A native orchid has just popped up

This is a native orchid that has appeared for the first time in our garden. The orchid is called The spotted hyacinth orchid. How fortunate to have that just appear in our garden. It hasn’t just popped up, I wrote this in May and forgot to post it.  The orchid is still there.

Reads during May in 2020

I didn’t do much reading during May but these are the books that I finished. The Journey by Josephine Cox Outlander by Diana Gabaldon  (I started this in January 2017 and have just returned to it and finished it very quickly.  Not quite sure why I left it, maybe because it was a really thick…

Metung Hot Springs. . . evidence of action.

I have posted previously about the hot springs project here in Metung but this post will let you see that some action is now taking place. This is the area behind this particular sign. There are other signs at other parts of the Hot Springs location. The grass has been mowed and some of the…

A rare visitor to the garden

The Gang-gang. The gang gang is a bird and the name Gang–gang comes from a New South Wales Aboriginal language, either Ngunnawal or Wiradjuri. It is possible both language groups called it that. We have not seen gang-gangs in our garden previously and were delighted when a flock appeared in the garden. It was only a…

A new attachment for my bike

The second part of a recent purchase arrived in the mail yesterday so I was finally able to complete the back attachment for my bike.  The first part, the beam rack with side frame, arrived a couple of weeks ago and I had been waiting for the actual bag to arrive. This shows the beam…

Something I haven’t tried before

I have embarked on what I think will turn out to be a real challenge for me.  Intarsia knitting.  I have knitted a fair bit of fair isle in my time but have never before tried intarsia. For those of you who are not acquainted with intarsia this link will give you an idea of…