The good old days when mail was handwritten with a fountain pen on lovely paper and came in an envelope with interesting stamps, and when th...

Our weather this Spring has been rather cool, gray, wet and miserable - courtesy of La Niña! Whenever we see a sunny spell we all rush out a...

This post is part of the  Saturday Critters meme

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme .

Mesembryanthemum (meaning "midday flowering" in Greek) is a genus of flowering plants native to southern Africa. Fig marigold or ...

The Walker fountain was presented by Ron and Barbara Walker, Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Melbourne (1974-1975) to the people of Victoria...

"Ophelia" is Deborah Halpern’s sculpture inspired by Ophelia from  Hamlet and  is synonymous with Melbourne. So much so that in 19...

This post is part of the  Mosaic Monday meme , and also part of the Blue Monday meme , and also part of the   Seasons meme .

At the Darebin Parklands in Alphington, where the wild mustard plants are all abloom in a blaze of sulphur yellow. This post is part of the ...

The Chestnut Teal ( Anas castanea ) is a small duck. The male (shown here) has brown back, rich chestnut-coloured chest and sides with dark ...