John’s Cellpic Sunday

What a mixed bag September was. There were warm days, days of lots of rain, some nights were cool, cool enough to light the fire. I decided to put flannie sheets on again when I changed the sheets. This proved to be a good choice as although the days were in the low to mid 20’s, the nights went down to single figures or low teens.
I am sorry that there is a lot of photos this month but the start of Spring here is brim full of life. I guess you’ll need a song to get through this long post. How about this one? It’s a new one for me.
Where to start this massive post? I guess with some of the foggy mornings. Some mornings the fog just seemed to rise up from the gullies and engulf the bush.
The many spider webs throughout the garden really stood out with a hint of moisture hanging on the threads
Some of the garden spiders have really amazing colours
Another tiny spiders web but this time I found a horizontal web shaped like a dish
At first I thought this was a bee buzzing around me. Then I thought fly with a bit of a stinger. I have tried to find out but sorry can’t tell you what it could be
This is a Common Leaf Walker I think. Sort of has a wasp like body but no stinger.
I found a Jewel Beetle at my daughters place which is near mine.
The Sweet Orange Pittosporum flowered so well this month sending drifts of sweet scents into the house. The Stingless Native Bees also loved the blossoms.
A cute view of a bees bum as it heads into a Bottlebrush to get more pollen. Look at how full the pollen sacs on its legs are already.
The Grevilleas around the garden burst into bloom as well. I have lost the tags to a lot of the Grevillea bushes so I cannot tell you this one. It was a rescue plant that has done quite well.
Firesticks Grevillea is a favourite with a lot of the smaller honeyeaters.
The afternoon sun really lit up this Grevillea, another rescue plant. Rescue plants from nurseries are ones that look like they are on their last legs and are at almost giveaway prices. I can manage to get nearly all them back to life and flourish. There has been a couple of exceptions but two or three dollars for a twenty dollar plant isn’t much if they don’t make it.
The Coconut Ice Grevillea flourished as well
I had almost forgotten about the Star Jasmin in a garden. This year it has reappeared trailing over an old Lemon Bush giving a lovely scent in that part of the garden and occasionally wafts into the sun room.
Another surprise plant in the garden. I was give some cutting of what was called a Giant Salvia. No idea of its real name. It really is a giant. The plant is over three metres with big sprays of flowers at the top.
The flowers are quite complex and beautiful.
The Gerberas I planted last year have popped up again.
I thought the Daisy bush was finished but it has come back covered in flowers
The new growth on many Australian shrubs and trees start of with a reddish hue
This mossy rock has been in the garden for years and now the moss has totally covered the rock
The succulents in my shade house are also flowering. It is lovely to be greeted with a burst of yellow
All of the Begonias are in flower. I have just included one.
I thought I had lost the Hares Foot Fern but it has come back to life.
On my place the native flowers have come to life as well. I think this is a Hairy Bush Pea. There are so many Pea plants that look quite similar.
I have always called this plant Egg and Bacon Plant which is a common name for so many same coloured flowers. My one has sharp points on the end of the leaves (you can just see) so it may be a Prickly Shaggy Pea but I am just outside of the known species zone. But prickly it is.
On my trip to Toowoomba to see my daughter for her birthday and to see the Festival of Flowers, along the highway there were some fabulous wattles flowering.
At one place I stopped at I found these little flowers in patches or purple scattered on the roadside
I posted a Sundew from my daughters place that was green. As the age they turn this lovely red colour
I went down to the Central Coast to my sisters funeral service at Avoca. While there on a walk I found this lovely Banksia flower.
September saw the Blue-faced Honeyeaters return for Summer to enjoy the Honey Gem Grevilleas
The Rainbow Lorikeets also like the Honey Gems
Near the end of the month the Spangled Drongos turned up as well
Eastern Spinebills are very acrobatic when getting a Bottlebrush snack
The Scarlet Honeyeaters like to feed on the red flowers of the Bottlebrush. This female Scarlet Honeyeater is making her selection
This male Scarlet Honeyeater contemplates his next flower as well
The resident Laughing Kookaburra is always on the lookout for a snack
A Sulpher-crested Cockatoo with a sunset shining through its wings at Avoca.
An Osprey was also cruising the shoreline at Avoca
On Alumy Creek near Grafton, I noticed there was some Black Swans when I drove past a while ago. One morning when I went to town I decided to see if they were still there. They were, around forty Black Swans, but also there was a large flock of Pacific Black Ducks.
As most of the Black Swans were on the far side of the river and behind some of the riverbank vegetation, I though just a photo of these two who happened to paddle past was a good photo
On the road from Toowoomba I stopped to get a few photos for Monday Portrait. Yes you’ll have to wait for those. As I approached the fence, there was a flurry of wings and a flock of small birds flew off in front of me. Luckily they only went a short way up the paddock. I managed to get one photo of these Plum-headed Finches, the first time I have seen them.
Looks like a Rainbow Bee Eater found a good snack
I love finding little Superb Fairy Wrens. A wonderful splash of blue among the foliage
“OK what are you doing. I’m just checking in.”
Enjoying the sunshine at my place this Bearded Dragon soaked up the sun on the warm gravel driveway
Another permanent resident is a Brown Bandicoot. I know they are around the garden and yard is the number of holes dug in the soil as they look for grubs or worms. As it was raining I spoilt the King Parrots and other birds with a small dish of seed on the verandah. The Bandicoot discovered this dish as well and cleaned up what was left in the evenings. Look at those digging claws!
I just loved this seascape again from Avoca
Remember that small purple flower above a few photos ago. Well this is the reason I stopped as. I just love rust as well as old vehicles. I hope someone had some great holidays in this bus
Ages ago I posted a photo of this bridge. As it was on the way to Toowoomba, I just had to see if it was still standing. It is, but only just.
Another bridge. This one is in the Japanese Gardens in Toowoomba. I waited for ages to get a photo when no one was on the bridge. There were a lot of people in the gardens that day.
It is not often I get a photo of my favourite place, the Raspberry Lookout, in the afternoon. The rains came two days later in the early morning and lasted for three days
I hope you enjoyed a long read through my September and thanks for getting to the end. Did you have a favourite photo?
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Last Photo for August 2022
How wonderful to have thirty-six people show us their last photos for July. There was one hundred and ninety-four views, with sixty-eight likes and many thanks to those thirty-six people who contributed their good and not so good photos.
Like a lot of people I forget and am surprised at what was the last photo on the four devices I use to take photos. I went from –
So let’s see what you have for August 2022. There isn’t a time limit so you can post your last photos anytime. The last photo for the month will always be the last photo
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1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 31st August.
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Here’s mine
From my Samsung Galaxy S9
From my Canon PowerShot A1200
From my Canon PowerShot SX70HS
From my Canon EOS 1300D
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Joints or Connecting Points and Mid-week Madness Challenge: Close-up or Macro
On the farm
At the harbour
Lens-Artists Challenge #195: Colourful Expressions
Is the colour you like bold or subdued. Should a photo stand out on it’s own or blend the colours? Does it sit at the front or stay in the back for someone to discover? I think I like colour. My house is colourful and my garden is colourful.
I don’t know where to start or what I am doing but lets see where this post takes you and me.
Let’s kick off with selective colour, one of my favourite effects
A fluffy Eastern Yellow Robins yellow just stands out more
Just the red on a Black Jezebel butterfly stands out
A leaf stuck on a window after a storm looked interesting but more so with selective colour I feel
Red always stands out
But can also be subtle
But is never missed
Green can be quite fluorescent
or just be a hint of colour
Some blues are hello
but also quiet
It’s a hello yellow
or try to find me in the grass
or among the trees
A pink to catch the eye
or to gently cascade
and be small and dainty
or pop out among the others
As Anne said the colours in rust are a favourite
Small and white a discovery
or be a showy presence in the garden
and have a subtle blend
with pastels and strong green to stand out
and a mix of colours that attract the eye
or add colour to a dull day
But a riot of colours that make you look more than once is always a favourite
Well that was a bit of a long post but I hope you enjoyed a bit of the colours in my life or actually in bushboys world
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