Drive

We started the day having a small repeat of what we did last Saturday; a visit to the Bakery in Bindoon.

We headed north. We were going to do some orchid hunting. Orchids are like that, it’s almost like a mission or quest. They don’t make it easy. Anyway, I was so happy to be out in the country and see the trees I love so much. It’ outings like this day that reminds me that our Creator loves variety.

A stop to look at the dish near New Norcia.

One of our stops was Buntine Rocks, we were there in 2013. As you can see on the Twining Fringed lily here, we were in and out of rain all day.

There were really so many flowers around, this one really stood out: Flame Grevillea or Grevillea excelsior

Then, while John was driving, I spotted an orchid! He stopped, backed up. A Sugar orchid.  He’s trained me well, from a moving vehicle, I spotted this little thing!

These pink fountain trigger plants were everywhere.

Scarlet Honey-myrtle

A pause to see our new vehicle in the ‘wild’. We’ve already taken it down a few interesting places. John says it has to earn it’s “stripes.” I just want to baby it. Oh well, I suppose we’re using it for the very purpose it was bought.

Walking a bit farther, (using the umbrella Jeff gave John as a walking stick), we spotted another orchid. An Ant Orchid.

I had to get my macro lens out for this one. So glad I did.

Since this was a first for the both of us, we stayed there a while, finding a few more and taking photos.

As we made our way out, John stopped at some rock area and we found a Little Laughing Leek Orchid.

Back on the main road I see a very big bird on a telephone pole. It was a Wedge Tailed Eagle!

It hung around for a little while, but after a few clicks of my camera, it finally flew away. I have to admit, I was very excited to see one.

Back to looking at more trees and Patterson’s curse, the purple flowers in the foreground.

I don’t mind the rain and the clouds, because often what happens, is this…

and this!

The sun is going down on our drive. It’s ok, as we’re headed home.

A must stop and observe the day finishing.

A wonderful, blessed, sweet day with my husband.