This is Charm, one of Grace’s boys, pure sweetness this one. Click for full size.
© C. Ford.
My favourite, and they were out in force today. I’m so glad to see them again. A Ternarius can repeat sting, but they aren’t aggressive. I have been warned off a few times, and taken the warning seriously. Click for full size.
© C. Ford. All rights reserved.
The 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year is open, and accepting submissions until May 27, 2016. Those of you with travel photos, get them in! (Looking at you, Saad).

This picture was taken during Mt. Bromo eruption, the horse seems a little agitated due to the sound of the eruption, © Reynold Dewantara / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest.

This image was captured very early in the morning after climbing Yellow Mountain at 3 am and waiting for few hours in the cold and wind at -4 degrees. No HDR and no Photoshop was used for the effect of this image, everything is 100% natural. The magic of the nature did its work and I have been lucky, © Thierry Bornier / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest.
From Lofty. First up, Kookaburras, and oooh, pretty dinosaurs they are. Thanks, Lofty!
Two pics of the resident Kookaburra clan, getting their morning feed from my wife. On the advice of our local vet they get dog food pellets, soaked in boiling water for 5 minutes and drained. There are never any left after a dozen kookas hoover them up.
A Persimmon tree and fruit.
A couple of pics of one of our few successful fruit harvests this year. The persimmon tree, after spending three months under bird netting, yields three full buckets of fruit. Harvested and pruned back severely, the tree sheds its last few leaves on a damp Autumn morning. A row of persimmons sits on the window sill to ripen a bit longer.
Photos © Lofty. All rights reserved.
