Bit ahead of my time but still very much in use in the 50s.

A ventral view of Bubas bison, a winter-active dung beetle. The beetle itself helps control enteric parasites and other dung breeding pests. The wingless phonetic mites attached to the beetle hitch rides to the next dung pad where they, too, consume fly and other eggs.

E. caesia (Silver Princess) growing in a Kingsley, Perth, garden.

Absolutely irrational that those who mostly believe politicians are looking out for themselves support One Nation!

A touch of the exotic under the Liquid Amber.

Obviously this page was well used when the kids were small!

My old trusty red Nursing Mothers cookbook has a recipe for 'healthy' ice-cream.

I noticed my Liquid Ambers' leaves are colouring red on the east side of the tree first (W. Aust). Is this an expected natural phenomenon?

You can't beat roses!

Dung beetles pretty fantastic, too.

Took a photo of mine this week. In blossom, leaves to follow. Also known as the Love tree, it was given to my by a friend when my husband died in 2009. As you can see - a small tree but steeped in sentiment!

My grandsons after a few days apart. Fills your heart with love and hope!

It's a bit early for orchids in south west Australia!

So whose decision was it to preference One Nation?

Won't be in a rush to come back to this fuel stop. How widespread ate these signs?

Mutant Liberals ensuring a good feed when putting foot in mouth!

Sisyphus rubrus, translocated from NSW, released on WA cattle properties. These 'roller' dung beetles differ from tunnelling species in how they disrupt a dung pad.

So do I!

Took hourly photos of a dung pad this morning, starting with fresh droppings at 8.15. Onthophagus taurus (black beetles) and Euoniticellus fulvus (golden) had demolished it by 12.15pm. One of many benefits of these little fellows is destroying bush and stable fly breeding habitat.

About to start the summer job - killing blackberry (keeping an eye out for Tiger snakes!) - and cursing those colonials who thought it would be a good idea to introduce into Australia!

A sweet high performer.

Week 1 of school holidays! Whether this is due to his insatiable thirst for learning (an incidental conversation yesterday) or due to the note in otherwise excellent report, encouraging him to work on spelling, is unknown. Kids keep scores, builds their self image, may not be the data schools seek!

A bit of colour in my day.

Granddaughter off to kindergarten with her show and tell we assembled on her Grandma day!

Where are all the biochar enthusiasts?