The Tenth Day of Christmas

Hmmm...I can imagine you thinking, yes she's gone a bit "dark" this time.

Just how do you handle Leaping Lords except to presume a little moonlight madness?

These 10 Lords Leaping are said to represent the 10 Commanments of the Old Testament.

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Lorikeets Celebrating Christmas

Lorikeets celebrating Christmas by doing their best to pull my wreath apart!

These cheeky birds rule our bird feeder, making sure they receive only the best.

The wreath contains gum blossum [Eucalyptus sp] and flannel flowers.

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The Sixth Day of Christmas

On the sixth Day of Christmas,

My true love gave to me,

Six geese a-laying......

When I was putting together this desktop, I had initially in mind a more styalized a version, but started thinking and finally decided to include some Australian geese and the desktop became more naturalistic.

These are Cape Barren Geese from the Southern Australian foreshores and nearby islands.

I have used a bit of artistic licence here as I'm sure that these geese would never be seen nesting in close proximity! They are probably monogamous and in reality quite aggresive during the breeding season which runs from June until September. [so they are definitely running a bit late this year]

The six geese of the song are said to represent the six days of creation.

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The Magi

A desktop featuring the three wise men following the star to Bethlehem.

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In my Garden

This is another photo that I took early in my garden after overnight rain. I first noticed this beautiful saucer shaped spider's web from above, when I went to empty my rain gauge.

The legspan on this little chap would have been less than an inch.

On the First Day of Christmas

The Twelve Days of Christmas

"On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me

A partridge in a pear tree. "

The twelve days of Christmas represent the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany. The song is a very old one and each verse probably has religeous significance.

The single partridge has been said to represent God or Christ himself as the first day is of course, Christmas Day.

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Judy

December Early Morning

The light just after dawn on Monday morning was just magical when I took this photo. This little hopper and his friends have been creating havoc in my roses :)

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Have you checked out the webpages of other members of our group, recently? [ Links to the left.]

Judy

PS Rose is "Seduction"