Category: trees & plants

A New Day, A New Year.

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Hello and a belated Happy New Year – the start of the new decade.  The image I am sharing  today is of a Cornflower in the garden at sunrise yesterday.  The flowers are very late in flowering due to my tardiness in sowing the seeds and the odd growing season that we have had starting with a cold spring and now the blistering heat.  Whilst both the heat and wind have been horrid here, my thoughts go to those far less fortunate in Australia at the start of this dreadful fire season and to the crews, volunteers and others who are working tirelessly in the communities.  Stay safe and well 🙂

 

Just Add Parsley….

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This week has been a wet and cold wintry week with everthing quiet in the veggie garden.  I was surprised to find that one of my parsely plants has just started to flower, a beautiful sight with their delicate umbels in the weak winter light 😀

Among the Leaf Litter.

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Hello again 😀  Early winter is here and most of the leaves of the deciduous trees have dropped and begun the cycle of decay that will provide nourishment for next year.  Whilst walking last weekend I saw these yellow leaves lying among the decaying leaf litter making a striking contrast that caught my eye 🙂

A Tangled Beauty

The image for this post is a seed head from a Clematis plant.  Quite difficult to photograph through the tangle of hairs, I loved the contrasting soft and hard structures within 😀

A tree within a leaf.

Hello everyone, I trust everyone has had a good week 🙂  The image I am sharing today is of the back of a leaf beautifully lit by the low autumn sunshine.  The leaf was lying on a path and the fluffy texture and pattern are what caught my eye initially, the veins reminding me of a tree.

Autumn sunrise with sparkles.

I hope everyone is well.  We’re now into late autumn, the last of the deciduous trees are in their wonderful colours, days are getting much shorter and the misty mornings are plentiful.  One day last week we had very heavy fog and I spied these little grasses which had gone to seed sparkling in the rising sun.  Enjoy 🙂

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An autumnal kaleidoscope…

Hello again everyone 🙂  My harvest at work went very well – a good tonnage of very clean fruit which is now in the care of the skilled winery guys.  As you can imagine, I haven’t had a lot of time to take images but I did get to visit Duneira Estate today  which is is now in full autumn glory today.  A wonderful site to visit 🙂  This image is a double exposure taken ‘in camera’ of a full transition of autumn colour from green through to red 🙂

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Sugar pink…

Hello everyone,  I’m still in macro mode at the moment so here is an image of the bracts which form the outside of a Protea flower (also sometimes known as sugarbushes).  It’s hairy texture is both brilliant and a nightmare for macro as the hairs pick up every speck of dust and dirt.  The colour reminded me of the confectionery Turkish Delight hence “Sugar Pink”.  Click in for a larger image  🙂

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4. Rain on the roof….

My fourth and final fungi post of my mini series.  This last image for me sums up autumn – not perfect but rain and warm soils…I hope you have enjoyed the series 🙂 Click on the image for the best view.

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