Sounds like me, brain racing probs. I found the yoga saying 'watch your breath, slowly in and out' helps. I start by holding my breath, then releasing, which might sound stupid but after this my breathing is deeper, regular and easier to 'watch'. Takes practice, like everything.

I'll look forward to reading. Link doesn't open.

I can only imagine: remote mics making intermittent calls and recording bird answerings over time? Love to read about.

Dichondra looks smothered by mulch, and give the dahlia yhe flick. Just suggesting

We call this Preferential voting in Australia, all governments here, State and Federal use it uniformly across the country. Our entire voting setup is standardized and independent of Government and business. The US system is horrifying to most people here.

Same in Australia. If the House fails to pass the government's budget the government must either resign so that a different government can be appointed or seek a parliamentary dissolution so that new general elections may be held in order to re-confirm or deny the government's mandate.

Brachyscome multifida . Australian native

Vic Australia, just emerging fom snooze season, skinny and hungry I bet. Blue+tongue (Skink) in my garden just now. Tiliqua scincoides

Canada and Australia are stalling, they know the window for fossil f is closing due to the falling prices of renewables and want to sell as much fossil as possible before a total collapse as China's renewables come onstream.
Aust coal price per metric tonne.

If your missing your spiders, maybe its time we 'introduced' some of ours to your hedgerows as payback for the misery UK sp. continue to impact our wildlife.
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People don't seem to make the connection between flying and Climate Warming, even those who are educated left leaning. I'm Australian which makes this worse, planes need full tanks for long haul, and even more fuel to get those full tanks in the air. It's the Rich who cause climate warming

Canadians come to Australia fearful of snakes and spiders, but bears wandering the the burbs, bugger!

As we do in Australia.

Great to watch them dropping into water for a splash. The shot shows their beauty. Can be annoyingly plentiful sometimes if you get my drift.

Humans are incapable of limiting any trade over time, history shows regulations are soon compromised when money can be made. Trophy hunting is really the thin edge of a wedge in which animal sp. like forests now, are going.