I’ve become more and more aware over the past several weeks that, in my efforts to post photographs and podcast audio commentary on a daily basis, the daily goal has become the daily drudge. Quantity has increased, quality has decreased. I’ve produced 106 podcasts in 104 consecutive days.
I feel that I’m now taking many of my photographs just for the sake of filling a blank space on a daily web page rather than taking a photograph because I’m interested in the subject matter, or because it’s technically challenging, or whatever.
So, to break my habit, I’m not going to post an image today - I didn’t take any photographs today.
I’ll now post every few days when I feel I have something to display that wasn’t done just to fill a blank space. That’s not to say I’m going to stop taking photographs recording life in rural Australia - I’ll still do that - but there will also (I hope) be project-based output (he says without much of an idea yet just what that will be).
There’s more than one type of fuel on sale here …
… this is what I’m looking for.
These toy animals wait patiently for somebody to offer them a home.
It’s much easier to notice in 3 dimensions but these clumps of grass are hanging above the creek from fencewire. A recent flash flood has left the grass high and dry. The water level must have been pretty impressive for a short time. The topmost clump would be about 2m / 6ft above the current water level.
Interesting light plays in interesting clouds as the storm moves around.
A hole in the clouds highlights this hilltop. It stands out as a beacon amidst the darkness.
This member of the Heath family, with tiny flowers, is looking full of life.
Only recently identified by me, this is Lomandra longifolia, the Spiny-headed Mat-rush.
An unidentifed plant just beginning to flower. It could be a weed - but then again, a weed is just a plant out of place :-)
This terrestrial orchid, Dipodium punctatum, the Hyacinth orchid, is just about to flower.
A variety of goodenia with an orange flower.
Another goodenia, with yellow flower.
This lizard stayed very still for me - no doubt assuming that if it didn’t move then I wouldn’t see it.
Straight lines (the walls) and ragged lines (the pavers and safety fence). The contrast caught my eye in a quirky moment.
Tattersalls Hotels (aka 
Back in the countryside now, and a dunny (outdoor toilet) in the middle of the paddock. The old shearing shed is out of sight to the right.
A close-up of the lizard. Its eye keeps track of me.
It’s that time - the feral goats are back on their journey through the area. Here they are in a neighbour’s paddock.