I have.
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