Sandy Horne
@sandyhorne.bsky.social
Birder. Amateur photographer. Mostly birds but other things at times.
I spend a lot of time in my 4WD out in beautiful remote areas.
Born on Gubbi Gubbi land. Living on Kaurna land.
Feed cleansing one photo at a time.
Introvert.
Single.
64.
I spend a lot of time in my 4WD out in beautiful remote areas.
Born on Gubbi Gubbi land. Living on Kaurna land.
Feed cleansing one photo at a time.
Introvert.
Single.
64.
Pinned
Sandy Horne
@sandyhorne.bsky.social
· Sep 26
2026 BIRD CALENDARS
I'm pleased to announce that I have calendars available now.
Please email me and I'll send you the deets.
(I've put my email address in the image below to avoid it being picked up by bots.)
I'm pleased to announce that I have calendars available now.
Please email me and I'll send you the deets.
(I've put my email address in the image below to avoid it being picked up by bots.)
Reposted by Sandy Horne
Too young for Instagram, not too young for an ankle monitor...
The legislation removes the requirement for either the child, or their parent or guardian, to consent to wearing the device.
Children as young as 10 to be fitted with ankle monitors under proposed laws
The legislation removes the requirement for either the child, or their parent or guardian, to consent to wearing the device.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Too young for Instagram, not too young for an ankle monitor...
On this day three years ago, the only thing holding the River Murray floodwaters back from the caravan park at Waikerie was a substantial levee bank.
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
On this day three years ago, the only thing holding the River Murray floodwaters back from the caravan park at Waikerie was a substantial levee bank.
Another one from the vault ...
The Milky Way over the Woolshed Flat Wesleyan Methodist Church which was built in 1859.
I used light painting to illuminate the church as I took this long-exposure shot.
Taken on a freezing night in 2020 in the Clare Valley.
The Milky Way over the Woolshed Flat Wesleyan Methodist Church which was built in 1859.
I used light painting to illuminate the church as I took this long-exposure shot.
Taken on a freezing night in 2020 in the Clare Valley.
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Another one from the vault ...
The Milky Way over the Woolshed Flat Wesleyan Methodist Church which was built in 1859.
I used light painting to illuminate the church as I took this long-exposure shot.
Taken on a freezing night in 2020 in the Clare Valley.
The Milky Way over the Woolshed Flat Wesleyan Methodist Church which was built in 1859.
I used light painting to illuminate the church as I took this long-exposure shot.
Taken on a freezing night in 2020 in the Clare Valley.
Bugger.
Hurt my back again.
All I did was move slightly in my comfy chair 😕
And I thought it was pretty much better.
Wish I didn't live alone.
Could really use a back rub 🙁
Hurt my back again.
All I did was move slightly in my comfy chair 😕
And I thought it was pretty much better.
Wish I didn't live alone.
Could really use a back rub 🙁
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Bugger.
Hurt my back again.
All I did was move slightly in my comfy chair 😕
And I thought it was pretty much better.
Wish I didn't live alone.
Could really use a back rub 🙁
Hurt my back again.
All I did was move slightly in my comfy chair 😕
And I thought it was pretty much better.
Wish I didn't live alone.
Could really use a back rub 🙁
Stairway to heaven?
Nah.
Just to the place where I got my new ID card.
Nah.
Just to the place where I got my new ID card.
December 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Stairway to heaven?
Nah.
Just to the place where I got my new ID card.
Nah.
Just to the place where I got my new ID card.
Piles of e-scooters. A perfect trap for someone with vision issues. I find them annoying.
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Piles of e-scooters. A perfect trap for someone with vision issues. I find them annoying.
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Great victory! I will savor it today before an Trump-appointee-dominated appeals court or SCOTUS overturns it
Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “a...
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Great victory! I will savor it today before an Trump-appointee-dominated appeals court or SCOTUS overturns it
Another day. Another unsuccessful grant application☹️
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Another day. Another unsuccessful grant application☹️
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
A mulga parrot pair.
Male on the left.
Gluepot Reserve, South Australia.
Male on the left.
Gluepot Reserve, South Australia.
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A mulga parrot pair.
Male on the left.
Gluepot Reserve, South Australia.
Male on the left.
Gluepot Reserve, South Australia.
This is a fairly old photo of some wild weather at Elliston, on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula.
It was exhilarating to stand in the wind and watch the waves.
It was exhilarating to stand in the wind and watch the waves.
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is a fairly old photo of some wild weather at Elliston, on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula.
It was exhilarating to stand in the wind and watch the waves.
It was exhilarating to stand in the wind and watch the waves.
I've been too lazy/busy to get out with my camera very much, so I'm reaching into my archives.
This is a stunning beach south of Port Neill on the Eyre Peninsula.
The EP has gobsmackingly gorgeous beaches and you often have them all to yourself.
But - shhh - don't tell anyone 😆
This is a stunning beach south of Port Neill on the Eyre Peninsula.
The EP has gobsmackingly gorgeous beaches and you often have them all to yourself.
But - shhh - don't tell anyone 😆
December 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I've been too lazy/busy to get out with my camera very much, so I'm reaching into my archives.
This is a stunning beach south of Port Neill on the Eyre Peninsula.
The EP has gobsmackingly gorgeous beaches and you often have them all to yourself.
But - shhh - don't tell anyone 😆
This is a stunning beach south of Port Neill on the Eyre Peninsula.
The EP has gobsmackingly gorgeous beaches and you often have them all to yourself.
But - shhh - don't tell anyone 😆
Reposted by Sandy Horne
LOL (but accurate) ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
LOL (but accurate) ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
When I hear pollies bleat about their jobs being family unfriendly, as if that's a good reason to have taxpayers fund family travel, I'd like to remind them that there are lots of family unfriendly jobs: truck drivers; people in the military; flight attendants; mine workers; etc.
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
When I hear pollies bleat about their jobs being family unfriendly, as if that's a good reason to have taxpayers fund family travel, I'd like to remind them that there are lots of family unfriendly jobs: truck drivers; people in the military; flight attendants; mine workers; etc.
From one of my trips to Gluepot last year - a male nobbi dragon (Diporiphora nobbi) showing off his magnificent tail.
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
From one of my trips to Gluepot last year - a male nobbi dragon (Diporiphora nobbi) showing off his magnificent tail.
Today - 7 December - is International Civil Aviation Day.
Here's a photo of an Antonov A124 (ADB3634) landing in Adelaide back in Nov 2023.
#CivilAviationDay
Here's a photo of an Antonov A124 (ADB3634) landing in Adelaide back in Nov 2023.
#CivilAviationDay
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Today - 7 December - is International Civil Aviation Day.
Here's a photo of an Antonov A124 (ADB3634) landing in Adelaide back in Nov 2023.
#CivilAviationDay
Here's a photo of an Antonov A124 (ADB3634) landing in Adelaide back in Nov 2023.
#CivilAviationDay
Welp ... that lawn isn't going to mow itself .........
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Welp ... that lawn isn't going to mow itself .........
My grand-dog Lawson 🧡
He's a Japanese shiba inu and his name comes from the convenience stores found everywhere in Japan.
A very intelligent, active and strong-willed type of dog but very delightful given the right training. Also, super soft fur.
He's a Japanese shiba inu and his name comes from the convenience stores found everywhere in Japan.
A very intelligent, active and strong-willed type of dog but very delightful given the right training. Also, super soft fur.
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
My grand-dog Lawson 🧡
He's a Japanese shiba inu and his name comes from the convenience stores found everywhere in Japan.
A very intelligent, active and strong-willed type of dog but very delightful given the right training. Also, super soft fur.
He's a Japanese shiba inu and his name comes from the convenience stores found everywhere in Japan.
A very intelligent, active and strong-willed type of dog but very delightful given the right training. Also, super soft fur.
Another photo of that Adelaide rosella in my neighbour's jacaranda tree.
Taken from my front porch.
Taken from my front porch.
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Another photo of that Adelaide rosella in my neighbour's jacaranda tree.
Taken from my front porch.
Taken from my front porch.
Some more doggos from last weekend 😀
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Some more doggos from last weekend 😀
Taking flight.
Red knots at Bald Hill Beach, South Australia.
These migratory birds have recently returned from the northern hemisphere.
Red knots at Bald Hill Beach, South Australia.
These migratory birds have recently returned from the northern hemisphere.
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Taking flight.
Red knots at Bald Hill Beach, South Australia.
These migratory birds have recently returned from the northern hemisphere.
Red knots at Bald Hill Beach, South Australia.
These migratory birds have recently returned from the northern hemisphere.
An extreme example of what might be psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD). It's possible this is some other disorder but seems likely to be PBFD. Regardless, it's remarkable that this sulphur-crested cockatoo has survived for so long.
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
An extreme example of what might be psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD). It's possible this is some other disorder but seems likely to be PBFD. Regardless, it's remarkable that this sulphur-crested cockatoo has survived for so long.
Reposted by Sandy Horne
Jesus and I would like to remind you that literally no one has ever stopped anyone from saying 'Merry Christmas.’
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Jesus and I would like to remind you that literally no one has ever stopped anyone from saying 'Merry Christmas.’