Live stream of the Collins St peregrine falcons. Quite riveting watching at times when they move a little too close to that ledge!

I highly recommend this fascinating and moving story of Rodger Deakin’s search for the ancient Apple forests of Kazakhstan. Read after his death by his devoted friend Robert Macfarlane. emergencemagazine.org/essay/east-t...

Vale Jane Goodall. Pioneering ecologist and gentle voice of conservation. Such an enormous contribution to science and humanity. #janegoodall #biodiversity #ecology #conservation www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

It’s that time of year… for planting veggie seeds. Way behind due to a year of intensive and challenging cancer treatment but I’ll still give it a go.. #spring #cancerrecovery #sustainability #veggies #eatyourveg #thankgodforcancerresearch

Hi Fidel, @dragonslayerma.bsky.social here's my second for your brilliant #promptcombo #Clocksticking. Its from my collection, "Othernesses":

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This week I read Claire Keegan’s ‘Small Things Like These’ which asks us how we will act on injustice. Brilliant writing. Highly recommend. #BookerPrizeShortlister #literaryfiction #BookClub

Cabbage leaf #eatyourveg

Trigger plant beauty on the coast of Lutruwita (Tasmania). #Australianflora #nature #biodiversity #plantconservation

Happy Caturday. #gentleSaturday #pettherapy #cancerrecovery

A tiny tufted duckling paddling through a kaleidoscope of colour 🌈🐥💦

"defend joy as a destiny defend it from fire and firefighters from suicides and homicides from vacations and ruts from the obligation to be joyful" mailchi.mp/themarginali...

Lake Daylesford.

Dew on winter leaves. #nature #winter #biophilia

Eyespot (mimicry) as demonstrated by my tabby Clara. Who’s watching who? Can you see it? #mimicry #evolution

Sleepy Bay

Omg, 😍. “This is a site for pictures of owls… in towels.” owlsintowels.org

Garden gates at Buda House.

It’s a cold, cold winter here as I go through chemo. Remembering back to my wonderful summer trip to #freycinetpeninsula #lutruwita #tasmania

Farmhouse window

Autumn harvest

Swim at the loch before a day at my desk… Savour these moments of peace and calm before a busy day 🌅

Citrus

Hidden path.

Recovery window

"Don’t waste your wildness: it is precious and necessary. In wildness, truth." A wakeup call for the trance of near-living induced by so-called civilization:

My wild, unkempt garden with a native lawn is teeming with life. Three skinks darted anxiously by, blue banded bees are whizzing around inspecting flowers and the eastern spinebill perches on the stakes in the garden to take a sip of nectar from the salvias. #wildgardens #wildlife #biodiversity

HELP! I'm being inspired against my own will! I'm feeling seen! I'm uncovering hope under layers of cynicsm! Who is this spokesperson for a self-reflective party that is committing to fight back, and what does he think he's doing??

Gratitude 💕. Boyfriend thinks he’s hopeless with food but brings me this delicious meal for lunch. So lucky to have such wonderful support for my cancer recovery.

Duck hunting is cruel and unnecessary. Save the ducks! 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆

Absolutely love this book by Isabella Tree about rewilding the Knepp estate (which I am reading in this sweltering heat from the comfort of my toddler pool in the garden… incl. mosquito net)..

Both Small (below) and Essex Skippers are quite unusual in that they lay their eggs within a grass sheath. Watching a female 'shimmying' down a stem while probing for an opening is quite a sight! But suitable sheaths might be in short supply, and the small egg batches are sometimes found together!

A tough week calls for sunflower therapy.

Buda historic house, central Victoria Australia. Home of the Levini sisters who lived there together as creatives until the end of their lives. #migranthistory

Christmas mask made my my six year old pal. Don’t think I’m going to put it away just yet. #creativekids

Freycinet National Park, Tasmania

At dusk, when this photo was taken, there is an aura to our woodland I do not believe in gods or ghosts, but there is something almost tangible in the air Of course it’s in my head. It’s called belonging

Found this magnificent grasshopper in the garden today. No idea what it is… suggestions welcome. #entomology #Australianinsects #australianinvertebrates

Throughout my two week covid infection I’ve been listening to #MirandaHart. In it, Hart charts a life of chronic illness and suffering. And then healing through self acceptance and compassion. 1/2

Day 16 of Covid. Finding peace at breakfast time in my wild, messy garden. Hoping to be well for Tuesday’s biopsy.

Day 15 of Covid, and I’m reflecting on my recent trip to beautiful Lutruwita / Tasmania. My place for healing.

It’s been a tricky week with some health challenges. So in between appointments in Melbourne today, I took myself to the Royal Botanic Gardens and gasped in wonder at the stunning display of lotus in flower.