Ok I did it so here's some of the flowers that are still out or just about to come out so mainly for my little mate but then anyone that can appreciate the beauty around us might also enjoy so please enjoy the small tour around the garden :hi:
the old girl has been getting in to these spiky little things recently but they come in a few different sized flowers as well as colours and I don't think they have stopped flowering from when she first got them, just last for ages
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and like I said, very spiky
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and then they come really small
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and these are the two different colours on the same plant, creamy yellow with a hint of pink
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and then white as well
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and the red one
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viola's are pretty and also come in different colours but this is probably one of my fav's
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now as you can see this is about to flower again and will be the third time this year as the first opened a few days after Kim's visit so she missed out and spewin as they're one of her fav's :( But will try and remember to update this as it opens
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shouldn't be long
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orchid still going
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:yahoo: and the sweet spud is still going as well, quite a pretty flower and sort of reminds me of a petunia
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your little aliens are just about to come out again RG :)
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Now, I told Kim that my marties are actually going better in winter than in summer but I don't think she believed me so as the old girl had a little pick the other day here's what's ripening on the table out the back and a few more to come so looks like last year and have them basically all year round but as I haven't really been here for the last two weeks it's really taking off so I'll have to go tidy it up :(
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and this is the mess they are in ATM and one is getting close to 6 foot as you can see :)
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Now the lucky last two, the beautiful sunset for a beautiful person so here ya go little mate :blush2: I like roses but they can be a pain in the butt sometimes :dodgy:
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Thank you for visiting :angel: 's I appreciate it and hope you enjoyed the small tour around the winter garden :hi:
Thanks AJ, beautiful.
Thanks PP, I know it's not the same as seeing them your self but hope it made our little mate a bit happier :friends:
Very pretty flowers AJ. I've got a few Hibiscus out at present, but haven't been able to find my camera for about 5 years, so I guess it's gone, and the cable on my KB Scope isn't long enough.
:laugh2: so you need a longer cable..sorry :blush2: but 5 years with no camera :cray:
Oh I just remembered she also asked if the frangipani is still flowering but I had to tell her it's all over red rover for another year as it's back to green foliage so I'll go get a pic of it as well
What beautiful pictures! Ah, if I could grow such nice flowers as yours. I'm pretty good at growing dandelions though.
Dandelion: n. < A common weed with a yellow flower.>
Thanks mate, yeah I hear ya Goose as they are in the lawn and a real pain to get rid of as I'm still trying so slowly killing the lawn in patches and wait for it to grow back.
Wonderful pics A.J.. sure to be appreciated. Cold, wet and windy here but I have a few spikes appearing on the orchids, will take some pics soon.!
Sweet, I don't mind orchids so be happy to see what sorts you have Robster :)
Here's the poor old frangipani the first one has a pinkish colour to it and the other is just a normal white but will take pic's again when they come out again
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And here's my new little mate and hopefully have him eating out of my hand soon enough and he comes up onto the rail and I've been getting scarab lava for him that he seems to like and he has a mate but not as quiet yet
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Absolutely great pictures. I particularly like the one of the kookaburra. One of my favourite birds.
If you can post more of the kookaburra, I'd appreciate it.
Yeah it would be my pleasure Bruce so I'll get some more for you hopefully this arvo so I better go get him some more scarabs as he really likes them and I hate them so happy to dig them out of the garden and agree they are a beautiful bird but then we have quite a few and I'm also a bit partial to parrots.
Actually anyone know how to sex them, is it the colour of the eye like some of our other birds or plumage or what??? And no I'm not grabbing hold of it and stickin me finger up it's date, crikey next you'll be thinkin I'm another Steve Irwin..quick grab it's head :laugh2:
I don't have much left but I have my word so try and honour it if possible so as promised Bruce here ya go mate
and while I was watching I was being watched with out knowing so just goes to show your always being watched these days, so me taking pic's :laugh2: Pretty close considering I've only been feeding him for a few days :)
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now back to the kooka and sorry they're a bit dark but it is getting a bit late but hope you enjoy.
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Beautiful pictures of the kookaburra and of the flowers.
Thankyou.
According to my Bird Book, the male Kooka often has a blue patch on the rump, the tail is barred rufous-brown and black with white margins.
Female – brown rump, head more buff, usually slightly larger than Male.
Hope you guys become best mates.!!
Quote from: 'Nevol' pid='50327' dateline='1401154779'Very pretty flowers AJ. I've got a few Hibiscus out at present, but haven't been able to find my camera for about 5 years, so I guess it's gone, and the cable on my KB Scope isn't long enough.
hey Nevol
I have a camera here that you might like
it is a beaut little Olympus but we just never hit it off - so it sits here - very new and unused - used about 6 times for photos (14MPS)
great pics AJ
what a fabulous home you and your Mum have
full of colour and birdlife!
oops i thought the first 2 photos , were photos of a barefooted homeless man in the park hehe , stop feeding the bloody bird it won't be able to fly .:winkextra:
ok they are great photos, well done AJ , the only wild life around here are backpackers and cockroaches
:hi: thanks Nevol, Robster and RG, taken me a bit to get it to this stage and still a long way to go but slowly getting there and should pull my finger out and get a few more odd jobs done while I'm home as I have a few trips coming up soon so you all better look out as ya just never know where I'm likely to pop up next :zomby: :laugh2:
:laugh2: god your a unit and crack me up but I wouldn't have you any other way :friends:
and I figure if I get it fat enough it won't be able to leave me :-/
It sort of looks like an immature bird to me, but hey, I'm no expert. Does it laugh much? If it is immature, it might be hard to tell male from female.
I think your right Nevol and no it doesn't laugh..well not yet really. But being young is good so I hope to get it really quiet with a bit of luck.
:yahoo: amazing, and only after just a few days and a few grub and I have it eating out of my hand already and it's very young as it started laughing so I come out to get it a few grubs and just casually walked up to it trying not to eye it off much as birds don't like it so put my hand out with half a dozen grubs and it was a little weary but still ate them all up and it's very young going off plumage and the laugh so with a bit of luck I'll have a friend for a while :friends:
How cool.! :yahoo:
Thanks Robster I hope to get some really good shots of him over time, well with a bit of luck, take 100 pic's and get half a dozen as I shake too much but I'm happy with a few shots I have so far and when I can get it in full sun it will be sweet but he still needs to get nice clean feathers and as it's also overcast today I won't bother but stay tuned in a few months :)
:yahoo: I could wait any more so I had a little harvest and didn't do too bad but next year should be better and a few bits will get put back in :good:
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Here's a close up so the yellowish stuff on far left is turmeric and then there's the small ginger that I normally grow and is really nice and then there's the big ginger that I'm not really sure about
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Great flowers! Love all the garden stuff :heart: ahhh the bird is so cute "hear birdy birdy" :)
Thank you, you inspire me :hi: I have him eating out of my hand and only been feeding him for a few days and he's really young as he doesn't know what mince is yet :) Really good to see you on little mate, give ya a bell tonight :)
Oh, and we miss ya heaps :friends:
Miss u too! Yeah Fulvio visited then went for a sec with my folk, haha left me with the tec stuff
:agreed: Ditto, As above.!
HAHA bad move Fulvio, look up porn and then get up him and tell him a sicko :laugh2:
Hahahaha ah the net is very slow here, thanks for the laugh, he's been robbing the local bank with the guidance of my folks :p
Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='50673' dateline='1401429889'Hahahaha ah the net is very slow here, thanks for the laugh, he's been robbing the local bank with the guidance of my folks :p
**AHEM!**
TRYING to get stuff.... SOMEbody's parents beat me to all the good stuff. :(
But I did snag a paper $20, $50 and really crappy $5.
Just wish I'd been here yesterday like I was going to be.
Oh well..
Hey fellas, be careful, our Kim is a very sick, and sore young lady and in a fragile state.
Fragile state, one must be joking......giving what for to all the nurses.
Maybe it is the staff that should be in rehab instead of Kim.........hehehe.
hehe now now GS, you trying to get me into trouble as well :winkextra:
Here's a little something to cheer our little mate up and this one was tinny and I near trod on it so put it out side :) So here ya go Kim just for you mate :hi:
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and this was only 1/2 an hour ago.
loverly little thingy for the Kookaburra?
:laugh2: gee I'm coping it left right and centre, you lot are really lookin to get me in deep doo doo aren't ya's as yes Kim likes the kooka but also loved the gecko's so I'll definitely have to get the all clear first as I don't want to get skinned alive by the beauty because Kim would do it for sure and you know it so no I'm not feeding it but your quite welcome to wear the consequences if your game :)
:yahoo: you bloody beauty, just fed me mate and I can't believe that for one it's still a baby and two, that I haven't been feeding it a week yet and this morn he come down and landed on my arm and ate from my hand so I think in time I'm gonna get this little bloke really quiet so come on Kim and get well as I really need a hand getting him feed now as the little mongrel still doesn't want a bar of the mince but hope to get him to eat it eventually..really can't believe he's landing on me already :)
Henceforth, AJ is to be known as the "Kooka whisperer"!
Surprised that he is not taking to the mince.
Pedro
:laugh2: thanks Pedro, yeah if it doesn't move he won't touch it and just fluffs he's head up and gives you a funny look, pretty cute when they're inquisitive like that but I'll keep trying him and one day he'll take it. I think because he's so young and there's no parents to show him so he's instinct must say "if it wiggles it's good but if not no go".
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50844' dateline='1401579161'I think because he's so young and there's no parents to show him so he's instinct must say "if it wiggles it's good but if not no go".
Something must have happened to his 'family' as they usually stick together and the juveniles stay around to help feed the next clutch, especially the juve females. It's possible it is a juve male that's been ejected by the big daddy.
Try him with some slivers of meat, cut so they look like worms, and jiggle them when you offer them. But the grubs are probably best, but you might run out of them, or dig so many there are none left to develop into Scarabs, and then lay egg that turn into grubs. All a matter of getting the balance right.
Please don't feed any Geckos to him :beg: I love Geckos and they don't cause any harm except when they poop all over the cars!
no it's safe Nevol :friends:
I would get skinned alive if Kim found out I did something like that so no way :fie: Bruce was just trying to get me in trouble with Kim but it didn't work :angel:
Me, a trouble maker. No way. Now what else can I say/do to get you deeper into it?..........Heheheh.
Next time that kooka comes down onto your hand/arm, ask someone to take a photo and post it.
Ok for AC and Nevol :give_heart: But don't know how it will go as it's the first time I've tried anything with video and hope it doesn't take long to load and that and you'll have to turn it right up and it's only for the first few seconds as he shuts up when he see me but hope you's all enjoy if it works..well I previewed the post and it seems to work but no pic sorry. So yeah it goes for 34 seconds but only hear one very faint partial laugh so only listen to the first, say 10 seconds and so sorry it didn't turn out better but I really am a retard when it comes to these things :( Any help with what I should use as in links, direct, HTML or IMG thank you.
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not happy Jan and it only goes from the 3 second mark to 5 and sorry ti's all crackly but I was on the top step :(
Oh so you click on the pic and then click to make it full screen :)
At least you tried AJ. Just keep going and it will eventually turn out.
Doh, sorry I'll have to try and get someone to show me what to do, thanks GS :good: