365 Days in Nature - Days 17 - 24

Day 24 - This beautiful specimen of a Purple-winged Praying Mantis thought he was camouflaged on my door!

Day 23 - My mother-in-law has green thumbs and always has beautiful flowers in her garden. This Children's Rose is one such example. You will see more as the 365 days progresses

Day 22 - in contrast this shot was taken on a beautiful sunny day when the Jacaranda tree (my favourite) was just bursting into flower - ahhhhhhhhhhh!

Day 21 - You have seen the magnificent Manning Valley from our front door and know that there isn't water in front of our place. However, in June 2011, I shot this photograph when it was in full flood. I was fortunate enough to be able to capture this particular one of the full moon reflected in the flood waters, hopefully a unique shot for me!

Day 20 - living up on a hill looking across the amazing Manning Valley lends itself to some incredible skies. I love clouds and these were magnificent!

Day 19 - we have the most amazing birds in Australia. One of the most famous is our kookaburra, otherwise known as a "Laughing Jackass" because of it's amazing call which sounds as though somebody has just cracked a very funny joke. Just before sunrise most mornings, we have a chorus of 'laughter'. It is wonderful to hear. My mother-in-law has acquired a tame one who comes in every morning and most evenings to be hand-fed. She is gorgeous. We call her 'Radar' because she quite often flies straight into the front windows!

Day 18 - it was a cool, crisp night and the sky was an amazing deep, deep blue, not quite dark and there was the moon just hanging there asking me to take a photo... so I did!

Day 17 - Another tiny spider web coated with dew. We have hundreds hiding in the grass on our front paddock that you only ever notice when it's a dewy morning. This particular one just needed grayscale!