BREAKING MORE PROMISES!
I promised I would try to update this more regularly.
Was that a lie? Or a broken promise? How about a picture of a Kowhai ( Sophora ) in glorious flower? I'd love to grow it here, but the summers would probably do for it.
We are still waiting for some rain...it's a good thing that we have the water tanks! Only a stop-gap, of course, but at least garden water is not coming out of the rates bill.
Just around the corner from our flat is a glorious, old jacaranda and I keep saying I must take a camera and get some photos. I shall do that, right now! You chaps nip out and either put your kettles on or pour a Pimms, depending on your time zone...
Aaaand, I'm back. With a jacaranda for you.
Calyptorhynchus banksii I spent more time trying to
get them on film. Well, the jacaranda will be there for
quite a while, but these birds don't hang about for glamour shots! I might try tomorrow with a longer lens; for now, I have
a couple of indifferent pics. Here's the male, happy to show
you why he has the common name.
Her tail feathers are yellowy-orange.
Rubbishy pics,but, as I said I needed a longer lens.
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Labels: kowhai.cockatoos.jacaranda.
posted by dinahmow @ November 05, 2024
9 Comments
9 Comments:
Lovely! I've got so much rain here now some of the trees are falling down they're so waterlogged! Too back I can't overnight some of this excess moisture to you!
Oh, I expect I'll be needing gumboots before long! At least we have the tanks
I love the sheer exoticism of your garden, Dinah! Jx
Gorgeous, sweetpea! xoxo
I admit, those birds do add some pizazz, but there are not many "gardens" around here.; most people work full-time and all the yards are fenced. But, yes, I can venture down to older places where time has softened the look.
Y'know what, Sav? Whenever you call me "Sweetpea" I have a mental image the masses of sweetpeas I've known over the years. You can bet they will be among the first seeds I sow in my next garden!
Fabulous!
That jacaranda is glorious! It's making me wish for summer already.
Oh, and those red-tailed cockatoos look like they could give Beaky a run for his money. Perhaps you could ask them if they fancy a couple of weeks in the UK?
I want a red-tailed cockatoo!!! I will look after them better than Mr D. Just saying.
Sx
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