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. 

Glycine at Lane Cove National Park

Very pretty but delicate and easy to miss.

Fabulous fungi

I spotted this last Tuesday, could be Agaricus campestris.

I took this photo the week before and haven't identified it.

Franky is not well

Frank has been in hospital since yesterday morning. He has FLUTD and couldn't wee as his urethra was completely blocked. He had a major operation yesterday but is doing well, I cannot wait for him to come home, all going well he should be released tomorrow afternoon. Poor boy was in so much pain.

I cannot do anything without him, my motivation just evaporates.

PS: Since I wrote this Frank has been extremely well with no relapse.  He continues to jump in bed most mornings for a cuddle and to demand his breakfast by biting me. I love him so much.

New pictures

I've been a bit occupied since starting my gardening business, not really felt I could concentrate on a drawing. However January slowed down quite significantly, I'm too poor to do anything else at the moment. Frank got jealous of the cat in the picture.

Frank on his magic rug

Trying to keep this blog fairly simple these days and my reproduction of these drawings in not that great. I'm only using Painter to crop and resize.  

Echinacea, inspired from photo in Gardening Australia.

My new planter box

Everything is growing well, however Frank likes to sleep here during the day.