TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 22 Flowers and Fruit

The flower of the Persimmon is hard to see,



it is leaf green and hidden in the leaf joint. If you
look closely, you can see the forming fruit in the centre.



The ripe Persimmon is a glowing orange and
deliciously sweet to eat.



Grevillea robusta is a native Australian tree growing
to a great height and covered in spring with golden
flowers delighting a profusion of Honeyeaters.



A closer view worth enlarging in the glow of late
afternoon light.

Click on the Logo to see many interesting flowers.

Thanks to Luiz Santilli Jr., Denise B. Castro and Laerte
Pupo we can all join in and enjoy this meme.

A Friend Who Joined Us For a While

Zachariah of the golden eyes came to call in the
night now and then....Millie our ancient black
Oriental, usually so territorial, would go outside
and chat with him.



I put out some dry food for him, he was so scrawny ,
malnourished and had boils but would not let us near.
For weeks he would disappear, then come back again,
until one day our youngest granddaughter, with an
affininity to animals, made friends with him.
For a long time he was an outside cat slowly making
frieds with the two dogs and seven other cats.
He graduated to become a part time housecat, going
walkabout for a few weeks, then returning and picking
up where he had left off. He responded to Zachariah
or Zach for short.

Zachie had the most wonderful amber eyes.

He was wormed, healthy and happy, but one

day he went on his rounds and did not return.

There are foxes and snakes here, and we miss

him so much...

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SkyWatch ~ 28 At Break of Day

For greater enjoyment, please enlarge!



The first few moments when the awakening Sun
yawning stirs in her bed



casting great shadows, reaches out to spread colour
on the emerging land



and for a few seconds imbues with glorious colour
all that comes within her reach



then, waking in full earnest, sets the pines afire.

For a bit of fun, sepia clouds through my brown sunnies

I admit I look at the world through rose tinted glasses,
it makes it so much easier to muddle through life.

After all, when you expect the best, you draw a close
approximation towards yourself.

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more than 400 people in this meme, a massige thank you!

A Few Silly Galahs

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This is for all you birders, a few fledgelings
from this summer just ended...
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...showing off, or hangin on for dear life...
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in Australia we have an old expression: 'ya silly Galah'

it is dual purpose, it can be used lovingly as when

someone gives you an unexpected present just because,

as in 'ya shoodna done that , ya silly Galah!' or con-

versely yelled loud and clear across an intersection when

someone pulls out in front of you. It is also handy

when someone is over dressed to liken them to the

proverbial Galah.

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When young they are ungainly and quite silly, but

there is nothing to compare with a large flock of a

few hundred veering across a late afternoon sky, one

moment a sunset cloud of red, the next a gleaming

pearly grey, that keeps you spellbound just watching

the shifting colours against our deep blue skies.

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For a complete change, a Crested Pigeon. They are

in the habit of camping in the middle of dirt roads at

night and taking off at the approach of people or

vehicles with loud whirring wing beats.

MY WORLD ~ 21 Arrived at Yeppoon

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Here we are, arrived at the coastal wetlands in
Queensland near Yeppoon. There were a few
tropical blue Waterlilies in bloom
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Intermediate Egret, Egretta intermedia, near the track
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and Mistletoe flowering. All photos can be enlarged,

please do so at least for a few, it really is rewarding.

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Ibis munching and marching

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and colourful tropical Butterflies fluttering here

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and there among the flowers...

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a Blue faced Honeyeater, a remarkably large bird,

joined us for lunch...

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and in the evening we hung around with a few

other old bats. There were two great colonies of these

large Fruit Bats, the bane of orchardists.
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When darkness descended, the sky filled with tens

of thousands of screeching bats. The noise of their

wing beats and the stench they emanated were both

overpowering.

If you do not enlarge the others, please enlarge this

one although it is out of focus, it is more like the sea

than the sky!

When there is such a wealth of animal and plant life,

I find it hard to shoot buildings and views. If you still

bear with me, next week we will be at the Rockhampton

Botanical Gardens complete with Egret rookery.

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TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 21 Visiting a Rose Garden

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Tooday my wonderful daughter took me to a
beautiful place, 'The Flower Garden' in Nairne,
South Australia. A veritable rose growers paradise,
a feast for the senses where beauty and scent
intermingle....I give you a little of my experience
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Above and below, the glowing gold of 'Graham Thomas'
on the same bush but in different light.
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Everything was well tended and surrounded by
high hedges to shield the garden from our searing
summer winds. Beautifully clipped box hedges of
different verieties surrounded individual beds.
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The garden was situated on the gentle slope near
the top of a hill overlooking the little town of Nairne.
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This is a view up to the sales pavilion...
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where bunches of roses were displayed en masse on
U-shaped tables with enough scent to make the
senses swoon
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The colour range was spectacular as was the
selection of mainly French and English roses
they grew
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Roses with a hand gathering petals for processing
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I hope I have not given you a rose overload yet
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Looking down from the showroom across the garden

to the hillside beyond....

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I dedicate this post to Luiz Santilli Jr., who like me,

loves roses.

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With thanks to Luiz, Denise and Laerte for providing us with

this wonderful venue to display the flowers we love.

SkyWatch ~ 27 The Sun Also Rises

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The colour was promising, so I headed outside...
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turning southward, a fire kindled in the clouds..

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surprised at this fiery display so far from the east

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I turned full west and stood amazed.....reaching

right to the ground like a full blown sunset, the
rising sun had painted all the sky!

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