MY WORLD ~ 19 North of the Warrumbungles

At the northern side of the Warrumbungles lies

Coonabarabran, the Astronomy capital of Australia.

Not only are these mountains famous for their clear

skies, but also for their wealth of 250+ million year

old fossil finds. Here are but two examples of leaves

with beautifully preserved colours.

Onward for long, long stretches of just long long

stretches, when we came upon Chinaman's Pond

covered in the most beautiful water lilies in white

and masses of pink. We had two more stays in New

South Wales,usually abour 4-500km apart.
NSW is a large state, Queensland is very much

larger and entailed another sleep.

One of the points of interest in massive stretches of
nothing scenic in particular, or I was perhaps too

tired to be observant, we spied these two massive

Baobabs or bottle trees. Their pregnant bellies hold

water and many an old bushy wandering on foot in
this vast landscape was saved by gouging into this

handy water source.

Near a coffee break on the edge of a small town

was a little creek with enough water to cool my feet

in and attract this lovely dragonfly.

Happily we had by now crossed into Queensland

where Bouganvileas flourished in the warm climate

Next week, if you bear with me, we finally

reach the coast with again totally different

landscapes on the way.

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TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 19 Accent on Pink

I have had this lovely Tree Peony for more than
twenty years and was very sad to lose it this

summer due to our total lack of water.

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Could this devoted Louis Armstrong fan possibly
leave a rose glorying in the name of 'Blueberry Hill'
in the nursery?.....in the inimitable words of Eliza

Doolittle, 'not b.... likely!'

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This rose is called 'Sonia Reykel', it has a perfume

to die for and is generally superbly

beautiful and old fashioned.

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Thanks to Luiz Santilli Jr., Denise B. Castro and Laerte

Pupo, we can all enjoy a diversity of flowers from

around the world.

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Shedding the Shackles

From dreariness of daily grind
leaving cares and woes behind
soaring like birds on magic wings
flying to new and wond'rous things

Round Gulf St.Vincent in chariot fair
300 miles swept away without care
on reaching the tip of Peninsular foot
the sea was lapping right up to our boot

Breathing delighted the humid air
forgetting the drought that led to despair
dear friends, great food and a glass or two
bring forgetful sleep to a dawn brand new.















Dear bloggy friends, forgive my shunning of your
cups of tea, 'twas not mere caprice that led me astray,
holiday settlements in the more remote regions do not
cater for guest internet.
I will do my best to catch up on all your doings ASAP!

MY WORLD ~ 18 Trip to Queensland, 3rd Day

We stopped with a view of the Warrumbungles,
where on the road verge, this tiny gem bloomed
at my feet


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On the other side of the road were yellow flowers
with black steers staring at us backed up by the
blue sulhouette of the mountains
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View from the observatory to the rock formations
of the Warrumbungles featuring the 'Bread Knife'
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View back towards the observatory
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Our trip was last April and there were spectacular
autumn colours along the way
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Please enlarge, the colour is as spectacular as
a sunrise.
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My thanks to the Prof for sharing photos 3 & 4,
mine were hidden in a batch of some 10,000
and not easily accessible.
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Next week, fossils at Coonabarrabran!
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My thanks to the wonderful people of the SkyWatch/
My Word team for this amazing meme.
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TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 18 From Cream to deepest Yellow

For best effect, please click to enlarge!

The creamy throat of the white Amaryllis

'Gold Bunny' sitting pretty against the blue sky

















'Friesia' dripping with rain
















'Charles Austin' enjoying a Spring rain
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All these are from last year's Spring, this year
was devastating for the garden
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My thanks to Luiz, Denise and Laerte for creating
and mentoring this magical meme.

Thoughts

When very small

I used to wonder
whence we came

and wither we would wander

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Now, having eached

a grey-haired age

I am neither

wise nor sage

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The dreams I dreamt

the paths I trod

have led no closer

or nearer to God.

Please click on photo, it is worth enlarging!

SkyWatch ~ 25 Summer Cloud

Enlarged they are much more effective.

Fickle Clouds

Clouds rolling by

the sky may darken

and to them

watchfully we hearken

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The thunder rolls

with promise deep
yet all their drops

of rain they keep

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and do not spare

from their great bounty
a drop to wet

the ground so bare

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to those who wait

and watch and hope

the fickle clouds

say one word: Nope!

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Hats off to Klaus and the SkyWatch Team

for minding this extensive meme.