Winter in my garden

We are currently having a brief spell of calm Winter weather, so I popped outside with my camera and macro lens to capture a few images in the garden. Granted there is not much in flower, but I don’t have all that many flowers in my garden anyway. I have a new flowering creeper on…

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Winter outings – Australia Gardens

I’m a bit of a creature of habit. I visit some of the same local spots, over and over. Mostly because they are lovely spots to visit, at any time of the year. But also as the travel, parking and getting about is easier for me. So when a friend said she hadn’t been to…

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Sale Botanic Gardens photo walk

On a recent trip to East Gippsland, I arranged a Photo Walk with some of the locals at Sale’s Botanic Gardens. We had yet another gorgeous day, a little cool first thing, but it soon warmed up in the bright Autumn sun. We spent about one and half hours wandering the grounds, stalking the wild…

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Emily in Autumn

This was one of those last-minute, organised in haste on a hunch idea…that turned into something amazing. I had seen some recent photos from Cloudhill gardens and the beautiful Autumn Colours (we don’t get a lot of Autumn colour in Melbourne). The weather said Tuesday should be nice. So I thought I would pop in…

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Autumn at Cloudehill

I must admit, it’s been a while since I was at Cloudehill Gardens, but it truly is sheer magic in Autumn. Much of Australia is either green all year round, or brown and dry. So to get some bright Autumn colour is something rather exciting and you mostly have to head to higher ground like…

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Walk in the rain

Walking down the garden path to the studio, had me stop and go grab my camera. Tiny little raindrops on plants from recent rain showers, glittering and calling to me. So I grabbed my camera and spent an hour or so just pottering in the backyard, with my cat for company. The dog? He was…

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Share your world – 5th April 2022

Many people have been saying for a while now, it’s not IF you will catch Covid, it’s WHEN. Well my when was nearly two weeks ago. It started with a sore scratchy throat, then the headache, the body aches and then the fever. Then it hit my lungs and the constant coughing. I couldn’t stop…

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Random Flowers

I have already recently shared some paper daisies and kangaroo paw from a recent trip to Australia Gardens, I’ve been there so many times of late, but it’s always changing. Here are just a few more random flower shots… I hope I haven’t bored you too much with my flower shots? I’ll be back soon…

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Kangaroo Paw

Kangaroo Paw is a weird little flower, named for its likeness to Kangaroo Paws (as in the animal). I think they are so pretty and so structural, We have several in our own gardens, but only a few are really abundant. The common red one (which we have) is fairly easy to grow, the yellow…

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Paper Daisies

I have a bit of a confession to make. I adore flowers and every time I photograph something, that seems to be my current favourite. I like so many different varieties, it’s hard to just pick one. There are a few I am not huge fans of, like carnations, stock and a few others, it…

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