Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

365 Days In Nature - July



31/7 Day 212 - The moon through the mango tree.



30/7 Day 211 - The grevilleas are so beautiful at the moment. And they come in so many gorgeous colours. This is my favourite.



29/7 Day 210 - Our back yard blue tongue lizard, catching some warm winter sun.



28/7 Day 209 - Clover is so pretty up close.



27/7 Day 208 - Saturday Theme: Foliage  Well, my eyes were opened today! I wasn't expecting it to be difficult to find a foliage photo. But I didn't expect to find so much!! I kept snapping to the point of ridiculous. I took 124 photos in my mother-in-law's garden and neighbouring park! I'm always looking at flowers, bees, butterflies, birds...and have forgotten foliage...not today!



A collage of foliage from my archives



26/7 Day 207 - A dewy dandelion.



25/7 Day 206 - Poinciana leaves in the afternoon light.



24/7 Day 205 - I love red flowers against the blue sky, like these grevilleas.



23/7 Day 204 - The kids found this frog under my husband's paint tray on the back decking. It's an odd colour, don't you think?



22/7 Day 203 - A "wild flower" in our garden.



21/7 Day 202 - I took the kids to the duck pond to ride their bike & scooter this morning and look what I found! What a treat!!



20/7 Day 201 - Saturday Theme: Fauna...from the beach.



A collage of fauna from my archives...



19/7 Day 200 - Today's weather is brought to you by raindrops and grey skies.



18/7 Day 199 - An ibis in the afternoon sun at the duck pond.



17/7 Day 198 - Sincere apologies to arachnophobes...look away NOW...but look what I just found hiding under our front steps. Yep, a redback spider!!



16/7 Day 197 - The Canna in our back garden. One of the flowers that is helping me warm to red.



15/7 Day 196 - I love the delicate little pink flowers on the Indian Hawthorn shrub.



14/7 Day 195 - We often see stingrays in the canal at Caloundra. But we've never seen a leopard print one before!!



13/7 Day 194 - Saturday Theme: White flowers...We walk past this lovely bush every day on our walk to school. I think it's called a Snow Flake Bush. It's the closest thing we'll ever get to snow around here!!



A collage of white flowers from my archives...

  

12/7 Day 193 - Clover, growing out of the pot.



11/7 Day 192 - The orange trumpet creeper again...looking up into a cloudy sky.



10/7 Day 191 - There were some lovely pink clouds this morning...before it rained.



9/7 Day 190 - My zygocactus is in full bloom with still more buds. Happy happy happy...



8/7 Day 189 - Finally, two days later, I get to see some sunrise colour!!



7/7 Day 188 - Yesterday at the beach. Winter is the most perfect time to be there!



6/7 Day 187 - Saturday Theme: The colours of sunrise/sunset... I got myself up earlyish for sunrise at 6:37 this morning but there was nothing but a heavy fog! At almost 8:30am there was still no sign of the sun. We were covered in a thick blanket of fog!! So no sunrise colours...but it was a perfect morning for capturing the dewy cobwebs in the garden. I have my fingers crossed for some colours at sunset today!!


Take two - I almost missed the sunset!! After being out all day, I was cooking the kids' dinner and realized the sun had just gone down. So, of course, I grabbed the camera and ran up into the backyard to capture this. It's not spectacular...but it's the best I could do today.



5/7 Day 186 - From the duck pond today.



4/7 Day 185 - I love taking my camera with me when I hang out the washing...I never know what I'll find. Today it was a Little Friarbird, a Blue-faced Honeyeater and this one, my favourite, a Common Eggfly Butterfly.



3/7 Day 184 - My Zygocactus is finally starting to bloom...and it looks like it's mocking me!



2/7 Day 183 - Three tiny little mushrooms in the cactus pot.



1/7 Day 182 - Yesterday my Miss 5 went shopping with her daddy and she came home with this, "For you, Mummy!"






Tuesday, 4 June 2013

365 Days In Nature - Day 155

I love winter in Queensland.
Clear blue skies.
Warm sunny days.
The sun is lower and it seems to light up the flowers.
This is the first bloom on the orange trumpet creeper.
The perfect winter flower.


Wednesday, 29 May 2013

365 Days In Nature - Day 149

I was just about to pick up the camera to take my nature shot for the day when all of a sudden the rain bucketed down!
So here's my rainy nature photo.


Wednesday, 22 May 2013

365 Days In Nature - Day 142

It's an oh-so-grey day here today.
But I went snooping in my neighbour's back yard again because I adore this rose.


Thursday, 16 May 2013

365 Days In Nature - Day 136

It's a very rainy day today so more raindrops on flowers (and my camera...oops!)


Thursday, 9 May 2013

365 Days In Nature - Day 129

After a little more Google research I've discovered the common name
for the weed growing in our back yard is a Stinking Passion Vine.
I think that's a little harsh!
I haven't noticed a stench and I walk past it every day.
Anyhow, you've seen the flower, now here is the fruit.
It is the most delicious tasting thing.




Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Saturday, 4 May 2013