Midginbil Hill Farm - again

Interesting bark 

 Staghorn nursery

 Delicate fungus

Fascinating fungi

Midginbil Hill Farm

We spent a delightful weekend at Midginbil Hill Farm in north-east New South Wales. The weather was warm and sunny (a pleasant change from the weather we'd been experiencing in Canberra in the previous week) and I enjoyed wandering around and snapping things that caught my attention.

Gum nuts

Banksia

Budding staghorn fern (I think)

Pitted tree trunk

Hen and chick scratching around for food

Apple festival

Fungi

We have had over 200mm of rain in the past week. In fact, by 8am on 1 March, we had received the average rainfall for the month - and there's been a lot more since. We went out for a walk this afternoon when it stopped raining and found lots of interesting mushrooms/toadstools (I can't remember the difference between them).

Zoo

Do I hear food coming?

Hmmm, this seems to be taking a while . . . we might as well sit while we wait.

Is the water warm enough?

Brrrr!

I'm keeping an eye on you.

Flowers

I noticed this fabric poppy next to the footpath when I went for a walk.

 These beautiful roses are in our front garden.

Sydney

Photios Bros, in Druitt St, is a very small, very old-fashioned bead shop. Not for them the array of beads displayed on shelves around the shops. Instead, the beads are kept in brown boxes. Customers look through sample boxes to make their selection. My only disappointment with the shop is that I expect it to be staffed by gruff, grey-haired men wearing grey dust coats, but the assistants are young, friendly females.

The tiles in this photo can be found in the beautiful old Queen Victoria Building.

Along with this dome.

The Coathanger dominates Sydney Harbour.

And here the water sparkles in the late afternoon sunlight.