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Sunday 18 September 2022

Sunday Selections #599

 

 

 
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. 

Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image. 

The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.  Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle. 
 
The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
 

I usually run with a theme. This week for a change (not) I am taking you with me as I wander our garden not long after first light.  Spring is most definitely here now.  

 





The camellias weigh the branches down, and these are in rather than over the bird bath.  The birds don't seem to mind a bit, and wattle birds seek nectar in them.  Some day I will be quick  enough to get a photo of that.  I hope.








The sulphur-crested vandals are out in force.  My pump action water pistol is permanently loaded and lives besides the front door.









 This daffodil glowed in the early morning light.

Some of you will remember that a large pot-hole wreaked significant damage on our car.  The problem is so widespread at the moment that our local government is paying compensation in some cases.  We have our application in.

I hope you all find colour and nourishment in your week.


102 comments:

  1. Beautiful, beautiful flowers! And one hellacious spiderweb... You are so talented with a camera! Thank you for sharing. I hope you have a good week ahead, win your pothole claim, stop the flower vandals, and breathe in serenity each and every day.

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    1. River Fairchild: My camera is good to me. I hope we do get some money back after the pothole debacle but won't hold my breath. Blue is not my colour.
      Serenity? Queue hysterical laughter.

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  2. Oh wow, that the government is paying because of the damage the pot hole is creating. I love the pictures, always so pretty.

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    1. Mary Kirkland: The local government has apparently already paid out tens of thousands of dollars which says how widespread the problem is. The flowers are much better for my mental health.

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  3. Beautiful Daffodils EC. I love them.

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  4. I hope you get compensation for your car!

    Love seeing all these pictures. That web is spectacular. Such beautiful blooms too. Thanks for sharing them with us. :) ~Jess

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  5. You do have the most artistic spiders in your neighbourhood. I hope you succeed with your compensation claim. It's not right that pot holes are not repaired within hours after their appearance. Do the cockatoos get very upset when sprayed?

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    1. Spiders repairing pot holes – just a thought.
      Lovely photos, Sue. So spring has sprung in your neck of the woods. Enjoy!

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    2. Andrew: The cockatoos fly off when they are sprayed - for up to ten minutes. Some of our pot holes last weeks.

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    3. Sean Jeating: Perhaps out local government has been using spider webs to repair the damage to the roads. It would explain a lot. Expect LOTS of Spring photos in the next little while. If the weather is kind we have two expeditions planned.

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  6. Those pictures are simply stunning, my favorite being the gorgeous spider web. I sure hope you get some compensation for that pothole damage. :-)

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    1. DJan: I took lots of web photos that morning. Lots and lots. I hope that we get some of the damages reimbursed too.

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  7. Great photos - I love the daffodils, and the others too. The spider's web is beautiful.
    Enjoy the coming of spring, EC, and look after yourself.

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    1. Alexia: Spring (though it is often very windy) is one of my favourite seasons. This one is looking good. You take care too please.

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  8. Always fabulous, especially for those of us who don't have a "proper' Spring.Thank you.

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    1. dinahmow: Floriade and Tulip Top Gardens are open. There will be lots more spring photos - and our neighbours forsythia is coming out.

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  9. Did you ever walk into one of those big spider webs at night? Been there done that.

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    1. Mike: I have often walked into webs. Which fills me with guilt for the hours of work I ruin.

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  10. The spider web is amazing! I don't see any these days, perhaps I need to get out there earlier, but my camera is not waterproof and it's raining almost every day. Also I am lazy and snugged in my warm bed.

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    1. River: We haven't been having nearly as much rain as you have. Most days have dry patches.

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  11. Bulbs are beautiful one of my favourite flowers are bulbs of any kind.

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    1. Margaret D: I have just rescued you from the spam folder. I agree with you about bulbs. We have lots of them and I weaken and get more every year.

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  12. I agree-- The spider web is a knockout! And what a beautiful bunch of flowers!

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    1. Bill: Thank you. I am endlessly impressed at spider architecture and have a huge weakness for bulbs. Any bulbs.

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  13. Hi EC - I hope the compensation comes through ... so lovely to see all the Spring flowers ... they look gorgeous. Love them ... thanks for sharing them ... cheers Hilary

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    1. Hilary Melton-Butcher: Our local government is apparently spending a lot of money on compensation for pot hole damage. I have no sympathy. Repairs are long over due. I like our spring display and am glad that you do too.

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  14. Además de admrar las bellas flores, me ha gustado bastante la fotografía de la tela de araña.
    Feliz domingo.

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    1. VENTANA DE FOTO: Thank you. I liked that web photo too.

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  15. Your garden is a lovely refuge, Sue. I wonder what causes so many potholes? We have them here and they are plentiful, and hazardous at times, but they are caused by frost heaves in spring. I shouldn't think that would be a problem in Canberra. The weather here is crazy. I led a bird walk for a group of teens yesterday and it was 26.5 degrees - in the middle of September! This is not good. I am sorry that my Sulphur-crested Angles are not behaving. I am looking at one right now as I drink my first coffee of the morning. And when I go down to my office their feathers will be there to greet me. This is the stuff of pleasure!

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    1. David M. Gascoigne: I suspect you would like our weather at the moment. Our tops are in the low to mid teens. Which suits me. The pot holes are caused by water and aggravated by neglect. Council patches them rather than repairs them. So they return bigger and better than ever.
      The garden is a refuge for me and for the birds. It is still dark but there will be birds (including your favourites) at first light. I am so glad that you like your mug and feathers.

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  16. Nice! And that is one impressive spider web.

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    1. Alex J. Cavanaugh: There were LOTS of webs that morning. And I delighted in them.

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  17. What inspiring colours! So cheery.

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    1. Jenn Jilks: You are right - it is a cheerful time of year.

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  18. Those colors and that web are amazing. Good luck with your compensation claim.

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    1. e: I do love colour - and spider webs. Thank you.

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  19. Beautiful flowers and that spiderweb is really impressive!
    I've once again doctored one of my own photos for my annual 30 Days of Haiga challenge.
    https://poetryofthenetherworld.blogspot.com/2022/09/30-days-of-haiga-2022-remembering-when.html

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    1. Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost (Not Charlotte): I am glad you enjoyed my selection. I am heading over to read your Haiga now.

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  20. Dear EC
    Beautiful Spring flowers for us to enjoy - thank you for sharing them. I hope you get some compensation for the damage to your car. If our government had to pay out on the damage caused by potholes here in the UK, they would quickly be bankrupt!
    Best wishes for a colourful and happy Spring week
    Ellie

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    1. Ellie Foster: Paying compensation for the potholes will put a serious hole in my local government's budget. I am glad you liked a sample of our Spring.

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  21. I love the glorious spring flowers and the amazing spider art. Thanks for sharing. It's raining here today and the leaves have just started to fall. It definitely is starting to feel like fall.
    A great idea to have a pump action water pistol to protect your flowers.

    I wish we could skip winter and go right into spring. Silly me...
    Hugs, Julia

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    1. Julia: The pump action water pistol is effective. IF I can see the vandals at work. If I could skip a season it would be summer. Every time.

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  22. Your beautiful blooms help brighten my week, EC. Good luck with the damage claim!

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    1. Marie Smith: I am glad to hear that my flowers help. Take care.

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  23. We're into fall here so the gorgeous flowers are a breath of fresh air and renewal. Are those white/yellow jonquils? they were a favourite of my mother's. That early morning light I love. I am usually observing it from my windows.
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    1. Wisewebwoman: We have a range of daffodils and also of jonquils. I am blown away by how many colours they come in. It is not quite dawn here and I am watching (from inside) as the first tendrils of light creep in.

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  24. I hope you get some money back on the car repair from the the pothole. Daffodils--sure sign spring is almost there.

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    1. Strayer: Spring is definitely here. There are daffodils and blossoms and the first of our tulips are coming out. We are hopeful on the compensation front.

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  25. Wonderful spring flowers, but the web takes the prize. I hope your aim is true when the sulhur crested vandals visit. Fingers crossed for compensation for pot-hole damage.

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    1. Charlotte (MotherOwl): Wasn't that web spectacular? My aim is improving - and even if I get close with it the cockatoos move on. Temporarily.

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  26. Your flowers are gorgeous, and what an amazing spider web! Thank you for all the pretty colours as ours are fading into autumn.

    I hope you win your claim for the pothole damage!

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    1. Diane Henders: There will be lots more spring colour posted here in the coming weeks. We have not one but two flower festivals near by. Fingers crossed on the compensation front.

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  27. Oh what a beautiful spring you are having!
    I think next spring I am going to get a Nerf water cannon to aim at the carpenter bees who bore into the deck.

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    1. Anne in the kitchen: Against birds (and neighbouring cats after the birds) the water pistol is very effective. And fun.

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  28. Wow and wow again! You are having a beautiful spring.

    The law protects the local governments here, you cannot ask for payment for damage done from potholes. I do hope your claim is accepted and paid.

    My selections are over here.

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    1. messymimi: I really enjoyed your selections. We are having a beautiful spring. I am glad that our government is acknowledging their responsibility about the potholes, and hope that we are compensated.

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  29. There is no compensation here for pothole damage. I do hope you can get it. One has to wonder if it wouldn't make more sense for the government to have spent more on repairs in the first place and avoid the need for compensation ... but I guess that is too logical :)

    Spring has truly sprung in your garden. And holy moly, that is one impressive spider web - it looks like it's made from crochet thread!!

    The thought of you and your pump-action water pistol makes me smile hugely :D

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    1. jenny_o: It would certainly have made more sense, and probably have been cheaper, for the government to look after the roads - which are their responsibility.
      I smile wielding that pump action water pistol. My aim has improved too.
      And yes, Spring is here. My tulips are coming out too.

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  30. As my garden is beginning to wind down for the year, yours is just starting to waken. And waken it HAS. Spring is always amazing in your gardens. This year is no different. I love the beauty and the colors.

    I sincerely hope your local govt. will see fit to reimburse you for the damage that was caused by the pothole. I hope you have lots of photos to document the damage. What am I saying. You are the queen of photos, so I don't even have to ask, do I?

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    1. Bleubeard and Elizabeth: Would you believe I took NO photos. However we do have the receipt from the repair company, and if necessary the NRMA will confirm their call out.
      I am loving the garden too. And excited to see what is coming out each day.

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  31. Beautiful! Especially the spider's web!

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    1. Denis Bevan: Thank you. Even my spider phobic partner liked the web (on screen).

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  32. Fingers crossed you get some compensation.
    That spider web is amazing.

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    1. Hena Tayeb: Thanks. It looks quite likely that we will get at least some reimbursement, but goodness they are slow.

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  33. Good luck with the car. Hope you're able to get some compensation. The flower pictures are all very pretty, but the spider web photo is awesome. They're not easy to photograph, but that's one of the best I've seen. The strangest thing happened yesterday when I was attempting to visit your blog and a halfful of others (not all the ones I visited), I got nothing but all the html coding from you page. I tried refreshing multiple times. I rebooted my computer. I don't know if the problem was at your end or mind'; but though I'd let you know incase others have had issues as well. I visited 13 blogs that were fine and 6 including yours that had that strange problem. No idea why.

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    1. Sandy: Thank you for persevering. I think the problem is on bloggers end rather than yours. There are some irritating glitches around at the moment. I really struggle to get my reading list and have to try multiple times.

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  34. Now I am awake! What a blast of fabulous color!
    We are totally envious of your gorgeous garden EC.
    Thank you so much for sharing a wonderful Spring day.

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    1. Wally: Thank you. It is early here, and a mostly grey day but the garden is packed with colour (and weeds). You have a wonderful day too.

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  35. Darn vandals. Thanks goodness for your water pistol:)
    Your flowers are gorgeous.
    Hope you're enjoying your day to the max.
    Hugs

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    1. Sandra Cox: The vandals were here before we were. I do wish that they ate the flowers they pluck though. For some reason I would find that less annoying. You have a wonderful day too.

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  36. I love the blues and yellows but especially that daffodil. Hope you do get compensated.

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    1. gigi-hawaii: Spring colours are particularly vivid aren't they? And lots of ours are yellow.

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  37. Lovely flowers, half my colour fix comes from your garden. :) I most sincerely hope your application is accepted.
    My blogroll has been corrupted somehow, I can't get to a swathe of blogs as I normally do. Megaflustered and frustrated.

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    1. Nilanjana Bose: Thank you. Blogger has NOT been playing nicely recently. I am having trouble getting to the blogs I follow too.

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  38. Potholes cause damage here to and you have to claim for cost/compensation. I hope your claim goes through smoothly.

    Your spring flowers look lovely, so nice to see daffodils.
    Happy spring wishes.

    All the best Jan

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    1. Lowcarb team member ~Jan: Lots and lots of daffodils - and more coming out each day. I think our compensation claim will be met - eventually.

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  39. Happy Spring to you my friend :) Your flowers are a delight and the spider web intrigued me. At first I thought the plant behind it was a large legged spider. Then I put my glasses on, lol! Spider's webs are an amazing feat of engineering.

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    1. DeniseinVA: If that had been the spider behind the web it would have been a BIG beast. I admire their architecture too. So much.

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  40. Spring is there?! That means autumn is just arriving here... oh dear!!!
    It will be a pleasure to "get my colour" from this blog... as I do every year!!
    Be well and enjoy that beautiful garden of yours.
    : )

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    1. Caterina: Spring is definitely here. I look forward to seeing photos from your autumn too.

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  41. Ahhh...I'm finally able to post a comment!!!!! I hope you're having a good week, EC....take care. :)

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    1. Lee: I am glad that blogger relented. I hope you and the furry overlords also have a good week.

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  42. Good evening, and what an amazing mighty web it's like artwork! Your lovely flowers are screaming spring is in the air! Each and every one puts a smile on all of our faces. I wish you luck on your application but even more importantly that those potholes get repaired quickly! Take care.

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    1. 21 Wits: Isn't that web gorgeous. Short-lived, but lovely. The pot holes (some of them) are being patched up, but not repaired. After the next storm (forecast for the weekend) they will be back again. And yes, Spring is definitely here. And making me smile.

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  43. That spider web is enourmous - and so beautiful! What a treasure. My camelia tends to hang in the birdbath as well, however, the birds don't mind one bit. Australia seems to be like California when it comes to potholes - only difference, we don't get compensation.

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    1. Carola Bartz: It seems our gardens share some similarities. I was surprised to learn that our local government will (probably) pay some compensation. Surprised and grateful.

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  44. I miss spring. Love the spider web

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    1. Anonymous: Spring is most definitely here. And I am rejoicing in its beauty. I loved that web too.

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  45. Your lovely flowers have me longing for spring, and fall has just begun here, Sue. Today is lovely and warm with the late summer flowers hanging on. Every season has its beauties. Take care!

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    1. Fundy Blue: Every season does indeed have its beauties, though personally I struggle to see the beauty of summer. I do know I am in the minority there.

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  46. Tulips always remind me of my grandfather. He loved them so very much. The white flower here with the pink fringe is my favorite! I've never seen one like that...

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    1. mail4rosey: That tulip (on my next Sunday Selections post) is a beauty isn't it? Seeing a whole bed of them blew me away.

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  47. As usual your photos are a delight and I love seeing your Spring flowers blossom as we head into Autumn.

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  48. Your garden is a show all by itself.

    As for that web. It's the world wide web.

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    1. neena maiya (guyana gyal): Thank you. This web had rather less dark corners than the www.

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