HAPPY NEW YEAR and sorry for not updating over the xmas period. Lots of other commitments during that time. Also I've just finished co-ordinating the Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Awards which was a HUGE job! Trying to organise nearly two hundred artists made me realise what a disorganised, emotional, fickle, and sometimes demanding bunch of people we really are. Yes its a generalisation and no they are not all like that & its quite UN-politically correct of me to lump them all in together but being one myself I feel quite qualified to comment.
So my New Years resolution (apart from the usual "drop ten kilos") is to include more of my artwork on here as I have labelled my blog "Art and Photos". More later. The 
news around here is that the swallows in the carport have just fledged their second brood, four babies this time. I watched the parents chase a hawk off tonight. When they get territorial the little buggers can be quite ruthless and have me running for cover! There was also a family above the door to my studio in town. Three babies raised successfully. The 
first day they left the nest they alighted just outside my window on the wires across the roof outside and I put my face up against the pane to watch. One of the babies flew towards me and sat on the window frame on the other side of the glass. We eyeballed each other from about six inches away.
news around here is that the swallows in the carport have just fledged their second brood, four babies this time. I watched the parents chase a hawk off tonight. When they get territorial the little buggers can be quite ruthless and have me running for cover! There was also a family above the door to my studio in town. Three babies raised successfully. The 
first day they left the nest they alighted just outside my window on the wires across the roof outside and I put my face up against the pane to watch. One of the babies flew towards me and sat on the window frame on the other side of the glass. We eyeballed each other from about six inches away.We have also had a family of 
fantails in the garden. For about three weeks the babies would come and use my birdbath every afternoon. And they love to sing in the bath too! The young ones are quite orangey in colour and of course their tails are quite short in c
omparison to the adult birds. My Birdbath is simply a large glazed saucer bought from the garden centre, the sort you put under flowerpots and it only cost me $10. I had it sitting on a large upturned pot to start with but it was low enough for Bill the Wonderdog to drink out of so now I have it atop a large Bamboo pole.
fantails in the garden. For about three weeks the babies would come and use my birdbath every afternoon. And they love to sing in the bath too! The young ones are quite orangey in colour and of course their tails are quite short in c
omparison to the adult birds. My Birdbath is simply a large glazed saucer bought from the garden centre, the sort you put under flowerpots and it only cost me $10. I had it sitting on a large upturned pot to start with but it was low enough for Bill the Wonderdog to drink out of so now I have it atop a large Bamboo pole.
Heres a PAINTING I did late last year of a pair of fantails in flight.Another family in the neighbourhood at the moment are the skylarks. I was out in the paddock playing frisbee with Bill and I saw a skylark fly up from in the grass. It was a distance away so it took me a little while to find where she had been but sure enough there was the most beautiful little nest. Just a cup shaped hollow in a clump of dried grass with four very camouflaged eggs. I poked a small stick into the fencepost nearest it so that I could find it again and made sure I left it alone. Apart from going back once with my camera the next day of course but I seem to be having trouble uploading the resulting photo at the moment. I guess this will have to wait til tomorrow. I have some photos of an awesome little hedgehog that I'll share with you tomorrow too. Til then, Mandy
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