The Wet

Posted in Life, Love, Macro Photography, Meditation, Nature, Photography, Relaxation, Spirituality, Sustainability, Truth?, Wild Life by Mark on 01/02/2013

Well, no sooner than I have said how dry it is here the rain comes. And it poured floods up and down the East coast. Fortunately where I am is protected from the worst of it, barring high winds – falling trees, ravaged gardens, big clean up and the heat/humidity.

Some are saying these extremes are here to stay and I am either at home with it or move on from it, remains to be seen – it doesn’t get easier. It was a cyclone that hit the coast a few days ago and the next day there were more bees about than I have ever seen, and of kinds I have never seen before.

People and all sorts of creatures were made homeless, and then it all sorted itself out, as it does. I am at least pleased the little ones had food for the duration, and the shelter a wild garden provides as habitat. And pleased for the opportunity to see so much I wouldn’t otherwise have done.

I have since noticed there is a gang of male Blue Banded Bees that roost in the back garden, up against the fence, on the dried out stems of Star Jasmine – the same the small native wasps like to hang their nests from. Also, while clearing up I disturbed a Carpenter Bee that had made its home in a dried out stick I used to support plants. When I noticed it flying around the spot the stick used to be I put the stick back, today the Carpenter is also back.

It seems such extremes are approaching, in time and event; there will soon be no option but to move on – one way or another. I could do with new pastures anyway, the old being so worn …

Mark Berkery ……. Click any picture to enlarge in a new tab – best in FireFox

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sweffling said, on 06/02/2013 at 2:23 am

Wonderful photos and I do like the story of the carpenter bee: thanks for putting its stick back:)

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- Mark said, on 07/02/2013 at 8:21 pm
  
  Thanks S. The Carpenter Bee is rare and would rather have it around than not – the biggest I know of too, and very shy …
  
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jamiun micheal said, on 05/02/2013 at 2:24 pm

wow..always inspired me Mark..this is great..

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- Mark said, on 07/02/2013 at 8:20 pm
  
  Thanks Michael …
  
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standingoutinmyfield said, on 05/02/2013 at 12:33 am

Will you go to Western Australia?

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- Mark said, on 08/02/2013 at 3:37 am
  
  Probably – and you?
  
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sybil said, on 04/02/2013 at 6:02 am

Not sure how I found you. Link from a link from a link … Your photos are staggeringly beautiful. The clarity is amazing !

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- Mark said, on 04/02/2013 at 12:29 pm
  
  Thanks Sybil …
  
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Alex Jones said, on 02/02/2013 at 5:23 am

Beautiful photographs of beautiful creatures.

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- Mark said, on 02/02/2013 at 3:38 pm
  
  Thanks Alex …
  
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Godfried said, on 02/02/2013 at 4:23 am

That second picture is a beauty Mark. Very nice colours.

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- Mark said, on 02/02/2013 at 3:38 pm
  
  Thanks Godfried …
  
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Alice O'Leary said, on 02/02/2013 at 2:11 am

Hello Mark – Enjoyed your post. Are you in Australia? I have friends in Maleny and wondered if you might be near there.

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- Mark said, on 02/02/2013 at 2:37 am
  
  Hello Alice. In Oz yes, Brisbane. Maleny is 100kl Nth and I don’t know anyone there …
  
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Jacques said, on 01/02/2013 at 6:58 pm

As usual, very impressive pictures with a ‘Wow-factor’!

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- Mark said, on 02/02/2013 at 2:33 am
  
  Thanks Jacques …
  
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