Category Archives: Flowers

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belladonna feast

 

Bees & Bugs, Flowers

A bee and an ant feasting on belladonna

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Animals, Flowers

Looking out for cats

belladonnas near the footbridge

walking in the rain yesterday (see? I can straighten images if I want)

 

Vika is always on the lookout for cats

Vika is always on the lookout for cats – they live over there

 

dog meets cat

and this morning there is one basking in the sunshine

 

dog chases cat

I thought it would just swipe Vika across the nose – but it ran home, but only as far as the end of Vika’s leash. Not much difference in size, nor colour.

 

No dogs or cats were harmed in my exercise in stupidity. Vika could have lost an eye!

Have a good day.  🙂

 

 

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Bees & Bugs, Flowers

Eucalyptus platypus

This lovely pale green blossom is borne by the Eucalyptus platypus, a small tree native to Western Australia. We have one in our service road along with the other native plantings. Also known as Platypus Gum, Moort, or Round-leaved Moort.

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This might be a bee, some do have a red abdomen – perhaps a reed bee.

 

The platypus gum is putting on a good show this year. The blossoms sport richer colouring, thus more obvious to the eye against the backdrop of their leathery leaves. I love the claw-like cluster of pods.

Images taken this morning on my walk. (Nokia Lumia 520 windows phone)

Have a good day. 🙂

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