Deirdre

@dstraughan

Survived 40 years in tech, having opinions online even longer. Born in New Orleans, I've lived in Thailand, Bangladesh, India, 17 years in Italy. I now mostly post about living and gardening in Australia. She. Lots about me on my website beginningwithi.com

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Deirdre@dstraughan· 1d

Then the lorikeets showed up in force, seven or eight of them, and that was the end of eating in peace for the kings.

Deirdre@dstraughan· 1d

I had a feeling I was being watched.

Four king parrots, silhouetted in the branches of a Jacaranda tree

Deirdre@dstraughan· 2d

A flock of TEN king parrots showed up (I could not get them all in one photo/video)

Deirdre@dstraughan· 6d

Interesting — the lorikeets are usually fearless, I’ve seen them take on cockatoos. And the king parrots are shy. But this lorikeet seems afraid to interrupt a feast of seeds he’d clearly like to join #australianbirds

Deirdre@dstraughan· 13d

Commodore 64 - the new generation (this is Brendan’s - I had a Vic 20, mostly used for CompuServe)

Deirdre@dstraughan· 15d

Went to this year’s Archibald/Suleiman/Wynn show. I enjoy tte variety of styles and people gathered in one show.

Vibrant portrait of an older musician seated with an acoustic guitar, surrounded by speakers, a mixing desk, and a piano in a recording studio.

Realistic painting
Of of a relaxed greyhound lounging in a floral upholstered armchair against a dry Australian landscape. The dog and chair almost blend into the landscape

Painting of a bearded man holding a young child’s hand, walking between two contrasting urban landscapes framed by glowing circular arches.

Portrait of a smiling man seated in a room lined floor-to-ceiling with neatly labelled archival boxes, with a leafy garden visible through the window.

Deirdre@dstraughan· 21d

I love how we get these useful PSAs in public bathrooms #australia #healthcare

Sign with a photo of 4 various women. Text: Everyone experiences perimenopause differently. And where you can get more info

Deirdre@dstraughan· 28d

The local lorikeets are becoming braver. As long as they don’t become brats like the cockatoos… #australianwildlife #birds

Deirdre@dstraughan· Jul 17

More Aus native plants in my garden: Silky Hakea (Hakea sericea) and Acacia linifolia

A plant with long needle leaves and tiny white loopy flowers

Another plant with long needle leaves and small white puffball flowers

Deirdre@dstraughan· Jul 13

Australian native plants settling in and blooming in my garden: native indigo and Westringia longifolia #GardeningAustralia

The plant with long stems bearing small oval leaves and magenta flowers

I plant with needle like leaves and bluish white small flowers

Deirdre@dstraughan· Jun 13

Brush tail possum in the mango tree - can’t get much more Aussie than this

Brush tail possum peeking out from the dense mango leaves, at night

Deirdre@dstraughan· Jun 11

Sydney Harbour bridge lit up for #vividsydney

Deirdre@dstraughan· Jun 4

20 years ago, Brendan was already sharing his knowledge

page of APC magazine with Brendan’s article on Revving up Solaris

Deirdre@dstraughan· May 4

Mexican tarragon looking lovely, wattle looking… over-eager? Pretty sure it shouldn’t be budding quite so early. #bloomscrolling

Plant with long stems covered in long narrow leaves and small bright yellow blooms

Branches with long slender leaves and many tiny yellow buds

Deirdre@dstraughan· May 1

My beloved bougainvillea is blooming again. Not as spectacularly as in the spring, but always pretty #bloomscrolling

Branch of bougainvillea with red-magenta bracts

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 30

Another native I’ve planted is Melaleuca thymifolia, aka Thyme Honey-myrtle. This one isn’t mine, saw it in a park #bloomscrolling

A plant with long stems covered in tiny leaves (similar to the leaves of thyme, hence the name) with pale magenta furry looking flowers

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 30

I like our washing machine’s happy little “all done” tune

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 30

Umm, what? (Spotted at Australian Kmart)

A T-shirt inscribed San Francisco the city that never backs down California, USA 94109

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 26

Acacia linifolia (flax wattle) planted 10 weeks ago as part of my project to nativize the garden is already blooming #bloomscrolling

A plant with two long stems with long needle, like leaves all over and clusters of small puffy white flowers and buds

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 18

Was amused to find at our local Big W that data storage still means CDs and cases to put them in

A shop display of blank, writable CDs and CD cases

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 17

If you look closely, there are five kookaburras in the first picture and four in the second

Evening scene on our deck with three kookaburra’s perched on the rail and two watching from beyond

Sunset, two kookaburra’s on the rail and two in the tree silhouette against the sunset

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 15

It’s dark enough now to see the fires generating the smoke

Dark horizon with the lights of houses on a hill, beyond it, the last edges of sunset with a bright red fire and black smoke

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 15

Looks dramatic but this is a planned burn underway and presumably under control

Sunset on the horizon with dark clouds of smoke rising

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 15

Late summer garden in Sydney #bloomscrolling

tall greenery topped with flowers: light, magenta, cosmos, zinnias in

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 12

It’s a gorgeous clear dry night, so here’s the Milky Way and the Southern Cross

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 11

Spot the beautiful misfit. Not sure how this flower happened, but I’ll damn sure collect seeds to regrow it next season #BloomScrolling

A clump of zinnias with magenta petals fading to white at their tips. One blossom in the corner of the frame is different

Close up on the oddball, whose petals go from magenta near the center to scarlet to yellow

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 6

I’m not much at flower arranging, but I did grow all the flowers: Dahlia, zinnia, and Tithonia #bloomscrolling

A small white ceramic vase with three blooms in shades of salmon, bright orange, and pink

Deirdre@dstraughan· Apr 5

Possibly the world’s greatest view from a railway station

Sydney Harbour and the Opera House from Circular Quay station

Deirdre@dstraughan· Mar 26

A perfect late summer day in Cronulla #australia