Sydney tree-blogging

from the Botanic Garden on Sunday...

Sun!!!

Two whole days of sun ... and clean sun-fresh laundry to boot!

The Cockatoos have arrived

Yesterday at 7:30 am a posse of Cockatoos came swooping through the neighborhood screaming at the top of their lungs. All the other birds in the 'hood had to respond, of course, so they all started screaming too. It made for a very noisy morning!

Tease

This morning was gloriously Sydney-sunny and then by sculpture class it was pouring again. Boo.

FYI

Eucalyptus oil-based household cleaning spray is a fabulous ant killer.

Ugh

It's been raining so much over the past few days that I have to watch out for leeches in my bathroom again...

Fun things in my backyard at dusk

Last night I had two cool nature experiences while taking in the laundry. First, it sounds an awful lot like a frog has taken up residence in the bushes at the back of the garden. Second, it was dusk and in silhouette I watched an Australian Magpie chase and then catch some sort of moth. It was cool because I could even see the moth...