First Helmet Orchid and Beef Ribs : May 12 2023

A blue sky day. A morning drifts by doing the overnight accounting - checking on new ASX trades. My investing coach always used to say "keep doing what is working". Maybe that is what I am doing. Focusing on investing is working. The best part is it does not depend on other people like Internet Marketing does

Walked Lovers Jump Creek

Mushroom action on the way in to Lovers Jump Creek

It is the time - will do a little research to start to find names

Spied the sheen of a helmet - first of the year open - spurred helmet orchid

Corybas aconitiflorus. The best bit is this colony is on south side of the track. The colony on the north side has been wiped out by the Sydney Water track work

This photos shows best why it is called spurred helmet orchid - spurs just below the helmet

Mushroom angles

Geeenhood rosettes above where I have seen flowers in the past

Last week there were 4 - now 5 sharp greenhoods

New sharp greenhood opener - pterostylis acuminata

Came back for the photo of a mushroom growing out of an ant nest

Budding chiloglottis orchid - one of the late flowering types - probably formicifera

Pixie caps orchid with ant pollinator

Hard to get focus in low light with hands in the leech zone

Side on - looks like acianthus fornicatis

The fluff caught my eye against the light. Close up looks like some type of moss. Not seen this before

Heard a rustle as I walked back up from the creek. Saw the sharp point of the tail. Switched to the direction sound was going - maybe a metre and a half away was the head. Red-bellied black snake. Warm enough for them to be out - first time seen on this track

One new opener in the sharp greenhoods just off the top of the steep track

No labellum showing. I did not create the disturbance

Rosette showing a new leaf forming - where I found the colony last week

Stopped at bottle shop on the way back - buying stout for beef short ribs. Nice to catch up with someone I have met on these walks.

Dinner: Wife had cooked Mongolian Beef. I helped with getting a bit more tangy in the dish. A little cheating worked. Cooked the rice to match.

Investing action: Sold 4507.T. Bought LTHM, RUN, CKF.AX. Adjust BAC.

Started to prepare beef short ribs for Mother's Day close to midnight. Sear the short cut ribs

Add in sofrito - onion, garlic, celery, carrot.

Add in a can of stout and same amount of beef stock. Season with Italian herbs plus a fee by leaves. Cooked at 100C all might in the oven.

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Daily Activity, Gardening, House Chores, Photowalking