Garden Guests Diary, Wildlife 11 March 2010

The disappearance and downsizing of Australia’s backyard in major capital cities is placing increased pressure of Australia’s native birdlife. Ann-Maree Colborne, CEO of Gould Group, Australia’s oldest environmental education organisation formed in 1909 with Prime Minister Alfred Deakin as its first president to protect native bird life said, the decade of drought has seen a major increase in birds migrating to the city in search of water and food.

 Garden Guests Diary 6 March 2010

I see these birds often in my garden but they are so wary of me that I don’t even come close to pointing my camera lense at them.  Today, this juvenile came down and was perched on our pool fence with a couple of noisy miners.  I took these shots …

 Featured, News from the Studio 28 February 2010

I tried something a bit different in this artwork and I am enjoying working with silhouettes, patterns and layers at the moment. I like the simplicity of this new artwork and it has an oriental feel. I hope you like it.

 Cute Critters, Featured, Wildlife 18 February 2010

I discovered this endearing story in the Mail Online  and the photographs taken by Richard Meston are beautiful.
There comes a time on every family outing when the little ones can go no further and demand to be carried the rest of the way.  Luckily for these six fluffy cygnets, Mummy …

 Garden Guests Diary 1 February 2010

The weather in Brisbane at the moment is extremely humid but over the last couple of days we’ve had heavy rain which has cleared the air and today was quite bearable and very blustery. When the sun manages to sneak out, there is a moist, golden glow in the air which I adore for taking photographs and the wet foliage is lush and tropical.

 Featured, Featured Artist, Recommended Books 26 January 2010

I sat mesmerized and enthralled the whole way through this video and it is a sheer visual delight.

 Garden Guests Diary 18 January 2010

For the past week or so my my husband and I plus the neighbours have been hearing and talking about a new bird which we have not been able to identify until now! At first we thought it was a baby crow as it seemed to be with the crows …

 Garden Guests Diary 17 January 2010

This afternoon, I happened to witness the whole family of magpies visit our yard and the two juvenile magpies were down at the same time which I had not seen before. What follows is a series of shots with my sense of humour thrown in as titles!

 Garden Guests Diary 16 January 2010

We knew that soon we would be introduced to the new offspring of our resident magpie pair, “Toenail” and “Skitsy”. Sure enough, we heard the unmistakable “feed me” squawking nearby and there he was, one of the two chicks, demanding to be fed.

 Cats, Garden Guests Diary 1 January 2010

For the past month or so I have been so busy with my new online shop and have not been out in my yard to take any new pictures of garden guests.  Today, on New Year’s Day 2010 an unwanted garden guest made an appearance and I am still affected …