some days are diamonds

[Ken Gargett]

feeling miserable. apparently i have bronchitis, which kyboshed today's video. too many deadlines. anyway, stepped out on the balcony to check the plants etc, with all this rain.

the creek has gone from ten months of dust to racing along in flood (not major crisis flooding, at least not yet, but certainly overflowing banks in many parts. 

i had wondered what on earth happened to the poor platypus during the drought. and they are so hard to see. when i moved in 12 years ago, it was dust and drought and it took a decade before i saw one. i thought that this might be the same, if indeed, any survived. 

and yet directly below the balcony - in fact much closer to the house than i had ever seen them before - one was having a whale of a time. diving down and swimming about. middle of the day. amazing. 

has made me feel a million dollars. took heaps of pics. but they are all a bit similar. 

 

 

 

[El Presidente]

 

I am pretty sure that is a water rat. 

Take care of the coronavirus.

Don't panic as it only takes down the elderly with associated issues. 

 

[Ken Gargett]

4 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

 

I am pretty sure that is a water rat. 

Take care of the coronavirus.

Don't panic as it only takes down the elderly with associated issues. 

 

which is why no one sends you shopping. 

i cancelled today's video so you not turning up took care of my "associated issues". 

[El Presidente]

Weren't we reading a month ago that they were nearly extinct?

[Ken Gargett]

18 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Weren't we reading a month ago that they were nearly extinct?

which makes mine all the more precious. 

[El Presidente]

2 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

which makes mine all the more precious. 

Absolutely

once you catch it, cage it and sell it.  

 

[Ken Gargett]

Just now, El Presidente said:

Absolutely

once you catch it, cage it and sell it.  

 

this coming from the man who killed one of the pythons. yes, you did! 

they were all perfectly well (except graham, of course) and then you go and bag them and 24 hours later they are burying one of them. 

leave my platypus alone. 

[nKostyan]

Excellent photo!
By the way, I missed: where did the possum go?

[garnett]

Do you have a name for it?

[dshot]

Great pic of the duck billed platypus - I think. Get well soon! I'm battling a cold from my 1 year old so I know the feeling. No cigars for me until I'm better sucks!

[Chibearsv]

Very cool looking.  Glad the sight of it made you feel better.  Getting sick sucks.  

[Ken Gargett]

8 hours ago, nKostyan said:

Excellent photo!
By the way, I missed: where did the possum go?

the possums would be in holes in trees or in the roof or hiding from the rain. 

[Wookie]

Water rat that got caught in a waffle iron I believe.

[El Presidente]

13 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

the possums would be in holes in trees

The possum worked out that trees were structurally more secure than ken's house 

[Miner]

15 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

the possums would be in holes in trees or in the roof or hiding from the rain. 

Or the platypus got them. It looks pretty healthy and well fed !

[Ken Gargett]

1 minute ago, Miner said:

Or the platypus got them. It looks pretty healthy and well fed !

the poor little platypus eats nothing bigger than drowning worms. 

[Deeg]

5 hours ago, garnett said:

Do you have a name for it?

That sounds like a good forum contest - "Name Ken's Playtpus".  Prize: a cab of Sir Winstons.

[The Squiggler]

9 minutes ago, Deeg said:

That sounds like a good forum contest - "Name Ken's Playtpus".  Prize: a cab of Sir Winstons.

...which, incidentally, isn't half-bad a name for such a platypus:  Sir Winston Duckbill

[Deeg]

Platypus Rex...

[Bill Hayes]

Platypuff

[El Presidente]

7 hours ago, garnett said:

Do you have a name for it?

"Desperado" 

[SirVantes]

8 hours ago, garnett said:

Do you have a name for it?

Chicken Comped But