TODAY'S FLOWERS & I Heart Macro - An unexpected gift

A friend came over to make a very special delivery,

I'll tell you more about that in some other post,

and brought this very beautiful pot full of

English Daisies

Sorry, phone shots as my Nikon has a tummy ache

the photos certainly don't live up to the original

these little flowers just exude happiness

with their smiling faces

Linking with Denise's

TODAY'S FLOWERS

and Laura's

I HEART Macro

SkyWatch - Clouds in a hurry

The clouds were in a hurry,

scooting this way and that

wind driven, ripping pieces off

the bigger ones

and scurrying away

They had no time to stop and tell me 

whither-away they went in such a rush.

Linking with 

SkyWatch

OUR WORLD - Opportunism

Leave a bucket of opportunity standing on the floor

for even a minute and . . .

what on Earth is my big sister doing up there,

I wonder . . .

seems to be enough for two

even if you have to stretch

The moral of this story is:

Never leave a bucket of milk for the calf unattended.

Linking with

OUR WORLD

TODAY'S FLOWERS & I Heart Macro - Pincushion Hakea

Hakea laurina or, in common parlance

the Pincushion Hakea

a tight bud and an unfolding one

with the first few pins sticking out

complete with pin-heads

and fully open with a second flower coming along quite nicely.

Linking with TODY'S FLOWERS

and I Heart Macro

SkyWatch - A sad sky

Sky over my garden on my sister's birthday

she left us two years ago and I miss her dreadfully.

Linking with SkyWatch

OUR WORLD, Wild Bird Wednesday, & Nature Notes - The Wild Wood in Autumn

For a number of years now I had not made it to the wild

wood for health reasons.

Yesterday I just could not stay away when I saw so much gold 

down there from my vantage point on the hill

the sheep cheered me on

as the gold on the ground blinded me

I must be the richest person on the planet

with all that gold at my feet! 

Near the dam, a white-faced heron rose at my approach

and wonder of wonders,

I managed to get a blurry shot of it

I even managed to see and snap a grey Fantail

cute isn't he?

Almost three months late in his arrival

but who's complaining?

back on my golden carpet to struggle up the hill 

carting my camera with 500mm lens.

Yep, I was exhausted . . . but it was worth it!

Linking with

OUR WORLD 

Wild Bird Wednesday

and Nature Notes

TODA'YS FLOWERS & I Heart Macro - Still more Dahlias

Keeping with the theme of my Guest Friend post,

here are some more of the beautiful

Dahlias from this year's

Mt.Pleasant show.

Sorry to say I have no more dahlias in my garden

they all died from salinity in the soil.

I do love cactus dahlias

but my all time favourites are the water lily variety

as seen in my Guest Friend post

it's the pink one if you are interested..

Hope they don't blind you with their strong colours.
and for anyone who is interested, all these were taken
with my iPhone.

Linking with 

TODAY'S FLOWERS

and 

I Heart Macro