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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Nright light this dawn but rain clouds are heading this way. Expecting a balmy 15 degrees C today.

The sky at dawn, golden light shining on clouds above treetops and distant hills

emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A lot of people don't like ibises - and they do hang out at the tip eating rubbish. But they are beautiful when you see them flying and wading in the dam. They are probably eating the little frogs though. #ausbirds #photography #southerntablelands #ibis

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Living with a border collie - my favourite magazine

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The noisy friarbird again, looking jaunty. The other bird a fantail or sparrow. Has been over 40 degrees this week and the bordbaths are getting a workout. #auswildlife #birds #climate

2 birds perched on the edge of a birdbath under a tree. Pne os a sparrow or fantail, the other is twice as big and has a bump on its beak, tail up in the air

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Noisy Friarbird sharing a drink on this 40 degree day

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

New Year's Eve, just before the 9pm fireworks started, Grey-headed Flying Foxes crossed the Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra to go to their roosts in the trees.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

As I approached the kangaroo it hopped behind the bottlebrush tree and hid there #auswildlife

Kangaroo sitting behind a fence next to a bottlebrush tree

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

So many birds flying around in the wind before the heatwave! 5 species of birds were together at one birdbath. Didn't get a photo though. But interesting clouds after the wind changed direction. #aussieheatwave #heatwave #wind #clouds #ausbirds

Sunshine on paddock with some large low clouds and lots of little round clouds

Treetops with blue sky and a big cloud with feathery fingers reaching down towards the trees

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Lovely morning for a walk. Not a soul to be seen, just dogs barking, birds, a wallaby and a red bellied black snake crossing the road. The bird here is a Noisy Friarbird, it has a bump on top of its beak. #ausbirds #auswildlife #xmasday #bordercollie

Border Collie and labradoodle on leash walking on the road

Border Collie sleeping on black leather couch

Noisy Friarbird perched in fork of a eucalyptus tree

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Yesterday's thunderstorm approaching.

Storm clouds over a paddock with light shining down from the sun behind the clouds

Storm clouds over the paddock with rain about to start

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The lunar eclipse from NSW Australia at about 3:30 am #astronomy #eclipse #moon

The full moon looking 3D and orange because of the eclipse

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Scary looking orange-footed centipede found under a rotting log. Apparently a voracious predator but mildly toxic to humans. #auswildlife #ausinverts

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Yellow thornbills, tiny twittering little birds hanging out in the wattles and casuarinas. #auswildlife #ausbirds

Small brown bird with yellow chest and underbelly perching on a branch

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Pink mist this morning! And a heavy frost.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Arty shots of evening light reflected on surface of wooden coffee table. #photography

Coffee table surface relecting light from outside window. Pink clouds, mouuntains in distance, wooden verandah behind window.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Play, walk, play, sleep. Freezing wind and rain, 6 degrees centigrade outside, nice to come home to the fire. #bordercollie

Border collie puppy curled up in a director chair in front of the fireplace

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Puppy had a busy morning shredding her blankets

Border collie sleeping on couch covered in torn blankets

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Breakfast sorted! Orange, lemon, lime and mandarin marmalade. 50% wholemeal sourdough. Tried a longer fermentation and it has risen better this time.

2 loaves of bread and 4 jars of orange marmalade

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Ghost moths - they are attracted to lights at night but seem to like sleeping in the sun during the day. #auswildlife #Australianinvertebrates

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

2 Peron's tree frogs in the sheep 'bathtubs trough when I went to scrub off some of the algae. #auswildlife #frogs

A little frog with one front leg stretching up, showing distinctive webbed toes and lemon-yellow inner thighs. Green algae on the surface it's reaching up to.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Straw necked ibis and sulphur crested cockatoos vying for a tree to roost in at dusk #auswildlife #birds

2 eucalyptus trees with ibis and cockatoos flying around them

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

A recent acrylic painting of apples freshly picked from our Pink Lady tree. The taste is so different from store bought apples. I've been looking around Bluesky for interesting #acrylic, #gouache, #acrylagouache and #mixedmedia paintings.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Full moon rising in a sky lit by sunset in pink and blue, above a standing dead gumtree that is often host to flocks of parrots.

Moon rising above a dead gumtree in a paddock, in a sunset sky pink and blue

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

A flower wasp. Waiting for experts on NaturMapr to identify it. #insectsofaustralia #ausinvertebrates

Shiny black wasp about 30 mm long with brown wings, feeding on nectar from a red bottle brush flower.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Red-browed finches, white-browed scrubwrens, gray fantails and white-plumed honeyeaters all came for a dip in the birdbath this morning, while it was still in shade. About a dozen birds. Temperatures in high 30s C. today. #ausbirds

Red-browed finch on the edge of birdbath

A gray fantails perched on a rock in the birdbath

A white-plumed honeyeater on the edge of the birdbath

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

We sold the last of our Black Faced Suffolk sheep this week. They are beautiful and pretty easy care but it's a hassle getting mobile shearers and very expensive.

5 black faced Suffolk sheep grazing in a paddock with trees behind them

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A sketch from my visit to the Writers' Museum, Edinburgh, a few years ago

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

There is a vitamin B6 warning on the magnesium supplements I was taking, in tiny writing, but I never noticed it. Raisin Bran has 25 percent of RDA - 0.4 mg - the magnesium supplements have 60 mg and zinc supplements have 30 mg. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

Warning on label: Stop taking this medication if you experience tingling, burning or numbness and see your healthcare professional as soon as possible (Contains vitamin B6)

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Laughing kookaburras at the top of a branch of our fallen gum tree. #birds #auswildlife

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Holbein acrylagouache painting - a completely matte medium for a shiny object. #painting #acrylagouache

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Getting used to the stockyard. We hope they won't jump out next week when we drench them. Lambs growing fast. #sheep #Australianwhitesheep

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Colour comparison for water mixable oil paints #paints #oilpainting

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Orchard swallowtail caterpillar. Has been eating our lemon tree but the butterflies are so beautiful I don't begrudge it a few leaves. #Australianinvertebrates

Caterpillar on a leaf that has a big chunk eaten out of it

Close up of the the caterpillar, green and spiky with whitish diagonal stripes, on lemon tree leaf

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

This sand wasp was very busy pulling dirt, and rocks as big as its head, out of the nesting hole it was digging. #Australianinvertebrates

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