Lovely caterpillar

What a cute fellow. I might get lucky and identify this fellow, looks a bit like Calliteara farenoides.

Enchanting mushroom

A very pretty mushroom that I found again at Pymble under a lime tree. It could be Collybia sp.

Bees at work

There were several honey bees collecting pollen on this salvia today. It's a very special cultivar and the bees seem to love it.

More fungi

Many thanks to Ray of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group for identifying  Ganoderma applanatum for me which I photographed in a Pymble garden this week. I'm sure I had seen this fungi before, its quite common however its been distorted which made making a positive id difficult. Interestingly is odd that such a common fungi was missing from by field guide. 

Beware Telstra internet

All we did was realise that a lot of our friends were getting the same service for a lot less. We now pay the same but the service slowed with constant outages during peak times. Our friends don't have the same problems. My advice, change providers not negotiate a new rate as they will punish you. We now pay a premium for a basic service that is not much better then dial up.

Another fabulous fungi

Taken again at Lane Cove National Park, could be Ramaria lorithamnus! Sorry to have posted such a rough photo but I've not seen anything like it before.