Anouska's Musings

A new beginning…

acousin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:38:40 +0000

Wow a lot has happened since I last posted on this blog.

I’m now a mum!

On 9th of June 2011 I became the proud mother of our twin girls – Jessica and Belinda.
They were born one minute apart 7.39pm and 7.40pm. First came Jessica Angela at 3.2kg then Belinda Josaphine much smaller at 2.3kg. We spent quite a while recovering in hospital at King Eddy then Peel. We finally came home for the longest night of the year (the winter solstice) and we survived.

They are now 4 1/2 months old and a bit of hard work but such a joy. We are very fortunate to have happy healthy babies.

Magpies love apricots!

acousin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:26:56 +0000

Last week I took a photo of some magpies in the garden. We have an apricot tree down in the orchard but unfortunately this season we were not able to keep up with the preventative spray to discourage fruit fly. The result is that most of our apricots near the end of this season, have larvae in them. Luckily there were a few good fruit at the start and I was able to make one small batch of jam (2 small jars) and we ate a few with that delicious flavour we remembered from years past.

A few years ago we discovered that the magpies actually like apricots, especially the ones with bugs in them and after they have been sitting in the sun for a while. The maggies are quite funny how they come in and quickly grab an apricot and run a little way then stab it to break it up and eat the contents only leaving the seed. This is a great way to clean up the bad apricots.

Next year we will have to use a better spray as a nearby neighbour has a tree full of fruit still on the tree – unnetted too as they have dogs to scare off the parrots.

Happy New Year!

acousin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:17:16 +0000

Wishing everyone a wonderful 2009!

Last week I took a photo of 3 baby blue wrens in the garden. We were so lucky to see them yet alone have time to get a camera and take a photo. Hopefully they will grow their tails and become strong little wrens to eat lots more insects in the gardens and nursery!

Hopefully in 2009 I will be able to blog some more. I have to remember that they only need be short and sweet with a picture.

Another Orchid

acousin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:54:32 +0000

In 2007 I discovered a new orchid on our property – just after flowering and setting seed. Ben was fairly sure that it was a sun orchid of some type but we would need to keep an eye on it and determine what species it was when it flowered next. Well last October we were able to check during the day at the spot where it grew and we were able to see it flower and I could take a photo. The photo helped confirm that the orchid was what we suspected, indeed it was a sun orchid Thelymitra vulgaris (‘vulgar’ meaning common) or the Common Sun Orchid only opens each flower for one day when the conditions are right and of course only if it is a warm sunny day.

Anouska and Ben with my Mum and Dad

acousin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:50:57 +0000

I have put in a photo of myself with Ben and my parents just after my brother’s wedding. My brother Jarrad Cousin married his beautifull new wife Rebecca at a resort in Coffs Harbour NSW on the 27th September 2008.

Hi

acousin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:06:44 +0000

My name is Anouska Cousin and live on a small acerage in Karnup, Western Australia. I have just started this blog to write about myself, uni work, my small business ‘Nuts about Natives’ which I co own and run (when I get a chance) with Ben Croxford and life in general on our property with various wildlife. I am still learning this new web blog stuff so it will get better and I might join this century and get broadband at home rather than the ancient dialup.

I hope to post some photos of a trip to NSW for my brothers wedding soon. We visited a few National Parks and got to see some real rainforest – native palms, large eucs and strangler figs, treeferns and waterfalls and different birds. So different to south west WA.

Hello world!

acousin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:33:13 +0000

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