Star-spangled footpath

Autumnal improvements to ugly paving at uni.

Make do and mend

Leaf art by Susanna Bauer:






(found at Myrtle & Eunice; many more beautiful works here and here)

Late Autumn

We had some lovely rain on the weekend, so all the beautiful yellow leaves that I spread on the garden turned brown. I don't mind though, because rain and mulch are just what my little garden needs as it settles down to winter!

This little fella is also getting rugged up for winter, spinning gossamer threads to anchor his cocoon, but I don't think he understands the whole camouflage concept yet:


I think Gus wants to go and play in the rain ....

This is .... my way of recycling

~ I'm a leaf thief!*
In our household we recycle as much as we can, in all sorts of ways, but the other day I think I embarrassed my beloved a little bit by gathering several sacks of the beautiful golden leaves that pile up along Royal Parade in autumn.
They're detrimental to local aquatic ecosystems but wonderful for the garden and our compost worms!

(don't tell G, but I might gather some more this week, taking Gus as my accomplice...)

Don't forget to check over at Three Buttons to see who else is playing 'This is ...' this week.

* Thanks to Annie for this great description

Sweet autumn glow

I couldn't imagine a more superb day to be stuck on campus at Melbourne Uni .... this crisp and sunny autumn weather makes my heart sing!

Field trip

Three days of 'resilience thinking', consideration of complex adaptive systems, connectivity and people's connections to the land ...








This is Lenny Clarke, a wonderfully engaging man and Elder of of the Gunditjmara/Kirrae Wurrung people, with his recycled microwave-letterbox:


... and this was part of a museum exhibit, paper in a typewriter, that really made me feel that I'm part of the 'older generation' now! Click on the picture to enlarge it if you're having trouble reading it ....