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This was the view from an upstairs window last night
 

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Galja said:
I hope someday to see such a sunset, so I looked it up

http://www.backpackaround.com/thing...eensland/mt-isa/mount-isa-national-parks.html
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The pix of the sunrise was taken in my backyard as I was getting the car out to go to work. That is no where near Lawn Hill NP.

I have been all around that area, and it is well worth a visit, there is big fossil site on the Lawn Hill road near Riversleigh Cattle Station. You need permission to go in the area as it is protected and you have to be with a park ranger.
 
We had the first really misty morning of the season today.
The big sycamores at the front of the house are turning now; there's a drift of bright, copper-coloured leaves along the edges of the driveway and the holly berries in the garden are changing colour already. Summer's on the run, guys...
 
13lizanne said:
Gorgeous pictures Debra, you live on a lane too?
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Thanks, Anna!
Yes, we do live on a lane. There are just fields and woods to the back and front of us, although there is a main A road at the far end of the lane. I love it - it's so peaceful. I lived in South London for 7 or 8 years, and this is the opposite end of the scale - pheasants, woodpeckers, squirrels, rabbits, bats, foxes, hedgehogs... Gorgeous!
I found these on the lawn this morning - they belonged to a Tawny Owl, according to Google...

I love the church bells, too. In fact, about 30 years ago - when I could climb all the steps up to the belltower - I used to ring those very bells, among others across the south-west! Nowadays the bellringers practice every Tuesday evening and I often open all the windows to listen to them, feeling nostalgic.
 
Would you believe, we too have church bells, there is a church about 250 yds from our house AND we have a main A road at the far end of the road our lane butts on to although I don't think that our house is as grand as yours We lived in Edinburgh before we came here so also came from city life . Cue spooky music .
 
Soul sisters!
But our house isn't at all grand!
 
Stay away from this outback Queensland hotel, savage Green Frogs at large.


 
I found one of these in the garden this evening...
It's a Harlequin Ladybird - apparently the world's most invasive species! They arrived here in 2004 and have now colonised every corner of the UK. Scientists don't yet know if it will be damaging to our own, native species but they are asking for people to let them know of they see any.
You can use this link: http://www.ladybird-survey.org/default.aspx
Ladybirds are very beneficial to the garden, as their larvae eat vast quantities of soft-bodied pests, particularly aphids. A single ladybird can eat up to 5,000 aphids in its year-long lifetime! (The first photo of a spiny-looking bug is a native UK ladybird larva and the second is a Harlequin larva.)

 
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It's nice to see some of my familiar winter visitors from the woodland and hedgerows being tempted back into the garden now with the onset of the cooler weather. I've seen three species around the feeders today which I've not seen since February - a small flock of goldfinches, a nuthatch, and a gorgeous primrose-yellow grey wagtail.


Although they've visited occasionally throughout the summer, the squirrels and long-tailed **** are back again on a daily basis now, too.


I'm surprised not to have seen the blackbirds feasting on the holly berries yet, but perhaps it's still a little early for that. The berries are looking lusciously red now, though.
 
Had a wonderful time in the North West Highlands of Scotland - the scenery there is just spectacular - well, see for yourselves
More photos if you would like to see them?
 

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13lizanne said:
Had a wonderful time in the North West Highlands of Scotland - the scenery there is just spectacular - well, see for yourselves
More photos if you would like to see them?
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Oh, wow! Yes, please....
 
Here are a few more pics - we were living almost right on the beach shown in the photos, just a field in between. The deer came out of the surrounding hills at night to graze on the grass and the stag bellowed until someone shone a torch at them, when they bounded off . It's pitch black up there at night so unfortunately we didn't manage to get a pic of the deer. Hope I haven't bored you with the holiday snaps
 

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Wow! Amazing pics Anna, I don't think I've ever had holiday pics this pretty
 
@13lizanne - What beautiful pictures Anna. Especially of the little cove the daytime picture and the Night one - did You and Hubby go down there? And love the River picture too.
 
We didn't just go down there William, we lived less than 100yds away, we could see it from the caravan window
 
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