AT326...........seasonal colours

Yellow is the predominant colour of flowers in the south west at this time of the year. It is the fifth of six seasons in the Nyoongar calendar - Djilba. The other prominent colour is blue. Lechenaultia is one that springs to mind with the native hardenbergia, and blue enamel orchids . This abstract twirl was once a mass of dandelions (extra) but I felt like a twirl ;-))

Many, many thanks for all the stars, hearts and lovely comments for my kangaroo yesterday. He/she is thrilled to be in the popular pages!


Djilba—season of conception
First spring: August-September
Transitional time of year
Flowers starting 
The lifestyle for the Nyoongar communities during Djilba
Djilba season is a time to look for the yellow and cream flowers starting en mass.
Djilba is a transitional time of the year, with some very cold and clear days combining with warmer, rainy and windy days mixing with the occasional sunny day or two.
This is the start of the massive flowering explosion that happens in the South West. This starts with the yellow flowering plants such as the Acacias. Also colours that are around at this time of year are creams, combined with some vivid and striking blues.
Traditionally, the main food sources included many of the land based grazing animals as in the season before. These included the Yongar (kangaroo), the Waitj (emu) and the Koomal (possum).
As the days start to warm up, we start to see and hear the first of the new borns with their proud parent out and about providing them food, guiding them through foraging tasks and protecting their family units from much bigger animals, including people.
The woodland birds will still be nest bound, hence the swooping protective behavior of the Koolbardi (Magpie) starts to ramp up and if watched closely, so to do the Djidi Djidi (Willy Wag Tails) and the Chuck-a-luck (Wattle Birds) to name a couple of others.
As the season progresses and the temperatures continue to rise, we'll start to see the flower stalks of the Balgas (Grass Trees) emerging in preparation for the coming Kambarang season.