Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.
The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post some
photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
Like River I usually run with a theme. At the moment neither my body nor my mind are behaving well. There are many, many things I *should* be doing. And one day this week we headed off to the Jerrabomberra Wetlands for nature induced respite instead. The skinny one gets up at the crack of noon given his druthers so we didn't get there early, and many of the birds were absent. It was still a treat though. The wetlands are quite close to the centre of town, and I don't think they get the attention they deserve. We don't visit them often enough either.
As always, rather a lot of photos follow.
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| The lovely Vicki tells me this is St John's Wort |
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| Bottle-brush |
I could happily spend some time on this bench.
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| And another bloom which I am clueless about... |
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| Grevillea |
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| Scotch Thistle |
Such beautiful photos. You made me want to visit theJerrabomberra Wetlands. But since I live in Oregon, USA I don't suppose that will happen anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteI think Jazz and Jewel are beautiful.
The booklist looks so daunting but I will be checking it out. I love to read and I can see that you do too.
Be well and take such good care of yourself.
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Barbara Torris: Welcome and thank you. Jazz n Jewel agree that they are beautiful. Very beautiful.
DeleteAs usual, loving your wealth of pictures. I'm just sitting down to write my Saturday post and reading your Sunday selections in my usual time machine computer. Hope your usual self will be feeling tiptop soon. I'm wishing it so. :-)
ReplyDeleteDJan: I have just visited your blog and, as usual, loved your images. Thank you for taking us walking with you.
DeleteFeel better soon so you can continue enjoying the beautiful land of Oz!!
ReplyDeletefishducky: Thank you. Sick or well I am a beauty addict.
DeleteWhat more can I say, fantastic images. I love the Pelicans, hanging out.
ReplyDeleteBob Bushell: I am a big pelican fan too. They tell me there are raptors there too. Next time perhaps.
DeleteWell, that was a treat! Pelicans!And a gorgeous purple thistle.
ReplyDeletedinahmow: I loved the thistle too. And the other plants whose names I don't know.
DeleteHi EC ... the wetlands are really beautiful. Having this environment close to town sure is nice. Hope you feel better soon. Take care.
ReplyDeleteWhisper Mist: It is nice. Very nice. And largely unexploited which is also lovely.
DeleteI'd be spending all my time on that bench in the shade...it's been pretty hot and humid up here over the few days. So, it's much cooler going on the stroll with you through this medium, EC! Thanks. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you and the Skinny One have a wonderful week...cuddles to Jewel and Jazz from Remy, Shama and me! :)
Lee: Hot and humid? Bleah. We have been having very variable weather. I hope you and your tyrants have a much more comfortable week ahead.
DeleteIt is all very green. There seems to be no shortage of pelicans in Australia. It's interesting to look at its location on a map and perhaps is only in existence and not drained and the land built on because of the railway infrastructure. Hmm, doesn't look so green in the satellite photo.
ReplyDeleteAndrew: They are starting to build on areas nearby. I don't think they ever will drain this area - because it feeds the lake. I hope not anyway. It is also surprisingly close to the airport, so any homes would be directly under the flight path.
Deletethank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteMartin Kloess: My pleasure.
DeleteThat's a beautiful place! All that in the center of town? Wow.
ReplyDeleteAlex J. Cavanaugh: Not right in town - but less than ten miles away. Which is nothing.
DeleteSorry to hear you are not feeling so good.
ReplyDeleteLovely wetlands, a day looking at nature always helps the mind and body.
Merle.............
Merlesworld: Nature is a healer isn't she?
DeleteYou seem to have many wide open spaces close to you. I love that white, fluffy plant..it looks like an angora sweater flower!
ReplyDeleteBookie: There were trees full of those blooms. I am pretty certain it is a native, but know very little more. Later I will investigate.
DeleteWonderful photos EC. I love the bridges taking us across to...'wonderland?'
ReplyDeletethe white unopened buds look like nandina, but the foliage tells me it isn't. The other flowers, the yellow and the fuzzy white also look familiar, but I can't remember what they are or where I've seen them.
I'll sit a while on that bench with you and Lee, we'll have a picnic and a gabfest.
River: We could have explored for a lot longer and further than we did. I liked the bridges too - and would happily settle down on that bench with you and Lee.
DeleteLove the different landscape, flora and fauna. Cold and dreary here so pics are a welcome relief.
ReplyDeletedonna baker: It is warming up fast here. Two states have already had killing fires. I would settle very happily for cold and dreary - and will relish snow photos from your side of the world. (Never satisfied are we?)
DeleteA wonderful walk through the wetlands. Thank you, EC. I tried searching Google images for the white fluffy plant, with no luck. Google felt it was something covered in snow/ice!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to sit on a bench and watch the pelicans...
Hope you feel lots better this week.
Alexia: There is something so soothing about water isn't there? Moving or still, salt-water or fresh, it doesn't matter. The white fluffy plant is irritating me. I will track down what it is. I hope.
DeleteAwesome photos, EC. I see the new camera is working out a treat!
ReplyDeleteI love wetlands. There's a primal peace about them.
Creatures who dwell there are able to do so in a less manicured/artificial environment and thrive - when there is little human intervention.
And... pelidactyls! My word - melding of one of my favourite birds, and my favourite Pterosaurs :)
Wishing you a return to strength and better health very soon xx
Vicki: Pelidactyls is a WONDERFUL word, for these amazing birds. So very descriptive. I love wetlands too. And manicured these aren't. Which is right and proper.
DeleteChecking back to say that the unidentified yellow flowered plant is the highly valuable St. John's Wort. Considered a weed, but it has so many benefits. Makes a supreme tincture.
DeleteVicki: Thank you. It is blooming rampantly in a lot of the grasslands nearby. I will update the post in a minute.
DeleteAHA!! St John's Wort. I knew it looked familiar.
DeleteYour pictures make me want to visit Australia even though I know it contains the most poisonous snakes and spiders in the world.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever had any in your house? How do you keep them out?
Birdie: I am pretty certain that most houses are home to a poisonous spider or two. Red-backs here, trap-doors and funnel webs in the next state.
DeleteIn one of our homes a red-bellied black snake lived under the front steps. For about nine months of the year I only used the back door. Mostly they will do their best to get out of our way. I am scared of people and some dogs much more than I am of our bitey beasts.
Lovely photos. I enjoyed them a lot. I have begun writing about Australia in my armchair travel blog. So it is of great interest for me to see your pictures.
ReplyDeleteRasma Raisters: I would be interested to read your armchair travel blog. Will you give us the link? And let me know if you want any information (or photos).
DeleteHa! We both posted pelicans!
ReplyDeleteSweet post
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Cloudia: Amazing birds aren't they? And I grew up with the verse you posted on your blog.
DeleteWhat a delightful place and to have it so close to town is very special. Phil and I are both lovers of pelicans and even though it is just a thistle that flower is such a beautiful colour. That place is all about nature.
ReplyDeleteSorry you are down at the moment and hopefully you will soon be feeling your happy self again. Life can be hard at times.
P.S. Phil and I are both late risers which probably makes life a tad easier.
Mimsie: We are very lucky to have so many natural places close to us. They always make me feel better. I will be fine - and thanks for your good wishes.
DeleteI have never been to Jerrabombera but when I look on the map I see I have driven past it many times on the way to Fyshwick. :)
ReplyDeleteI saw on Media Watch the other night that IKEA has opened over there in Canberra.. :) Happy moments for all!
Snoskred: It is very, very close to Fyshwick (less than five kilometres). Badly signposted though.
DeleteIKEA is apparently attracting enormous crowds. I can wait.
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ReplyDeleteKaren: Thank you.
DeleteOooh, I love the Scotch Thistle!! Always enjoy your Sunday Selections, Sue. Such beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteBECKY: I am a fan of Scotch Thistles too - despite them being vicious beasts.
DeleteThe shade plays surprisingly well along the Scotch Thistle - its colors still seem so bright. I also love the "Also?" flower picture. Striking angles.
ReplyDeleteJohn Wiswell: I am having a heap of fun experimenting with my new toy - and I am glad that you enjoy the flowers/angles I have captured.
DeleteI always enjoy your Sunday Selection :). Wishing you many smiles as you have given me mine today :)))
ReplyDeleteDeniseinVA: Smiling is always a winner. Thank you.
DeleteSorry up hear you are not up to power at present however I am sure you felt uplifted after you visited this wonderful wetland. Did the skinny one lie in bed until noon on his holiday? Such a shame not to be at this place early in the morning. You would have seen many more birds but it was lovely yo see e Pelican. It does look beautiful and green and the Thistle colour is brilliant. Hope you feel stronger soon.
ReplyDeleteMargaret Adamson: I suspect the skinny one did have a few late starts while he was away. It is what he does. He also had a number that were earlier than he is used to. We will get to the wetlands early (or late) sometime. And I am sure the bird life (and possibly kangaroos too) will be lovely.
DeleteLovely clicks, all of them! Thanks for sharing your walk with us.
ReplyDeletedamyantiwrites: Welcome and thank you.
DeleteHi EC - love that name Jerrabomberra! Gorgeous shots - and yes a nature walk in the Spring sunshine - though it looks warm. Wonderful to see some of the plants we had in SA too - Grevilia, Bottle brush etc ... while the Scottish Thistle brought me right back to the cold and snow land further north from the English Channel! Great respite area ... while the bench and cogitation sounds an ideal thought ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteHilary Melton-Butcher: There are so many grevilleas - and I love them all. Ditto bottle brushes. I have a sneaking fondness for the thistle too. It transplanted with gusto from its native land.
DeleteIt is a wonderful respite area. Which I need to remember.
what a relaxing time, love the thistle, in California I let my artichokes go to flower and they had a huge purple bloom and when they dried they looked good too.
ReplyDeleteLinda Starr: On one of the properties we lived on there was a HUGE crop of these thistles. And they seeded the land... Pretty in flower though. An artichoke bloom can be spectacular can't it?
DeleteGoodness it's a very long time since I've seen a thistle in flower...thanks for that..
ReplyDeleteNever know what one will find in Wetlands...
Margaret-whiteangel: There were signs up saying that lucky people might see a platypus too. And/or snakes. I suspect more people see the latter than the former.
DeleteBeautiful shots as always. You have a definite talent for photography. I didn't think you could run into a bloom you couldn't identify! Although wetlands are wonderful places, all I can think of when I see them are mosquitoes. :)
ReplyDeleteHugs to you and hope you're feeling better soon.
River Fairchild: There are lots and lots and lots of plants I am clueless about. I had forgotten about 'squitoes. It was probably a little late for them. And perhaps too cool. They love me and feast on me.
DeleteHugs gratefully received and returned.
Dear EC
ReplyDeleteThe wetlands look wonderful - a great place for wildlife and plants. Lovely photos too and I enjoyed the visit!
Best wishes
Ellie
Ellie Foster: It is a lovely area. Largely uncultivated, and a haven for plants, birds and animals.
DeleteAs always, lovely photos and what a nice place to walk! Are dogs allowed? My dog would love all that water :)
ReplyDeletemshatch: Dogs aren't welcome there, but are very welcome on most of the lake - which is only minutes walk away. We often see dogs enjoying a dip. With the birds...
DeleteA nice stroll through the wetlands. Australia offers so many different wild flowers. Beauty, eh..... (that`s Canada talk).
ReplyDeleteShammickite: And New Zealand and parts of Oz talk too. We do have a lot of wildflowers. A surprising number of them are yellow...
DeleteI love to visit wetlands and sit and watch the birds or stare into the water to watch the bugs and amphibians. Are those pelicans of some sort on the log in the lake with their long bills tucked in?
ReplyDeleteStrayer: Pelicans indeed. There were ducks and cormorants too. I am a big, big fan of water. And wetlands.
DeleteOh I can almost smell the fresh spring air and the vagrant scents of the many flowers. What a beautiful place and how uplifting it is to share spring with you while in reality we are suffering cold gray days. If it were me, I would go to the wetlands in lieu of all that I should be doing ... we are much alike in how we choose to spend out time. Beautiful post, EC and here's hoping the body and mind get back in sync :)
ReplyDeleteAndrea @ From The Sol
Andrea Priebe: The air smelt delightful. Fresh, clean and with sweet overtones. It was soooooo much better for my mind and mood that the to-do list.
DeleteI now have a plan for you! You should make greeting cards, Christmas cards and any other sort of card and sell them-You will be rich!!!! Ok we are good now that I have sorted your life for you.
ReplyDeleteSonya Ann: How much does your cut need to be?
DeleteHmmmmmm, let's see how much you make?
Deleteoh, very much enjoyed your hike.
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Author R. Mac Wheeler: More of a meander than a hike - but it was a joy.
DeleteGorgeous! I wish I could touch some of those plants :)
ReplyDeleteHBF: You would have loved it. Many of the leaves were scented when brushed against, and there were so many different textures...
DeleteSuch gorgeousness...
ReplyDeletewhile we are in the depths of winter. xxx
My Inner Chick: I hope winter is kind to you. I hope the sweaty season is kind to me... Hugs.
Deleteexcellent Sunday selections. I like how the pic with the telephone pole made it look like a cross. Rather interesting angle. The plant pics popped. I enjoyed your stroll and I did not have to get wet (like here in rainy TX for 4 days)
ReplyDeleteJoanne: We could do with some of your rain. We had a bit a couple of weeks ago, but the ground is drying up fast. Too fast.
DeleteYour photos are such a contrast to the day I had yesterday when I went for a walk. Grim, grey and cold. Give me some of that sunshine, please! :-)
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
A Cuban in London: After your warm start winter is showing her teeth? I like the cold, but grey days get me down a bit. You are more than welcome to share our sunshine.
DeleteWe have a fuzzy white plant known as a fringe tree. Could your white fuzzy bush be a variety of those? Leaves are similar. Wonderful photos per usual
ReplyDeleteSue in Italia/In the Land of Cancer: It could be. Or a related plant anyway. Thank you, I will explore further.
DeleteSo lovely to have my day brightened by coming here for you photos, thank you!
ReplyDeleteYolanda Renee: What a lovely thing to say. Thank you.
DeleteIt's wild to see a totally different season happening
ReplyDeleteeven as our Autumn winds blow. Never ceases to fascinate me.
I love the thistle the most:)
-Jennifer
Jennifer Richardson: I love the thistle too. And the lichen bloom.
DeleteLove these photos. I get to enjoy the season you are in and the one I am in, even though they are so different. :)
ReplyDelete~Jess
DMS ~ Jess: It is lovely to be able to enjoy two seasons simultaneously isn't it? If we don't like the one we are in, someone will be sharing one more to our taste. I am sooooo looking forward to wintry shots in the middle of our summer.
DeleteGreat photos, EC, so nice to wander with you and the SP. How lovely to have a wetland within reach - and those Pelicans, always a joy to see. I do hope you feel restored very soon.
ReplyDeleteCarol: It was a pleasant meander, and a reminder that we should go there more often. With luck I will get him there earlier next time...
DeleteYou're making good use of your new camera. I especially loved the pelicans all in a row, the lichen, and the lily pads - but that thistle is my favourite. The colour and the texture are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteTo-do lists are way overrated. The beauty and wonder of nature, on the other hand, can never be. I'm glad you chose to feed your soul.
jenny_o: I have a nasty habit of using to-do lists to whip myself with. Nature is so often a relief, and always preferable. I am glad that others liked the thistle too. Himself very obviously thought I was a tad weird spending time walking round it for the best angle.
DeleteI had a fine time last night taking rather a lot of sunset photos - featuring the twin trees of course.
I'm looking forward to those :)
DeleteThe beauty of solitude! Your photos leave me breathless. And happy. In #3, they look like ribbon.
ReplyDeleteneena maiya (guyana gyal): Nature is a great healer isn't she? In the most beautiful way.
DeleteYes, I tell people this many don't believe or don't understand. Poor souls.
Deleteneena maiya (guyana gyal): Their loss.
DeleteI imagine it'd be difficult to leave that bench after taking a seat.
ReplyDeleteHugs to you.
Be well and safe.
Rawknrobyn: I didn't take a seat - because I knew just how hard it would be to leave (and also because it would be hard to get up again literally as well).
DeleteHugs back to you.
A marvellous series of shots.
ReplyDeleteladyfi: Thank you.
DeleteSuch beautiful shots...love them all!
ReplyDeleteKelly Steel: It is a very beautiful place. Close to the city - and miles and years away from it as well.
DeleteVery beautiful, peaceful and serene. I especially liked the pic of the birds lined up on the branch in the water.
ReplyDeleteSandra Cox: It was incredibly peaceful. Especially when you consider it was the middle of a working day and the city/the airport/the railway station are all very close.
DeleteThat looks such a nice place. Ideal for recharging batteries, and peaceful. YOu're lucky to have somewhere like that within reach of you.
ReplyDeleteJenny Woolf: It is. And my batteries were in urgent need of the recharge.
DeleteOh I can see why you dropped everything to visit this slice of heaven...gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteDonna@LivingfromHappiness: Everything else could wait. Everything else did wait. And some of it is still waiting.
DeleteHi human, Sue,
ReplyDeleteJerrabomberra Wetlands! Just the name intrigued me and your photos are pawesome, my lovely human friend. Thank you.
Pawsitive wishes and doggy kisses,
Penny xx
Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar!: I am so pleased that you enjoyed my pawst. The wishes and the doggy kisses are more than welcome.
DeleteI've been to the Jerrabomberra Wetlands! I think it's the first place you've mentioned that I've visited. Among the other treasures we were treated to a happy group of Red-rumped Parrots near the entrance. Thank you for reminding me of such a lovely place.
ReplyDeleteKim: Red-rumped parrots (known to one of my sisters in law as bum birds) are a treat aren't they? And the Wetlands are a joy.
DeleteThe Bottle Brush does look just like a bottle brush:)
ReplyDeleteSandra Cox: It does doesn't it? We have a couple growing at home, and I often think how well named they are.
DeleteWow! These are awesome photos and I enjoyed them very much.
ReplyDeleteBrenda Kay Ledford: Welcome and thank you.
DeleteWhat is a Scotch thistle doing down under? Shouldn't it be in Scotland?
ReplyDeleteJono: We have a lot of imports here. People, plants, animals... And many of the people are as prickly as the thistle.
DeleteWhat a wonderful excursion - your photos always make me wish I could be there with you.
ReplyDeleteLove the thistle especially.
Lynn: Thank you. I wish you could be with me too.
DeleteBeautiful photos, change has taken place.
ReplyDeleteLon Anderson: It is a beautiful place.
DeleteThe thistle is my favorite! Beautiful pics as always.
ReplyDeleteRiot Kitty: I took quite a number of photos of that thistle. From all angles...
DeleteJust stopped in to say hey. Glad the Words for Wednesday continues.
ReplyDeleteSandra Cox: Hey back to you. Words for Wednesday has become a juggernaut, and I love the community which shares it.
DeleteI do enjoy seeing all the photos you post, and the bottle brush, what a lovely flower as well as your last photo too. I'd really enjoy a day at the beach, no actually a week, if it were as nice as that. For now, ours is very cold, and mostly snowy!
ReplyDeleteKaren S.: It is too long since I have been to the ocean. I must go. Soon. And I am more than a tad jealous about your snow, which is rare magic here.
DeleteI love the wetlands! Amazing the different life they support! I grew up next to one, never thought about them, just took it for granted
ReplyDeleteKim @ Stuff could...: I am fascinated by them too. And have rather a lot of things in my childhood I took for granted. And now cherish.
DeleteThe Bottle Brush really does look like one. :) You got some nice pictures!
ReplyDeletemail4rosey: Thank you so much. The camera is getting easier to use. And it does seem to take good photos.
DeleteI love little walking bridges.
ReplyDeleteHope your day has been (or will be) great.
Sandra Cox: Just after six here. I hope it will be great - and that yours was/is too.
DeleteSo nice that you take the time to go out into nature and take pictures to share. Thank you so much. I've been away with grandkids, therefore no writing for a while. But so glad to come back to your blog.
ReplyDeleteMyrna R.: I hope your time with your grandchildren was WONDERFUL.
DeleteLooks like a good place to wander.
ReplyDeleteKB: It is, though early would be better. In the height of summer it is probably too snakey for my liking.
DeleteBottle brush and scorch thistle!!! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteTammy Theriault: And wild fennel, and St John's Wort and rather a lot of other things I couldn't identify. Wild and beautiful.
DeleteGorgeous photos! Some of those plants are new to me. The colours are so vibrant!
ReplyDeleteDeniz Bevan: Welcome and thank you. We do spring/early summer well here don't we?
DeleteWhat a wonderful place to visit. A real treat for the eyes and the spirit.
ReplyDeleteYou even made me laugh today. "The crack of noon." HA! Too funny. I'm afraid I usually get up before the butt crack of dawn.
Have a super weekend!
Susan: I get up well before sparrow fart too. Catching up with himself can be difficult some days - we keep such different hours.
DeleteA wonderful weekend to you too.
What a fabulous place to visit EC - it's making me feel homesick - (well just a teeny little bit) and yes I do seem to be smiling an awful lot over here. Still hoping for a white Christmas. It was very dry when I left north Qld but our town has just been declared drought stricken and the dam has fallen to below 30% with water restrictions upped to another level. Bushfires in the surrounding bushland and on it goes. And here I am in SW S'land with so much water. Take care of you and yours EC. x
ReplyDeleteRose ~ from Oz: We are having a difficult start to the sweaty season. Fires in most (if not all) states, and deaths in two. I hope you do get your white Christmas. Loving your smiles. Long may they continue.
DeleteI think I need to move to Australia during November, December and January. I love the photo of the birds all in a row on the log in the water. It makes me grin.
ReplyDeleteLL Cool Joe: We should do a swap. It is already hotter than I like it. Those birds were totally 'laxed weren't they? I smiled too.
DeleteI thought St.John's Wort only came in tablets at the health store:-) I too would love to sit on that bench and just ponder the world.
ReplyDeleteGrannie Annie: It is nice to see where St John's Wort begins isn't it? They obviously need more of those benches. Lots more...
DeleteHow lovely place and I like your photos.
ReplyDeleteHugs
orvokki: It is a hidden gem isn't it? And thank you about the photos. Slowly though not always steadily I am learning the camera's ways...
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