Forecast was for a dry day. It did not start that way with more rain. Used the morning to get investing accounting done for Friday expiries and write up the weekly investing post.
Found my new phone has manual focus capability. Tried it out on an orchid flower just opening in the garden
Photo from the old phone - the best I could get
The new phone will not focus any better than that but manual focus did help
Mission today was checking sharp greenhoods progress in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP
Pterostylis acuminata - a few flowers in a known location. 4 known colonies down this way
Orchid spotting lesson for greenhoods - rosette of leaves on the ground - four or five.
Front on view - a few of the colonies with up to 10 flowers
A few of these pink wax flowers still going
Found a few more colonies on the way down the hill
Banksia flower emerging
Found a colony with 10 flowers open
Made the turn around. I have only ever found the sharp greenhoods on one aide of the track. Found this one on the other side - one of two open with two more buds
Side on
And right there was an acianthus orchid budding
Mimosa flower seems either late or early
Walked down the Sphinx walking track hoping to find chiloglottis orchids. No luck.
Nice to get out on the bike even for a short ride.
Dinner: Pizza made from scratch
Trade action: Bought IWM, SWKS. Shorts on QQQ, TLT. A slew of credit spreads.
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