Galaxy #1221Z3 meets LG U990

Long Story Short:
Cell phone contract ended
Got new phone with new contract
Added one of my beads to new phone
We all lived happily ever after
The End




Totally groovy bead Im so glad I kept for myself, I loved making Galaxy beads.

I miss making beads! Beady types will notice how dodgy the wire wrapping is. I could hardly believe how difficult such a simple thing has become with these hands of mine, even with dead soft wire. But Im pleased I got it done and can now enjoy this little fellow. (9 x 14 mm)

Totally groovy phone, totally! I would gush about it in more detail, but we arent that sort of blog. Will say this, IT ROCKS!

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I do find I spend alot of time playing with the little fishy...he swims around on the screen on his own, but if you touch the screen - he swims over to investigate. My goodness, I am too easily entertained these days.

PS: Ces- I had the macro out to shoot shells with the same day I took these shots - will have them up shortly!

Turdus, full of it!

Twenty five minutes to get it down and keep it there. Epic!

But it was five minutes more before this youngster would attempt flight.

When he took to wing, still exhausted, he could only achieve enough lift to drag his toes along the ground! And that only for six feet where he landed under the neighbors car.

I dare say he would have had to climb a tree to roost for the night.

Little Turdus gets some 'grub'

It took this young blackbird 25 minutes to get this huge curl grub down, and keep it down. (Dont worry, you only have to see it go down once, but we do have Part II tommorrow.) I think a more experienced bird would have let this monster go.

Blackbirds are introduced to Australia. I HATE their incessant rearranging of the bark mulch in the garden, but I LOVE their song. If you pass by my home, you may see me sweeping the bark from the pathways and back into the gardens, stopping occasionally to shake my fist at a blackbird and mutter various names at it.

Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) at Wiki.

Hollyhock, Chaters Double

Late to the party, is a Chaters Double Hollyhock. I had just resolved myself to this one not blooming this year, and POP! Off it went. I love the fluffy texture of the fresh blossoms, but do not particulary relish how tatty they look shortly thereafter, as you can see.

This is another surprise in seed buying on ebay. Its supposed to be a single pink. And if you remember, the single pinks were supposed to be reds. Round it went, good thing I am well and truly over having planned themes/colours for the garden.

Recent rain has put Mother Nature in the mood to grant me a reprieve in the garden. Many seedlings are erupting throughout the bare patches. This is the absolute beauty of allowing some plants to set seed, as opposed to diligenly dead heading everything.

So far Ive spied seedlings of hollyhock, nasturtiums, cosmos, sweet pea, and salvia farinacea (a real favourite of mine). With just a bit of care and a little weather luck, we will be lush and lovely again in no time.

I invite you to join me now, in a sigh of relief. Ahhhhh.

How tiny are they?

Compared to a regular sized honey bee, pretty darn tiny! This fellow was collecting pollen, whilst his Mates were drinking nectar. He let me get very, very close, but I needed to get a little closer for better clarity.

However, each time I advanced he flew off the the next flower. Oh well, try again another time, eh?

Macro lens experiment, December 30th.

Another look -Epidendrum, Crucifix Orchid

I had resolved to write more, but...

You know, everything after but is an excuse.

Crumbs!

In the meantime, here is another look at that red Epidendrum. One of these days I will get a shot that Im really happy with - getting closer!

Dont argue with Bunya Nuts

So I dropped it, but onto the concrete first, just for a few photos!

After that I spread some of the nuts in a few spots of the garden that might foster germination. Others went into pots. With some considerable luck, perhaps we will have seedling Araucaria bidwillii to post about one day.