Mini Fungus

One morning I checked the worm farm and found the most beautiful tiny fungus growing on top of the wet newspaper. The ribbed top is powered with sugar cristals and they look so delicate.

Cocoon

Found this cocoon under the mulberry tree in our garden, looking forward to see the result as I am keeping it in a glass with leaves. It moves it's bum vigorously when I pick it up...

Seeding basil

My basil lasted this year from spring to winter and is still going although I left more than half of it going to seed. The green stems turn bright purple when finished blooming.

Blooming sundew

Blooming sundew near Victoria Dam.

Praying Mantis

This huge stick insect was slowly creeping on the leaves of one of the plants in our pond. On another leaf was a smaller version in green which was so aggressive it attacked the camera several times so I couldn't get it sharp on the photo.

Bees in hollow tree

We did a walk north of Perth over Easter, the Yaberoo Budjara heritage trail, and while having our lunch in a nice spot we discovered it was right next to a hollow tree with a huge bees nest in it...

Quokka

We went to Rottnest to enjoy the beautiful island which is of course not complete whithout a quokka on your path. This one was sitting along the road we cycled on the east side of the island.

New Zealand - Tarawera Valley

It was a rainy day when we visited the waterfalls in Tarawera Valley, and I understood immediately why the mosses where growing so good...

Young seagull

At Saint Heliers Beach in Auckland.

New Zealand - Still Water Beach

In Februari I was in New Zealand to visit friends. We went for a walk on Still Water Beach where I saw some beautiful seaweeds and other stuff. The seaweed is stuck to a shell which gives the impression they have roots like a tree.

Nest of spiders

Found this huge nest of baby spiders in the garden. The babies are not bigger than a pin head but I don't think I want to know how big they get when grown up... there are far too many of them...

Willy Wagtail

Willy Wagtail discovered the mirror in a corner of my garden and now thinks he is in love... he is there every day, from early morning to late afternoon.

Empty wasp nest

About a month later I checked the mean wasp's nest again and found it deserted so I cut it off and put the branch with the tiny nest, it's not bigger than a golf ball, in another where it won't hurt. Hope they'll build it up further as I won't mind a few wasps in the garden.
Look how pretty they made the nest chambers, one is still closed with a sticky stuff while others are long time open or still have the sticky corners of recent development.

Green Praying Mantis

This little fellow was racing over the white walls of the dunny, and one moment he stopped, contemplating if I could take a picture or not...

Dead wasp

Justice is done! When I wanted to read my book for a bit under the lemon trees, my favorite spot in the garden, I found this dead wasp on my pillows. I am pretty sure it was the one who stung me on Sunday!