Welcome to Ridgy-Didge!

Ridgy-Didge is Australian colloquial for 'just right' or rather 'fair dinkum!'

When we bought the property over 7 years ago, it only had a number and no name. It needed a name as the place certainly has a personality. Well, it sits on a ridge with a grand view northwards to the Bunya Mountains, so what could be more 'all right' than sitting on the veranda with that view, whilst you have your breakfast or in the evenings with a glass of Australian wine? Or even watching the amazing stars at night or the tail-end of a storm as the lightning flashs in the vaste banks of clouds. Or maybe seeing a pair of Wedge-tail eagles as they soar in circles in the high thermals of the vasteness of the azure sky?

This house is a 100 year old Queenslander cottage. Quite small and unpretentious, but it has a gentle atmosphere and we have had many friends and family members come to stay and have enjoyed the peace and quiet of the place.

Monday, 28 January 2008

Butterflies

A Confetti of Butterflies!
The butterflies are dancing everywhere around the garden. The shrub are festooned with them and they are all colours and sizes. I am trying to learn their names. I know one is a
' Common Crow ' which is sad. I know it's black and white but it's very pretty and about 4 inches across, or maybe more. You can stand by the bushes and hear their wings flittering (if that's not a word it is now!!) I love standing there with them all dancing around me. My favourite is the Blue Tiger. They look like stain glass and some times there seem to be hundreds of them about the garden.
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