pygmy blue tongue lizard in the mid north of sa and the frogmouth owl next door

pepe said:

pygmy blue tongue lizard in the mid north of sa and the frogmouth owl next door

didn’t know blue tongue lizards came in pygmy size, cute.

gotta love those frogmouths too.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

pygmy blue tongue lizard in the mid north of sa and the frogmouth owl next door

didn’t know blue tongue lizards came in pygmy size, cute. gotta love those frogmouths too.

the pygmy blue tongues are very rare and my daughter helped a researcher study them. that’s a photo of the adult on my daughter’s knee – five babies fit in the palm of your hand.

nice one pepe, gotta love the ol’ Tawny Frogmouths :)

COOL

pain master said:

nice one pepe, gotta love the ol’ Tawny Frogmouths :)

I can remember a couple that lived in the trees if my childhood home and my father telling me that it was an honour as they are so shy.

some idea of size – mumma and young

pepe said:

some idea of size – mumma and young

they really are pygmy sized! Sweet!

pepe said:

pygmy blue tongue lizard in the mid north of sa and the frogmouth owl next door

The lizard looks as though he lost part of his tail at first glance. I know it’s only the shadow in the pic. The old frogmouth is convinced no one can see him.

pepe said:

some idea of size – mumma and young

They’re minature aren’t they?

You have lots of cool critters are you place, I found a lizard the other week in one of my pot plants, get a few but you really have to be on the lookout to see them :)

Aww those bluetongues are cute! You did well to spot the Frogmouth, Pepe, never mind photographing him!

summer broccoli – probably edible but not salable – unusual colouration due to heat and lack of water

the subject is maturity. i noticed last evening that i can now, after five years, walk around here and feel as tho’ there is height and depth in my garden

pepe said:

the subject is maturity. i noticed last evening that i can now, after five years, walk around here and feel as tho’ there is height and depth in my garden

Is that a Bogan flowering in shot 2?

more height and depth – bouganvillea – carobs – the perimeter walk – citrus, sunflowers and hollyhocks

pain master said:

pepe said:

the subject is maturity. i noticed last evening that i can now, after five years, walk around here and feel as tho’ there is height and depth in my garden

Is that a Bogan flowering in shot 2?

yes – we have two sorts – the one on the left is a climber but on the right is a sort of shrub like thing that will be replaced by another climber that will stick to climbing the fence line. they make an excellent security fence – turn an ordinary fence into a barbed wire one with their thorns.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

the subject is maturity. i noticed last evening that i can now, after five years, walk around here and feel as tho’ there is height and depth in my garden

Is that a Bogan flowering in shot 2?

yes – we have two sorts – the one on the left is a climber but on the right is a sort of shrub like thing that will be replaced by another climber that will stick to climbing the fence line. they make an excellent security fence – turn an ordinary fence into a barbed wire one with their thorns.

Well I’ve been to Bougainville, and they don’t flower like that over there!

Well I’ve been to Bougainville, and they don’t flower like that over there!
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odd ? – they are a care free bunch of flowers here in adelaide. some beautiful colours have been developed including a lemon colour. we probably should sound the weed alert siren – but heavy pruning seems to contain them.

and finally – some new stuff – part of the late summer garden – lemons coming on.

pepe said:

the subject is maturity. i noticed last evening that i can now, after five years, walk around here and feel as tho’ there is height and depth in my garden

There certainly is height and depth Pepe, it looks great!

How big is your place Pepe ??

pepe said:

the subject is maturity. i noticed last evening that i can now, after five years, walk around here and feel as tho’ there is height and depth in my garden

Excellent job Pepe. The first pic makes me want to walk that path and through the gate to whatever lies beyond.

The Estate said:

How big is your place Pepe ??

thanks pomolo and OC40.
it’s 2 acres thee – too big at times altho’ i used to have 26 acres. i’ve got a million jobs on the go and just have to finish all off – ah hum – maybe next year – groan.

pepe said:

The Estate said:

How big is your place Pepe ??

thanks pomolo and OC40.
it’s 2 acres thee – too big at times altho’ i used to have 26 acres. i’ve got a million jobs on the go and just have to finish all off – ah hum – maybe next year – groan.

wow lucky you, and I know what you mean, my burb block more than big enough for thee on her own, but some times, quite often, I wish I have more room so I could do way with my 500 odd or so pot plants and hanging baskets LOL

wish I have more room so I could do way with my 500 odd or so pot plants and hanging baskets LOL
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500? – thinks to himself ‘ i could help thee out there’ – chuckle – your garden is fantastic but 500 pots do represent a lot of watering time.
any rain your way?

pepe said:

wish I have more room so I could do way with my 500 odd or so pot plants and hanging baskets LOL
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500? – thinks to himself ‘ i could help thee out there’ – chuckle – your garden is fantastic but 500 pots do represent a lot of watering time.
any rain your way?

Yes thanks Pepe, quite a bit overnight and this morning, gardens are singing joyfully YaY

when the nights get longer and the days shorter i remember chopping wood in the frigid rain. not good. it’s best to chop now while the wood is dry.

pepe said:

when the nights get longer and the days shorter i remember chopping wood in the frigid rain. not good. it’s best to chop now while the wood is dry.

or as in my case, flick the switch on the frigid rainy days. I miss my wood fire (but not the accompanying mess, I have to admit)

:(

or as in my case, flick the switch on the frigid rainy days. I miss my wood fire (but not the accompanying mess, I have to admit)
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we are a dying breed us woodchoppers. there is something euphoric about wood heat that justifies the mess.

pepe said:

or as in my case, flick the switch on the frigid rainy days. I miss my wood fire (but not the accompanying mess, I have to admit)
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we are a dying breed us woodchoppers. there is something euphoric about wood heat that justifies the mess.

Growing up I can remember my brother taking the old Bedford truck out and spending the morning or afternoon with an axe and coming home with the truck loaded with wood for the old “donkey” for our hot water. After a few years he was given a chainsaw. …… same truck though.

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

or as in my case, flick the switch on the frigid rainy days. I miss my wood fire (but not the accompanying mess, I have to admit)
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we are a dying breed us woodchoppers. there is something euphoric about wood heat that justifies the mess.

Growing up I can remember my brother taking the old Bedford truck out and spending the morning or afternoon with an axe and coming home with the truck loaded with wood for the old “donkey” for our hot water. After a few years he was given a chainsaw. …… same truck though.

It was MrBL’s job, as a boy, to chop the wood for the day.

bubba louie said:

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

or as in my case, flick the switch on the frigid rainy days. I miss my wood fire (but not the accompanying mess, I have to admit)
—-
we are a dying breed us woodchoppers. there is something euphoric about wood heat that justifies the mess.

Growing up I can remember my brother taking the old Bedford truck out and spending the morning or afternoon with an axe and coming home with the truck loaded with wood for the old “donkey” for our hot water. After a few years he was given a chainsaw. …… same truck though.

It was MrBL’s job, as a boy, to chop the wood for the day.

Kids have it soft that way now a days…………………just screwed other ways.

pepe said:

or as in my case, flick the switch on the frigid rainy days. I miss my wood fire (but not the accompanying mess, I have to admit)
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we are a dying breed us woodchoppers. there is something euphoric about wood heat that justifies the mess.

I know but I live in a rental property with no wood fire…I have no choice

AnneS said:

pepe said:

when the nights get longer and the days shorter i remember chopping wood in the frigid rain. not good. it’s best to chop now while the wood is dry.

or as in my case, flick the switch on the frigid rainy days. I miss my wood fire (but not the accompanying mess, I have to admit)

:(

another neat freak LmaO

picking my first -
lebanese cuey
dwarf beans
broccoli
and a few toms.
my toms are up to their usual wilting and the celery is definitely better in winter than in summer here.

a full wood shed and the new 90K litre rw tank.
the tank is not connected to the downpipies yet and i have to spread some 10mm crushed rock around the base – then buy and connect the pump so everything runs off the rainwater. so a fair bit of work to come.

good looking tank there!

pain master said:

good looking tank there!

thanks – the plumber who will help with the installation says he gets good mileage out of a 20K litre tank so i’m hopeful that this will provide all our water needs for 9 months of the year – provided rain comes of course.

pepe said:

a full wood shed and the new 90K litre rw tank.
the tank is not connected to the downpipies yet and i have to spread some 10mm crushed rock around the base – then buy and connect the pump so everything runs off the rainwater. so a fair bit of work to come.

two great achievements there :)

Oh thats one flash tank!
Beauty pepe!!

pepe said:

a full wood shed and the new 90K litre rw tank.
the tank is not connected to the downpipies yet and i have to spread some 10mm crushed rock around the base – then buy and connect the pump so everything runs off the rainwater. so a fair bit of work to come.

Oh wow looks great:D That tank is huge as.

pepe said:

a full wood shed and the new 90K litre rw tank.
the tank is not connected to the downpipies yet and i have to spread some 10mm crushed rock around the base – then buy and connect the pump so everything runs off the rainwater. so a fair bit of work to come.

Planning ahead ther Pepe. I thought only women did that. You’re earning good brownie points now!

Kudos for your woodshed and your rain tank, Pepe!

I love visiting Pepe’s garden:D

Planning ahead ther Pepe. I thought only women did that. You’re earning good brownie points now!
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i must admit that my statement about men being able to plan a beautiful garden has fallen flat. my late summer vege patch never did get the interwoven swatches of colour i had originally planned. there might be something in the female claim that they plan and plant better ornamental gardens then men.

thanks for the comments on the tank and wood. the tank has now got its surround of crushed rock to prevent erosion and deter rodents. connection of the downpipes comes next.

speccy sunset here tonight

pepe said:

speccy sunset here tonight

real purty pepe :) Love it!

pepe said:

speccy sunset here tonight

That’s gorgeous pepe. Nearly as good as the one’s I get here!

pepe said:

speccy sunset here tonight

Never get them like that round here.

a speccy sunset

we don’t see many like that either pomolo.
sorry if i keep leaving the forum without notice – i don’t wait for replies which makes me a lousy conversationalist – but people phone, there are tings to do and sometimes outside is better than inside.

pepe said:

a speccy sunset

we don’t see many like that either pomolo.
sorry if i keep leaving the forum without notice – i don’t wait for replies which makes me a lousy conversationalist – but people phone, there are tings to do and sometimes outside is better than inside.

I fit into that catagory too Pepe. I’m no good at waiting around.

there’s a lot of veg just on the point of fruiting here.

cueys, beans (dwarf and climbing), zuchs, rock melon, butternut, late corn and capsicums.

so i’ve been weeding, mulching, seaweeding and liquid fertilising everything as well as taking the time to water down the mulch. hopefully we will start to eat all this stuff in the next week or two.

strawbs have finished fruiting but are sending out strong runners.
bluddy raspberries and watermelon are just running without the promise of producing anything.

pepe said:

there’s a lot of veg just on the point of fruiting here.

cueys, beans (dwarf and climbing), zuchs, rock melon, butternut, late corn and capsicums.

so i’ve been weeding, mulching, seaweeding and liquid fertilising everything as well as taking the time to water down the mulch. hopefully we will start to eat all this stuff in the next week or two.

strawbs have finished fruiting but are sending out strong runners.
bluddy raspberries and watermelon are just running without the promise of producing anything.

We’re running neck and neck Pepe. Only my raspberries are gone and we’re eating butternuts already. They are so sweet and have a beaut texture. Not watery.
I don’t have corn or watermelons this year. No room.

We’re running neck and neck Pepe. Only my raspberries are gone and we’re eating butternuts already. They are so sweet and have a beaut texture. Not watery.
I don’t have corn or watermelons this year. No room.
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i have a few little butternuts formed and they are my favourite pumpkin too.

the old corn and sunflowers in the exotic fruit tree orchard have been chafted up with the mower.
probably peas, broad beans and barley will be planted between the rows of the orchard this winter.

figs are the flavour of the month here – we have picked and eaten about 30 of these. so far the score is us thirty – birds and ants zero.

pepe said:

figs are the flavour of the month here – we have picked and eaten about 30 of these. so far the score is us thirty – birds and ants zero.

Yum.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

figs are the flavour of the month here – we have picked and eaten about 30 of these. so far the score is us thirty – birds and ants zero.

Yum.

Hehe – in my garden it’s probably birds 40, ants 40. Humans 0. The dog has gotten a whole bunch of fig on her fur, too – not sure if she’s eaten any though.

morning
i saw two little (moth size) bats this morning.
i was having coffee on the verandah, just as the sky was brightening, when a couple of flashes came down from behind me. the bats move so fast that you only glimpse them for a second and your left with an image of their phantom flight path. they are living in the eaves somewhere..

i’m picking about 6 lebanese cucumbers a day at present.

Hehe – in my garden it’s probably birds 40, ants 40. Humans 0. The dog has gotten a whole bunch of fig on her fur, too – not sure if she’s eaten any though.
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ants scored one overnight so they have been discovered. the fruit are pretty well hidden by the leaves and the birds haven’t realised they are ripe because these figs are ripe when green.

picked these today from a couple of lebanese cuey plants growing next to each other.

pepe said:

picked these today from a couple of lebanese cuey plants growing next to each other.

you picklin some ??

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

picked these today from a couple of lebanese cuey plants growing next to each other.

you picklin some ??

testing this is thee HERE

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

picked these today from a couple of lebanese cuey plants growing next to each other.

you picklin some ??

testing this is thee HERE

Bev forgets to log out again at Thees LOL

The Estate said:

Bev forgets to log out again at Thees LOL

sorry Thee :(

bluegreen said:

The Estate said:

Bev forgets to log out again at Thees LOL

sorry Thee :(

Tis okies, I could have said I was a bitch using your log in Lmao , back to onions, making me cry ….

pepe said:

morning
i saw two little (moth size) bats this morning.
i was having coffee on the verandah, just as the sky was brightening, when a couple of flashes came down from behind me. the bats move so fast that you only glimpse them for a second and your left with an image of their phantom flight path. they are living in the eaves somewhere..

Awesome!! I love microbats :)

The first summer we lived here, we would always see bats if we walked down to the local dog park at the right time (when it’s almost too dark to see bats) – but we haven’t seen them since that summer :(

pepe said:

ants scored one overnight so they have been discovered. the fruit are pretty well hidden by the leaves and the birds haven’t realised they are ripe because these figs are ripe when green.

Ahh – I think ours are Brown Turkeys – big change in colour when ripe.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

picked these today from a couple of lebanese cuey plants growing next to each other.

you picklin some ??

umm – good idea but we don’t eat pickles.
juicing them with fresh picked carrots.

bon008 said:

pepe said:

morning
i saw two little (moth size) bats this morning.
i was having coffee on the verandah, just as the sky was brightening, when a couple of flashes came down from behind me. the bats move so fast that you only glimpse them for a second and your left with an image of their phantom flight path. they are living in the eaves somewhere..

Awesome!! I love microbats :) The first summer we lived here, we would always see bats if we walked down to the local dog park at the right time (when it’s almost too dark to see bats) – but we haven’t seen them since that summer :(

these microbats have always been in the sky at sunset around here but this is the first time they have been spotted flying out from the house. they are lovable cuties, altho’ not pretty, and valuable insect eaters.

pepe said:

morning
i saw two little (moth size) bats this morning.
i was having coffee on the verandah, just as the sky was brightening, when a couple of flashes came down from behind me. the bats move so fast that you only glimpse them for a second and your left with an image of their phantom flight path. they are living in the eaves somewhere..

i’m picking about 6 lebanese cucumbers a day at present.

We have micro bats here too. They aren’t living in our house though. They come from a clump of trees next door. You can see them fly out. Just a small black blur against the darkening sky in the evening. They are quite noisy too.

pepe said:

picked these today from a couple of lebanese cuey plants growing next to each other.

Good old cuies. We have more than we can consume as well.

bon008 said:

pepe said:

ants scored one overnight so they have been discovered. the fruit are pretty well hidden by the leaves and the birds haven’t realised they are ripe because these figs are ripe when green.

Ahh – I think ours are Brown Turkeys – big change in colour when ripe.

Mines brown turkey too. Ran into a lady who rented our property when we had to move closer to Brisbane for a couple of years. She was raving on about our fig tree and the jam she used to make and fresh ones she used to eat because it got covered in fruit. Aint never happened for us.

pomolo said:

Mines brown turkey too. Ran into a lady who rented our property when we had to move closer to Brisbane for a couple of years. She was raving on about our fig tree and the jam she used to make and fresh ones she used to eat because it got covered in fruit. Aint never happened for us.

Isn’t that always the way? Ours makes HEAPS of fruit but I can’t eat fig (too much fructose – although I don’t really like them anyway) and Mr Bon isn’t especially fond of them. He made jam once but I think the jar is still in the back of the fridge..

I was going to try dehydrating them this year, but I just can’t get the hang of knowing when to pick them.

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

Mines brown turkey too. Ran into a lady who rented our property when we had to move closer to Brisbane for a couple of years. She was raving on about our fig tree and the jam she used to make and fresh ones she used to eat because it got covered in fruit. Aint never happened for us.

Isn’t that always the way? Ours makes HEAPS of fruit but I can’t eat fig (too much fructose – although I don’t really like them anyway) and Mr Bon isn’t especially fond of them. He made jam once but I think the jar is still in the back of the fridge..

I was going to try dehydrating them this year, but I just can’t get the hang of knowing when to pick them.

We pruned our fig so severely this year it is sulking. It has one fig on it.
We call it Fig.1

orchid40 said:

We pruned our fig so severely this year it is sulking. It has one fig on it.
We call it Fig.1

Hehe :) Mine is getting a heavy prune after this season, when all the leaves have dropped. It’s getting too high and also blocking the path.

orchid40 said:

We pruned our fig so severely this year it is sulking. It has one fig on it.
We call it Fig.1

lol! good one o40 :)

orchid40 said:

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

Mines brown turkey too. Ran into a lady who rented our property when we had to move closer to Brisbane for a couple of years. She was raving on about our fig tree and the jam she used to make and fresh ones she used to eat because it got covered in fruit. Aint never happened for us.

Isn’t that always the way? Ours makes HEAPS of fruit but I can’t eat fig (too much fructose – although I don’t really like them anyway) and Mr Bon isn’t especially fond of them. He made jam once but I think the jar is still in the back of the fridge..

I was going to try dehydrating them this year, but I just can’t get the hang of knowing when to pick them.

We pruned our fig so severely this year it is sulking. It has one fig on it.
We call it Fig.1

LOL Orchid!!

You lucky duck, HP! It sounds like a really great computer – enjoy!!!

The Estate said:

orchid40 said:

We pruned our fig so severely this year it is sulking. It has one fig on it.
We call it Fig.1

lol! good one o40 :)

oops! that was me, not Thee!

bluegreen said:

The Estate said:

orchid40 said:

We pruned our fig so severely this year it is sulking. It has one fig on it.
We call it Fig.1

lol! good one o40 :)

oops! that was me, not Thee!

HI BG!

pomolo said:

pepe said:

morning
i saw two little (moth size) bats this morning.
i was having coffee on the verandah, just as the sky was brightening, when a couple of flashes came down from behind me. the bats move so fast that you only glimpse them for a second and your left with an image of their phantom flight path. they are living in the eaves somewhere..

i’m picking about 6 lebanese cucumbers a day at present.

We have micro bats here too. They aren’t living in our house though. They come from a clump of trees next door. You can see them fly out. Just a small black blur against the darkening sky in the evening. They are quite noisy too.

we can hear the microbats and see the fruit bats. Neither are living in the house.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

morning
i saw two little (moth size) bats this morning.
i was having coffee on the verandah, just as the sky was brightening, when a couple of flashes came down from behind me. the bats move so fast that you only glimpse them for a second and your left with an image of their phantom flight path. they are living in the eaves somewhere..

i’m picking about 6 lebanese cucumbers a day at present.

We have micro bats here too. They aren’t living in our house though. They come from a clump of trees next door. You can see them fly out. Just a small black blur against the darkening sky in the evening. They are quite noisy too.

we can hear the microbats and see the fruit bats. Neither are living in the house.

I’d like to put up a bat box in the jac.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

We have micro bats here too. They aren’t living in our house though. They come from a clump of trees next door. You can see them fly out. Just a small black blur against the darkening sky in the evening. They are quite noisy too.

we can hear the microbats and see the fruit bats. Neither are living in the house.

I’d like to put up a bat box in the jac.

When I was in my teens I spent a bit of time in the hols at my cousin’s place. This was back in the days when doors were left open at night, and often a tiny bat would come in and fly around the bedrooms after the lights went out. I wasn’t very impressed with the cane toads that would sometimes hop in as well.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

we can hear the microbats and see the fruit bats. Neither are living in the house.

I’d like to put up a bat box in the jac.

When I was in my teens I spent a bit of time in the hols at my cousin’s place. This was back in the days when doors were left open at night, and often a tiny bat would come in and fly around the bedrooms after the lights went out. I wasn’t very impressed with the cane toads that would sometimes hop in as well.

Those days are gone sadly.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

I’d like to put up a bat box in the jac.

When I was in my teens I spent a bit of time in the hols at my cousin’s place. This was back in the days when doors were left open at night, and often a tiny bat would come in and fly around the bedrooms after the lights went out. I wasn’t very impressed with the cane toads that would sometimes hop in as well.

Those days are gone sadly.

My age is showing.

They did live in a quiet area though.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

When I was in my teens I spent a bit of time in the hols at my cousin’s place. This was back in the days when doors were left open at night, and often a tiny bat would come in and fly around the bedrooms after the lights went out. I wasn’t very impressed with the cane toads that would sometimes hop in as well.

Those days are gone sadly.

My age is showing.

They did live in a quiet area though.

nah call me Paranoid, but living three years behind 15ft concrete walls with 12 strands of electric wire and razor wire on top has left me feeling a little unsure at night times…. and during the day.

Where’s a hungry Rottweiler when you need one.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Those days are gone sadly.

My age is showing.

They did live in a quiet area though.

nah call me Paranoid, but living three years behind 15ft concrete walls with 12 strands of electric wire and razor wire on top has left me feeling a little unsure at night times…. and during the day.

Where’s a hungry Rottweiler when you need one.

They had Rexy. Just a heinz variety but very protective.

It was a bit of a game for my uncle to pretend to attack one of my cousins and one scream would send Rex growling after my uncle.

They’d have to catch him and tell him to calm down. Apart from then he was gentle as they come.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

My age is showing.

They did live in a quiet area though.

nah call me Paranoid, but living three years behind 15ft concrete walls with 12 strands of electric wire and razor wire on top has left me feeling a little unsure at night times…. and during the day.

Where’s a hungry Rottweiler when you need one.

They had Rexy. Just a heinz variety but very protective.

It was a bit of a game for my uncle to pretend to attack one of my cousins and one scream would send Rex growling after my uncle.

They’d have to catch him and tell him to calm down. Apart from then he was gentle as they come.

Met my neighbour’s dog yesterday; his name is Dave which is way cool. He’s 4 months old and the neighbour wants Dave to be good mates with the neighbours, so we had a play. I’ll be seeing Dave through the fence for some time now.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

nah call me Paranoid, but living three years behind 15ft concrete walls with 12 strands of electric wire and razor wire on top has left me feeling a little unsure at night times…. and during the day.

Where’s a hungry Rottweiler when you need one.

They had Rexy. Just a heinz variety but very protective.

It was a bit of a game for my uncle to pretend to attack one of my cousins and one scream would send Rex growling after my uncle.

They’d have to catch him and tell him to calm down. Apart from then he was gentle as they come.

Met my neighbour’s dog yesterday; his name is Dave which is way cool. He’s 4 months old and the neighbour wants Dave to be good mates with the neighbours, so we had a play. I’ll be seeing Dave through the fence for some time now.

I have Bagel through the fence. :)

He’s getting old now. :(

We pruned our fig so severely this year it is sulking. It has one fig on it.
We call it Fig.1
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hehehehe
i pruned mine to one main vertical trunk and one main diagonal trunk. everything else got the chop. worked superbly well.

we can hear the microbats and see the fruit bats. Neither are living in the house.
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only one microbat bat makes a sound – like a 20 cent piece dropping – the rest are communicating in ultrasound which is above our hearing range.

i have a piece of scotia missing and they are small enough to nest there.

When I was in my teens I spent a bit of time in the hols at my cousin’s place. This was back in the days when doors were left open at night, and often a tiny bat would come in and fly around the bedrooms after the lights went out. I wasn’t very impressed with the cane toads that would sometimes hop in as well.
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was there a time when mosquitos didn’t invade houses at night?

we have always left the flyscreens closed.

the neighbour’s big dead gum tree with 100’s of sulphur crested cockies – all screaming at once.
this is a twice a day spectacle at present. they disappear in the winter months.

pepe said:

the neighbour’s big dead gum tree with 100’s of sulphur crested cockies – all screaming at once.
this is a twice a day spectacle at present. they disappear in the winter months.

Hey Pepe, I think somewhere in SA they are going to cull a thousand (I think its a 1000) ….. people think its not enough.

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

the neighbour’s big dead gum tree with 100’s of sulphur crested cockies – all screaming at once.
this is a twice a day spectacle at present. they disappear in the winter months.

Hey Pepe, I think somewhere in SA they are going to cull a thousand (I think its a 1000) ….. people think its not enough.

hey lucky – it’s in strathalbyn.
they are culling them here too – altho’ maybe that’s correllas.

pepe said:

the neighbour’s big dead gum tree with 100’s of sulphur crested cockies – all screaming at once.
this is a twice a day spectacle at present. they disappear in the winter months.

I can imagine the racket!!

pepe said:

we can hear the microbats and see the fruit bats. Neither are living in the house.
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only one microbat bat makes a sound – like a 20 cent piece dropping – the rest are communicating in ultrasound which is above our hearing range.

i have a piece of scotia missing and they are small enough to nest there.

When we go down south, we can hear the bats “ticking” as they swoop down over our heads. I think as I’m getting older though I’m losing the ability to hear them.

pepe said:

we can hear the microbats and see the fruit bats. Neither are living in the house.
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only one microbat bat makes a sound – like a 20 cent piece dropping – the rest are communicating in ultrasound which is above our hearing range.

i have a piece of scotia missing and they are small enough to nest there.

The tiny bats here definately make a high pitched squeeling sound so what is it I’m hearing?

pepe said:

When I was in my teens I spent a bit of time in the hols at my cousin’s place. This was back in the days when doors were left open at night, and often a tiny bat would come in and fly around the bedrooms after the lights went out. I wasn’t very impressed with the cane toads that would sometimes hop in as well.
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was there a time when mosquitos didn’t invade houses at night?

we have always left the flyscreens closed.

They’ve always come inside throughout my life. We all had to have mozie nets over our beds when I was a kid. Now we have screens to do the job. Must say though, there are millions of insects that fit through the screen wire so insects are still a pest at night. Just not big enough for the dog to want to chase.

pepe said:

the neighbour’s big dead gum tree with 100’s of sulphur crested cockies – all screaming at once.
this is a twice a day spectacle at present. they disappear in the winter months.

We have the same thing here Pepe but it’s galahs that use the old leafless gum tree every morning and evening to all gather. They then move to and from the biggest gum on our property to roost each night.
I enjoy their antics but the flock is growing and they can be noisy. They will most likely move on in winter too.

pepe said:

we can hear the microbats and see the fruit bats. Neither are living in the house.
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only one microbat bat makes a sound – like a 20 cent piece dropping – the rest are communicating in ultrasound which is above our hearing range.

i have a piece of scotia missing and they are small enough to nest there.

True? Could it be a tiny bird we hear at night then? Very high pitched peep noises?

pain master said:

pepe said:

we can hear the microbats and see the fruit bats. Neither are living in the house.
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only one microbat bat makes a sound – like a 20 cent piece dropping – the rest are communicating in ultrasound which is above our hearing range.

i have a piece of scotia missing and they are small enough to nest there.

True? Could it be a tiny bird we hear at night then? Very high pitched peep noises?

i was referring to the bats down here.
not sure about queensland ones – they might be a noisy lot.
i remember being in q’land and expecting to see bat hordes flying across the stormy night skies, coming to devour whole plantations. i never did see those lengendary bats we hear about down here.

pepe said:

i was referring to the bats down here.
not sure about queensland ones – they might be a noisy lot.
i remember being in q’land and expecting to see bat hordes flying across the stormy night skies, coming to devour whole plantations. i never did see those lengendary bats we hear about down here.

Oh Okay, and yes those hordes are around, you just need to pick your time of year. My Ma and Pa visited me here in Towntown one year and on their first night in the tropics, we sat down for tea and after, me Mum says “Where’s all the bats?” and I says “Dunno, never seen ‘em yet.”

and 1 minute later, a bat flies past the window, then another and another and soon enough there were a bunch of ‘em hanging off the Mango Tree. The next week, we went to the Tablelands and that night we saw the streams of ‘em, thousands and thousands in a line just flapping across the evening sky.

But since I have seen Bats in Madang, I don’t know if I’ll ever be that impressed again. The Bats in Madang fly 24/7.

But the Bats in Kavieng are the World’s largest with 1 metre wingspans!

>But the Bats in Kavieng are the World’s largest with 1 metre wingspans!

Crikey.

CollieWA said:

>But the Bats in Kavieng are the World’s largest with 1 metre wingspans!

Crikey.

Seeing those buggas at dusk was an awesome sight. Like all bats no grace to their flight, just flap the big velvety wings and loll around the place really.

>Seeing those buggas at dusk was an awesome sight. Like all bats no grace to their flight, just flap the big velvety wings and loll around the place really.

A thousand of them flying overhead is a risk to the tucker laid out on the veranda..

CollieWA said:

>Seeing those buggas at dusk was an awesome sight. Like all bats no grace to their flight, just flap the big velvety wings and loll around the place really.

A thousand of them flying overhead is a risk to the tucker laid out on the veranda..

Interesting enough, the Kavieng Bats were not in huge numbers… I think it is like flies, the larger the Bat the lesser the numbers whereas the smaller the bats, the greater the numbers???? I could be wrong there.

The Madang bats where around the same size as the Qld Bats but the numbers were massive.

and 1 minute later, a bat flies past the window, then another and another and soon enough there were a bunch of ‘em hanging off the Mango Tree. The next week, we went to the Tablelands and that night we saw the streams of ‘em, thousands and thousands in a line just flapping across the evening sky.
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damn i wanted to see that. what season was that?

pain master said:

CollieWA said:

>Seeing those buggas at dusk was an awesome sight. Like all bats no grace to their flight, just flap the big velvety wings and loll around the place really.

A thousand of them flying overhead is a risk to the tucker laid out on the veranda..

Interesting enough, the Kavieng Bats were not in huge numbers… I think it is like flies, the larger the Bat the lesser the numbers whereas the smaller the bats, the greater the numbers???? I could be wrong there.

The Madang bats where around the same size as the Qld Bats but the numbers were massive.

The most bats I have ever seen was in Sid-knee…. in the Botanical Garden. I was so egg-cited when we saw them…. but I didn’t see Vincent Price hanging anywhere:(

pepe said:

and 1 minute later, a bat flies past the window, then another and another and soon enough there were a bunch of ‘em hanging off the Mango Tree. The next week, we went to the Tablelands and that night we saw the streams of ‘em, thousands and thousands in a line just flapping across the evening sky.
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damn i wanted to see that. what season was that?

Mango season, so October to December is a good time to spot Bats. I saw a few last night here in Mangolia but not the streams of ‘em like I saw in Atherton.

Lucky1 said:

The most bats I have ever seen was in Sid-knee…. in the Botanical Garden. I was so egg-cited when we saw them…. but I didn’t see Vincent Price hanging anywhere:(

The Bats are thick in the gardens there, they’re also in big numbers in Charlies Trousers.

>The most bats I have ever seen was in Sid-knee…. in the Botanical Garden. I was so egg-cited when we saw them…. but I didn’t see Vincent Price hanging anywhere:(

For me it was on the veranda of the bar at HMAS Kuttabul, which is just around the corner from the Botanical Garden..

Though there were mobs atMataranka Springs in the NT, but not flying, just hanging up in the trees.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

we can hear the microbats and see the fruit bats. Neither are living in the house.
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only one microbat bat makes a sound – like a 20 cent piece dropping – the rest are communicating in ultrasound which is above our hearing range.

i have a piece of scotia missing and they are small enough to nest there.

True? Could it be a tiny bird we hear at night then? Very high pitched peep noises?

i was referring to the bats down here.
not sure about queensland ones – they might be a noisy lot.
i remember being in q’land and expecting to see bat hordes flying across the stormy night skies, coming to devour whole plantations. i never did see those lengendary bats we hear about down here.

You obviously weren’t in the right place.

pain master said:

pepe said:

and 1 minute later, a bat flies past the window, then another and another and soon enough there were a bunch of ‘em hanging off the Mango Tree. The next week, we went to the Tablelands and that night we saw the streams of ‘em, thousands and thousands in a line just flapping across the evening sky.
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damn i wanted to see that. what season was that?

Mango season, so October to December is a good time to spot Bats. I saw a few last night here in Mangolia but not the streams of ‘em like I saw in Atherton.

I think the big roosts here are in use all year round.

You obviously weren’t in the right place.
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the story of my life LOL.
i am referring to nightmare hordes of blood sucking vampire bats filling the night skies with unearthy screeching – if you are referring to the odd bat or two BL – i did see those.

anyrate – another story – my rooster has returned.
you might – or might not – remember that mumchook had three off spring and the rooster was singled out for a trip to the neighbour’s place to see the tawny frogmouth owls. he escaped and has been eeking out a living in the neighbour’s place for the best part of two months.
today he flew over the fence (chased by a frustrated neighbour) and i herded him in with the other chooks. aspro, the main rooster, is about four times his size and even his two sisters are twice his size due to easy living. his mother attacked him first with feet flying, but no one else has. he’s a sort of out cast but is speedy and so far unhurt…
the story continues tomorrow…….

pepe said:

You obviously weren’t in the right place.
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the story of my life LOL.
i am referring to nightmare hordes of blood sucking vampire bats filling the night skies with unearthy screeching – if you are referring to the odd bat or two BL – i did see those.

anyrate – another story – my rooster has returned.
you might – or might not – remember that mumchook had three off spring and the rooster was singled out for a trip to the neighbour’s place to see the tawny frogmouth owls. he escaped and has been eeking out a living in the neighbour’s place for the best part of two months.
today he flew over the fence (chased by a frustrated neighbour) and i herded him in with the other chooks. aspro, the main rooster, is about four times his size and even his two sisters are twice his size due to easy living. his mother attacked him first with feet flying, but no one else has. he’s a sort of out cast but is speedy and so far unhurt…
the story continues tomorrow…….

So Aspro went walk about or your rooster before him did??????

So Aspro went walk about or your rooster before him did??????
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no – aspro is fine – the young baby rooster i bred from mumchook escaped whilst on tour of the neighbour’s place in my daughter’s arm.

pepe said:

So Aspro went walk about or your rooster before him did??????
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no – aspro is fine – the young baby rooster i bred from mumchook escaped whilst on tour of the neighbour’s place in my daughter’s arm.

Oh i see…..thanks for clearing that up….been an eventful 48 hours here…lol

pepe said:

You obviously weren’t in the right place.
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the story of my life LOL.
i am referring to nightmare hordes of blood sucking vampire bats filling the night skies with unearthy screeching – if you are referring to the odd bat or two BL – i did see those.

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Well they don’t exactly fill the sky but there’s several hundred if you know where to watch. I’ve never heard a bat screech in flight in my life, and I’ve seen a lot of bats.

the young rooster (who lived next door for two months) is a kind of wolf child brought back to civilisation. i think i’ll call him ’Bear’ grillis – a brilliant scavenger – he could go far. everyone including his mother and two sisters attack him but he is totally unruffled – runs – pecks wheat – runs again. he gets more food than those attacking him.

carrot and cucumber juice looks like a green/red/brown liquid and will never be a strong seller but it’s yummy particularly when the veges are just picked. i have a few little pomegranates but they won’t be ripe for months yet – i think?

it’s satty arvo and the cook is busy cooking up some more pesto. ms pepe came with me to the hoarders home supposedly to help load the trailer but actually to have a bopeep. we got the straw and a dozen big timbers plus three boxes of junk viz -
- bricklaying tools
- old galvanised and ceramic bowls for chooks water
- some choice bits of timber for a wood carver friend
- other odds and sods
the old hoarder is sick at ninety plus years and it’s kind of sad to clean up someone else’s junk but i bet millions would be there if they knew about it. the galvanised buckets are 60 years old and still good.

picking a few handfuls of beans each day now – as well as about four lebanese cueys.
no rain here so these chosen plants are getting water every second day

the pumpkins are healthy and spreading and some butternut and zuchs starting to form. these were planted late (in early december)

winter seedlings – a bit scraggly as usual
chooks outnumbered by pesky pigeons
‘bear’ the prodigal son returned to the flock

the late summer garden is overgrown
pots are doing well in semishade

pepe said:

the late summer garden is overgrown
pots are doing well in semishade

Beautiful Pepe, just beautiful :)