12 April 2020

67. Happy Easter Chicks



In a house on a hill on a farm, there’s a garage. In that garage, there’s a nest in a toolbox.

01 April 2020

65. Nest in a Toolbox: Part 2



In my previous post, I said we were in for hard times, for sorrow and sad times. This week I lost my mother, the dearest woman in the world to me.

25 March 2020

64. Nest in a Toolbox


“Life is always a rich and steady time while you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.” Charlotte’s Web E.B White


This is not a steady time but one of rapid and radical change. 
Even so, I can’t wait for hatch-day.  

It won’t be long, nearly time now.

23 March 2020

63. Seagulls on the Shore



Heading home to the farm again, I start crying in the car. Eyes too clouded to drive, I pull over at a boat landing on Lake Macquarie. 

01 March 2020

62. In a Hurry Honeys




Coming back from a weekend walk, two White-plumed Honeyeaters flew past my ear. Both came close enough for me to hear the wind beneath their wings. In a manic rush to mate and nest, they collide with things like windows and me.

18 February 2020

61. Rainbows in the Rain




Swarms of bees, wasps, hornets and ants surrounded the house last month. Looking to move their hives or nests closer to water, they sent me gaga. 

25 January 2020

60. Perfect Preening



We had a new India Blue Peacock. Mr Popples liked hiding in the back garden; but popped his blue head up every once in a while to surprise me. In the garage he blocked me from driving to work. Demanding food for rite of passage, he became the gatekeeper. The bird was out of favour. Then I saw him preening.