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There are several varieties of Australian Christmas Bush and all are supposed to flower in December. Mine must have missed out on that instruction, having already turned a corner of the yard red, with masses of red brachts enclosing much smaller white flowers. Another image from my INDUSTAR-22 5cm f3.5 collapsible lens. Wide open and extended. The white flowers are about 1cm across.
A dead bush that has been put beside the cyclone fence for later, We are looking out through a cyclone fence under a roofed area out to a unfinished and unroofed area under the old Mitsubishi car factory in Tonsley Park. The huge factory area is being repurposed bit by bit.
Langschwanztriel
The bush stone-curlew or bush thick-knee is a large, ground-dwelling bird endemic to Australia. Its favoured habitat is open plains and woodlands, where it stalks slowly at night in search of invertebrates such as insects. Its grey-brown coloration is distinguished by dark streaks, its eyes are large and legs are long. It is capable of flight, but relies on the camouflage of its plumage to evade detection during the day; the bush curlew adopts a rigid posture when it becomes aware of an observer.
Behind the bushes there stand a forest, nice and strong, full of light a mist. It gives a peaceful place to visit, to at least for once enbrace our bond with nature, the place we have come from. The place was here long before us. Will it be there after us?
I was scrambling round here erratically looking for a composition when I found a bit of a bowl in the ground. I thought, if I lay on the grass, I could get a nice low angle on the limestone, with bush and sky above me. But as I lay, the skin of my cheek on the dry fresh grass, a thought flitted across my mind. What if another tog who thought they owned this bit of land, and freshly filled with hot coffee from a flask, had decided they had to have a wee and had hovered a while in this private little place that I now rubbed up against? I've seen the footprints of togs who have gone before me, and thankfully not noticed anything else, but I do know some have to make more frequent visits than others. Now the thought is there, I shall be more wary in future.
Anyhow this was a strange little tree/bush, a bit spikey...and then I thought....no, I'm not going to tell you what that one was. So many strange thoughts going through my head at the moment. It must be down to Lockdown3. Here's some music to cheer the soul. Damn that lyric "There must be some kind of way out of here, Said the joker to the thief, There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief!" Listen, this is GOOOOOD!! Very good! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UHHc7POovg OK, got you thinking? Change!
Haven't we got change, had a helluva change in the last year? Who's going to buy a new petrol or diesel car? Who's going to travel...go anywhere, meet? Who believes any more? Who, trusts the Government, politicians, the experts, the banks, the vaccine? Who's confused, fed up, feeling beaten into submission?
Change is happening. Something very weird is going on? Is it all down to a virus which if you could scoop it all up.... all of it in the world, even at the height of the pandemic would amount to one and a half teaspoons.....apparently.
"No reason to get excited"
The thief, he kindly spoke
"There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hour is getting late"
Is the Great Reset a myth? Or is there something really scary about all this? Take a look (only the Aussies tell it like it is)
www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+great+reset+agenda&d...
and I wondered that all a man could ever want could be found near a bush.
I was out in the yard with the camera at the end of the month of October when I saw how the sun was shining on the smoke bush leaves as they changed color. They looked like stained glass! But try as I might I just couldn't get a good shot of one of them without others interfering or causing the sunlight to be in shadow. So I picked one of the leaves and brought it inside where I placed it on a small piece of green sticky note paper and that was on top of the flashlight. This is pretty close to what it looked like on the bush with the sun shining through it. Have a blessed day everyone and perhaps spend some time out looking at all the wondrous things God has created for us to enjoy!
We can go out the front door or out the back gate and be walking in the bush in minutes; we don't take it for granted but it is a wonderful freedom, especially in these days of restrictions.
Kahn, Etta and David at the top of Terrace Falls; almost the middle of our 5km walk, just before the steep climb!
Daily Dog Challenge: Freedom
More of the grass trees. This was taken at Pinnaroo Memorial Park. A very typical Aussie bush scene.
on wiperaminga hill, boolcoomatta reserve, a bush heritage australia conservation property, outback south australia
For Macro Mondays theme: "Details from my neighborhood." I must admit that this theme presented a challenge, since I am surrounded by nothing but millions of acres of forest. But it was fun looking for subject matter. HMM to all of the talented photographers in this group. I am always amazed at your work.
*(This whole image took in an area of about 1 - 1/2" wide by 1" tall. I had to dig a little hole in the ground to set my camera in, to capture this. )
My 'burning bush' shrub has finally shown some colour this Autumn. Problem is it is so late compared to others in my neighborhood that the leaves fall off in their green state.
Correct name,,,'Euonymus alatus Compactus'
Nymphs are more colourful than the adults. Even so, this female is well matched to her surroundings.
Portland, King Barrow Quarries.
In Joshua Tree National Park at a roadside pullout looking to the southwest and across a snowy landscape with Joshua Trees and other desert plant-life. One thing that did draw me into the setting was the almost peppering of snow across the more distant hillside with its rock formations. It brought out this combination look of the red and brown colors mixed with the whites of the snow.
Several of these shy little antelope (they stand about 90cm or 3' high) roamed in the gardens of the hotel where I stayed at Cathedral Peak. This one was in the garden right outside my room.
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Mareeba area, Queensland, Australia
often called Bush Stone-curlew
tall with long legs; lives in woodlands with grassy areas;
mainly nocturnal but can be found during the day underneath bushes or in thickets
burhinus grallarius
Australische griel
oedicnème bridé
Langschwanztriel
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a bottle bushmills black bush from the top view
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