Flutter-By

While I was trying to photograph the new yellow bark on the Eucalyptus leucoxylon, this rather tattered-looking butterfly landed right in front of my camera. It appears to be an Australian Admiral (Vanessa itea).

Transplants

Attempted transplanting some seedlings which were growing several to a pot. I don't hold out much hope of them doing well.


I think it is really too late to be transplanting them when they are this size, but any that survive are a bonus.

Creeper

Pink trumpet vine (Podranea ricasoliana) in full bloom.


What a weed this thing is! I would never have planted it if I had known what it could do. Left to its own devices, I think it would cover the house in one summer and demolish it in the second.

Grey

Trip to the hairdresser.


I seem to be quite grey on top now.

Induction

The "function room" on level 2 is nowhere near as attractive as the outside of this building.


3-hour induction before the beginning of semester today.

Shot Tower

Went to town to see a film.

Lilies

A veritable forest of belladonna lilies coming up now.

Reading

Spent a good part of the day getting from page 200 to page 600.

Mr Pingwing

Completed just in time to give him away.

Onions

Onions in the late afternoon sun.

Succulent Flowers

Flowers on one of my echeverias.

Taking Shape

Knitted thing almost done.

Pancake Day

A stack of pancakey goodness.

Book Club

First Book Club meeting. This is the book we got for next month.

Lilies

Belladonna lilies (Amaryllis belladonna) starting to open.

On the Road

Wet start to a trip south.

Knitting

Progress on the knitted thing. This is not all the pieces of the creature, but it is most of it. Any ideas?

Knitting

Finished the white bit and started the black bit.

Knitting

Something I haven't done for a while.

Rainbow Camouflage

You wouldn't think that being the colour of a rainbow would be good camouflage, but it isn't easy to see these two Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) attacking the almonds.

Loch Quilt Hanging

Went to the 10th (and last) Loch Quilt hanging.

Walking

Late afternoon walk with four dogs.

Wirraway

A Wirraway without its wings or tail. Not something I expected to see while out on a walk.


The plane belongs to the Melbourne Museum. They do have the other bits of it. I had heard that the museum had a storage facility somewhere in the northern suburbs, and I guess I know where it is now.

Correa

Correa "Dusky Bells" allegedly flowers from winter to spring. Mine is covered in flowers, at the height of summer.

Skip Rescue

New leaf opening on a Monstera deliciosa rescued from a skip. Photo side-on courtesy of Blogger.


I couldn't get the whole plant out of the skip, so I cut off what I could. Two of those cuttings are now growing.

Chocolate Required!

After an interview which really is probably best forgotten, I was glad I still had some of these left.


They've lasted for a while; I think they were given to me on the 10th December.

Skirt

Finished the skirt I was sewing at Sewjourn.

It hangs straighter on me than it was hanging on the line.