Monday, October 26, 2009

MY WORLD ~ 48 Gold of a Different Kind

While on our recent trip to Sydney, we had to cross
many miles of New South Wales' erstwhile gold country,



now gleaming with a different gold that rewards one's
labour with a little more certainty.



With the blue hills surrounding this wealth of gold,
I could have, like Dorothy, happily sunk down into
a hundred year sleep...woops, seems my bedtime
stories are getting tangled.



The road side weed, Echium plantagenium, covered
the road verges just in time for a welcome colour change.



All photos enlarge so you too may be blinded with gold.

Thanks to Klaus and the My World team for hosting
this informative meme.
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43 comments:

  1. Regina October 26, 2009 at 7:15 AM

    Wow. How gorgeous!

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  2. ReneeOctober 26, 2009 at 7:48 AM

    And the funniest thing of all when you wrote I love their sense of humour, I laughed.

    oxoxo

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  3. ReneeOctober 26, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    As far as I am concerned when you say something there is no proof necessary.

    xoxoxo

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  4. Anne Huskey-LockardOctober 26, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    Absolutely stunning; I can only imagine being there, looking across the field for ever and seeing nothing but the beautiful gold, gold, gold.......

    XXOO!!
    Anne

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  5. Sylvia KOctober 26, 2009 at 8:47 AM

    What incredible color! And fields of it! Breathtaking as always, Arija! Never seen so much gold, but I would love to!

    Have a great week!

    Sylvia

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  6. TomOctober 26, 2009 at 8:59 AM

    A delightful sight for sure... just think of the value as gold prices are sky high at the moment... ;o)

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  7. AnonymousOctober 26, 2009 at 9:03 AM

    The countryside is awash with gold. Priceless!

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  8. http://graceolsson.com/blogOctober 26, 2009 at 9:22 AM

    Dear Arija, yellow fields....
    We have only in the summer...and now...we have only rain, fog and cold...
    your shots are very nice.
    Have anice week, dear
    graceolsson.se/mittliv

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  9. Beth NiquetteOctober 26, 2009 at 10:39 AM

    How very lovely. We also have golden fields of this fragrant flower--they just aren't as large. I love your photos--they fill my eyes.

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  10. GaelynOctober 26, 2009 at 10:51 AM

    I can understand your Dorothy desire to lay down in these lovely fields of gold.

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  11. The Weaver of GrassOctober 26, 2009 at 11:21 AM

    That echium is lovely Arija - I don't know it at all. The blue and the gold are such a beautiful contrast. Your photos are lovely.

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  12. Ruth's Photo BlogOctober 26, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    Beautiful scenes.Gold as far as the eye can see.
    Blessings,Ruth

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  13. Photo CacheOctober 26, 2009 at 11:54 AM

    Exactly why I love spring. The yellow mustard blankets the ground and it's one of my joyous days.

    I have mine at www.ewok1993.wordpress.com

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  14. Luiz RamosOctober 26, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    Dreamy and real golden Nature.
    Love report.
    Luiz Ramos

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  15. marcia@joyismygoalOctober 26, 2009 at 1:40 PM

    beautiful "butter fields"!!!may I ask at what height you were in relation to the top of the flowers? / and how far away? and was it a wide lens?

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  16. JimOctober 26, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    Beautiful colours in your world.
    Sydney - City and Suburbs

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  17. betty-NZOctober 26, 2009 at 2:52 PM

    Fabulous! I think I see Toto!

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  18. CarverOctober 26, 2009 at 3:50 PM

    What beautiful golden fields. While I have autumn gold you have spring/summer gold. I also love the purple flower at the end of your post.

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  19. Martha ZOctober 26, 2009 at 3:52 PM

    Beautiful gold country filled with spring flowers. I, too, have a gold country of a different type.

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  20. This Is My Blog - fishing guyOctober 26, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    Arija: Thanks so much for the golden moment. It is a beautiful field.

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  21. SandyCarlsonOctober 26, 2009 at 5:40 PM

    Those fields are beautiful.

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  22. SnapOctober 26, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    Spectacular! True gold if you ask me!

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  23. Debra HowardOctober 26, 2009 at 7:13 PM

    Those are so beautiful.
    Debbie

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  24. sweetbayOctober 26, 2009 at 7:54 PM

    Those fields of gold are amazing. The Echium is beautiful too.

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  25. LewOctober 26, 2009 at 9:28 PM

    Beautiful! I love the variation youo got in the different images.

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  26. ninjaOctober 27, 2009 at 1:19 AM

    What a lovely weed!

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  27. Tess KincaidOctober 27, 2009 at 1:25 AM

    Gosh, that's beautiful. I love the word "erstwhile", by the way.

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  28. AnonymousOctober 27, 2009 at 1:30 AM

    As has already been said, such a wonderful sight for the weary traveler.

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  29. LadyFiOctober 27, 2009 at 3:19 AM

    Such golden moments!

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  30. AnonymousOctober 27, 2009 at 4:24 AM

    Stunning photos! Do you know the song "fields of gold"?

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  31. The ExplorerOctober 27, 2009 at 4:34 AM

    This one is really like a paradise. Great capture of views. But the flowers for this color is really fantastic.

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  32. Mike's Travels October 27, 2009 at 6:15 AM

    Beautiful. That's not a picture of Australia that we think of. Very verdant.

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  33. ReneeOctober 27, 2009 at 7:22 AM

    Thank you lovely lady.

    Love Renee xoxo

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  34. NaturegirlOctober 27, 2009 at 9:32 AM

    I am sure this sea of gold is like a world of sunshine and I see the bees heading for it to be bathed in all that pollen!! Blue flowers are simply perfect to post with this!

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  35. CarolynOctober 27, 2009 at 11:31 AM

    Arija, such beautiful pics. The yellow and blue is such a beautiful and promising combination.
    I love driving through the canola and mustard seed fields in the spring on the Canadian prairies. I too could lay down in them and get lost in sleep.
    Have a great week.
    Smiles and blessings

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  36. Tammie LeeOctober 27, 2009 at 11:41 AM

    Gorgeous! I love seeing flowers, always, but now that there are NONE around me, ahhhhh.

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  37. Kathie BrownOctober 27, 2009 at 12:49 PM

    Arija, some of these photos look like northen Maine in summer when the rape seed is in bloom. Beautiful.

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  38. AnonymousOctober 27, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    Wow, these are two of my favorite colors together. What is the gold?

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  39. JanieOctober 27, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    That's just an amazing expanse of gold. Beautiful! The purple flowers are a nice accent.

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  40. EcoRoverOctober 27, 2009 at 3:01 PM

    Wow, gold you bet. Some kind of crop?

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  41. BTOctober 27, 2009 at 4:27 PM

    Fabulous photos Arija. I love 'rape' as we call it in the UK. In Spring it is all over the countryside. We used to play a car game and shout 'rape' every time we spotted a field! Such are memories made.

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  42. CarolOctober 28, 2009 at 7:56 AM

    Beautiful images...Golden delights...how wonderful to reach a crest and view a field of gold...we see that in Ohio when the soybean fields turn yellow

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  43. ZachOctober 28, 2009 at 9:06 AM

    OMG, this is AMAZING. What type of plants are these? I at first I thought they were golden rod, but then I saw that you said it was in Sydney...

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