Welcome to Life Images by Jill

Welcome to Life Images by Jill.........Stepping into the light and bringing together the images and stories of our world. I am a photographer, writer and multi-media artist.
Focussing mainly on Western Australia and Australia, I am seeking to preserve images and memories of the beautiful world in which we live and the people in it.

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Sunday 20 September 2020

little blogging break - or "wrist" break

 Hi everyone. I hope you and yours are well. 

I didn't expect to be having breakfast in bed on Sunday morning in hospital. I took a nasty tumble on Thursday and broke my wrist. i had an operation on Saturday where they screwed a plate into my wrist to stabilize the break. It could have been far worse. So I am grateful for that. 

So i am going to take a little blogging break. Typing one handed is slow and arduous. 

I intended starting to share some of the gorgeous wild orchids we saw in the Stirling Ranges National Park in Western Australia's south west, but they will have to wait for now. 

i hope to be back with you in a week or two. Till then take care and stay safe. Did you know photography is an extreme sport! 

Here is one - Joseph's spider orchid - caladenia polychroma - in the late afternoon light.

Take care everyone. 


Sunday 13 September 2020

Scarlet banksia - Banksia coccinea - Western Australia

 Hi everyone, just a short post from me today. We have been away this past week staying at the Mt Trio Bush Camp and Caravan Park adjacent to the Stirling Ranges National Park in the south of Western Australia.  I'm still sorting through my pics! 

The Stirling Ranges National Park was devastated by last summer's bushfires in Western Australia. More than 40,000 hectares was lost through the bushfire in the Park. The Park is a biodiversity hotspot containing more than 1,500 species of plants, at least 87 of which are found nowhere else in the world, and some of which may be lost forever. Conservationists say it may take centuries to recover.  

You can read more here: ABC.net-bushfires-cause-stirling-ranges-biodiversity-to-be-devastated

We enjoyed our stay exploring the Park, but when we visited the devastation was still very obvious and heartbreaking to see. Some areas had started to reshoot, but large swaths of land was still burnt earth with blackened sticks which was once lush bushland. 


Some of our native plants rely on bushfire to regenerate. Some of the orchids for instance, like the Red Beaks, just one of the nearly 30 wild orchid species we saw. But more on that in another post. 

One flower which we enjoyed seeing was the Scarlet Banksia - Banksia coccinea - which only grows in a small section of our state. A truly magnificent plant which grows 1-8 metres high. 
I had only seen them once before in the wild in the Fitzgerald River National Park on our south coast. 




We saw it in one location along a scenic drive which winds through the park. The gravel road must have acted as a fire break - as one side was still lush and the other burnt black. There were several Scarlet Banksias flowering on the lush side, and just one plant on the burnt side. 


We saw many blackened sticks and scorched plants like this. Heartbreaking. 


Learn more here: Australian Native Plants Society

That's it from me for today. I hope to bring you more from the Stirling Ranges National Park next week.

I am sorry if I didn't answer your comments or visit your pages last week, but we were away and we discovered that internet was virtually impossible.  I hope you and your families are all safe and well. 

Thank you so much for stopping by. I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Have a wonderful week.  

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Sunday 6 September 2020

Catching up on my photo-a-day project - 9-31 August 2020

Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well. I saw this the other day, a friend had shared from the "Power of Positivity" facebook page. I thought so true, particularly these days if you are feeling weary of the Covid pandemic. I know I am. But reading this list I know I have much to be grateful for. 


I have been continuing with my photo-a-day project. And I am grateful for being able to recently get away for a couple of weeks to places along the Coral Coast in Western Australia.  Here is one or 2 photos from each of those days we were away. 

I am sorry if the collages are small...if you click on them you should be able to see them larger and read the captions. 

Sunday 9th to Tuesday 11 August 2020


Coral Bay is beautiful even on a cloudy day


Wednesday 12 to Friday 14 August 2020


Fish swimming around my feet where we went snorkelling at Turquoise Bay in the Cape Range National Park, North West Cape. 


A bower bird decorating his bower at Yardie Creek, Cape Range National Park 


Saturday 15 to Tuesday 18 August 2020


Can you see the nesting tawny frogmouth pretending to be a branch?


Charles Knife Canyon, Cape Range National Park looking towards the Exmouth Gulf


Tuesday 18 to Thursday 20 August 2020


There will always be wildflowers. These are Swan River Daisies thriving on the bank of the dry river bed, Wooramel River at Wooramel Station Stay. 


Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 August 2020


Tailflower - Anthocercis - seen along the coastal walks in Kalbarri


Stunning carpets of pink everlastings inland between Northhampton and Mullewa 


Saturday 22 to Tuesday 25 August 2020


And the unique Wreath Leschenaultia just starting to flower



Wednesday 26 to Saturday 29 August 2020


Do you have a vision for your future?



Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August 2020


And the first of the spring wild orchids - the Reaching Spider Orchid


My home computer crashed when we returned home, plus my current photos drive. Thankfully I had backed up the photo drive, and the computer man recovered our documents from our main drive, but not our programs. It has been very stressful but I've managed to reinstall the programs with the help of some very helpful companies, and I think I have just about got everything sorted again. Though I have lost all the "google"tabs I had. 

The message here is BACK UP and BACK UP again. It is not "if it might happen" but "when". This is the second time in a few years for me. I am seriously considering "the cloud". How do you save your images? Perhaps you might like to tell us in your comments. 


I also shared a few photos from our trip here:

Thank you so much for stopping by. I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Have a wonderful week.  

I am linking up to the link-ups below. Please click on the links to see fabulous contributions from around the world - virtual touring at its best!

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