Author: bushboy

Landcare, photography, music, poetry (of sorts), cooking, our environment, life on the land and making a difference where I can. MotoGP is my "boy" fix.

A bit of Spring

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Lens-Artists Challenge: Spring

Spring. Well that was a few months ago now here. Now approaching Autumn, I say approaching as Summer is still hanging around with day time temperatures in the mid to high 30C’s

So it’s into the folders and find a few Spring photos which I hope you enjoy

The first buds of a Hippeastrum

A Stingless Native Bee and a European Bee discussing the qualities of a peach blossom

Here comes Mum with some more snacks for three hungry mouths

The Frangipannis buds just starting to unfold

What can be cuter than a little fluff ball chicken

The Hibiscus had lots of buds as Spring was a wet one last year

Lots of calves in the paddocks around the place

Fresh leaves appearing on the Eucalypts

New fur and almost ready to hop out of the pouch

Well it is spring

5 Minutes Ago – 19 March

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Hammad’s Weekend Sky #92

When I took these photos the sky was clear and not a cloud or anything to be seen. As I write this a fog has descended bathing my home and muting the sunrise.

I thought this was appropriate seeing the fog is in the mountains

The sun just a glow through the trees

Too early for the sun to reach the tree tops on the northern side

Pick a Word – March 2023

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Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word – March 2023

Time to immerse myself in Paula’s words and find an appropriate photo to illustrate my interpretation.
Paula’s words:-

AUTHENTIC

MISCHIEVOUS

PERSONIFIED

RAMPART

RONDURE

I guess I’d better hoof it

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Ragtag Daily Prompt Friday: Ungulate

Hunt around
looking here
looking there
in the bushes
in the forest
nothing.
I now
must travel the road
to find
my targets.
There
up ahead
there they are.
The only place to
find them
A farm
of course.

Ungulates are not native to Australia, and therefore native ecosystems are sensitive to damage from grazing and trampling by these large animals.
In hot climates, ungulates can drink up to 10 per cent of their body weight in water per day which concentrates their impacts around waterpoints.
* https://news.csu.edu.au/feature/are-feral-cattle-the-brumbies-of-the-northern-territory