Tag Archives: flowers

The Beacon has a baby!

Posted on May 18, 2024 by parrot feather

Well sort of. Great excitement at Beacon Lodge this week, as the dracena at the top of the stairs outside my door has a flower bud!!!!!! The dear plant has been sitting there, unobtrusively, steadily, undemanding, for over 20 years, … Continue reading →

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Nature round up

Posted on April 14, 2024 by parrot feather

Regular readers might remember Kylie’s special post last Christmas, about the butterfly that laid its eggs on a tree in her kindy, and which she and the children observed avidly as caterpillars emerged in the weeks before term ended. It … 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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Pulling a swiftie – and some spring updates

Posted on October 7, 2023 by parrot feather

It’s been weird spring weather this week – hot one minute, cold the next. But the gardens are loving it. I have been to the botanic gardens and to my friend Kaye’s community garden this week, and both are buzzing. … Continue reading →

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Marigolds

Posted on August 6, 2023 by parrot feather

Spring is coming early this year – we have had some lovely days and the plants are responding accordingly. I have been struck by marigolds in particular. There are lots flowering in Auburn, but I have also seen some in … Continue reading →

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Wildflowers

Posted on February 5, 2023 by parrot feather

The scabious are flowering at the moment, along the sides of the road in the country, on verges, in my garden even. They sway in the breeze and make me think of ‘meadows’ and ‘grassland’ – although apparently they are … 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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The hill, the Show, the blossom

Posted on September 10, 2022 by parrot feather

A lot’s happened since last week – for me nothing major, just busy days and happy ones, with lots of photos taken, and action every day. The queen has died too – a big event culturally, and that has had … Continue reading →

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Crepe myrtle time

Posted on February 27, 2022 by parrot feather

One of my ‘themes’ in this blog is plants and flowers – but it’s a while since I featured one variety – as with hibiscus, strelitzia, bottlebrush, frangipani, wisteria and geraniums, so I thought it was time to add to … Continue reading →

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Geraniums and pelargoniums

Posted on October 2, 2021 by parrot feather

I have mentioned in recent weeks what a glorious spring we are having. Flowers are blooming everywhere and the colour and vibrancy of gardens up and down every street and in front of almost every house is wonderful to behold. … Continue reading →

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