Ragtag daily Prompt Monday: Broom

December and 2021 are gone. It was a mixed bag of weather – rain and lots of it, quite hot days and even cooler nights. My garden and my besties looked fabulous. The rain made everything bloom and look so good. This made reducing the number of flower photos quite difficult.
A lot of birds have come and gone, the regulars stayed around as food is plentiful. Even a pair of Currawongs have been hanging around and have a young one. Most years they go back up into the mountains where it is a bit cooler and return in Winter. The Willie Wagtails at my besties have been busy with nesting and raising babies.
A few photos are from some trips around the area but most are from my besties and here at Durranbah.
Here is you scrolling song. I hope you enjoy Frightened Rabbit, one of my favourite groups
The old wagon up the road is still there and not quite falling apart yet
These tree fungi were the yellowist I have ever seen
Love this plant. The white edges really stand out
From my besties garden
A small native grass flower at my place
The re Frangipanni looked good with a few water drops.
I love the grass seeds along my road
Cats Whiskers must be one of my favourite flowers
A Dahlia and the sky
More native flowers along the road
My besties Brugmansia has flowered like mad this year
When we went for a walk in Casino, we found a Sausage Tree
We also found a New Zealand Christmas Bush in flower
The Bahinia has just flowered but not as good as last year
My Honeysuckle looked good among the trees along the fence line
The Blue-banded Bees love the Salvia flowers
I found Metallic Green Carpenter Bees in a shrub I had to look it up to find out what species of bee it was and found that it is endangered after the fires as their nest sites are either damaged or take years to become soft enough to burrow into and nest. They nest in Grass Tree spears and Banksia trees mainly. This one is a female. The males are fuzzy and look similar to Blue-banded Bees
Remember my Pineapple, It’s still growing and will soon be ready to harvest
The Cheese Tree fruit weren’t as abundant as last year as well
I love the purple berries of Dianella (Flax Lily) grasses. Just to photograph as I haven’t tried them but are supposed to be edible
The Olive-backed Oriels arrived in time to sample the Tuckaroo fruit
It is always a decision
The Figbird hid among the foliage snacking on the fruit as well
When I went to the Clarence River near my place to see if the water had receded below the Lilydale bridge, I found Rainbow Bee-eaters enjoying the sun.
As well as a White-faced Heron looking for his breakfast
An Australasian Pipit found something to eat on the road as I went back home
A young morphing King Parrot watched me through the window
The Rainbow Lorikeets seemed to find a snack or two in the garden
A Laughing Kookaburra had breakfast too
The Willie Wagtail babies wanted their lunch. Dad was none to impressed with their carry on
This is the same Willie Wagtail babies a week later. Don’t they grow up fast?
A Satin Bowerbird was not impressed to be spied upon whilst having a bath
but still dived in and splashed about
Well it looks like a wonderful pink sky is telling me to say goodnight
and a wonderful sunset has painted the sky with streaks of red, yellow and orange
Our Moon has risen so I better say goodnight and thanks for stopping by
As usual I always ask if you had a favourite photo.
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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: 2 Different things or the number 2
A Spangled Drongo and a Noisy Miner
A Square-tailed Kite and a Noisy Friarbird
White-throated Honeyeaters and a bird bath
An indignant statue and a Gull
Black Jezebel Butterfly and Lantana flower
Thursdays Special: Pick a Word December 2021
Paulas words for me to match an image
INTROSPECTIVE
ANTICIPATING
BEFRIENDING
CHOICES
WISH
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: December Alphabet Starts with R
Life in Colour December: Kaleidoscope
A few “R” flowers and some other colours. Like Cee, I love taking photos of flowers so it was hard for me to limit myself.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Four Colours or More
A Common Bronzewing I saw looking for snacks on my drive. The image quality is a bit poor as this is another photo through the kitchen window on almost full telephoto.
The actual wing photo would have made a great Last on the Card for December 2021 which will be out on the first of January.
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