This was a freebie commission for Glen's brother's wedding reception (it's going out as a...oh it's hard to explain, but it's gonna look cool I think.

I got Glen to hold it for a sense of scale.

Hee. And hey, look, I do something other than animals and people!





( More madness under the cut. )

Fly my pretties, fly!





( doves, black swans, corellas in flight and glen's goose )

What is it with ravens eluding my damned camera! I hear them, I see them, I see amazing shots to take of them, but when it comes to pointing and clicking, where are they???

You'll have to content yourself with these instead.





( part one - lorikeets mostly. in the next batch i have some flight shots i'm really happy with. )

A sample from part two!


Long Billed Corella - VOGUE.




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It'd be nice to go there again as it's only a 20 minute drive away from our place and now that I can walk around a fair bit more, I can start lurking around my favourite haunts more often. Wootage.

So Glen and I did end up going to Hawkin's Park in Joondalup today, and mostly just walked around (it's really NICE to be able to walk around).

I snapped some pictures (and some I'm really happy with), and we talked, and sat under the eucalypts and at one point we got a chocolate dipped soft-serve cone, because it was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon and therefore to picnickers and Mr. Whippy van were out in force.

I took quite a few photos, so I will do a couple (or maybe three) entries to show them. I hope you like. Here is a sample!


Lake Yellagonga with complementary ducks!




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Part II to be forthcoming!

Went on a mega walk through Koondoola yesterday, the longest I've been on in easily over 2 years. It was amazing. We saw a Western brush wallaby almost flying through the undergrowth, a lot of 28 parrots, and an inordinate number of wattlebirds chasing each other about.

It was just lovely to walk the land again. Dieback has more of a stranglehold on the banksias, which is really sad. But... the land is evolving, and who knows how it will adapt to deal with it. I don't know. I do worry though.

While I could ramble on and on about spirits and 'zomg spirit spiders' and such, I'd rather just share a whole heap of photos with you. :) It's not even a flowering season at the moment, aside form a handful of plants, but that's okay.

For those who are keeping up with Tem's Lucky Paw, there are pictures of the Calytrix or 'spirit spiders' within. :)

( Koondoola bushland photos, including Menzies banksia, stinkwood, Calytrix - 'spirit spiders' and just general chicanery )