On Tuesday we officially welcomed spring. To celebrate I popped out after work to check if its arrival had resulted in a flurry of orchids suddenly popping up. With, of course, a spring in my step. Not that I really thought they would magically appear, I had a shock when I stopped in at theContinue reading “Power walking”
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Closing up shop
Most of us are lucky and the ups and downs of life, which cycle in response to so many factors, do not generally interfere with our ability to crack on with life. This week however the behaviour of one particular individual at work, who should know better, got my blood boiling. An overreaction some mayContinue reading “Closing up shop”
Uncertain times
Back in August it was claimed that spring and potentially summer would end up a tad wet across all of Australia. So far that prediction is proving right in our south west corner. Forecast of the back of a negative Indian Ocean Dipole forming, which a phenomenon that not surprisingly occurs across the Indian Ocean. Continue reading “Uncertain times”
Bashed about
This post overlaps with the last one. I ran out of my self-imposed text allocation per image to include details about the specific epithet, which basically mean species name, of the Water Bush (Bossiaea aquifolium). This is derived from two Latin words of acus and folium meaning needle and leaf, and the whole word isContinue reading “Bashed about”
Whose counting
Looking out and seeing a blue sky as I type this makes me think that maybe I should have gone for an afternoon wander. Or possibly even a climb, not that I would have had success in convincing anyone to head out. It had looked like we would be blanketed in clouds and rain allContinue reading “Whose counting”
Different ways of walking
We are experiencing a bit of a lull. I had a fair bit of success in April and May. Now with most of the early orchids having been and gone things have eased up during June and into July. The next batch are starting their journey of coming into bloom albeit a bit slowly, whichContinue reading “Different ways of walking”
Sandbagged 