It’s a while since I’ve had the chance or time to just walk around, looking at flowers and trees. Working nights and often days, I get no chance for taking sunset photos or any others! It was mostly flowers. The area I walked in – which is where I usually take sunsets – isn’t that big on trees – very sadly so as one of my favourite trees – a flame tree which I took many, many photos of earlier this year, a scant few months ago, has been chopped down.
It’s heartbreaking. This is all that remains and leaving a terribly empty space.
It should’ve been like this:
which gives a place for birds – feeding and shelter. I will miss the flowers and birds next year.
On a happier not – box tree blossom which are so delicate compared with the trees themselves
and I don’t know what these flowers are, except they are very delicate:
These tiny things are very difficult to photograph and are from a bush just down the road from me.
I have no idea what these flowers are – coming from a bush with great long thin branches falling over a high stone wall. They remind me of flame tree flowers, but they can’t be: it’s the wrong season and it’s not a tree. But very similar in shape and colour.
This is pretty catching the sunlight
& these Jacaranda flowers – which survived the wind and storms, are highlighted against a wall:
Honeysuckle and frangipani added wonderful perfume to the warm air:
& this little singing honeyeater watched me as
I photographed these kangaroo paws in the wind in someone’s garden:
there were roses, but many were out of range. But these were pretty and glowed in the afternoon light.
An usually coloured jasmine almost camouflaged against the brick wall
& one of these: I love these 🙂
This small bush intrigued me with its twisting branches:
& when I got home, a certain someone was tired of waiting and wanted dinnah!
I hope you enjoyed my little amble around the streets – except for the tree that is no more.
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Loved the amble through . So sad to hear about that beautiful tree … I mourn it too .
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Wendy? My Wendy Strahan? 🙂 hello. About the tree – it was just after the last storm we had & 2 days ago, I found out that it had fallen. Without warning. Just fallen. Those trees are over 100 years old and the woman who told me lives on the street – one of the flame trees I love photographing is right outside her place. Limbs came off that flame tree as well, and sadly, the council doesn’t seem interested in looking after them. Probably because they’re *not natives*. Grrrr.
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I loved the amble… if you ever find out what those red flowers similar to the flame tree, please let me know… I photoed some the other day on a bush, and it’s exactly the same… but I have no idea what it is….
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ah! Probably because they come from your neck of the woods. And I’m sorry that the one tree I photographed was the one that was cut down. It must’ve happened in the last couple of days because the last time I took photos of sunset, it was there. I will mourn that tree – and there will be many birds who must be so confused that it is no longer there.
Glad you enjoyed the amble though 🙂
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