Thoraiya

Award-Winning Australian SFF Writer. Author of TIDES OF THE TITANS (Tor, 2019). Veterinarian. Archer. Bushwalker. Bibliophile. Opinions are my own.

ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-11-05

Tree trunks and rocks with vivid green moss and pale lichen, on the forest floor. Nothing else to see here :D

Behind the lichen- and moss-covered trunk of a rainforest coachwood tree, an orange animatronic Scenic World dinosaur, modelled on Australovenator, peeks out. Dharug and Gundungurra country.
ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-11-04

@dtl noooooo...

A bird radiograph, showing a lateral view of the abdomen. A tiny snail that the bird ate for a snack is visible inside the gut.
ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-11-03

Moss and lichen on trunks and vine :)

Between two moss- and lichen-spotted tree trunks writhes a thick vine also dappled with pale powdery lichen and lime green moss. Dharug and Gundungurra country.
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2025-10-31

Glorious Samhain to you all, gathered company !

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Three @theguardian.com books cartoons from previous halloweens: 1. Haunted Bookshop

Reasons to visit your local haunted bookshop:

Open Until Very Late (image: moonlit bookshop)
Staff with nine hundred years experience (image: skeleton bookseller)
Home delivery by Headless Hoseman or flying fiend (image: deliveries being made)
Readings from famous authors (Image: Shakespeare zombie)
Stay and browse forever (Image ghost in a bookshop)
ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-10-27

Moss and lichen on maple tree trunk :)

A collage showing lime green moss with brown reproductive structures, and patches of white powdery lichen, on pale maple trunks with red and green spring foliage. Dharug and Gundungurra country.
ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-10-26

Mossy vines :)

Wrist-thick stems of five leaf water vine, intertwined and mossy, writhe across a forest floor of fallen leaves and ferns. Dharug and Gundungurra country.
ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-10-22
ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-10-22

@Elizabeth_Fitz aww! Welcome back from your detox :)

ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-10-20

Lichen on rock, with Sprengelia :)

On a cliff face of the southern escarpment, tiny white flowers of Sprengelia monticola,  along with the spiny green leaves, adorn the lichen-dappled rock. Dharug and Gundungurra country.
ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-10-18

Seedling sprouting on a damp cliff face, with :)

The sprouting seedling has reddish leaves, presumably to protect it from insects, but one leaf already has tooth marks in it. The moss is lime green and fluffy like a Dr Seuss truffula tree. Dharug and Gundungurra country.
ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-10-17

A pair of crossed sprigs :)

Fallen brown twigs and gumnuts on the brown bark of a tree fork padded with lime green moss and pale mint green lichen. Dharug and Gundungurra country.
ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-10-16

Feels like bushfire weather

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2025-10-15
Looking southwards while swimming not far from shore at Bar Beach. Water dominates the view, a clear pale turquoise green, full of refracted light. Light sand, green vegetation and buildings are visible further along the beach. Blue sky and early afternoon light.
ThoraiyaThoraiyaDyer
2025-10-15

@thefathippy cool! I guess they were a bit vine-y. Not Hardenbergia which is the only vine I know ;)

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