This video gave me the willies – seriously. It’s no wonder foreigners (especially Americans) think everything is deadly and/or poisonous in this country. Sensationalism breeds fear.
Not that Funnelwebs aren’t serious business mind you. It’s just that knowledge is power. Mindfulness of their most common habitats, what to [...]
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Funnelweb Spiders
Posted in Nature, Videos, Wildlife on 21 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Birds
Posted in Journals, Nature on 12 May 2007 | 1 Comment »
I wish I’d been here to see this – and especially to photograph it – because preliminary reports indicate life at my house was very interesting this afternoon.
Lis had put out birdseed for our fine feathered neighbors and it was apparently a huge hit. So much so that a pair of them declared it [...]
Possum Wrangling
Posted in Journals, Nature on 8 May 2007 | 7 Comments »
Little Ring Tailed Possum
Here’s a feel-good story for you.
A friend arrived in town Sunday who I haven’t seen in ages and was due to come over for a visit. Unfortunately the house was a disaster area and we were in the midst of a mad-dash to make it [...]
Rabbit
Posted in Journals, Nature, Photography on 30 April 2007 | 5 Comments »
Rabbit
I know they’re feral vermin, but they’re so adorable I can’t resist photographing them – and no I didn’t feed this one…
This and several other shots I’ve got posted on my Flickr page were taken in Sydney this weekend when we spent the day with friends, fed the duckies, [...]
The Odd Couple Nat Geo Style
Posted in Nature on 18 April 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’m back to burning the candle at both ends right now and will do my best not to ignore the blog again, but I suspect I may need to resort to either exceptionally short, yet well thought out posts, or long rambling streams of conciousness for now.
With that said I wanted to point [...]
