Month: October 2020

Ball of fluff

October 12, 2020

A Grey Shrike Thrush

This young one is so cute. It was sitting outside my kitchen window, perched on the wisteria.

The birds are noted for their song. This one looks very different to its parents. It’s still so fluffy

Elm Tree Nursery

October 11, 2020

Some more images of flowers taken at my visit to the Nursery. This one below was rather large and also rather metallic!

This one was just perfect. Much more delicate than its neighbour above.

Also very delicate. I love the shades of purple in this one.

Look what was peeking out in the shade, through the shrimp plant. I’m not sure what this flower is, but I doubt its chance of survival in my sunny garden.

And this Abutilon, (chinese lantern) came home with me.

Thank you Christine. I’m looking forward to my next visit.

More Elm Tree Nursery

October 10, 2020

More images from my visit to the Elm Tree Nursery.

This first one is of tee tree flowers, Leptospermum Scoparium. Close up the flowers are striking.

I loved the pink colour of these two daisies. Until I started to take photos of daisies, (I have lots!), I’d never taken any notice of how the centres of the flowers change as the pollen comes and goes. I’m still not sure whether the yellow pollen comes first and then, as time goes by, reveals the amazing blue color in the centre or whether the centres start off blue and the yellow pollen emerges as the flower develops.

This is a photo of one of the cactuses, or I should more correctly say cacti. It was tiny. I love looking closely at the patterns in all sorts of flowers.

This one is a mystery to me. But it really caught my eye as I wandered past.

A few people commented about the color of this plant as the sun came out and the light caught it. I didn’t really do it justice, but I still like the shot

More flowers from the Nursery tomorrow.

At Elm Tree Nursery

October 9, 2020

I had a lovely day looking around this nursery with the Cohuna Garden Club and snapping some photos of the flowers. The Nursery is within a beautiful garden. Visit their Facebook page for more images of the garden.

At the moment the garden has an amazing display of clivias. The white ones were gorgeous, but the red and orange drifts were sensational.

Clivia

I found lots of flowers in shades of pink, through to red and brown. Even the foliage was impressive.

Spot the bee
Salvia

Chris has always got a variety of salvias, both growing in her garden and potted up ready to take home.

More images tomorrow.

Blowing in a gentle breeze

October 9, 2020

I have a new zoom lens for my camera that I haven’t mastered yet. These were taken as I was wandering around my garden.

Just when I was learning to lower the f stop to blur the background, I was surprised that the first two photos were f/13. I like the softness of these two photos. The background blurs out.

The lens is so heavy. My arms ache. I’m starting to build up my muscle strength by carrying it around. There was a little camera shake, but I really tried to stay still. I’m also learning it pays to drag the tripod along with me too!

What makes an iris an iris?

October 8, 2020

Theses are bearded irises.

Do you know why these are called bearded irises? It’s because these plants have beards. The beards are the hairy bits on the falls. On the irises below they are yellow colored.

What are the falls? They falls are the three petals that fall downwards from the centre of the flower. The three petals standing up are called standards.

Only bearded iris have beards. There are other types of iris. Crested iris, for example, have crests. Not to be confused with beards, crests are hairless raised ridges. Irises without beards or crests are called beardless irises.

This one looks menacing!!!

For Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.