White Heron visiting yesterday afternoon Exit Stage Left Noun :  An orderly and uneventful departure, timed so as not to detract o...

Inspired by Delwyn's "Silence" and Wanda's "Deep Into Fall" yesterday morning, I wandered around my gar...

Lest We Forget

View of Florence at sunset What is it with me that whenever I watch a documentary of Italy, I weep?  We have visited twice and have b...

Partner or Chic? Long, white neck and black feathers The white-faced grey taking off when I spooked it

White-faced Heron - Egretta novaehollandiae We heard a constant knocking and found this huge bird on the windowsill but spooked it be...

The Melbourne Cup (thoroughbred horse race) has been a major event in Victoria since 1861.  The winner of yesterday's main race for t...