Creatures in the garden!

Today we were working in the to-be vegetable garden when,
to our great delight,

we discovered some amazing creatures.

Two frogs were hiding under a piece of steel.

 

We often hear them croaking when it is raining.

And the most amazing, biggest earthworms that I have ever seen. They were at least 15cm long! 

James loved looking at these incredible animals and so did his Dad and Uncle Stefan, who helped him gently hold them. A great experience for boys in the backyard!

The Alchemist - A fable about following your dreams

I just finished reading this lovely book about following your dreams.  A lovely story about observing and hearing nature, looking for omens and listening to your heart. Beautiful.

Our daily visitor

Every day, sometimes twice a day we have a sulphur crested cockatoo come to visit us.

 He sometimes brings his mate but usually he is by himself.

And if we don't have the sunflower seeds out ready for him,

he squawks and screeches until we bring some out for him.
Which sometimes happen at 6am!

It is a lovely experience for James to be able to see these beautiful birds up close 

but still free to come and go, not being caged.

Heirloom Tomato Painting

Shopping at the Burnside Village fruit and veg shop the other day, I spied the most unusual tomatoes. I think they are called Bock tomatoes...

I don't like eating raw tomatoes at all but I was intrigued by the shape of these red fruits.

I bought 3 in the hope I would paint them before Tim got his hands on them!!

Initial sketches of tomatoes, James then added some suggestions!

First layer of paint

 

The final painting...

This was the first time that I have painted in Acrylic and I must say, I rather liked it!

Might put my watercolour brushes away for a while and explore this medium for a while!