Day 25

We brought our horse a new bale of millet, I think he likes it.

My wife took this shot of one of our dogs.
His name is Paco, he is out lizard hunting.

Day 24

So what did you do with your Sunday?

I need to make more room for the deck, it comes out to about where the trailer is.

We're going to the moon baby.

Day 23

An Aussie icon the Akubra.

First they take about fourteen rabbits and squish em all together

then they smack em flat with a really big hammer.

They then put the flat rabbits into a press and just like magic out comes a hat.

OK today I thought I would take two shots just so you can see how well the back yard is growing

and how hard it can be to spot these little birds.

 

Not my best pic but it shows just how hard it can be.

My hat goes off to Harry he is truly a master.

Day 22

I was looking for a shot late this afternoon when I noticed the sunset and thought it was very pretty.

Unfortunately I can't really do sunsets because of all the foreground trees. Then I saw this reflection in the bus window and it really caught my eye.

Reminds me of somewhere in Africa that I have yet to visit.

This was the hardest to shot bird yet, he was so well hidden that I would be less then a foot away

and not see him and then he would jump up fly off to the next tree. 

His face is a real yellow but hard to bring it out without blowing out the greens,

and the baby is asleep in my lap. :)

Day 21

This was on fire a few weeks ago while we were in town

but I never knew about it until we saw it on the news. :(

I had to wait a while for them to wake up and start moving around.

I think it was worth it.

They are a fruit bat or flying fox very noisy and they stink a bit,

if you are lucky to have fig trees then they will come and eat all the figs

and get pissed on the fermented ones

and then crap all over your car and eat away at the paint.

We don't have any near us these guy are about 100km away. :)

There is about a hundred just hanging about in three trees grouped together

with inter twining branches.

Day 20

OK I have finished all the wiring for the pool and house pumps and the solar heating.

I decided to make a box out of some aluminum  that I had

and I think it worked out very nicely.

This is a galah  they are a very friendly bird and live to about 80 years old.

This one was very curious to see what I was doing.

A very pretty bird, unless you are neighbors then they are noisy and destuctive.

I did some satellite installation work and you wouldn't believe the damage they can do to your wiring.

I knew a guy that had spent about $5000 on a tower and antennas for his TV and radio and the galahs and cockatoos just destroyed it in less then a week. All because he didn't about $5 worth of bird protection.

 

Day 19

OK I'm not very happy with this shot but my whites are getting whiter.

I think better light then an energy saver bulb would help.

The candle holder might be better in a low-key shot.

 This little bird has been around for a while he's the one that craps on our car mirrors.

I finaly shot him today, not quite the way I wanted to but I don't have a gun license so it will have to do

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