The last post in our Sea Mammals series is the elusive Dugong. The name comes from the Malay “Duyong”, meaning “lady of the sea”. Its slow and graceful swimming is possibly the inspiration for mariners’ tales of mermaids. The common name for the Dugong is sea cow, no doubt because it grazes on the sea…
It is the start of a new month for the One Four Challenge hosted by Robyn Gosby at Captivate Me. For October, I am focusing on a painful subject: grief. My Mum died on 30 August, two days after her 86th birthday. Her passing was sudden, devastating and without mercy. I spent the next several…
There are a few Common Blackbirds (Turdus merula) in our garden… We notice them at dawn because of their mellow, melodious, warbling song. It is just a delight. What is not a delight is the mess they leave as they energetically sort through leaf litter and flick mulch out on our nice swept paths! But…
Sv-Anui 