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Abundance into a New Year

 I do think that Spring 2023 suggested an abundance everywhere. The wattles lined the creek back to font and were in full flower .... quite lovely. The seeds of these wattles have covered the blocks and the waratah and bottlebrush were heavy with flora. The turbo chooks have so far had 2 clutches of babies as have the swallows. I have counted 17 turbo chooks on the block with 6 being new seasons babies that survived - we lost 6 to hawks and kookaburras plus a couple of unknown. The wallabies are overrun with babies (joeys) as can be seen from my nightly torchlight check from the deck. So cute - quite the nursery.

I spotted a white goshawk, for the first time since moving here, feeding on a dead wallaby one day and we have a resident eel and platypus in the creek. Meanting #Snowcone is living the life having retired from the dairy many years ago.

FUN FACT : did you know more people are killed by cows than by snake bite and shark attack combined !

Our abundance continues for which i am grateful - we continue to plant and water in the veggie patch with a few epic fails. But potatoes this year are rife and we have enjoyed lettuce, cabbage and so many lemons. Pumpkins have taken off so that should be good when winter arrives and i think i have revived the apple tree. (we shall see).

I discovered a (giant) moth Pupae and some weird insect that was large and seems its a weevil ? A beautiful purple poppy that i planted from seeds collected when we moved 18 months ago from Ports (East Devonport). It popped up so much healthier and was a ball of fluffy purple ... beautiful.

A few images here of abundance and my wish is the same for you and yours in this coming New Year. 





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