o frabjous day!

Category: Flora

  • Reverb 10 – Days 1 to 4

    I signed up to get daily prompts during December from Reverb 10 (an “online initiative to reflect on your year and manifest what’s next”), as I thought it might be an opportunity to write a bit more, despite the words “manifest” and “reverberate” making me wince a little. But I’m not that good at actually…

  • Camping

    The weather was a little damp for camping this weekend, but we still had a lot of fun. I found a bees’ nest. And jammed on the ukulele. And read Ellen Kushner’s The Privilege of the Sword. And when we got home, we found the biggest group of king parrots we’ve seen feeding on some…

  • Venman

    We went walking today at Venman Bushland National Park, intending to do the long circuit walk around the park. We did that successfully, but then we tried to do a small additional circuit while in the depths of the park and got lost for a little while. Not so lost that we weren’t on a…

  • Succulent

    Succulent plants always make me think of jellyfish and underwater things – all globulous and cool under the fingers. The garden has been terribly neglected of late, as I’ve been preoccupied with other projects – photography, “running” (more on that later), and curling up with the latest stack of library books.  And it’s been cold…

  • Pink rose

  • Yellow rose

    Despite the chilly weather, there were still quite a few flowers blooming in the Mt Tamborine Botanical Gardens – this yellow rose, in the rose arbour, was surrounded by quite a few other varieties. I have always loved roses, but have never tried to grow them myself – my garden efforts are so hit and…

  • Spikes

    The previous owners (I should really think up a snappy nickname for them so I don’t have to keep calling them that) planted a lot of spiky things around this house. I’m not a big fan of them – I don’t know that they go so well with the rest of the bush aesthetic –…

  • Red droplets

    I had thought that this ugly looking plant was a weed, and have been yanking it out all over the place, until I discovered these lovely drop-like red flowers on it this morning. I think it probably still is a horrible weed, and it looks awful when it’s not flowering, so I’ll continue to eradicate…

  • Tendrils

    Lovely little tendrils of fern-like leaves growing from this tree trunk in Lamington National Park. One of the few shots from that day that worked out, given that I decided to use manual focus in the shaded rainforest. Not such a great idea.

  • Strangler fig

    Taken along the Border Track in Laminton National Park – I love these root formations.