Lucky The Noisy Miner..

This is sad but it is true
Its about a bird I once knew
I named it Lucky and you will see
What a beginning it had up in that tree
Three eggs were hatched one windy night
As I discovered in the morning light

O what a joy it was to see

These three little chicks up in the tree

Bald as a badger with great big eyes

Where one day they would hit the skies

Gale force winds the very next day

Bought tears of sadness in every way

To find one Chickie on the ground

And that little nest been turned around

My building skills were not the best

When trying to fix this little nest

All I could do was tie it down

Hoping they would be safe and sound

Another shock the next day bought

And a terrible lesson I was taught

With help the nest was wired to the tree

And thankfully did not come free

With one little chick left in the nest

We enjoyed watching it at rest

Then out of its nest one day to see

It sitting on the branch of the tree

Somewhere out there that little bird lives

Lucky its name and Lucky it is..

Goodbye Lucky

After The Rain ..

Rain is so beautiful....

After four days of drizzle and light rain with the gauge collecting 88mm the grass is now starting to green up, after months of dead brown grass the green lifts your spirits even if they are weeds green is a lovely colour actually its my favourite colour and as I look around me there is green everywhere and so many different shades with the grass and leaves Nature's pallet is so beautiful.. When the sun finally comes out there will be fungi of all descriptions popping up out of the soil like these little toadstools you know I can just imagine the fairies sheltering from the rain under these umbrella's that Mother Nature grows.


One thing the rain brings and thats plenty of weeds and it good to get out in the garden and pull the weeds up as the soil is soft and its no effort, even if I am of a age where I have to bring a little wooden box with me to sit on as along the garden edge there it is very soft and soggy and there are heaps of weeds. Its a shame that the rain ruins the pretty flowers and all the petals fall off though a small price to pay so that more flowers can grow and the trees can get their new leaves which heralds the Spring..

And Spring is such a beautiful time when the entire garden comes alive in most places, I live in a subtropical climate and I have flowers of all descriptions year round even in the Winter the garden is alive with the red of the Poinsettia which flowers for months.
The Australia Natives start blooming and the red of the Callistemon is a sight to see I also have cream ones and Grevillea they are flowering also, the red and the orange are alive with bees they are feasting on the nectar same as the birds especially the Lorikeets.


And its not long before the bulbs and corms start flowering the Anemones with their Pink, White, Blue and Red flowers are so pretty buts its the bight yellows that I love best the Roses and the Freesia's with their delightful perfume. The climate is too warm here for tulips, daffodils but we have plenty of others to make for them, and if it wasn't for the rain we would not have these beautiful Plants. So I am hoping this is the end of our Drought.