Hakea laurina

Also called Pin-cushion Hakea, is growing on my verge. I've planted the tiny seedling a few years ago and it had two flowers last year autumn which are now the seed pods. This month it started flowering again with many more flowers.
I don't know how large it will grow so I keep it low pruned as it's prohibited to have large plants on the verge unfortunately. 

Gall wasp?

I think this is the eggs of the gall wasp, but I am not totally sure... Anyway, it's a beautiful decoration of a dry gum leave.

Green Grasshopper or Katydid

This green beauty was sitting just a few meters from our back door today, on this cooler summer day. After a few very hot days it finally cooled down and that seems to come with more life in the garden. Not sure if it's a grass hopper or a katydid, but it didn't hop but flew to the wall when I came a little bit too close with my camera. 

Eucalyptus bush on our verge - Pin-cushion Hakea

The leaves of this bush are huge and very tough and leathery. I cut it so it doesn't grow in to an enormous tree, but I have no idea what it is or if it does want to grow large. According the leaves it should be... they are almost the size of my hand.

Rain drops

Rain drops on my Golden Cup leaves. Photo taken just after a late winter shower.

Black hairy caterpillarThis Back

This black hairy caterpillar is munching away on my frangi pani, I took the photo just after the rain stopped.

Sea anemones in Coogee Beach

These beautiful Sea anemones are photographed by my friend Michele Kwok who snorkels almost every week at the Eco Shark Barrier in Coogee beach.
I love this but I am too scared of going under water so I am so happy to have Michele taking so many photos of this amazing underwater world. 
And they not only see lots of sea life stuck to the barrier but also many fish, this is a Shaw's Cowfish, a Leatherjacket, a Boxfish and a Western boxfish.

More moterbike frogs in our garden

Motorbike frog

Look what I found in my garden today! This little guy was just hanging out on the edge of one of my veggie pots on the side of the house. I was so happy to spot him, the first of this spring!

Everlasting flower on our verge

White Everlasting flower on my verge! I've got some seeds and sown them on the verge in winter in several patches and so happy that they are growing. Hope they will return every year from now!

Spiderweb by CK

My friend Christine from New Zealand sends me regular updates of her garden and with them came those two beauties of a big wet spiderweb. I thought it deserved a place on my inspiration blog, and got permission to, even though I didn't take the photos myself.

Blue

During my walk at Swanbourne beach, last week Friday afternoon, I saw those beautiful Blue bottles, all puffed up on the beach, like plastic balloons...

Winter morning

Winter morning in June at Lake Claremont.

Passion fruit flowers

So proud of my passion fruit this year!

Tommie

Got a new member of the family, meet Tommie! 4.5 months old Border Collie / Kelpie cross full of energy who wants to heard a flock of sheep but unfortunately lives in the city so we take him out three times a day for run/play activities on the beach, park and river side. He loves it!