Friday, January 06, 2012

Fruit & Visitors

we have four orange trees, the oranges here are from the orange tree at the top of the orchid, they have thin skin that is easy to peel & oh so sweet. lots of tiny seeds but you don't really notice them when you eat them. the colour is not a trick of the camera they really are this dark orange colour, i have never seen a bought orange this colour [not including blood oranges].




for anyone who does not know what this is, its a Blue Tongue Lizard.


when frightened they hiss & puff themselves up big to scare off who ever comes near.
we have 3 of these, two that live down the side & the other one lives out the front.


Miss Sally Girl does not like them in her yard & will bark at them until they go where she cant see them.
the only reason she is lying down here is because i told her too, but as soon as i go inside she will be at the barking again.


we have tried putting them over the fence next door but they just climb back over again. this one is the small one the other is quite a bit bigger. when Sally Girl fist found it we didnt know what it was at first cause it was in the bushes & when it kind of jumped up & out i first thought it was a snake but thank goodness it wasn't or it would have bitten my Sally Girl. snakes are the only thing i am frightened of & im always on the look out. for anyone who does not live in Australia we have the most poisonous snakes in the word oh & spiders.

1 comment:

Meggie said...

Hi Nicole... no lizards here, but did you see the snake on my blog? It wasn't poisonous, but it did eat my baby guineas. And then, we have our share of spiders. But the worst enemy I have with gardening are the fire ants.
You asked about my chickens. I have a even mix of green and brown egg layers. I'd say I get more brown eggs. Right now with the short day light hours, they are laying about every other day.
Meggie