Friends got their palm trees trimmed. I’d never seen an unopened palm frond up close. Very solid, and probably weighs 20-30 kg. I conclude that having a palm frond fall on you would be a very unpleasant experience, at best.
Palm fronds – yikes.
Category: Nature
General observations, generally during dog walks
Pretty flowering bush
Spider web remnants
The wind chimes
Cactus flowers
I posted a picture of the first cactus flowers in December 2020. Now others are getting in on the act. I guess this will be an annual thing from now on?
Beach on unusual Christmas eve
Christmas eve, southern hemisphere — usually a scorcher here. This year, not quite. By a long shot, in fact.
Curious parrot nest
Strange tracks in the sand
No footprints. So what was it? How did it move?
Thanks for asking, but…
…no, not a good night’s sleep. Those are fresh blood spots on the wall above the bed, from nocturnal mosquito-hunting.
The technique is to hold a flashlight parallel to the wall then move it away from and back towards the wall. The mosquitoes’ shadows give them away even when you can barely see them otherwise.
Clouds but no rain
Another whimsical blue-sky day…
…but we need rain….
Persistence
Two days ago, on the dog walk, Syd stomped this plant flat to the ground. Because he knew what would happen.
And it did.