And It Has Kept On Raining

Looking back at my last post in February, the colours were bleached and summery - products of a hot and very dry few months.  Since then we have had a fair bit of rain - not an extraordinary amount, but not a bad amount at all - and pretty regularly.  The countryside is showing it.  As our walk around the northern border region of Canberra shows.

I'm ashamed to say that I don't know my Australian Eucalypts very well, but I think that on the top of the hills here these are snow gums interspersed with a few yellow box.

The bird spotting was great: whistling kites, black falcons, yellow-rumped thornbills, white-eared honeyeaters and mistletoebirds to name a few. They are hard to photograph though, as were all the frogs we could hear but not see.  One bit of the wildlife hung around long enough for a photo.

Having survived our close encounter with the local fauna we enjoyed the floral emblem of Canberra and the ACT (and the trees).

Sunday Walk

After the first rain for ages

Australia Day

Camping at Thredbo River followed by the walk up Mount Kosciuszko

Durras

Christmas

A time for food

And family

Sunday Dinner

So, with K in China yet again, the quality of the food Chez Vickers must be maintained.  And because its a man cooking (me), it gets documented and shared.

the recipe

the garden's contribution

the healthy stuff (minus the pear, fennel, walnuts and mozarella - they come later)

the not so healthy stuff (yum)

just add salmon

H and O (and I) loved it; W congratulated me on the baked beans.

Jazz in the Vines