Have you ever looked really close at a willow tree? I hadn’t, until we shifted to our home where an old one presides at the back of our home. Amazing tree really. And you wouldn’t guess what actually lives on it at different times of the year. I was surprised! I bet you are too….
Tag: flowers
Autumn in the Ranges
Autumn is here once again. My favourite time of year. Warmish days, cooler nights, beautiful imagery. The flowers, the changing tree colours, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, lovely scenery all round. It really is a picturesque place to live and I love it here in the Dandenong Ranges. We have autumn flowers coming out now and…
Working on my macro
Well, actually Nikon calls it a micro lens and it’s a 60mm AF-S lens. I’ve had a love/hate relationship with it and want to learn to master this lens. Lighting plays a key and at the moment I’ve been doing hand held but may have to consider using a tripod. Below: Hoverfly and daisy; bee…
Asiatic Lily
Of course, we don’t just have white flowers and grevilleas in the garden. After being given a bunch of flowers awhile back with gorgeous lilies in them, I actually bought one to put in the garden. Isn’t this beautiful?
Grevilleas
We have a few different grevilleas coming out now and that means all the honey-eaters, large and small, are starting to hang around more. These are just a couple of them.
The colour white
Everywhere you look in our garden at the moment, there is the colour white. Don’t know if this was by design of the previous owners of our home, or by accident. Our plum tree is going to burst into blossom very soon. We’ve been watching it every day as we open our bedroom curtains. At…
Pretty entry
This is the entry to my driveway. The Azalea flowers in both Spring and Autumn and stays in flower through to Summer and Winter. So it’s almost in flower all year round. Pretty, isn’t it?
Winter still has colour and beauty
I’ve been wondering around our garden in the cool, almost frost air this past week. We’ve had rain, but some sunshine too. Wind and very cold. There’s no doubt we’re in the middle of winter here in Victoria, Australia. But, for all that, we’ve got beauty and it’s not all drab and bare trees. Our…
Beautiful rose
As I’ve not been out in my garden over the past few weeks I’ve really missed seeing my roses in bloom. I get to see a couple outside my window but that has been it. But last week I was able to be outside for awhile and noticed the beautiful Double Delight in full bloom. …
With spring comes the bugs
We’ve had a lot of flies turning up lately and suspect eggs have hatched somewhere in or close to the house. Very annoying. Outside there’s been an array of colourful bugs arrive in the garden. The top one below is a Hover Fly but I’m yet to find out what the sparkly green bug is.
Tulip Festival
During the week I took off to the annual Tulip Festival held in the Dandenong Ranges at Tesselaar’s property. I’ll be sharing a few images with you over the next few days.
Hover Fly and Daisy
Our daisies are now in full flower, and along with the Spring flowers and rains, the insects have come out to work as well. I find the Hoverfly most fascinating to watch and they have a very shiny body. This one didn’t seem to mind my getting reasonably close, although I really should have had…