Yellow Pepper Blossom

I bought yellow pepper seedlings this spring and now they are blossoming. I am looking forward to taste them, see if they are as hot as the red ones from last year.

Blueberries

Remember the blueberry blossom in July? Now they are ripe and I've already eaten quite a few, they are delicious and full of good stuff for the body.

chick, 10 days old

Look at the tiny little wings sprouting out so fast.

Palm tree fruits

Remember the flowers in the Triangle Palm in February? This is how it looks now; tiny yellow fruits, not sure if they end up being a flower or an edible fruit for birds or so...

Mulberries

We have the old variaty of the mulberry in our garden and while all other mulberries are fruiting at the moment we have to wait until Christmas for some juicy fruits.

Mating

But what are they? A kind of flying ant? They used the wooden poles in my garden to have a short rest before flying off again.

Chicks

Since Tuesday evening I have four chicks; the little bantam was broody for the third time and I got some fertilised eggs from a friend which she has brought from Balingup down south three weeks ago. And Tuesday night all four eggs where cracked when I came home from work, two chickies were still wet so it had just happened. These photos of one of the lighter yellow chicks with speckles were made this morning, 3.5 days after the birth, they grow very fast.

Wasp

This wasp was busy with a huge parcel of honey on my basil, not sure if she was kneading the honey or what she was doing in the basil, as there are no flowers there...

Beach in spring

South of Cottesloe at Dutchies.

Shell

There are quite a few big shells on the beach. Their shapes always intrigue me, so ingenious. This one had the shine of mother of pearl on top, will need to rub off a bit to get more of it.

Feather at sea

This sea gull feather was floating on the clear water south of Cottesloe beach were we were kayaking yesterday morning.

Thorn tree

A few weeks back when I was in Kings Park I spend some time in searching for the thorn tree I'd seen a few years ago during one of the guided walks. It's such a special tree; the bark is completely covered in very sharp pointy thorns and even the branches have big thorns. I don't know what all those spikes are protecting as there weren't many leaves or flowers on the tree and I can't find much information on it.

Grass

Some of the walking paths in Kings Park are covered with blooming grasses, soft flossy stuff.

Kookaburra

I don't like these funny like monkeys screaming birds anymore since I know they eat all my fish from the pond. Everytime I hear them in the garden I know I will have less goldfish the next morning...

Blossom

Spring is in the air!
The ornamental peach tree in our garden has two types of blossom; this bright pink one and a stripy white and pink one. I am so annoyed the people who lived here before planted an ornamental peach, why not a real one with fruit...???