A spring in my step

In response to Breezes at Dawn – Walktober 2021

I’m hoping the difference in time zones means I’ve beat the deadline to this year’s Walktober.

Like many others, finding myself at the end of October has come as a surprise. My initial response was, the only walk I have done is on tarmac, when I realised, not so. I have been committed to going out with camera even on days when it seemed impossible.

Let me start from the Midwest where there are fields of wildflowers in spring. To find tangled old tree limbs entwined with delicate fringed lily made my day.

Then on to the southern Wheatbelt region to my favourite walk in Foxes Lair where wildflowers grow in impossibly hard clay.

And on to the South West region where I’ve walked many times but this year was the first time I found wild orchids growing in this little patch of bush.

And on to the Southern region where no visit is complete until I walk the boardwalk high above West Beach.

And then stop for a few minutes at the Arboretum on the way to the airport to look for wild orchids in the shade of tall gum trees and gum blossoms above.

But nothing has delighted me more when I returned home from one of my trips and walked around my small backyard to find a family of kookaburra have made the space their home.

This is Buddy, a juvenile, and my constant companion when I am home, who observes me as much as I observe him.

And in my neighbourhood, it is never spring until there is a new family of ducklings at the lake.

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, may spring bring you new life, and for those in the Northern Hemisphere, may what falls away, make space for new.

Until next time

As always

a dawn bird

18 thoughts on “A spring in my step”

  1. So glad to see your beautiful Walktober post, Dawn. I love seeing your wildflowers, esp. the fantastic rosey orchid. Your kookaburras are so charming! Do you feed them hamburger? I heard they love it. Hope you are doing well and enjoying your springtime. ❤

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    1. Thank you Eliza. So glad you enjoyed the flowers. I often think of you when I am photographing them as our landscape is so different. The kookaburras are a treat. They have been feasting on skinks, earthworms and snails in my garden! I’ll dedicate a post to them some time soon. They have been good company!

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