Fruits of Spring

It never ceases to amaze me how nature can be so prolific at times. Besides the mandarins and lemons, we have Quandongs and Loquats hanging from the trees in luscious enticing colours .Yesterday for dinner I added the steamed quandongs to the rice, vegetable and prawn dish and we found it gave just that little tangy tartness that took it out of the ordinary.
Both fruits are mostly stone, the yellow loquat more juicy than the red quandong.Apparently the loquat is also known as the Japanese Medlar and is related to the apple family. It was quite popular many years ago but has fallen out of favour.
Friday 19th October
This morning early, hanging out the washing, I could hear the Willy Wagtail scolding and scolding. So in the end I went over to the chook yard to get a better view of what was making the Wagtail so angry, out of the gumtree flew a little sparrow hawk with the Wagtail after him and the blackbirds joining him in the chase when they saw the hawk fleeing.How typical......

The musicians who will be playing Baroque pieces for us Sunday week, arrived around morning tea time to practice in the studio at the same time as our pump man arrived to install the fish fountain. He had quite a few little problems with it and will come back next week to finish it as the polly pipe was kinking and not bending as it was supposed to.However it is working OK meanwhile as the photo may show.Meanwhile, sat outside the studio for a bit to hear the wonderful baroque music being played. We will all be in for a great treat Sunday week!!