The oregano
and marjoram have come into flower. (Being plants of the Mediterranean region,
they don’t seem to mind the 40 degree days we’ve had this past week). Teeny,
tiny unassuming flowers that the bees somehow manage to find.
Native stingless bees love the marjoram blooms.
And the oregano
flowers, a bit more flamboyant, are a favourite of the honey bees.
The sound of cicadas
has become the background
‘music’ to anything done outdoors, in our yard anyway. Only the males
make a sound, but unlike their
cousins on the East coast which ‘sing’ in unison from high up in trees,
West Australian cicadas, tick, tick, tick their solo tunes from trees,
and grass, and fences, and paving, just about anywhere they happen to be when the mood
takes
them.
And best of all, for the
first time ever, Wanderer butterflies have been
visiting. Hopefully, they'll become a regular summer sight.
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