peps new dec………….decade that is.

polenta a la newzealand
for a once a week no meat dish this is very tasty. chargrilled veges with yogurt and pesto topping is something we were served in nz and is well tasty.

looks tasty pepe, mind you I ain’t a huge fan of polenta… I like it, just not three slices, so I’ll take just the one thanks.

Hey and nice spidey…

pain master said:

looks tasty pepe, mind you I ain’t a huge fan of polenta… I like it, just not three slices, so I’ll take just the one thanks.

Hey and nice spidey…

ooohhh what a handsome spider:)

ooohhh what a handsome spider:)
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i am able to get better closeups with this camera.

those few hot nights brought out lots of these huntsmen……webs all over the shed and pergola areas in the morning. the amount of wildlife and carnage in the insect population of a hot summer’s night must be staggering.

pepe said:

ooohhh what a handsome spider:)
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i am able to get better closeups with this camera.

those few hot nights brought out lots of these huntsmen……webs all over the shed and pergola areas in the morning. the amount of wildlife and carnage in the insect population of a hot summer’s night must be staggering.

we went for a wander around Queen’s Garden yesterday and the amount of Orb Weaver and Jewel Spiderwebs was pretty impressive, but despite all the sticky tangly webs, the butterflies and mosquitos were numerous.

eremophila
globe artichokes
case moth nest
bbl dinner

pepe said:

eremophila
globe artichokes
case moth nest
bbl dinner

case moth! Kill it!

pain master said:

pepe said:

eremophila
globe artichokes
case moth nest
bbl dinner

case moth! Kill it!

Those big ones never seem to get out of control.

the new tropical garden with bananas, lemongrass and galangal
our biggest wasp
seedless mandarines

pain master said:

pepe said:

eremophila
globe artichokes
case moth nest
bbl dinner

case moth! Kill it!

may not follow that piece of advice.
it’s on its own and i kinda like it.

- salvia will need pruning soon
- looking more and more like black russians
- zucchini flowers – my wife says stuffing them is a stupid idea

pepe said:

- salvia will need pruning soon
- looking more and more like black russians
- zucchini flowers – my wife says stuffing them is a stupid idea

I’ve only had stuffed zucc flowers once but they were delish.

I have a self sown zucchini plant, this is good as the pumpkin is over taking the area the others are in.

pepe said:

- salvia will need pruning soon
- looking more and more like black russians
- zucchini flowers – my wife says stuffing them is a stupid idea

I agree with your wife re zucchini flowers.

pepe said:

the new tropical garden with bananas, lemongrass and galangal
our biggest wasp
seedless mandarines

Hey hey, looks good pepe. I’m thinking of splitting up our lemongrass and planting some in the dukhaus, that and the dianella, it will give the birds somewhere to hide and lay some eggies.

pepe said:

- zucchini flowers – my wife says stuffing them is a stupid idea

smart woman there pepe, she’s onto something. But if you do feel the need to stuff a flower, taken the stamens out first.

pain master said:

pepe said:

- zucchini flowers – my wife says stuffing them is a stupid idea

smart woman there pepe, she’s onto something. But if you do feel the need to stuff a flower, taken the stamens out first.

if your on a diet perhaps, seems a waste, or do you just stuff the males lol

The Estate said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

- zucchini flowers – my wife says stuffing them is a stupid idea

smart woman there pepe, she’s onto something. But if you do feel the need to stuff a flower, taken the stamens out first.

if your on a diet perhaps, seems a waste, or do you just stuff the males lol

no I think some females can do with a good stuffing from time to time… just that the inner workings of these flowers are pretty ‘orrible to taste. It is really only the petals that are good for stuffin’. And dippin’ in batter and deepfryin’.

pepe said:

the new tropical garden with bananas, lemongrass and galangal
our biggest wasp
seedless mandarines

banana looks far to close to the building, i grew mine in the back yard at the last house and they do end up taking up plenty of room :)

pain master said:

The Estate said:

pain master said:

smart woman there pepe, she’s onto something. But if you do feel the need to stuff a flower, taken the stamens out first.

if your on a diet perhaps, seems a waste, or do you just stuff the males lol

no I think some females can do with a good stuffing from time to time… just that the inner workings of these flowers are pretty ‘orrible to taste. It is really only the petals that are good for stuffin’. And dippin’ in batter and deepfryin’.

ohhhhhhhhhh lmfao

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

- salvia will need pruning soon
- looking more and more like black russians
- zucchini flowers – my wife says stuffing them is a stupid idea

I’ve only had stuffed zucc flowers once but they were delish.

its more the time and difficulty in carefully removing the stamen then stuffing, tying etc. probably once a year is enuff – but that once a year should be when the flowers are out – now. probably not going to happen this year.

Lucky1 said:

I have a self sown zucchini plant, this is good as the pumpkin is over taking the area the others are in.

i love the wild jungle garden but this year -
we’re a bit hoity-toity here with our sophisticated italian trellises LOL.

trichome said:

pepe said:

the new tropical garden with bananas, lemongrass and galangal
our biggest wasp
seedless mandarines

banana looks far to close to the building, i grew mine in the back yard at the last house and they do end up taking up plenty of room :)

thanks to the advisors on this panel i never have more than two big bananas. each year the old ones are chopped and kero’ed.
biggest difficulty is getting sufficient fertility in the soil – applied a whole litre of pigeon poo yesterday and buried pellets and compost in the new holes.
the whole thing is a foible a folly. (would love homegrown ginger, lemongrass and bananas tho’)

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

- salvia will need pruning soon
- looking more and more like black russians
- zucchini flowers – my wife says stuffing them is a stupid idea

I’ve only had stuffed zucc flowers once but they were delish.

its more the time and difficulty in carefully removing the stamen then stuffing, tying etc. probably once a year is enuff – but that once a year should be when the flowers are out – now. probably not going to happen this year.

Congratulations on the tomatoes…I thought zucchini flowers were a type of dish, didn’t realize until 2010 MasterChef was well along, that it’s really flowers that are stuffed…I’m with Ms Pepe…

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

I have a self sown zucchini plant, this is good as the pumpkin is over taking the area the others are in.

i love the wild jungle garden but this year -
we’re a bit hoity-toity here with our sophisticated italian trellises LOL.

So how are the trellises working Pepe? After the mess our tomatoes end up in I was thinking of using a type of climbing frame for ours.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

I have a self sown zucchini plant, this is good as the pumpkin is over taking the area the others are in.

i love the wild jungle garden but this year -
we’re a bit hoity-toity here with our sophisticated italian trellises LOL.

So how are the trellises working Pepe? After the mess our tomatoes end up in I was thinking of using a type of climbing frame for ours.

Can we see some more pics of the trellis… might think about it for our next tomato season.???

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

I have a self sown zucchini plant, this is good as the pumpkin is over taking the area the others are in.

i love the wild jungle garden but this year -
we’re a bit hoity-toity here with our sophisticated italian trellises LOL.

So how are the trellises working Pepe? After the mess our tomatoes end up in I was thinking of using a type of climbing frame for ours.

toms, cueys and beans are all going well on trellises and that does leave a tidier looking garden. a lot of pruning and tying every second day tho.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

i love the wild jungle garden but this year -
we’re a bit hoity-toity here with our sophisticated italian trellises LOL.

So how are the trellises working Pepe? After the mess our tomatoes end up in I was thinking of using a type of climbing frame for ours.

toms, cueys and beans are all going well on trellises and that does leave a tidier looking garden. a lot of pruning and tying every second day tho.

I still think I’d like to try doing it. Our toms always end up top heavy and fall all over the place.

two attempts at trellissing and photographing same.

- cucumbers need a long lowish frame. this series of three tripods with string running between is ok – but could be better. (toms on frame in background)

- beans on a frame of five posts with string tied between posts. worked brilliantly as soon as the beans taught me to put in vertical strings.

pepe said:

two attempts at trellissing and photographing same.

- cucumbers need a long lowish frame. this series of three tripods with string running between is ok – but could be better. (toms on frame in background)

- beans on a frame of five posts with string tied between posts. worked brilliantly as soon as the beans taught me to put in vertical strings.

food for thought = lovely.

my two tomato trellisses

- a series of a-frames with tomato bush on each stake. silly because its much easier to drive the stakes in vertically and there is no advantage doing them on the lean.
the soil between the stakes is exceptionally well prepared and watered with a soaker hose – good ideas.

- winter brandywines on a north facing fence with a return made of pallets. its working and they are producing well. these were poorly pruned for a start.

pepe said:

my two tomato trellisses

- a series of a-frames with tomato bush on each stake. silly because its much easier to drive the stakes in vertically and there is no advantage doing them on the lean.
the soil between the stakes is exceptionally well prepared and watered with a soaker hose – good ideas.

- winter brandywines on a north facing fence with a return made of pallets. its working and they are producing well. these were poorly pruned for a start.

pepe, what will stop the outside trellis supports from falling in once the toms get taller? They’re gonna put a fair bit of weight on those externals?

pain master said:

pepe, what will stop the outside trellis supports from falling in once the toms get taller? They’re gonna put a fair bit of weight on those externals?

P1 – hey my case moth moved – and a caterpillar head emerged
P2 – painmaster – a ridge beam has been inserted at the top of the a frames to support the weight of the growing toms
P3 – steel posts with a webbing of string has been my best trellis – this year.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe, what will stop the outside trellis supports from falling in once the toms get taller? They’re gonna put a fair bit of weight on those externals?

P1 – hey my case moth moved – and a caterpillar head emerged
P2 – painmaster – a ridge beam has been inserted at the top of the a frames to support the weight of the growing toms
P3 – steel posts with a webbing of string has been my best trellis – this year.

cool looks good… I think Mangolia will adopt the pepetrellis idea.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe, what will stop the outside trellis supports from falling in once the toms get taller? They’re gonna put a fair bit of weight on those externals?

P1 – hey my case moth moved – and a caterpillar head emerged
P2 – painmaster – a ridge beam has been inserted at the top of the a frames to support the weight of the growing toms
P3 – steel posts with a webbing of string has been my best trellis – this year.

Gosh your garden is looking Fab there Pepe:)

Gosh your garden is looking Fab there Pepe:)

cool looks good… I think Mangolia will adopt the pepetrellis idea.

thanks
- like i said – the downside (and upside) to trellissing is

- you spend an hour every second day (approx) tying up the toms, cueys, beans and climbing peas if you have some.

picking is easier because you don’t have to bend
- and the garden is more controlled with more ground space free for walkways etc.

pepe said:

each year the old ones are chopped and kero’ed. (would love homegrown ginger, lemongrass and bananas tho’)

if you anywhere in the sub tropics/tropics then i’d say no problem,
i think that Tino at G.A. has a lot to answer for, trying to grow bananas way too far out of their zone

kero, hmm, that would be a littte unstable :)

trichome said:

pepe said:

each year the old ones are chopped and kero’ed. (would love homegrown ginger, lemongrass and bananas tho’)

if you anywhere in the sub tropics/tropics then i’d say no problem,
i think that Tino at G.A. has a lot to answer for, trying to grow bananas way too far out of their zone

kero, hmm, that would be a littte unstable :)

north of adelaide.
kero is applied neat to a hole in the chopped off trunk.

gino’s only as mad as the rest of us LOL.

Looks healthy and green, Might try that here as well at the end of the year.

pain master said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe, what will stop the outside trellis supports from falling in once the toms get taller? They’re gonna put a fair bit of weight on those externals?

P1 – hey my case moth moved – and a caterpillar head emerged
P2 – painmaster – a ridge beam has been inserted at the top of the a frames to support the weight of the growing toms
P3 – steel posts with a webbing of string has been my best trellis – this year.

cool looks good… I think Mangolia will adopt the pepetrellis idea.

I’m reserving my opinion for a while. I haven’t quite got a picture in my mind yet.

pepe said:

Gosh your garden is looking Fab there Pepe:)

cool looks good… I think Mangolia will adopt the pepetrellis idea.

thanks
- like i said – the downside (and upside) to trellissing is

- you spend an hour every second day (approx) tying up the toms, cueys, beans and climbing peas if you have some.

picking is easier because you don’t have to bend
- and the garden is more controlled with more ground space free for walkways etc.

I like the sound of that control. I think I’m a control freak anyway.

I like the sound of that control. I think I’m a control freak anyway.
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chuckle.
it would be nice to control everything – but then you end up with a hydroponic hothouse – air conditioned.
the vertical garden is another way of
- maximising space
- minimising back bending
i kinda like it.
now would be the time to invest in a few long stakes. any waste steel, cypress branches etc are worth considering if over 2m in length.

from right – beans, zucchini, continental cucumber and tomatoes.
the front lot of toms are black russian (i hope) and romas. the others are delicious winter brandywine toms.
i haven’t picked any corn yet but some is just ripe i believe.
capsicums and eggplant are a long way off.

pepe said:

from right – beans, zucchini, continental cucumber and tomatoes.
the front lot of toms are black russian (i hope) and romas. the others are delicious winter brandywine toms.
i haven’t picked any corn yet but some is just ripe i believe.
capsicums and eggplant are a long way off.

Luscious tomatoes…I understood that the BrandyWines were excellent hot weather tomatoes…now that was SweetPea on the “old” forum, in her blog, told us that…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

from right – beans, zucchini, continental cucumber and tomatoes.
the front lot of toms are black russian (i hope) and romas. the others are delicious winter brandywine toms.
i haven’t picked any corn yet but some is just ripe i believe.
capsicums and eggplant are a long way off.

Luscious tomatoes…I understood that the BrandyWines were excellent hot weather tomatoes…now that was SweetPea on the “old” forum, in her blog, told us that…

are you sure it was sweetpea? – i was thinking ‘buffy’(?) living in the riverland.
it was an old forumite – we’re agreed on that.

i had them sliced on toast with fried chicken for lunch. the toms were the stars despite good bread and home frying.

pepe said:

from right – beans, zucchini, continental cucumber and tomatoes.
the front lot of toms are black russian (i hope) and romas. the others are delicious winter brandywine toms.
i haven’t picked any corn yet but some is just ripe i believe.
capsicums and eggplant are a long way off.

Good pickings there.

pepe said:

are you sure it was sweetpea? – i was thinking ‘buffy’(?) living in the riverland.
it was an old forumite – we’re agreed on that.

i had them sliced on toast with fried chicken for lunch. the toms were the stars despite good bread and home frying.

Yes it was SweetPea, because she devoted a whole blog entry to the types of tomatoes that survived their summer…SweetPea was in the Riverina, amongst the (then) rice crops…I thought Buffy lived in Brisbane but I could be wrong…

Fried chicken…how do you do that? Not deep fried, I take it?

Oh I’m drooling here, between you on this forum and Lucky on her FB…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

are you sure it was sweetpea? – i was thinking ‘buffy’(?) living in the riverland.
it was an old forumite – we’re agreed on that.

i had them sliced on toast with fried chicken for lunch. the toms were the stars despite good bread and home frying.

Yes it was SweetPea, because she devoted a whole blog entry to the types of tomatoes that survived their summer…SweetPea was in the Riverina, amongst the (then) rice crops…I thought Buffy lived in Brisbane but I could be wrong… Fried chicken…how do you do that? Not deep fried, I take it? Oh I’m drooling here, between you on this forum and Lucky on her FB…

sweetpea could have (indeed was) been the one you remember but i would remember her – and she was not the one that twigged me to brandywine.
buffy where are you ??? LOL
fry chicken fillet in a frypan with a bit of oil. slice it thin or pound it with a meat mallet.

pepe said:

from right – beans, zucchini, continental cucumber and tomatoes.
the front lot of toms are black russian (i hope) and romas. the others are delicious winter brandywine toms.
i haven’t picked any corn yet but some is just ripe i believe.
capsicums and eggplant are a long way off.

nice one :)

P! – these australian lemon grasses (cymbopogan?) have an attractive feathery look.

P2 – guess what it is

P3 – the pumpkin beetle i presume. it is alone and has been feasing on our best zucchini for 2 weeks. no problem so far.

an orange wasp worked with me whilst i was planting the broccoli seedlings, sweet potato, turnips, carrots etc. it seem to be collecting mud so i thought i would photograph it when i finished. …but it finished working when i did and there was only pigeons when i came back with the camera.

spinach and strawbs – both mature. strawbs are almost finished picking.

pepe said:

P2 – guess what it is

Chinese Basil?

pepe said:

an orange wasp worked with me whilst i was planting the broccoli seedlings, sweet potato, turnips, carrots etc. it seem to be collecting mud so i thought i would photograph it when i finished. …but it finished working when i did and there was only pigeons when i came back with the camera.

I’m a big fan of pigeons pepe, do you race them?

pain master said:

pepe said:

P2 – guess what it is

Chinese Basil?

uumm – normally i would say no – but since its you – i will say “has it got another name?”.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

P2 – guess what it is

Chinese Basil?

uumm – normally i would say no – but since its you – i will say “has it got another name?”.

Chinese Geoff?

pain master said:

pepe said:

an orange wasp worked with me whilst i was planting the broccoli seedlings, sweet potato, turnips, carrots etc. it seem to be collecting mud so i thought i would photograph it when i finished. …but it finished working when i did and there was only pigeons when i came back with the camera.

I’m a big fan of pigeons pepe, do you race them?

no. why do you like them?
ahh – i’m seriously thinking of exporting them.
racing pigeons are very numerous around here.

pain master said:

pepe said:

P2 – guess what it is

Chinese Basil?

echinacea?

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

an orange wasp worked with me whilst i was planting the broccoli seedlings, sweet potato, turnips, carrots etc. it seem to be collecting mud so i thought i would photograph it when i finished. …but it finished working when i did and there was only pigeons when i came back with the camera.

I’m a big fan of pigeons pepe, do you race them?

no. why do you like them?
ahh – i’m seriously thinking of exporting them.
racing pigeons are very numerous around here.

I had a Boss a long time ago and he raced pigeons… I kinda enjoyed seeing what was involved and the massive amount of drug-cheating that goes on in that sport. Its is soooooo corrupt it ain’t funny, more drugs in Adelaide’s racing pigeons then you would find in a Chinese swimming team.

They’re relaxing birds, coo this and coo that…

pain master said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

Chinese Basil?

uumm – normally i would say no – but since its you – i will say “has it got another name?”.

Chinese Geoff?

i’m going to have to say a definite no.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

P2 – guess what it is

Chinese Basil?

echinacea?

yes.

how do you do it? we have 7 growing and this biggest one will soon flower.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

uumm – normally i would say no – but since its you – i will say “has it got another name?”.

Chinese Geoff?

i’m going to have to say a definite no.

:(

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

uumm – normally i would say no – but since its you – i will say “has it got another name?”.

Chinese Geoff?

i’m going to have to say a definite no.

Silly PM. It’s not wearing a purple skivey and anyway it’s Jeff not Geoff.

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Chinese Basil?

echinacea?

yes.

how do you do it? we have 7 growing and this biggest one will soon flower.

I’ve grown them too. Very pretty flower.

pain master said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

I’m a big fan of pigeons pepe, do you race them?

no. why do you like them?
ahh – i’m seriously thinking of exporting them.
racing pigeons are very numerous around here.

I had a Boss a long time ago and he raced pigeons… I kinda enjoyed seeing what was involved and the massive amount of drug-cheating that goes on in that sport. Its is soooooo corrupt it ain’t funny, more drugs in Adelaide’s racing pigeons then you would find in a Chinese swimming team.

They’re relaxing birds, coo this and coo that…

You’re kidding aren’t you? Druga in pigeon racing! Now I’ve heard it all. Is there big money involved or just honour?

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

no. why do you like them?
ahh – i’m seriously thinking of exporting them.
racing pigeons are very numerous around here.

I had a Boss a long time ago and he raced pigeons… I kinda enjoyed seeing what was involved and the massive amount of drug-cheating that goes on in that sport. Its is soooooo corrupt it ain’t funny, more drugs in Adelaide’s racing pigeons then you would find in a Chinese swimming team.

They’re relaxing birds, coo this and coo that…

You’re kidding aren’t you? Druga in pigeon racing! Now I’ve heard it all. Is there big money involved or just honour?

pigeons are very unflappable. coo this and that is about right. still i have 32 and don’t want anymore – they breed frighteningly fast.

in other countries they would be used for eggs and meat. we are so rolling in food we tend to waste them. …. or at least i do.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

no. why do you like them?
ahh – i’m seriously thinking of exporting them.
racing pigeons are very numerous around here.

I had a Boss a long time ago and he raced pigeons… I kinda enjoyed seeing what was involved and the massive amount of drug-cheating that goes on in that sport. Its is soooooo corrupt it ain’t funny, more drugs in Adelaide’s racing pigeons then you would find in a Chinese swimming team.

They’re relaxing birds, coo this and coo that…

You’re kidding aren’t you? Druga in pigeon racing! Now I’ve heard it all. Is there big money involved or just honour?

pretty much just bragging rights… the prize money is a consolation.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

I had a Boss a long time ago and he raced pigeons… I kinda enjoyed seeing what was involved and the massive amount of drug-cheating that goes on in that sport. Its is soooooo corrupt it ain’t funny, more drugs in Adelaide’s racing pigeons then you would find in a Chinese swimming team.

They’re relaxing birds, coo this and coo that…

You’re kidding aren’t you? Druga in pigeon racing! Now I’ve heard it all. Is there big money involved or just honour?

pigeons are very unflappable. coo this and that is about right. still i have 32 and don’t want anymore – they breed frighteningly fast.

in other countries they would be used for eggs and meat. we are so rolling in food we tend to waste them. …. or at least i do.

I like them for meat… my boss would often bring in a few “rejects” for us to share around.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

I had a Boss a long time ago and he raced pigeons… I kinda enjoyed seeing what was involved and the massive amount of drug-cheating that goes on in that sport. Its is soooooo corrupt it ain’t funny, more drugs in Adelaide’s racing pigeons then you would find in a Chinese swimming team.

They’re relaxing birds, coo this and coo that…

You’re kidding aren’t you? Druga in pigeon racing! Now I’ve heard it all. Is there big money involved or just honour?

pigeons are very unflappable. coo this and that is about right. still i have 32 and don’t want anymore – they breed frighteningly fast.

in other countries they would be used for eggs and meat. we are so rolling in food we tend to waste them. …. or at least i do.

When i was young there was a farm in our burb that sold different types of aviary birds, including meat pigeons. They were huge compared to normal pigeons, more small bantam size and pure white. They sold a fair few to the Italian community.

When i was young there was a farm in our burb that sold different types of aviary birds, including meat pigeons. They were huge compared to normal pigeons, more small bantam size and pure white. They sold a fair few to the Italian community.
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the asians will eat the normal ones i think. fatten them up a bit….

i have planted my celery in punnets for winter. damned if the packet didn’t say ‘summer’ planting. i’m convinced that it’s far too hot here for summer celery (or broccoli).

i’m not sure if onions are best in winter or summer because last year’s winter crop was a failure. i will plant lots of onion seed now to try and get an early growth spurt.

i wanted to shoot the thornbill, willy wagtail, wattle bird and new holland honeyeater
- instead i got sparrows, waterlilly and orange wasp.
the wasp appears to lay eggs in the ground rather than build mud nests – not sure?

pepe said:

i wanted to shoot the thornbill, willy wagtail, wattle bird and new holland honeyeater
- instead i got sparrows, waterlilly and orange wasp.
the wasp appears to lay eggs in the ground rather than build mud nests – not sure?

Not sure, but it doesn’t have the markings of the mud wasps around here…

pepe said:

i wanted to shoot the thornbill, willy wagtail, wattle bird and new holland honeyeater
- instead i got sparrows, waterlilly and orange wasp.
the wasp appears to lay eggs in the ground rather than build mud nests – not sure?

cool pepe, that lily will look alright next week eh?

I’m still trying to photograph the wren and thornbill but meanwhile

p1 – Wanderer butterfly
p2 – lemon verbena. crush the leaves and you get the best smell in the world. currently i’m making a syrup with these leaves. add to fruit juice for an alternative to alcohol. ‘spose to be good for nerves and depression.
p3 – sulphur crested – big bird=easy to shoot LOL

pepe said:

I’m still trying to photograph the wren and thornbill but meanwhile

p1 – Wanderer butterfly
p2 – lemon verbena. crush the leaves and you get the best smell in the world. currently i’m making a syrup with these leaves. add to fruit juice for an alternative to alcohol. ‘spose to be good for nerves and depression.
p3 – sulphur crested – big bird=easy to shoot LOL

The flutterby is beautiful, such a colour show with that purpley-hot pink flower…good to see the birdies enjoying that old dead gum…was it a victim of the drought?

pepe said:

I’m still trying to photograph the wren and thornbill but meanwhile

p1 – Wanderer butterfly
p2 – lemon verbena. crush the leaves and you get the best smell in the world. currently i’m making a syrup with these leaves. add to fruit juice for an alternative to alcohol. ‘spose to be good for nerves and depression.
p3 – sulphur crested – big bird=easy to shoot LOL

Great butterfly pepe, have you cropped that shot at all?

And cool Cockies, love these guys!

pain master said:

pepe said:

I’m still trying to photograph the wren and thornbill but meanwhile

p1 – Wanderer butterfly
p2 – lemon verbena. crush the leaves and you get the best smell in the world. currently i’m making a syrup with these leaves. add to fruit juice for an alternative to alcohol. ‘spose to be good for nerves and depression.
p3 – sulphur crested – big bird=easy to shoot LOL

Great butterfly pepe, have you cropped that shot at all?

And cool Cockies, love these guys!

no cropping – an ‘in ya face’ shot.
i was pursuing a female wren into the abutilons when this suspect landed on the buddleja. terrible clash of colours – but hey – !

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

I’m still trying to photograph the wren and thornbill but meanwhile

p1 – Wanderer butterfly
p2 – lemon verbena. crush the leaves and you get the best smell in the world. currently i’m making a syrup with these leaves. add to fruit juice for an alternative to alcohol. ‘spose to be good for nerves and depression.
p3 – sulphur crested – big bird=easy to shoot LOL

Great butterfly pepe, have you cropped that shot at all?

And cool Cockies, love these guys!

no cropping – an ‘in ya face’ shot.
i was pursuing a female wren into the abutilons when this suspect landed on the buddleja. terrible clash of colours – but hey – !

the clash is great…. I’d crop and straighten a touch to make it a fuller shot eh?

pain master said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

Great butterfly pepe, have you cropped that shot at all?

And cool Cockies, love these guys!

no cropping – an ‘in ya face’ shot.
i was pursuing a female wren into the abutilons when this suspect landed on the buddleja. terrible clash of colours – but hey – !

the clash is great…. I’d crop and straighten a touch to make it a fuller shot eh?

so that out of focus light green background offends thee. ok – i look at it- sbs you say – cyas.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

no cropping – an ‘in ya face’ shot.
i was pursuing a female wren into the abutilons when this suspect landed on the buddleja. terrible clash of colours – but hey – !

the clash is great…. I’d crop and straighten a touch to make it a fuller shot eh?

so that out of focus light green background offends thee. ok – i look at it- sbs you say – cyas.

no not at all. Its just with some nice new digital cameras, you can crop quite heavily and still end up with a great clear image… The butterfly is the star!

And there’s a timezone difference between the two of us.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

I’m still trying to photograph the wren and thornbill but meanwhile

p1 – Wanderer butterfly
p2 – lemon verbena. crush the leaves and you get the best smell in the world. currently i’m making a syrup with these leaves. add to fruit juice for an alternative to alcohol. ‘spose to be good for nerves and depression.
p3 – sulphur crested – big bird=easy to shoot LOL

Great butterfly pepe, have you cropped that shot at all?

And cool Cockies, love these guys!

no cropping – an ‘in ya face’ shot.
i was pursuing a female wren into the abutilons when this suspect landed on the buddleja. terrible clash of colours – but hey – !

Actually, if you look closely at the larger version of the photo, the centre of the buddleia flowers are also orange, so the colour coordination is subtly perfect :)
I also have a thing for orange and hot pink together, my theory is “If nature can do it, so can we!”
Here is an example of mother nature’s finest handiwork in adventurous colour use…

hortfurball said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

Great butterfly pepe, have you cropped that shot at all?

And cool Cockies, love these guys!

no cropping – an ‘in ya face’ shot.
i was pursuing a female wren into the abutilons when this suspect landed on the buddleja. terrible clash of colours – but hey – !

Actually, if you look closely at the larger version of the photo, the centre of the buddleia flowers are also orange, so the colour coordination is subtly perfect :)
I also have a thing for orange and hot pink together, my theory is “If nature can do it, so can we!”
Here is an example of mother nature’s finest handiwork in adventurous colour use…

very very very pretty :)

hortfurball said:

Actually, if you look closely at the larger version of the photo, the centre of the buddleia flowers are also orange, so the colour coordination is subtly perfect :)
I also have a thing for orange and hot pink together, my theory is “If nature can do it, so can we!”
Here is an example of mother nature’s finest handiwork in adventurous colour use…

yeah – nice colour combos there – even tho they are spose to clash.

a bit of image trimming for PM.

P1 – did you reckon it needed a bit of rotating?
P2 – not trimmed but i like the setting as much as the bird shot
P3 – willy heavily trimmed

sunset the evening before it rained ?

P1 – globe artichokes would be a good artist’s subject
P2 – white and black mulberry trees have got these segmented leaves – odd
P3 – native panic grasses are starting to dominate the indigenous corner.

pepe said:

sunset the evening before it rained ?

Red sky at night

:)

Beautiful colour…

pepe said:

P1 – globe artichokes would be a good artist’s subject
P2 – white and black mulberry trees have got these segmented leaves – odd
P3 – native panic grasses are starting to dominate the indigenous corner.

There’s native panic?

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

sunset the evening before it rained ?

Red sky at night :) Beautiful colour…

…shepherds delight – but it rained – so the sunset lied – arrest it !

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

P1 – globe artichokes would be a good artist’s subject
P2 – white and black mulberry trees have got these segmented leaves – odd
P3 – native panic grasses are starting to dominate the indigenous corner.

There’s native panic?

yep – also called umbrella grass.

pepe said:

a bit of image trimming for PM.

P1 – did you reckon it needed a bit of rotating?
P2 – not trimmed but i like the setting as much as the bird shot
P3 – willy heavily trimmed

very nice, I like it. The Piping Shrike is very cool, but I like what you done to the Monarch

pepe said:

sunset the evening before it rained ?

gorgeous sunset! Fantastic!

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

sunset the evening before it rained ?

Red sky at night :) Beautiful colour…

…shepherds delight – but it rained – so the sunset lied – arrest it !

I always say red sky at night, shepherd’s take fright… red sky in morning, shep’s warning. It all means rain eh?

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

P1 – globe artichokes would be a good artist’s subject
P2 – white and black mulberry trees have got these segmented leaves – odd
P3 – native panic grasses are starting to dominate the indigenous corner.

There’s native panic?

yep – also called umbrella grass.

Oh, I’ve got that! The little finches love it, so do the wrens I believe…

pain master said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

Red sky at night :) Beautiful colour…

…shepherds delight – but it rained – so the sunset lied – arrest it !

I always say red sky at night, shepherd’s take fright… red sky in morning, shep’s warning. It all means rain eh?

Red sky in the morning: sailor’s warning (storm brewing)
Red sky at night: farmer’s delight (rain is coming – not necessarily a storm)

pepe said:

yep – also called umbrella grass.

Makes a mess of your carpet if it gets in your house, umbrella grass does…the animals prefer it to buffel when green, it’s very sweet…but it loses it’s protein faster when dry than buffel does, so I believe…

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

…shepherds delight – but it rained – so the sunset lied – arrest it !

I always say red sky at night, shepherd’s take fright… red sky in morning, shep’s warning. It all means rain eh?

Red sky in the morning: sailor’s warning (storm brewing)
Red sky at night: farmer’s delight (rain is coming – not necessarily a storm)

interesting the different interpretations. I was taught:

Red in the morning, shepherds’ warning (rain coming)
Red at night, shepherds’ delight (it will be a warm night)

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

I always say red sky at night, shepherd’s take fright… red sky in morning, shep’s warning. It all means rain eh?

Red sky in the morning: sailor’s warning (storm brewing)
Red sky at night: farmer’s delight (rain is coming – not necessarily a storm)

interesting the different interpretations. I was taught:

Red in the morning, shepherds’ warning (rain coming)
Red at night, shepherds’ delight (it will be a warm night)

Wiki

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

yep – also called umbrella grass.

Makes a mess of your carpet if it gets in your house, umbrella grass does…the animals prefer it to buffel when green, it’s very sweet…but it loses it’s protein faster when dry than buffel does, so I believe…

ours is more like a tumbleweed, that can be a nuisance, but has not been since we’ve erected all sorts of fences, trees and buildings to catch it before it gets inside.

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Red sky in the morning: sailor’s warning (storm brewing)
Red sky at night: farmer’s delight (rain is coming – not necessarily a storm)

interesting the different interpretations. I was taught:

Red in the morning, shepherds’ warning (rain coming)
Red at night, shepherds’ delight (it will be a warm night)

Wiki

wiki’s as confused as us. i always thought a red sunset meant a hot day to follow.

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Red sky in the morning: sailor’s warning (storm brewing)
Red sky at night: farmer’s delight (rain is coming – not necessarily a storm)

interesting the different interpretations. I was taught:

Red in the morning, shepherds’ warning (rain coming)
Red at night, shepherds’ delight (it will be a warm night)

Wiki

I’m with BG on this one.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

interesting the different interpretations. I was taught:

Red in the morning, shepherds’ warning (rain coming)
Red at night, shepherds’ delight (it will be a warm night)

Wiki

I’m with BG on this one.

Me three.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

Wiki

I’m with BG on this one.

Me three.

This one supports BlueGreen, and simplifies the Wikipedia entry:

Red sky at night

now that my chooks occupy the compost bin area – i run the mower over everything that needs chopping before putting it onto the compost – but i don’t put it on the compost – i just spread it on the plants – with fertiliser pellets or pigeon poo chopped up in it.

i used this on some corn and cueys that are being threatened by the rampant zucchini. by chopping off a few zuch leaves and whacking the fertiliser on the others, i’m hoping the corn and cueys can establish themselves before being overwhelmed.

crusader beetles are allacking the kaffir lime. the middle shot shows the damage they do to the growing tips.

mystery object

pepe said:

mystery object

Hmm, looks like a curled up little spider or mite, with a bit of web or cocoon around him? Very interesting!

pepe said:

mystery object

looks like a spider to me

pepe said:

crusader beetles are allacking the kaffir lime. the middle shot shows the damage they do to the growing tips.

save the kaffir… save the kaffir…

pepe said:

mystery object

spider

pepe said:

mystery object

Spider.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

mystery object

Spider.

you’re a boring lot –

in fact it is —- drum roll—-

an aggressive little red spider who is looking like a red rock in order to quickly rush out and scare anything that comes on the leaf to death.

pain master said:

pepe said:

crusader beetles are allacking the kaffir lime. the middle shot shows the damage they do to the growing tips.

save the kaffir… save the kaffir…

pyrethrum is next on my list – there are too many of them to tolerate.

pepe said:

you’re a boring lot –

in fact it is —- drum roll—-

an aggressive little red spider who is looking like a red rock in order to quickly rush out and scare anything that comes on the leaf to death.

That creative writing course was money well spent Pepe ;)

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

you’re a boring lot –

in fact it is —- drum roll—-

an aggressive little red spider who is looking like a red rock in order to quickly rush out and scare anything that comes on the leaf to death.

That creative writing course was money well spent Pepe ;)

chuckle. here i was thinking i missed a comma.

how far are you from toolangi (sp?) BG ?

pepe said:

how far are you from toolangi (sp?) BG ?

it’s ok i’ve checked – toolangi is closer to town than i thought.
even so i reckon you could get a decent strawberry crop where you are.

pepe said:

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

you’re a boring lot –

in fact it is —- drum roll—-

an aggressive little red spider who is looking like a red rock in order to quickly rush out and scare anything that comes on the leaf to death.

That creative writing course was money well spent Pepe ;)

chuckle. here i was thinking i missed a comma.

ee cummings (poet) (well, claimed to be a poet but not my style at all …) did away with capitalisation, apparently certain accepted forms of writing offended her sensitive soul.

So anything you want to do to create a dramatic effect can be claimed as intentional if you’re doing it for effect.

If the effect you want is clear communication, stick with standard/accepted forms of grammar & punctuation.

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

Yeehah said:

That creative writing course was money well spent Pepe ;)

chuckle. here i was thinking i missed a comma.

ee cummings (poet) (well, claimed to be a poet but not my style at all …) did away with capitalisation, apparently certain accepted forms of writing offended her sensitive soul.

So anything you want to do to create a dramatic effect can be claimed as intentional if you’re doing it for effect.

If the effect you want is clear communication, stick with standard/accepted forms of grammar & punctuation.

I hesitate to ask.. I hope you are all familiar with phonetic punctuation? One of my dad’s favourite clips, and since we have the same sense of humour, I love the fact that we have a shared appreciation of these things :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4qii8S3gw

I think that’s the right one.. don’t want to play it just now as we have music on in the office :D

After all this rain I’ve decided to name my garden “Jungleland”. :)

pepe said:

how far are you from toolangi (sp?) BG ?

about 145km or 2 hours by Google Maps

pepe said:

pepe said:

how far are you from toolangi (sp?) BG ?

it’s ok i’ve checked – toolangi is closer to town than i thought.
even so i reckon you could get a decent strawberry crop where you are.

just been visiting a neighbour and they had VERY decent home grown strawberries with afternoon tea :)

Yeehah said:

ee cummings (poet) (well, claimed to be a poet but not my style at all …) did away with capitalisation, apparently certain accepted forms of writing offended her sensitive soul.

So anything you want to do to create a dramatic effect can be claimed as intentional if you’re doing it for effect.

If the effect you want is clear communication, stick with standard/accepted forms of grammar & punctuation.

I must admit I get lazy with capitalisation at the beginning of sentences these days, but I capitalise proper nouns and use punctuation, and I try to get the spelling right.

bon008 said:

I hesitate to ask.. I hope you are all familiar with phonetic punctuation? One of my dad’s favourite clips, and since we have the same sense of humour, I love the fact that we have a shared appreciation of these things :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4qii8S3gw

Victor Borge cracks me up :)

bon008 said:

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

chuckle. here i was thinking i missed a comma.

ee cummings (poet) (well, claimed to be a poet but not my style at all …) did away with capitalisation, apparently certain accepted forms of writing offended her sensitive soul.

So anything you want to do to create a dramatic effect can be claimed as intentional if you’re doing it for effect.

If the effect you want is clear communication, stick with standard/accepted forms of grammar & punctuation.

I hesitate to ask.. I hope you are all familiar with phonetic punctuation? One of my dad’s favourite clips, and since we have the same sense of humour, I love the fact that we have a shared appreciation of these things :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4qii8S3gw

I think that’s the right one.. don’t want to play it just now as we have music on in the office :D

Hijack! He was brilliant wasn’t he? I used to love watching him when I was a kid. As the people who commented on youtube said:
“hardly see humor with class these days, I’m convinced my generation has it all backwards. This is the good stuff”
“He was awesome, such a way with comedy without cursing. He was a genius.”
and the

bluegreen said:

I must admit I get lazy with capitalisation at the beginning of sentences these days, but I capitalise proper nouns and use punctuation, and I try to get the spelling right.

I think we are all guilty of that BG when we are in a rush to make a post, especially if we are commenting on someone else’s.

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

Yeehah said:

ee cummings (poet) (well, claimed to be a poet but not my style at all …) did away with capitalisation, apparently certain accepted forms of writing offended her sensitive soul.

So anything you want to do to create a dramatic effect can be claimed as intentional if you’re doing it for effect.

If the effect you want is clear communication, stick with standard/accepted forms of grammar & punctuation.

I hesitate to ask.. I hope you are all familiar with phonetic punctuation? One of my dad’s favourite clips, and since we have the same sense of humour, I love the fact that we have a shared appreciation of these things :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4qii8S3gw

I think that’s the right one.. don’t want to play it just now as we have music on in the office :D

Hijack! He was brilliant wasn’t he? I used to love watching him when I was a kid. As the people who commented on youtube said:
“hardly see humor with class these days, I’m convinced my generation has it all backwards. This is the good stuff”
“He was awesome, such a way with comedy without cursing. He was a genius.”
and the

Hijack alert.. so do we all also know the Barrel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZUJLO6lMhI

Gerard Hoffnung is another great favourite of my dad’s :)

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

mystery object

Spider.

you’re a boring lot –

in fact it is —- drum roll—-

an aggressive little red spider who is looking like a red rock in order to quickly rush out and scare anything that comes on the leaf to death.

don’t look very aggressive to me… you’re making an assumption.

pepe said:

how far are you from toolangi (sp?) BG ?

yummo.

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

Yeehah said:

That creative writing course was money well spent Pepe ;)

chuckle. here i was thinking i missed a comma.

ee cummings (poet) (well, claimed to be a poet but not my style at all …) did away with capitalisation, apparently certain accepted forms of writing offended her sensitive soul.

So anything you want to do to create a dramatic effect can be claimed as intentional if you’re doing it for effect.

If the effect you want is clear communication, stick with standard/accepted forms of grammar & punctuation.

you should have spelt it Grammer and I would have cracked up big time!!!

bubba louie said:

After all this rain I’ve decided to name my garden “Jungleland”. :)

Bruce Springsteen song…

adealaide rosella

pain master said:

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

Spider.

you’re a boring lot –

in fact it is —- drum roll—-

an aggressive little red spider who is looking like a red rock in order to quickly rush out and scare anything that comes on the leaf to death.

don’t look very aggressive to me… you’re making an assumption.

scared my wife when she did coochy coochy coo

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

After all this rain I’ve decided to name my garden “Jungleland”. :)

Bruce Springsteen song…

Give the man a cupie doll.

pepe said:

adealaide rosella

looks like a painting pepe :)

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

After all this rain I’ve decided to name my garden “Jungleland”. :)

Bruce Springsteen song…

Give the man a cupie doll.

Kewpie Doll?

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Bruce Springsteen song…

Give the man a cupie doll.

Kewpie Doll?

That would be right.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

Give the man a cupie doll.

Kewpie Doll?

That would be right.

Outside the street’s on fire in a real death waltz
between what’s pleasure and fantasy.
But the poets down here they don’t write nothing at all
They just stand back and let it all be…

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Kewpie Doll?

That would be right.

Outside the street’s on fire in a real death waltz
between what’s pleasure and fantasy.
But the poets down here they don’t write nothing at all
They just stand back and let it all be…

We were fans when most of Aus had never heard of him.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

That would be right.

Outside the street’s on fire in a real death waltz
between what’s pleasure and fantasy.
But the poets down here they don’t write nothing at all
They just stand back and let it all be…

We were fans when most of Aus had never heard of him.

GF bought me a record player that I can plug into my PC and burn to CD for Xmas… so much vinyl and so many Springsteen Bootlegs! Some which have only been printed 100 copies of!

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Outside the street’s on fire in a real death waltz
between what’s pleasure and fantasy.
But the poets down here they don’t write nothing at all
They just stand back and let it all be…

We were fans when most of Aus had never heard of him.

GF bought me a record player that I can plug into my PC and burn to CD for Xmas… so much vinyl and so many Springsteen Bootlegs! Some which have only been printed 100 copies of!

I have one of those sitting in a cupboard somewhere. #1 son bought it for me a few years ago and we starting converting some of my old vinyls. Didn’t get very far though. Must drag it out again sometime and do some more

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Outside the street’s on fire in a real death waltz
between what’s pleasure and fantasy.
But the poets down here they don’t write nothing at all
They just stand back and let it all be…

We were fans when most of Aus had never heard of him.

GF bought me a record player that I can plug into my PC and burn to CD for Xmas… so much vinyl and so many Springsteen Bootlegs! Some which have only been printed 100 copies of!

We’ve got a stack of vinyl too, but unfortunately a lot of it is rather worse for wear. A few collectable sleeves though.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Outside the street’s on fire in a real death waltz
between what’s pleasure and fantasy.
But the poets down here they don’t write nothing at all
They just stand back and let it all be…

We were fans when most of Aus had never heard of him.

GF bought me a record player that I can plug into my PC and burn to CD for Xmas… so much vinyl and so many Springsteen Bootlegs! Some which have only been printed 100 copies of!

D got one from Santa too.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

We were fans when most of Aus had never heard of him.

GF bought me a record player that I can plug into my PC and burn to CD for Xmas… so much vinyl and so many Springsteen Bootlegs! Some which have only been printed 100 copies of!

D got one from Santa too.

I didn’t get one – prolly cos I don’t believe in Santa. My bad.

Would so looove to get my Billy Joel, Dire Straits and Mental As Anything records in play-in-the-car-able form. Wonder how many words I can remember after not hearing them for over a decade, lol!

pomolo said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

We were fans when most of Aus had never heard of him.

GF bought me a record player that I can plug into my PC and burn to CD for Xmas… so much vinyl and so many Springsteen Bootlegs! Some which have only been printed 100 copies of!

D got one from Santa too.

that Santa bloke is pretty clever eh?

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

GF bought me a record player that I can plug into my PC and burn to CD for Xmas… so much vinyl and so many Springsteen Bootlegs! Some which have only been printed 100 copies of!

D got one from Santa too.

I didn’t get one – prolly cos I don’t believe in Santa. My bad.

Would so looove to get my Billy Joel, Dire Straits and Mental As Anything records in play-in-the-car-able form. Wonder how many words I can remember after not hearing them for over a decade, lol!

the Mentals came to Port Moresby a few years back and played a one-off gig at the Australian High Commission for ex-pats and staff. Free beer, free sausage sizzle and free band! We all wondered how many songs we would remember before the gig but when the first note rang out, the entire ex-pat community was singing along with every note!

It was such a great show, and I am not a Mentals fan until then…

pain master said:

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

D got one from Santa too.

I didn’t get one – prolly cos I don’t believe in Santa. My bad.

Would so looove to get my Billy Joel, Dire Straits and Mental As Anything records in play-in-the-car-able form. Wonder how many words I can remember after not hearing them for over a decade, lol!

the Mentals came to Port Moresby a few years back and played a one-off gig at the Australian High Commission for ex-pats and staff. Free beer, free sausage sizzle and free band! We all wondered how many songs we would remember before the gig but when the first note rang out, the entire ex-pat community was singing along with every note!

It was such a great show, and I am not a Mentals fan until then…

First saw them in mid-1980s. In Tamworth at least once, at ANU in Canberra once. Loved them back when big hair was trendy :)

Their “Cats & Dogs” LP was the second I ever bought. Still have it. Have seen them several times over the years, including in Glen Innes, um, sometime in the last decade! Their worst ever performance was a show that started at midnight at the West Leagues Club in Tamworth, um sometime in the last decade and a bit (the littlefella was teeny) – I think they may have got bored waiting for their turn to play and imbibed too heavily. They were crap (very hard for a dedicated fan to say, but I’d taken a friend and I was the first to suggest we leave! they were so bad they were embarrassing!)

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

Yeehah said:

I didn’t get one – prolly cos I don’t believe in Santa. My bad.

Would so looove to get my Billy Joel, Dire Straits and Mental As Anything records in play-in-the-car-able form. Wonder how many words I can remember after not hearing them for over a decade, lol!

the Mentals came to Port Moresby a few years back and played a one-off gig at the Australian High Commission for ex-pats and staff. Free beer, free sausage sizzle and free band! We all wondered how many songs we would remember before the gig but when the first note rang out, the entire ex-pat community was singing along with every note!

It was such a great show, and I am not a Mentals fan until then…

First saw them in mid-1980s. In Tamworth at least once, at ANU in Canberra once. Loved them back when big hair was trendy :)

Their “Cats & Dogs” LP was the second I ever bought. Still have it. Have seen them several times over the years, including in Glen Innes, um, sometime in the last decade! Their worst ever performance was a show that started at midnight at the West Leagues Club in Tamworth, um sometime in the last decade and a bit (the littlefella was teeny) – I think they may have got bored waiting for their turn to play and imbibed too heavily. They were crap (very hard for a dedicated fan to say, but I’d taken a friend and I was the first to suggest we leave! they were so bad they were embarrassing!)

Wow, someone is a fan?

pain master said:

Wow, someone is a fan?

How about I tell you about the family addiction to Billy Joel then? S’pose he’s not Aussie so not as much kudos. But the boyfriend I had when I was 15 started it … All my sisters are addicts. Even Older Son has Billy Joel as a fave musician on his FB page.

One of my sisters took me to a BJ concert (in Sydney) for my 40th. My baby sister bought 2 tickets to a concert 2 years ago, Older Son drove down to Newcastle to meet her, then they both drove to Sydney for the concert. Even one sister’s ex-husband cleans house with BJ on the stereo, lol!

But I’m the only Mentals fan :P

Loved the Cockroaches when they first came out too btw ;) … still have that LP too. Tamworth Workies Club was a hotbed for live Aus music in the 80s, before the Country Music phenomenon got its marketing skates on.

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

Yeehah said:

I didn’t get one – prolly cos I don’t believe in Santa. My bad.

Would so looove to get my Billy Joel, Dire Straits and Mental As Anything records in play-in-the-car-able form. Wonder how many words I can remember after not hearing them for over a decade, lol!

the Mentals came to Port Moresby a few years back and played a one-off gig at the Australian High Commission for ex-pats and staff. Free beer, free sausage sizzle and free band! We all wondered how many songs we would remember before the gig but when the first note rang out, the entire ex-pat community was singing along with every note!

It was such a great show, and I am not a Mentals fan until then…

First saw them in mid-1980s. In Tamworth at least once, at ANU in Canberra once. Loved them back when big hair was trendy :)

Their “Cats & Dogs” LP was the second I ever bought. Still have it. Have seen them several times over the years, including in Glen Innes, um, sometime in the last decade! Their worst ever performance was a show that started at midnight at the West Leagues Club in Tamworth, um sometime in the last decade and a bit (the littlefella was teeny) – I think they may have got bored waiting for their turn to play and imbibed too heavily. They were crap (very hard for a dedicated fan to say, but I’d taken a friend and I was the first to suggest we leave! they were so bad they were embarrassing!)

Showing my age here I know, but the one and only time I went to Glen Innes (when I was at uni), I went to see the Mixtures. Sad I know :(

AnneS said:

Showing my age here I know, but the one and only time I went to Glen Innes (when I was at uni), I went to see the Mixtures. Sad I know :(

Who????

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Showing my age here I know, but the one and only time I went to Glen Innes (when I was at uni), I went to see the Mixtures. Sad I know :(

Who????

ROFL. They did a cover of the Pushbike Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCWAGpChSRI

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

Wow, someone is a fan?

How about I tell you about the family addiction to Billy Joel then? S’pose he’s not Aussie so not as much kudos. But the boyfriend I had when I was 15 started it … All my sisters are addicts. Even Older Son has Billy Joel as a fave musician on his FB page.

One of my sisters took me to a BJ concert (in Sydney) for my 40th. My baby sister bought 2 tickets to a concert 2 years ago, Older Son drove down to Newcastle to meet her, then they both drove to Sydney for the concert. Even one sister’s ex-husband cleans house with BJ on the stereo, lol!

But I’m the only Mentals fan :P

Loved the Cockroaches when they first came out too btw ;) … still have that LP too. Tamworth Workies Club was a hotbed for live Aus music in the 80s, before the Country Music phenomenon got its marketing skates on.

Wow! Tamworth without a golden guitar!?!? You must be roolly roolly old yeehah!

pain master said:

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

Wow, someone is a fan?

How about I tell you about the family addiction to Billy Joel then? S’pose he’s not Aussie so not as much kudos. But the boyfriend I had when I was 15 started it … All my sisters are addicts. Even Older Son has Billy Joel as a fave musician on his FB page.

One of my sisters took me to a BJ concert (in Sydney) for my 40th. My baby sister bought 2 tickets to a concert 2 years ago, Older Son drove down to Newcastle to meet her, then they both drove to Sydney for the concert. Even one sister’s ex-husband cleans house with BJ on the stereo, lol!

But I’m the only Mentals fan :P

Loved the Cockroaches when they first came out too btw ;) … still have that LP too. Tamworth Workies Club was a hotbed for live Aus music in the 80s, before the Country Music phenomenon got its marketing skates on.

Wow! Tamworth without a golden guitar!?!? You must be roolly roolly old yeehah!

:) bloody heck…I’m even older!! It was 1974 when I saw the Mixtures at Glen Innes

AnneS said:

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Showing my age here I know, but the one and only time I went to Glen Innes (when I was at uni), I went to see the Mixtures. Sad I know :(

Who????

ROFL. They did a cover of the Pushbike Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCWAGpChSRI

In the Summertime when the weather is fine??? WTF!

pain master said:

AnneS said:

Yeehah said:

Who????

ROFL. They did a cover of the Pushbike Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCWAGpChSRI

In the Summertime when the weather is fine??? WTF!

That too!!! LOL

AnneS said:

pain master said:

AnneS said:

ROFL. They did a cover of the Pushbike Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCWAGpChSRI

In the Summertime when the weather is fine??? WTF!

That too!!! LOL

I got the song right then? I didn’t check the youtube link but I remember listening to this song as a kid… Not the mixtures version but the original, was it Mungo Jerry?

pain master said:

AnneS said:

pain master said:

In the Summertime when the weather is fine??? WTF!

That too!!! LOL

I got the song right then? I didn’t check the youtube link but I remember listening to this song as a kid… Not the mixtures version but the original, was it Mungo Jerry?

Actually they did cover is of the Mungo Jerry Hit in the summertime, but they also had a hit with the Pushbike song. I think after looking for the link that maybe Pushbike song was their own

pain master said:

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

Wow, someone is a fan?

How about I tell you about the family addiction to Billy Joel then? S’pose he’s not Aussie so not as much kudos. But the boyfriend I had when I was 15 started it … All my sisters are addicts. Even Older Son has Billy Joel as a fave musician on his FB page.

One of my sisters took me to a BJ concert (in Sydney) for my 40th. My baby sister bought 2 tickets to a concert 2 years ago, Older Son drove down to Newcastle to meet her, then they both drove to Sydney for the concert. Even one sister’s ex-husband cleans house with BJ on the stereo, lol!

But I’m the only Mentals fan :P

Loved the Cockroaches when they first came out too btw ;) … still have that LP too. Tamworth Workies Club was a hotbed for live Aus music in the 80s, before the Country Music phenomenon got its marketing skates on.

Wow! Tamworth without a golden guitar!?!? You must be roolly roolly old yeehah!

Maate. I remember the GG going up. In the middle of a paddock back then. Now it’s the focus of a satellite tourist precinct.

Siggggghhhhhhhh.

Older and older every year I am.

AnneS said:

pain master said:

Yeehah said:

How about I tell you about the family addiction to Billy Joel then? S’pose he’s not Aussie so not as much kudos. But the boyfriend I had when I was 15 started it … All my sisters are addicts. Even Older Son has Billy Joel as a fave musician on his FB page.

One of my sisters took me to a BJ concert (in Sydney) for my 40th. My baby sister bought 2 tickets to a concert 2 years ago, Older Son drove down to Newcastle to meet her, then they both drove to Sydney for the concert. Even one sister’s ex-husband cleans house with BJ on the stereo, lol!

But I’m the only Mentals fan :P

Loved the Cockroaches when they first came out too btw ;) … still have that LP too. Tamworth Workies Club was a hotbed for live Aus music in the 80s, before the Country Music phenomenon got its marketing skates on.

Wow! Tamworth without a golden guitar!?!? You must be roolly roolly old yeehah!

:) bloody heck…I’m even older!! It was 1974 when I saw the Mixtures at Glen Innes

Geez I was in, um, Year 2 in 1974 you old thing you, lol!

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

pain master said:

Wow! Tamworth without a golden guitar!?!? You must be roolly roolly old yeehah!

:) bloody heck…I’m even older!! It was 1974 when I saw the Mixtures at Glen Innes

Geez I was in, um, Year 2 in 1974 you old thing you, lol!

ROFLPIMP

AnneS said:

Yeehah said:

AnneS said:

Showing my age here I know, but the one and only time I went to Glen Innes (when I was at uni), I went to see the Mixtures. Sad I know :(

Who????

ROFL. They did a cover of the Pushbike Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCWAGpChSRI

Didn’t the Mixtures do the original? One of the two brothers who wrote it (Idris Jones – brother was Evan) was a singer in the Mixtures..

colliewa said:

AnneS said:

Yeehah said:

Who????

ROFL. They did a cover of the Pushbike Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCWAGpChSRI

Didn’t the Mixtures do the original? One of the two brothers who wrote it (Idris Jones – brother was Evan) was a singer in the Mixtures..

Yes collie…the cover was of “In the Summertime”…I’m getting old…I got mixed up :)

AnneS said:

pain master said:

AnneS said:

That too!!! LOL

I got the song right then? I didn’t check the youtube link but I remember listening to this song as a kid… Not the mixtures version but the original, was it Mungo Jerry?

Actually they did cover is of the Mungo Jerry Hit in the summertime, but they also had a hit with the Pushbike song. I think after looking for the link that maybe Pushbike song was their own

Tick

P1 – moonrise
P2 – sinister, evil kestrel
P3 – amateurs – my only shot of this year’s tour.

pepe said:

P1 – moonrise
P2 – sinister, evil kestrel
P3 – amateurs – my only shot of this year’s tour.

I love the moon photo as I have been to your place and gosh its just a lovely place to be on sunset/night time.

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

P1 – moonrise
P2 – sinister, evil kestrel
P3 – amateurs – my only shot of this year’s tour.

I love the moon photo as I have been to your place and gosh its just a lovely place to be on sunset/night time.

thanks oh lucky one.
it was better in real life than in photo.

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

P1 – moonrise
P2 – sinister, evil kestrel
P3 – amateurs – my only shot of this year’s tour.

I love the moon photo as I have been to your place and gosh its just a lovely place to be on sunset/night time.

thanks oh lucky one.
it was better in real life than in photo.

Oh I am sure it was……or should I say is:) Did you have frogs croaking at that time of the night???

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

I love the moon photo as I have been to your place and gosh its just a lovely place to be on sunset/night time.

thanks oh lucky one.
it was better in real life than in photo.

Oh I am sure it was……or should I say is:) Did you have frogs croaking at that time of the night???

no – have you got frog song atm ? – or are you just being imaginative?

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

thanks oh lucky one.
it was better in real life than in photo.

Oh I am sure it was……or should I say is:) Did you have frogs croaking at that time of the night???

no – have you got frog song atm ? – or are you just being imaginative?

No frogs….sniff

insects everywhere at this time of year and these are the ones that aren’t hidden

P1 – citrus caterpillar
P2 & P3 – crusader beetle still causing my lime tree problems
P4 – big stick insect/mantis

P1 – sunflowers
P2 – my asparagus is still shooting. is anyone still eating their own asparagus?
P3 – too many cueys and zuchs – as usual.

Excellent food Pepe.
I’m eating cucs like apples.

Asparagus still small. When do I pick the sunflowers? Aren’t they supposed to go quite back in the centre?

Happy Potter said:

Excellent food Pepe.
I’m eating cucs like apples.

Asparagus still small. When do I pick the sunflowers? Aren’t they supposed to go quite back in the centre?

we’re giving away cueys in such quantities that the recipients will probably toss them.

with the sunflowers it’s mainly a competition between you and the birds. i normally wait until a light brushing of the hand over the seed covers rubs them off. that’s about as long as they get to mature before the birds discover them.

pepe said:

insects everywhere at this time of year and these are the ones that aren’t hidden

P1 – citrus caterpillar
P2 & P3 – crusader beetle still causing my lime tree problems
P4 – big stick insect/mantis

Cool shots pepe! :)

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Excellent food Pepe.
I’m eating cucs like apples.

Asparagus still small. When do I pick the sunflowers? Aren’t they supposed to go quite back in the centre?

we’re giving away cueys in such quantities that the recipients will probably toss them.

with the sunflowers it’s mainly a competition between you and the birds. i normally wait until a light brushing of the hand over the seed covers rubs them off. that’s about as long as they get to mature before the birds discover them.

Ok. I’m wondering if I can them now inside for a large vase ?
Taken 10 mins ago.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Excellent food Pepe.
I’m eating cucs like apples.

Asparagus still small. When do I pick the sunflowers? Aren’t they supposed to go quite back in the centre?

we’re giving away cueys in such quantities that the recipients will probably toss them.

with the sunflowers it’s mainly a competition between you and the birds. i normally wait until a light brushing of the hand over the seed covers rubs them off. that’s about as long as they get to mature before the birds discover them.

Ok. I’m wondering if I can them now inside for a large vase ?
Taken 10 mins ago.

Bag the flowers to prevent birds getting at them? Got some old net curtains you could sacrifice?

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

we’re giving away cueys in such quantities that the recipients will probably toss them.

with the sunflowers it’s mainly a competition between you and the birds. i normally wait until a light brushing of the hand over the seed covers rubs them off. that’s about as long as they get to mature before the birds discover them.

Ok. I’m wondering if I can them now inside for a large vase ?
Taken 10 mins ago.

Bag the flowers to prevent birds getting at them? Got some old net curtains you could sacrifice?

Yes I do, but I’d prefer to leave them for all to see. Birds haven’t been anywhere near and I guess it’s because I’m out there a lot, and where I am, Max is.

Opps, sorry for the hijack :/

pain master said:

pepe said:

insects everywhere at this time of year and these are the ones that aren’t hidden

P1 – citrus caterpillar
P2 & P3 – crusader beetle still causing my lime tree problems
P4 – big stick insect/mantis

Cool shots pepe! :)

thanks – focus problems still obvious in the mantis shot – i can’t see the screen at times and getting the eye piece in that close without loosing the subject is difficult.

Ok. I’m wondering if I can them now inside for a large vase ?
Taken 10 mins ago.
————————————————

how long do they last in a vase? not long i think.

they are superb and the birds haven’t discovered them yet.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Excellent food Pepe.
I’m eating cucs like apples.

Asparagus still small. When do I pick the sunflowers? Aren’t they supposed to go quite back in the centre?

we’re giving away cueys in such quantities that the recipients will probably toss them.

with the sunflowers it’s mainly a competition between you and the birds. i normally wait until a light brushing of the hand over the seed covers rubs them off. that’s about as long as they get to mature before the birds discover them.

Depends on whats the use of them is for House or the chook pen as a treat?

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

Excellent food Pepe.
I’m eating cucs like apples.

Asparagus still small. When do I pick the sunflowers? Aren’t they supposed to go quite back in the centre?

we’re giving away cueys in such quantities that the recipients will probably toss them.

with the sunflowers it’s mainly a competition between you and the birds. i normally wait until a light brushing of the hand over the seed covers rubs them off. that’s about as long as they get to mature before the birds discover them.

Ok. I’m wondering if I can them now inside for a large vase ?
Taken 10 mins ago.

Gorgeous! Well done!

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Ok. I’m wondering if I can them now inside for a large vase ?
Taken 10 mins ago.

Bag the flowers to prevent birds getting at them? Got some old net curtains you could sacrifice?

Yes I do, but I’d prefer to leave them for all to see. Birds haven’t been anywhere near and I guess it’s because I’m out there a lot, and where I am, Max is.

we got red-winged parrots on ours, so we were keen to let the birds have a go!

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Bag the flowers to prevent birds getting at them? Got some old net curtains you could sacrifice?

Yes I do, but I’d prefer to leave them for all to see. Birds haven’t been anywhere near and I guess it’s because I’m out there a lot, and where I am, Max is.

we got red-winged parrots on ours, so we were keen to let the birds have a go!

Go the birds. I’d do that too.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

Happy Potter said:

Yes I do, but I’d prefer to leave them for all to see. Birds haven’t been anywhere near and I guess it’s because I’m out there a lot, and where I am, Max is.

we got red-winged parrots on ours, so we were keen to let the birds have a go!

Go the birds. I’d do that too.

i plant sunflowers to attract the birds too.
i never fails.
i have saved the biggest ones for seed and the chooks.
bagging the heads would stop pollination – so your bag would have to go on after the bees and before the birds, i think? …. if such a moment exists?

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

we got red-winged parrots on ours, so we were keen to let the birds have a go!

Go the birds. I’d do that too.

i plant sunflowers to attract the birds too.
i never fails.
i have saved the biggest ones for seed and the chooks.
bagging the heads would stop pollination – so your bag would have to go on after the bees and before the birds, i think? …. if such a moment exists?

bees collect the pollen.

P1 – the beans in the pot are the remnants of the first dwarf bean crop. they get boiled and used in bean patties.

P2 – the current beans we are picking are the butter bean and the climbing purple king

rodents have been chomping the butter beans – that’s a first. is it rodents?

pepe said:

rodents have been chomping the butter beans – that’s a first. is it rodents?

it does look like something with teeth has been taste testing them for you.

the ‘low GI vegetarian cookbook’ recommends corn and avocado salsa with the bean patties i made yesterday.
these corn are all a bit beyond perfect picking time – but good for salsa (and chewy eating too).
viva la summer

pepe said:

the ‘low GI vegetarian cookbook’ recommends corn and avocado salsa with the bean patties i made yesterday.
these corn are all a bit beyond perfect picking time – but good for salsa (and chewy eating too).
viva la summer

Oh how we long for the dry season in order to grow corn again!

pain master said:

pepe said:

the ‘low GI vegetarian cookbook’ recommends corn and avocado salsa with the bean patties i made yesterday.
these corn are all a bit beyond perfect picking time – but good for salsa (and chewy eating too).
viva la summer

Oh how we long for the dry season in order to grow corn again!

just at present you guys are being buffeted. at least you know avocados will grow there – or will they? – drainage?

i like the way you’ve given your chooks a secure shelter – those sorts of precautions seem to be very necessary up there. mind you – i built our chook sheds to the same wind loading as the house.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

the ‘low GI vegetarian cookbook’ recommends corn and avocado salsa with the bean patties i made yesterday.
these corn are all a bit beyond perfect picking time – but good for salsa (and chewy eating too).
viva la summer

Oh how we long for the dry season in order to grow corn again!

just at present you guys are being buffeted. at least you know avocados will grow there – or will they? – drainage?

i like the way you’ve given your chooks a secure shelter – those sorts of precautions seem to be very necessary up there. mind you – i built our chook sheds to the same wind loading as the house.

no buffeting yet, the weather today was idyllic if a little on the hot side… One of the Avos rotted in the ground and now the second one looks ordinary. I might have to establish them during the dry??? The current duck house is steel I-beams concreted into the ground, so it will survive, but we have the Orchid Garden which is a brick walled corner of the house. The ducks will be ushered in here for tomorrow night. So they will be out of the draft but they may get wet. Can’t win ‘em all.

p1 – Two dragonflies waltzing
p2 – one is a skin – one is a live spider – which?
p3 – okra buds and fruit at my daughter’s place.

pepe said:

p1 – Two dragonflies waltzing
p2 – one is a skin – one is a live spider – which?
p3 – okra buds and fruit at my daughter’s place.

our Okra looks like that :)

top spider…

pain master said:

pepe said:

p1 – Two dragonflies waltzing
p2 – one is a skin – one is a live spider – which?
p3 – okra buds and fruit at my daughter’s place.

our Okra looks like that :)

top spider…

top spider is ….dead? … a skin? …. the real thing?

i’ve never grown okra – so once i know it will fruit – then i need to get a recipe.

pepe said:

p2 – one is a skin – one is a live spider – which?

tphe one on the bottom is dead

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

p2 – one is a skin – one is a live spider – which?

tphe one on the bottom is dead

nope you’re wrong – but since you are * the* dinetta would you like another try. LOL.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

p2 – one is a skin – one is a live spider – which?

tphe one on the bottom is dead

nope you’re wrong – but since you are * the* dinetta would you like another try. LOL.

Fair dinkum!? … but… but…but…all its’ legs are hanging down, and the one at the top has all eight legs spread out as if carrying its’ weight…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

tphe one on the bottom is dead

nope you’re wrong – but since you are * the* dinetta would you like another try. LOL.

Fair dinkum!? … but… but…but…all its’ legs are hanging down, and the one at the top has all eight legs spread out as if carrying its’ weight…

but the big one on the bottom has just shed its little skin above – obviously an exhausting task and he’s feeling a bit flopsy. it did move after being photographed.

pepe said:

but the big one on the bottom has just shed its little skin above – obviously an exhausting task and he’s feeling a bit flopsy. it did move after being photographed.

Unreal, I didn’t know orbs shed their skins…thanks for the information…