Author: glenys mahler

I live in Patho, Australia.

Spring rain

October 3, 2021

We’ve had 25 ml (or one inch) of rain in 4 days. For where I live this is wet! We don’t usually have such fluffy clouds. The rain knocked all the blossom off this poor plant before the bees could finish their work.

This plant has never looked so white and pretty. But they’re the wrong flowers for this potplant!

Azure Kingfisher

October 1, 2021

This little visitor stayed around for a few day. He was by the roadside at a water inlet. It was exciting to see him each time I drove past. He did keep his distance, making it difficult to take photos. He stayed on ‘the other side’ of a little pool so I couldn’t sneak up on him. Then, he disappeared.

Ibis

September 30, 2021

I went out in search of a reported swan with her babies, on a cold and miserable afternoon. I couldn’t find the swan but there were plenty of ibis. I’m not pleased with my hurried snaps, so I’ll go again. They were beautiful.

A seaside break

September 26, 2021

I had a lovely break for a few days visiting my sister in Warrnambool, which is abot 350 km southwest of where I live. It was much cooler and very windy. This was the one time I went on a short walk to the seaside.

When I was a kid….

September 24, 2021

That was a long time ago. As I was processing this photo I had sudden vivid memories of the swap cards we used to collect. I had very few and each one was precious. Others I knew had hundreds. They were just cards with random photos. I loved them. I remember some were in ‘pairs’ and when these two photos appeared side by side on my screen, I was reminded of ‘pairs’. I think I even had some bird cards.