A random bunch of photos

[shmelly]

I can't take a descent photo at the moment, everything is so brown dry and uninteresting, so I've gone back a month or two to share some of the photos I have missed showing you.
Here is an Echidna taking a walk through my yard.



a lady beetle just hanging around on a flower



a Noisy Minor having a feed from the nectar of a Xanthorrhoea flower spike



and a rose picture. My roses at the moment look more like dried flowers on the bush.

[vincentgarrucho]

Wow these are wonderful shots! Your yard is full of interesting life! thanks for sharing!

[JustJim]

Lovely shots, Michelle. I think everywhere in this wide brown land is, well, brown. We've had some rain down here, but nowhere near enough.

I love the Noisy Miner shot, great lines, lovely light and clever DoF. TFS

[tycooder]

Michele these are beautiful shots Looks like theMinor has 2 sticks of candy to choose from and that cute little porcupine critter is adorable and the subtle colors of the beatle and rose are wonderful nice work

[shmelly]

Originally Posted by vincentgarrucho

Wow these are wonderful shots! Your yard is full of interesting life! thanks for sharing!

Thanks Vincent

Originally Posted by JustJim

Lovely shots, Michelle. I think everywhere in this wide brown land is, well, brown. We've had some rain down here, but nowhere near enough.

I love the Noisy Miner shot, great lines, lovely light and clever DoF. TFS

Thanks Jim,
Where I live is very bad, we have had no sring-summer rain and everything is just desolate. I have never known it to be so dry but I suppose I have only lived out here for twelve years. I'm finding it very depressing though.

Originally Posted by tycooder

Michele these are beautiful shots Looks like theMinor has 2 sticks of candy to choose from and that cute little porcupine critter is adorable and the subtle colors of the beatle and rose are wonderful nice work

Thankyou Brendan, I took these back when there were things to take pictures of.

[Ella1267]

That critter in the first pic....is that a type of porcipine or hedgehog? I use to have African Hedgehogs that looks somewhat like that...but can't really tell the size. Anyway he is adorable. I love that you have different names or almost the same critters....we have red ladybugs. I love the color of the rose...very pretty. Your birds are also pretty. Have to agree with you on the situation right now...everything is brown and dead here also....only real difference is everything here always looks brown and dead....

[equilution]

Thanks for diggin these up, Michelle. I love the great variety of wildlife you have down there. It's a photog's Shangri La! TFS

[Tenzin'sMom]

This is a great set, Michele! Really fun to see what an echidna looks like. And the second one, such a beautiful, warm, dreamy bokeh. Wonderful!

[beachcomber]

Described as random, they have one thing in common, they are all very good, nice set Michele

[shmelly]

Originally Posted by Ella1267

That critter in the first pic....is that a type of porcipine or hedgehog? I use to have African Hedgehogs that looks somewhat like that...but can't really tell the size. Anyway he is adorable. I love that you have different names or almost the same critters....we have red ladybugs. I love the color of the rose...very pretty. Your birds are also pretty. Have to agree with you on the situation right now...everything is brown and dead here also....only real difference is everything here always looks brown and dead....

Thanks Ella,our Echidnas are a bit smaller than the other animals,and very, very distant relations, they are actully marsupials which mean their young come form eggs, the eggs are hatched in their pouch and are feed by mothers milk untill they start to grow spines, then they are put into a burrow and feed by mum until they are old enough to look after themselves.

Originally Posted by equilution

Thanks for diggin these up, Michelle. I love the great variety of wildlife you have down there. It's a photog's Shangri La! TFS

Thanks Jim

Originally Posted by Tenzin'sMom

This is a great set, Michele! Really fun to see what an echidna looks like. And the second one, such a beautiful, warm, dreamy bokeh. Wonderful!

Thankyou Helen

Originally Posted by beachcomber

Described as random, they have one thing in common, they are all very good, nice set Michele

Thankyou Beach