Garden Guests Diary
17 January 2010
This afternoon, I happened to witness the whole family of magpies visit our yard and the two juvenile magpies were down at the same time which I had not seen before. What follows is a series of shots with my sense of humour thrown in as titles!
News from the Studio
17 January 2010
I started a graphite drawing today of couple of kookaburras and it’s early days with lots to do.
Featured, Garden Guests Diary
16 January 2010
We knew that soon we would be introduced to the new offspring of our resident magpie pair, “Toenail” and “Skitsy”. Sure enough, we heard the unmistakable “feed me” squawking nearby and there he was, one of the two chicks, demanding to be fed.
News from the Studio
15 January 2010
I have designed and produced a range of gifts for Valentine’s Day. You will not find these in the shops anywhere which makes them exclusive and truly unique. What’s more is that you have the extra touch of having your very own, personal, customised wording on many of these gifts …
Art and Photography, Featured
10 January 2010
Do you want more publicity for your artwork and to network and meet fellow Australian artisans? If you answered yes to these questions then we would like to invite you to the brand new Oz Nature Niche Site.
Garden Guests Diary
8 January 2010
The weather is uncomfortably hot at the moment and they have forecast a late afternoon thunder storm which we need to clear this oppressive air. The heat does not deter the busy, minuscule working insects whether it be building nests or searching for nectar and pollen.
Garden Guests Diary
7 January 2010
It’s been a while since I checked on my garden guests and as you know, I have been a bit of an indoors hermit of late working on my new website and shop which I hope you like by the way. I went out to check our snail mail in the early evening and something made me walk over to my citrus trees.
Wildlife
5 January 2010
Scientists in Australia and Austria are studying kangaroo DNA as a way to prevent skin cancer, as the marsupials have a DNA repair enzyme that appears to fight damage caused by the disease.
News from the Studio
4 January 2010
My new shop is now open and even although I have not added all of my products yet as there are so many, I wanted to launch it as there is 15% off my range of 2010 Calendars!
Cats, Garden Guests Diary
1 January 2010
For the past month or so I have been so busy with my new online shop and have not been out in my yard to take any new pictures of garden guests. Today, on New Year’s Day 2010 an unwanted garden guest made an appearance and I am still affected …