Tag Archives: colour

the seeds remain

Posted on May 12, 2024 by parrot feather

It’s been a beautiful autumn for colour and sunny days. A bit dire for rain, of which we have had almost none this whole year so far, but the days have been glorious. The changing leaves against a background of … Continue reading →

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Doctor Karl’s shirts and cicadas

Posted on February 18, 2024 by parrot feather

Karl Kruszelnicki is a long-time science dude (‘science communicator’ makes him sound so – conventional, is it?) on ABC radio and tv in particular. He seems to know everything you could ever want to know about scientific things and has … Continue reading →

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Purple

Posted on December 3, 2023 by parrot feather

We have had the yearly burst of purple rain this past week, with a big storm at the end of November giving us showers of jacaranda flowers, plus the blossom in the trees, in side streets and suburbs and yards … Continue reading →

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Circles in the garden

Posted on October 16, 2022 by parrot feather

Wassily Kandinsky the artist has appeared here before, and I’ve had him in mind a bit this week with all the flowers that are about – little dobs of colour that really remind me somehow of his famous circles. Here … Continue reading →

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Geraniums (day and night)

Posted on October 10, 2020 by parrot feather

Geraniums (and pelargoniums) are so cheerful and robust. They are flowering pretty much everywhere at the moment – great for one of my occasional posts about flowers in season. They have the disadvantage for this blog of being brighter and … Continue reading →

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Sky Week

Posted on July 18, 2020 by parrot feather

I have had a little project this week to notice and photograph the sky. Of course, some days I got off the track and it was dark by the time I realised that no pics had been taken, so there … Continue reading →

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“High biscuits”

Posted on April 5, 2020 by parrot feather

When my niece was small (she is now 30-odd) and I had her round to my place or played with her at hers, we would do a bit of nature study from time to time – learning plant names. Two … Continue reading →

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Colour and succulents

Posted on October 27, 2019 by parrot feather

It was Deirdre’s birthday this week – she had a party yesterday to celebrate. She and David have fairly recently (in the past couple of years or so) bought a house after renting forever. It is a weird transition sometimes; … Continue reading →

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Colours! Shapes! Spring!

Posted on September 28, 2019 by parrot feather

I had a look at the photos I have taken this week, and it became obvious that spring is the topic of the moment. Flowers are blooming everywhere in all their glorious lairy-ness. I kept running into bright shining pigface … Continue reading →

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Autumn in Auburn

Posted on April 15, 2017 by parrot feather

I am in Auburn this weekend, enjoying beautiful autumn weather and hanging out with dad once again. I went for a walk late this afternoon, and there are so many beautiful trees in a flush of colour – I thought … Continue reading →

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