WWE – bushboys world

A watery mirage

Published on April 13, 2021April 14, 2021 by bushboy14 Comments

I took this photo of water running down the overflow of a local dam, Rocky Creek Dam, on the weekend. It is almost full telephoto from above the spillway. The water seems to move and is a bit of a minds eye trick. Click on the photo to enlarge for the full effect.

Look at the blue water

Published on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 by bushboy12 Comments

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #71
CitySonnets Colours and Letters March 29: Water Blue

Reflections of a purple puddle

Published on March 6, 2021 by bushboy30 Comments

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #67
The Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Purple

Wordless Wednesday 3 February

Published on February 3, 2021 by bushboy3 Comments

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Growing up

Published on January 26, 2021 by bushboy33 Comments

Becky’s Square Photo Challenge: #SquareUp
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #61

Reeds, probably Eleocharis sphacelata, growing in my dam

As the reeds know, the only way is up

The big rain arrived

Published on December 15, 2020 by bushboy16 Comments

For Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

The rain started a week ago and gradually built from a steady few mls every day until yesterday and last night where it rained continuously. This morning the rain gauge recorded 116mls that’s around 4.5 inches. There is water everywhere, the rain came in about one meter under the verandahs, water is still rushing down the gullies and flowing over the ground in places.

Importantly, water is flowing into the house dam as well as out the overflow. This is the water I use for the garden and outside of the house.

This image compare is from today to almost twelve months ago to the day

Wordless Wednesday 9 December

Published on December 9, 2020 by bushboy9 Comments

Also for Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #54

Sparkles like diamonds

Published on September 1, 2020 by bushboy22 Comments

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #43

The dam in the distance
in the early morning sun
ducks cruising along
swimming for fun.

Long green grass
on the edge of the dam
provides enough food
for cattle, sheep and a lamb.

Overhead Egrets and Ibis
wheel about in the sky
ready to descend to feed
in the grass nearby.

Sparkles and shimmer
from way over there
thinking of course
of water water everywhere.

This is July 2020

Published on August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 by bushboy70 Comments

Well July has been a quite interesting month. I will say now that I am quite well and feeling great. The only sort of downside is I am not allowed to drive which is quite difficult when you live in the bush a fair way from town. The upside is my bestie doesn’t want me to be by myself so we have been together since the start of the month so living in isolation between her place and mine has been easy.

You may wonder what the hell is he talking about! It all started on July the fourth early in the morning. I was asleep so have no recollection of my seizure and consequent trip to hospital in the ambulance where I spent four days. I don’t remember that first day in the Emergency Unit only to say that I had a nurse with me for part of the time as my heart rate dropped to 37. Over the next three days I had all sorts of tests to examine my brain functions and contrary to what some people may think, my brain is quite a good brain with no signs of impairment at all. This is why my posts have been rather sporadic as I have been trying to come to terms with using my phone and small tablet to post. Downloading photos and trying to get them as I want is the hard part. I found a good free photo editing software at last for the tablet. I am sorry I missed a lot of Becky’s Perspective Squares and not many songs get added either.

OK on to what I saw in July

The mornings at my besties have been lovely misty mornings. I did manage to post a few others for Becky’s Squares

The bees were quite busy in July as a Beekeeper put his hives on the dairy farm across the road

Noisy Friarbirds like to call early in the morning. They seem to be the most predominant bird at my place at the moment

The Grevilleas look great in the morning sun. Honey Gem is one of my favourites as it attracts birds and insects

This flower actually looks like a Sun

Despite looking a bit scraggly, this Grevillea get visits from small Honeyeaters

I am not sure what this small native flower is but it has appeared since the fire.

A Blue-faced Honeyeater and a Honey Gem Grevillea are always a winner

A female Figbird was quite curious of what I was doing

The male Figbird has his red eye patch and feather colours at full mating mode in the morning sun

Going for a walk down my road, I saw a different bird in a tree. It was a Collared Sparrowhawk, the first time I have seen one here.

The Superb Fairy Wrens enjoyed the birdbath. See the difference between the female and male

He looks quite lovely with the colours of the Salvia

“Do these feathers make me look fat?” the Double Barred Finch seemed to say

An afternoon at the beach was a good restful way to spend the day. The Pied Oystercatchers think so as well.

A rare opportunity of seeing a Darter swimming underwater in search of a meal.

The pink and grey of a Galah look lovely in the afternoon sun

On an afternoon walk we often see a Pied Cormorant or two on this branch over the creek. This day there were more than ever and was a had to take reflection photo as well.

Above the Pied Cormorants, a pair of Rainbow Bee Eaters were enjoying their afternoon meal.

I did have time to muck about with some photos. These water abstracts are the raw images. I should send them out for Jez’s Water Water Everywhere as well