Latinforpearl
@baroquepearl.bsky.social
Ngunnawal country
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Australian native plants in pots, divine smelling chocolate lilly (arthropodium fimbriatum) with yellow buttons (chrysocephalum epiculatum).
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Australian native plants in pots, divine smelling chocolate lilly (arthropodium fimbriatum) with yellow buttons (chrysocephalum epiculatum).
Front garden is a native wilderness. Look what popped up courtesy of local wildlife. Probably dianella. Other photo shows wahlenbergia stricta and various bulbines.
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Front garden is a native wilderness. Look what popped up courtesy of local wildlife. Probably dianella. Other photo shows wahlenbergia stricta and various bulbines.
Frost in Canberra this morning. The rule is not to plant out tomatoes until after Melbourne Cup. Sigh. Usually works but not this year. Back to square 1. But the superb fairy wrens were twittering in the shrubbery and a butcher bird sounding like someone learning to whistle.
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Frost in Canberra this morning. The rule is not to plant out tomatoes until after Melbourne Cup. Sigh. Usually works but not this year. Back to square 1. But the superb fairy wrens were twittering in the shrubbery and a butcher bird sounding like someone learning to whistle.
Ladybird larvae, one of nature's pest controllers.
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Ladybird larvae, one of nature's pest controllers.
Green manure crop before reaping. Have planted this for a few years and vege patch has transformed from compacted mostly clay to rich black loam. And no, the bloke doesn't wander about on Halloween with his scythe. 😁
October 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Green manure crop before reaping. Have planted this for a few years and vege patch has transformed from compacted mostly clay to rich black loam. And no, the bloke doesn't wander about on Halloween with his scythe. 😁
Time to pot up the baby African violets.
October 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Time to pot up the baby African violets.
Bird of the year.
October 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Bird of the year.
Patch of our wilderness garden, Bedspread grevillea, self sown bulbine, poa, kangaroo grass, couple of weeds.
October 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Patch of our wilderness garden, Bedspread grevillea, self sown bulbine, poa, kangaroo grass, couple of weeds.
Away for a few days and look what the garden produced.
October 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Away for a few days and look what the garden produced.
The other old girl curled up on the sofa next to me.
September 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The other old girl curled up on the sofa next to me.
This one is very easy and pretty foolproof, from Best Recipes from the (Women's) Weekly.
August 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This one is very easy and pretty foolproof, from Best Recipes from the (Women's) Weekly.
This one at daughter's place in Sydney, not the newly discovered one but pretty cool.
August 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This one at daughter's place in Sydney, not the newly discovered one but pretty cool.
Blue banded bees lining up.
August 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Blue banded bees lining up.
Joy in the little things. Killed daughter's African violet a while ago but before it finally expired I cut off some very sad leaves, put them in water until they started to grow roots and then put the recovered and healthy looking leaves in a pot. Yesterday the first baby appeared.
May 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Joy in the little things. Killed daughter's African violet a while ago but before it finally expired I cut off some very sad leaves, put them in water until they started to grow roots and then put the recovered and healthy looking leaves in a pot. Yesterday the first baby appeared.
Teenage grandson dressed for his first paid job, a small part in a symphony orchestra concert.
May 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Teenage grandson dressed for his first paid job, a small part in a symphony orchestra concert.
Grand-dog not wanting her photo taken.
April 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Grand-dog not wanting her photo taken.
Time out from all the stuff in the world, a walk to Cow and the Moon with youngest grandson. He chose strawberry balsamic and dulce de leche.
April 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Time out from all the stuff in the world, a walk to Cow and the Moon with youngest grandson. He chose strawberry balsamic and dulce de leche.
What a cute animal! Here in Australia we have the Easter wombat. 🤣
April 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
What a cute animal! Here in Australia we have the Easter wombat. 🤣
Drizzling all day, using power and still filled battery.
April 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Drizzling all day, using power and still filled battery.
Yes. However Atmospheric CO2 is continuing to increase. See graph below from BoM and CSIRO State of the Climate.
April 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Yes. However Atmospheric CO2 is continuing to increase. See graph below from BoM and CSIRO State of the Climate.
Native viola betonicifolia doing their annual cleistogamy, sending up buds that open to seeds rather than flowers. Flowering is in Sept-Oct.
April 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Native viola betonicifolia doing their annual cleistogamy, sending up buds that open to seeds rather than flowers. Flowering is in Sept-Oct.
Excellent. Might be useful to let people know batteries charge even when it's raining, eg my non tesla battery on a recent day of constant drizzle. Blue is battery charge, yellow is power used. End of day still 99% charged.
April 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Excellent. Might be useful to let people know batteries charge even when it's raining, eg my non tesla battery on a recent day of constant drizzle. Blue is battery charge, yellow is power used. End of day still 99% charged.
Good explainer on ABC about solar & batteries @jolauder.bsky.social except that sunshine isn't needed to charge battery. Solar generation works even when it's raining. Readout from my non tesla battery on a recent day of constant drizzle. Blue is power going into battery, yellow is power used.
April 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Good explainer on ABC about solar & batteries @jolauder.bsky.social except that sunshine isn't needed to charge battery. Solar generation works even when it's raining. Readout from my non tesla battery on a recent day of constant drizzle. Blue is power going into battery, yellow is power used.