Two springs ago, we drove to The Flinders Ranges
fields of canola were flowering gold
trees on the way were coming into leaf
we stopped to walk the old mine site and
pick up lumps of copper carbonate
at the side of this road
it once was an open cut mine but eventually
the water level rose and
it had to be abandoned
the colour of the water is amazing but it was hard
to get photos through a six foot mesh fence
if you enlarge this shot, you can see the bird at the water's edge
and onward to the folded ancient hills of the Flinders Ranges.
With gratitude to Klaus who started this meme as MY WORLD
which, after his passing was renamed to OUR WORLD
and continues in his memory.
What is canola Arija - is it another name for rape.
ReplyDeletenow if you'd goggled it . . .
Deleteyes of course it is, I just shied off 'rape'!
very pretty terrain!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty to see!
ReplyDeleteWhat pretty scenery and shots!
ReplyDeleteHi Arija That water is an awesome colour. Margaret
ReplyDeleteIt certainly took my breath away . . .
DeleteI remember Klaus fondly. He was one of the first people to pay attention to my blog. I am glad that his memory lives on in the meme. These images show a beautiful place to wonder about and my, you are so right, the water is magnificent...goodness someone needs to slice a nice hole in that mesh wire...maybe not!
ReplyDeleteKlaus put up my first SkyWatch post because I had no idea how to do it. I was very computer shy.
DeleteIt was disappointing about the wire, there was no way of getting a good angle on the whole scene.
Is that gorgeous blue colored water caused from the minerals? Sure is pretty.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Gaelyn, it was a copper mine and there is still plenty of copper there. I loved to use it for a bright green in pottery.
DeleteI love the golden fields. Very beautiful landscapes.
ReplyDeleteGlad to make you happy Carver.
DeleteGorgeous place!! I do love the color of the water is awesome! Terrific captures, Arija! Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteSylvia, thank you so much for commenting so kindly and staunchly. You make such a difference in my life.
DeleteThat mustard! I miss it very much from my days in wine country of N. California. You wrote you were envious of my peonies. I had no luck with them until I "sweetened" the soil with a handful of dolomitic lime twice a year. It made ALL the difference. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sara, with my peonies it is not the Ph of the soil, I know they need more alkaline than acid soil, it is the burning wind off the inland desert that dries the leaves to a crisp early in the growing season. It is difficult to hanker after cold climate plants in a hot, dry climate that is getting even hotter and drier.
DeletePS I have to use dolomite on my passionfruit as well as a number of other plants to have them thrive.
Sehr schöne Naturaufnahmen...
ReplyDeleteLiebe Grüße, Karin
Danke Karin, auch dir liebe Grüße!
DeleteWonderful set of images, picturesque.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rajesh.
Deletei love the field of yellow and green. and the color of water is inviting. it must be quite deep. beautiful photos.
ReplyDeletebeautiful fields of canola; it's such a wonderful sight to see. Have been to Flinders some years back but not when the canola was flowering; it would've been lovely. You got some really interesting pics
ReplyDeleteArija, lovely capture of the golden canola field. The water and coast scene is beautiful. Your world is gorgeous, thanks for sharing. Have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteLovely snapshots of your visit to Flinders..the water in that old mine is such a beautiful color.
ReplyDeleteIt's always a pleasure to visit your blog and read something of Australia! Thank you for your comment.it must be great to see the wombat regularly even if it is in the vicinity of your garbage bin!
DeleteHave a great day.
Wil,
The Flinders Ranges are high on my list of places to visit - all I need to do is persuade the kids!!
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
What beautiful landscape Arija. Walking around is something I would love to do. Things here getting unsettled.Will send you an email soon.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colours, whether it's the yellow field or the blues and greens of the water.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful scenes, all of them!
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed the yellow canola fields we saw a couple of summers ago west of us in North Dakota, the first I'd seen canola fields.
Those ranges look remarkable!
Arija, such beauty! Is the water safe in that old mine though?
ReplyDeleteP.s. thanks for all your recent comments! I am currently in CT with my mom helping around the house and counting birds where I can.
Such a contrast between the man made and the natural beauty - and yet so many similarities!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful images, Arija! I'd love to photograph Canola fields one day but there aren't any up this way. The mine looks gorgeous with that aqua blue water and those mountains!!!
ReplyDeleteyou grow Canola too, they gro them here, my son refuses to have canola.
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