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Are you afraid?

Published on March 7, 2020 by bushboy34 Comments

The Ragtag Daily Prompt Friday: Afraid

Warning: Images that may scare some people lay ahead.

Do you think I am Naughty posting things that some people may be afraid of?

She is quite harmless and is a good natural way of insect control around the house. I haven’t seen any Huntsman around the house for a while but the rains have come one or two may venture inside to get out of their wet environment.

Now is your last chance to look away.

Isn’t she lovely

My hand gives an indication of her size
Are you still afraid?

Surprise

Published on November 22, 2019 by bushboy13 Comments

The November Photo a Day Challenge 22nd – Surprising

Surprise

Published on June 9, 2019 by bushboy14 Comments

The Ragtag Sunday prompt: Surprise

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30 days 30 Songs

Size

Published on June 9, 2019 by bushboy28 Comments

Here is Debbies One Word Sunday: Size
Some of the things I have been contemplating on contributing for OWS perhaps can also be some of my Favourite Things as Patti from Ragtag asked.
Perhaps some of the small things in my world should be a start. The feature photo is a Scarlet Honeyeater, the smallest honeyeater and a red jewel that flashes through my garden and the forest.

I love having Stingless Native Bees in my garden

and of course Blue-banded Bees scrunching into flowers
All of the tiny native flowers that abound on my place

I have to include some big things too. Kookaburras are always hunting in the garden and waking me with their morning song

Overhead one of the Square-tailed Kite family soars
While in the garden, a Red-necked Wallaby snacks on the Honey Gem Grevillea

The trees of the forest that surround are the big

Now a warning for those who have a thing about spiders – there is one in the next image

Isn’t she a beauty. She lived in my laundry for a Summer and then came into the lounge and dining rooms for Winter last year. I think she became bored of my company and headed outside.

It’s all about nature

Published on December 28, 2018February 21, 2019 by bushboy19 Comments

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: It’s All About Nature

How could I not resist this photo challenge. Showing self restraint here is a bit of the nature from my part of the world.

Mirror Images or Reflection

Published on August 17, 2018August 30, 2018 by bushboy9 Comments

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Mirror or Reflection

This post contains an image of a spider – for those who don’t like spiders

The old Volkswagen hub cap
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Looking across the street
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The Huntsman Spider takes a good look at herself
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I can’t help myself when there is a mud puddle around.
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A sunset
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Where

Published on May 24, 2018June 14, 2018 by bushboy21 Comments

The word prompt from Debbie at Travel With Intent: Where

Where have these photos been taken?

From my desk in the office through the glass door
A chook often comes to see what I am doing

A Noisy Friarbird looking in the door

The Kookaburra heard me move I think

A Brush-tailed Possum found a snack

A tiny Spotted Pardalote investigating for insects

The Rose Robin was tweeting away

Sometimes a Huntsman Spider will find insects hovering around the computer screen

This is October: Part Two

Published on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017 by bushboy12 Comments

Part Two will be the animals, reptile, amphibians and insects I came across in October

I put out a bowl with water for animals that come around the house for drinks when the weather is warm. I found a frog in the bowl which needed to be rescued. I think it is a Common Eastern Froglet.

One morning we looked on the verandah and there was a Carpet Snake skin hanging from the rafter. It was over 2 meters long.

Isn’t the skin beautiful?

Brush-tailed Possums are coming into the shed. I surprised this one who has a mosquito on its nose.

I set the live trap as the Brush-tailed Possums are getting into the roof cavity. I heard a crash on the verandah and saw a mother Possum with a baby on her back so I set the trap off. I can’t believe I actually gave the piece of apple to the baby.

A Red-necked Wallaby enjoying the morning sun in front of the house.

When you are small and still in the pouch, you have to do some investigating when ever you can.

It was hard to find the grasshopper amongst the leaves.

The Bull Ants know when you are about. Time for a quick photo as they Bull Ants poured out from the nest, running away before they ran up my legs.

These lovely ant enjoyed walking about the plants looking for whatever ants look for.

The Wolf Spider and the Millipede inside escaping the rain.

Further up the wall a Huntsman observed the carry on below.

Looking among a timber stack, I disturbed a Huntsman Spider having a rest.

Look at the mouth of this butterfly.

The inside wings of a Ringed Xenica. The first time I have seen a Ringed Xenica on my place.

The outer wings of the Ringed Xenica are far more showy

The Native Stingless Bees get right inside of the Dietes to get the nectar or pollen.

This fly may look quite pretty but boy can they bite.

Just resting on a leaf before buzzing off to buzz around the house or just annoy people.

A dragonfly enjoying the sunshine.

Some dragonflies being “friendly”

Ready for Part Three?

Thursdays Special: Pick a Word in September

Published on September 7, 2017 by bushboy34 Comments

Most times I just have one photo per word for Lost in Translations Pick a Word. This time I have a few more for the September Pick a Word and perhaps using my artistic licence for the matching photo.

Vantage

The view from Raspberry Lookout. My property is a few hills over on the left.
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In order to get a good take off, you must have a good vantage point.
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Bifurcated

You can’t fence me in
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Intruding

Sometimes I feel like I am intruding when photographing butterflies and spiders.
Three’s a crowd when the males chase the female Orchard Butterfly.
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Two Line-blue Butterflies getting “friendly”
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Yes, the Huntsman Spiders were in the dining room but I don’t think they had eating dinner on their mind.
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Jagged

Once a butterfly gets old, the jagged wings are the first sign of age as on this Australian Gull Butterfly
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Quayside

The yachts moored late in the afternoon after sailing from Grafton to Ulmarra.
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Quayside on the Great Canal, Venice
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More Bugs

Published on July 12, 2017August 17, 2017 by bushboy10 Comments

I couldn’t resist posting some more insects in Dutch goes the Photo‘s Tuesday photo challenge as lots of people have enjoyed my previous post Bugs.

I must do a warning before you start perusing this blog – it does contain sex

Here is a Cricket in a Crinum

The wonderful dragonfly doing a hand..errrr….leg stand on the water plant seed head

Dragonflies like playing peek-a-boo

The lovely Caper White Butterfly. They migrate through my place every year.

Now for the saucy part

Lineblue Butterflies doing their thing in my garden

Dragonflies doing it on the dam

A couple of moths transfixed in the cactus garden

I couldn’t let a blog on insects go without sneaking in a “not really an insect” my beautiful Huntsman Spider who lives in my place. She is now somewhere in the laundry where, I think, she may be hibernating, if spiders do that sort of thing.

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