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Last fall my husband dug up a bit of what he calls “gumbo” and what area potters call “Pickford clay.” I ran a few Facebook posts about it as I tempered it with sand and molded it into a sort-of cup. My attempts are far from being good work, but the process helped me understand…
APRIL 2017 FREE BOOK!
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YOUR PET! Terry & Pattie
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July ’13 Free Book #2
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Sue we have some beautiful colour birds over here. Where I live there is a lot of natural bushland so birds are everywhere.Some of the most common one’s around are Magpie, Willie Wag Tails which are just cute. Crows they chop of my Gerbera”s and pull out the pansies!! .Kookaburra’s laugh all the time. Honey eaters just love the pollen. Our Wedge Tail Eagles are found only up in the Kimberley & Pilbra. Other area’s you have blue wrens .
Glad you like it, Trish. Yes, all the MySky photos are Neil’s. He catches some amazing sunsets, most just outside our front door. The birds we see most often are seagulls, American bald eagles (they have white heads), Canadian geese, sandhill cranes, little chickadees, and large Canadian blue jays. We also have quite a variety of wood peckers. How about you, Trish? What birds do you see in most often in your part of Australia?
Wow! Thats just awesome sight. Did Neil take that? Isn’t mother nature wonderful all the beautiful clours we see around us. What type of birds live around you?
Thank you, Eileen!
Beautiful AND Peaceful!