Saturday, March 10, 2012

Fruit for all


Hi all, this was going to be posted yesterday but with a babe that needed comforting last thing at night it has waited till today. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. 


We've been enjoying figs from our tree the past few weeks. I was a bit concerned that they wouldn't ripen, despite being heavy with fruit. They didn't last year. But much to our delight they have and are ripening to squishy deliciousness.



However, it appears they are not only eagerly awaited for by us....
Our tree can be quite noisy by day and by night. At dusk the bats fly in and after dark the possums appear to get their fill. During the day, it's these guys.



These chatty birds are busy in the tree in twos or fives, or sevens. We watch them. Their magnificent colours draw your eye and hold it. They really are rainbow birds (Rainbow lorikeet). Even the underside of their tail is wonderful.



They remind us this book we always enjoy reading, Lucy's Cat and the Rainbow Birds. Although these days we have no Artemis to chase them away, so they stay for as long as they wish. 










They all leave quite a mess beneath the tree. Oh well, we admire their beauty and share their enjoyment. And they leave us the odd gift in the form of spectacularly coloured feathers.



'Fig leaves on terracotta: by Sunshine'.


So, while the shadows are changing and the sun is, just slightly, lower, we are nourished by the fruits of the season.

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