On Our Walks
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Beautiful morning in the Hunter
Loving everyone’s flower photos!
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Gorgeous sunrise at home. Still need some more rain though.
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Us, too.0
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Not much at all. 3 out of my 4 dams are dry. We’ve probably only had about 20mm over the last month.0
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@tigerbeth
I loved your story of your dad's orchid collection. Like your dad we started with 1 orchid given to us from a friend who was leaving town after almost a lifetime. Our friend had an extensive orchid collection. We still have Jan's orchid and it flowers prolifically. And that started us about 5 years ago.
The orchid house was an old garden shed frame acquired from a friend. Cost us "Kimberley Currency" (a carton!). The misting reticulation system was made from left over bits and pieces. The benches are made from disposable packing pallets with the steel frames made from pipe found at the rubbish tip on a tip run. Typical Kimberley recycling.
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Beautiful day here today ! 26 c!
no time for a walk other than in my garden ! Love this time of the year !8 -
@tigerbeth
Your garden is beautiful. You must put a lot of time into it. Thankyou for sharing the photos.
Who needs a walk when you have a garden full of flowers.
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Not on our walks but on our drives.
A little bit of Kimberley ingenuity.
Currently on a short break of 5 days in Port Hedland (750kms from home). Catching up with old friends. Navarra diesel fuel filter is leaking from bleeder pipe and so sucking in air. Trip down involved pumping fuel filter to bleed inlet every time we stopped. Could not get new part for love or money in Hedland. Problem solved using Phillips head screw driver shoved into bleeder pipe and cabled tied in place. A bit of Kimberley ingenuity and the car starts and no leaking diesel!!!
It will get us home tomorrow.
Temperature in Hedland is currently 36.6 degrees. No humidity.
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A bit too 'warm Kimberley" for me. Mxx
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@Sister
I had better confess. I only held the screw driver in place while "bush mechanic" husband cable tied it.
I was also only ignition key turner while said husband pumped / primed fuel filter.
However it was my idea of the cable ties. I reckon they are the best thing ever invented!3 -
WOW! @Annie C - over 200 orchids - and @tigerbeth - 1500!!! O M G!!!
I have 1!
My brother gave it to me after my BC Surgery - it is just coming out in flower now! He started by collecting our neighbour's 'cast offs' (he was a professional orchid grower, selling them to local Flower/Plant sellers & local markets ...) and he now has a dedicated glass house for them, plus HEAPS outside the Kitchen on the wooden table & window sill! LOL He is on his way to 200, easily, I reckon!! Got a while to go before he gets to 15000 tho!
Hubby is under strict destructions NOT TO WATER the plant ..... but he still does it at least once a week!
I've filled the bowl with old coins so the orchid is sitting 'proud' & hopefully doesn't sit in the water that he puts in (and I check every day - even tho I've written it on the bowl!) Oh the joys of dementia! 
He also gave me a magnificent Frangipani that he 'bred' .... it is the same colour as the 'Post Comment' box! It is GORGEOUS! I am trying to find a pic I took .... it is proving difficult!
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