The weather in Brisbane at the moment is extremely humid but over the last couple of days we’ve had heavy rain which has cleared the air and today was quite bearable and very blustery.  When the sun manages to sneak out,  there is a moist, golden glow in the air which I adore for taking photographs and the wet foliage is lush and tropical.

Sometimes the rainbow lorikeets are missing in the garden but in these conditions many come down and squabble over the seed bell.  Their acrobatic antics amused me today and one lorikeet in particular was dangling comically in the lillypilly tree, waiting for a chance to nibble on some seed.

The acrobatic antics of the rainbow lorikeets

These pretty, hanging clusters of pinkish purple flowers are in bloom on a hedging plant we put in several years ago called Duranta erecta ‘Sheena’s Gold’.  It has lovely yellowish, green leaves and makes for the ideal hedge or screen.  I often find lady beetles, flower and lynx spiders in this hedge.