In our garden

The bird life here is incredible. Midway through a scrabble game, glancing out the window we spotted a lovely bird.
Grabbing the bird spotters guide we tried to work out what it is. I do not have the skill required to work my way through a bird watchers book- I couldn't work out an easy way to identify this gorgeous creature- of which there were three. They were attracted to the "old" breadcrumbs we had put out on the previous day. We had to "troll" our way through all the pages a number of times.

While we were enjoying this treat of birdlife another large blackbird flew in and we were cursing as we thought these pretty creatures would disappear.
Although they all stayed around and we eventually found the entry in the bird book that informed us they were all Satin Bowerbirds. The blue/black bird is the mature male of the species.
Their striking plumage continued to fascinate.

Then another type of bird entered our garden......
Michele decided to do a little gardening or at least weeding. Due to her bad back she chose to sit on an upturned crate to save her knees and her back.

I spent the time trying to catch up on my scrapbooking pages. I'm way behind with the Everyday life pages but will be able to post three pages about life her in Melbourne after today.