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.
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usually run with a theme. This week? The best laid plans... I
intended to show you Floriade in the city. Sadly we have had hot days,
windy days and some torrential rain (when the temperature dropping by
over 10C/50F). The flowers in the city (and I suspect at Floriade
itself) are well past their best. In addition we were told an
sculpture commemorating Floriade had been temporarily installed in the
city. I found it but I was so totally underwhelmed that I didn't even
take a photo.Instead I am reverting to type and showing some of what is still blooming in our garden.
This dainty little beauty is a fawn lily. It is the first year it has flowered here and I hope we get more next year.
The banksia roses (yellow and white) are coming to bloom. At dawn and dusk they look a little like fairy lights.
I do like the goldfish plant.
These sumo lilies are going gangbusters. There is another shot of them taken only two days later that shows just how fast they are growing.
There is a lot more work to be done, but I have at least cleared space for some things to bloom.I hope your week is blooming lovely too.
Nice! That one does indeed look like goldfish.
ReplyDeleteAlex J. Cavanaugh: The goldfish plant is well named isn't it?
DeleteYou still have lots of great color going on.
ReplyDeleteMike: We do - and there is more coming out each day.
DeleteHi EC - love the banksia ... always have done since my SA days and then seeing my aunt and uncle here had it blooming all over their 'stoep' ... but wonderful to see so many early blooms. Our warmth here is ludicrous - almost summer like, til twilight starts coming in earlier. So pleased you've been able to get out and about into your garden for some tidying up ... or just letting some light in for the new growth. You have a good week - cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteHilary Melton-Butcher: I remember that you love banskias. We have two - one cascades between us and a neighbour and the other is over the pergola at the back. And they are a delight. I hope to get back into the garden today - and fortunately for the next couple of days it will not be toooo hot.
DeleteThanks for remembering my banksia love ... have a lovely day gardening once again - before the heat arrives ...
DeleteAh, spring is springing. Lovely flowers grace your garden, Sue. A feast for the eyes.
ReplyDeleteSean Jeating: And the nose.
DeleteGoldfish plants are exquisite. Love these names matching with their corresponding flowers.
ReplyDeleteroentare: Aren't they lovely. And their common name is perfect.
DeleteHow nice to visit your garden - thank you! The goldfish flowers are so cute, and I love the Banksia roses. The lilies made me chuckle - I've never heard of sumo lilies before, but they perfectly describe those giant tree-trunk stalks erupting from the earth. We have a number of lilies like that - undoubtedly not real sumo lilies, but I think I might adopt that name for them anyway. :-)
ReplyDeleteDiane Henders: The sumo lilies are a type of asiatic lilium. They grow to well over six feet tall and are prolific. Sumo is a brilliant name for them.
DeleteWell over six feet?? I'll cross those off my "maybe" list then.
DeleteRiver: You couldn't cope with them anyway. They are very heavily scented.
DeleteThose sound similar to the ones we've got - ours usually top out at 5-6 feet, and they're extremely perfumed. I think ours are an asiatic/oriental cross, though.
DeleteDiane Henders: You are right. Ours are an asiatic/oriental cross too - or they wouldn't have that heady perfume.
DeleteThe variety of blooms in your garden is spectacular. You must do a lot of work there!
ReplyDeleteMarie Smith: Thank you. I don't do enough, but yes, I do spend a fair amount of time in the garden.
DeleteSo many unusual (to me) flowers in your garden. I love to see what the world looks like from your perspective. Although I love our fall colors, I am enchanted by your elegant spring flowers.
ReplyDeleteDJan: Isn't it wonderful that we can enjoy two different seasons simultaneously.
DeleteHow lovely to see your beautiful flowers bursting with colour, EC - they must give you a great deal of pleasure. The irises are a great favourite of mine, and I really like the banksia roses - so pretty, especially the yellow ones.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a very enjoyable few days in your not toooo hot garden :)
I had cataract surgery last Monday so have been forced to be a bit careful - can't wait to be back to normal (more or less!).
Alexia: I am glad that you have had your surgery. Everyone I know who has had it has been super impressed. I hope you join them. And yes, the blooms do give me pleasure - though I have to walk round with a camera to remember to focus on what is there rather than what needs doing (if that makes sense). I have done a bit today, but came in because I was drenched with perspiration. NOT a good look.
DeleteYour garden wins hands down any time!
ReplyDeleteHow disappointing to seek out the statue only to be so underwhelmed?
The weather has been strange here too. Lots of back and forth, like it can’t decide which way to go.
Hope the coming week is kind to you… and us both actually. :)
Hugs to you and scritches to the furry ones.
Forgot to put my name on this. Duh. River Fairchild
DeleteRiver Fairchild: Thank you. Fingers tightly crossed for a better week for us both. The cats are snoozing but I will give them scrootches when they next surface (no doubt telling me they are undernourished).
DeleteYour garden seems to never stop blooming. I'd forgotten how pretty Banksia roses are.
ReplyDeleteAndrew: I try and have something in bloom all year round - and am lucky that the climate (mostly) allows it. The banskia roses are lovely - and there are snowballs coming out now through the yellow one.
DeleteYour blooming garden is blooming beautiful, full of lovely blooms!
ReplyDeleteI hope the week ahead is more kinder to you, EC. My cuddles to Batty and Odie. Take good care. :)
Lee: Thank you. I am hoping for a gentle week - and hope you have one too.
DeleteSun, wind and rain are all hard on blooming plants if they arrive in excess. Your garden is looking very colourful and beautiful. I especially like the lily (?) - third photo from the end - what a lovely bloom it has. And the banksia roses are gorgeous! I'm glad you've had some time in the garden and hope you get more. Take care. xx
ReplyDeletejenny_o: Excesses are indeed hard on the garden (and the body and the mind). I do enjoy colour and am grateful to see it. The third photo from the bottom is an orchid - which is very happy on our front verandah.
DeleteAn orchid! Well, my plant i.d. skills are sadly lacking but my plant appreciation skills remain solid :) I pictured orchids growing outdoors only in the tropics. It's time I learned more about them!.
Deletejenny_o: There are plenty of orchids I cannot grow (indoors or out) but these are very happy and different colours live on both our front and our back verandahs.
DeleteLovely selection of blooms from your garden! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBea: Thank you.
DeleteBeautiful blooms.
ReplyDeletediane b: Welcome and thank you. Spring is a wonderful time in my city.
DeleteThe greenish orchids in the second to lat photo are the exact same ones my mother insisted my bridesmaids carry. I had to carry white ones. The sumo lilies are stunning! The banksia roses have me sighing for a bigger yard where I could put up a frame and grow them over it, much like the Wisteria Walk in the botanic Gardens here.
ReplyDeleteRiver: As those orchids open more they are much more yellow. I am looking forward to seeing the sumo lilies when they bloom though they would NOT be kind to you. I have planted them well back from the street so the scent doesn't assault people walking by.
DeleteA beautiful post, such a pretty colourful one too xx
ReplyDeleteaussie aNNie: Thank you. I am a big fan of colour.
DeleteWhat a wondrous garden!
ReplyDeleteBill: Like the parson's egg it is good in parts.
DeleteDear EC
ReplyDeleteOur own gardens should be celebrated at every opportunity, shouldn't they? They provide so much enjoyment. I love the way things seem to change so quickly in Spring. You have some beautiful plants - some of which we couldn't hope to grow outside here in the UK. Thank you for sharing your joy.
Best wishes
Ellie
Ellie Foster: Thank you. The garden does indeed bring me joy - and a lot of work. There are things we (or I) cannot grow but I am grateful for the range that does thrive here.
DeleteLovely blooms, orchids are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMargaret D: Thank you. I am so glad to have found some spots where the orchids thrive. There are others in the garden too, but they won't be flowering for a while yet.
DeleteYou have a lot of things flowering at the moment, what a delight. Earlier in the year I had a loose plan to visit Floriade, probably this week. It didn't happen and it looks like the the universe conspired to make sure I didn't miss much :)
ReplyDeleteHave a good week!
kylie: There is always next year. Floriade is still on, but I suspect not a patch on its best. If/when you do come, stop off at Tulip Top Gardens on your way.
DeleteSo many bright colours in your garden, Sue. such a great way to start my day. Spring is arriving where you are of course as autumn cloaks our world with colour here in southern Ontario. Next week a friend from Melbourne will be arriving to spend a little time with us and make the trip to Cuba with my November group. He will need his warmest clothes!
ReplyDeleteDavid M. Gascoigne: I love that phrase 'autumn cloaks our world with colour'. Sooo apt. I envy your friend from Melbourne. I am sure he is going to have a WONDERFUL time.
DeleteThe flowers in your garden are all smile bringers. Thank you so much for sharing them Sue.
ReplyDeleteDeniseinVA: Thank you. I am always happy to spread smiles.
DeleteI wondered perusing your stellar flower where the term "fawn lily" comes from? It looked pinkish and so beautiful. Maybe favoured by deer?
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Wisewebwoman: Blame my photo. The fawn lily is more yellow than pink but dainty and beautiful. I wouldn't be surprised if deer do munch on them when they get a chance though.
DeleteThese flowers are incredible! I didn't create an artistic poem this week but hope you won't mind me sharing what I posted. If it's a problem, please feel free to delete this comment. https://poetryofthenetherworld.blogspot.com/2023/10/bones-of-story.html
ReplyDeleteI'm having a free book day for one of my stories and incorporated it into today's poem.
As an aside, yours is the first Blogger blog I've been able to comment on today.
DeleteOrnery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost. I will head over and check out your post now. I am sure it will be fine.
DeleteI have found that changing browsers allows me to comment on blogs when blessed blogger is playing games.
Lots of beautiful flowers but my curiosity is extreme about that bad sculpture. I want to see it, for some reason. I'm going to google it now.
ReplyDeleteIs it the glass sculpture? That's all I found on google. If its that, yeah, ugh.
DeleteStrayer: I googled it too after your comment. And it looks better in that photo than in the flesh. Underwhelmed I remain. Thanks for the garden comment too.
DeleteAbove all, those orange lilies are truly outstanding. Just beautiful.
ReplyDeletegigi-hawaii: The clivea are lovely aren't they? They come back year after year too.
DeleteEnjoy your beautiful spring flowers.
ReplyDeleteHena Tayeb: Thank you. I am. And hope to get into the garden later today and free up some more space.
DeleteYour own garden has more than enough to enamor and enchant us, thank you.
ReplyDeleteMy selections are over here.
messymimi: Thank you. I have seen and enjoyed your Sunday Selections.
DeleteYour flowers are beautiful! The heat of our summer is fading, so I guess yours is beginning.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Janie Junebug: Our summer is looming and it promises to be long, hot and dry. Sigh.
DeleteYour flowers are amazing. With my slip disc now, I'm unable to do much garden work. I have to rely on others to keep my flowers blooming.
ReplyDeleteNas: I am sorry about your slipped disc and hope you have lots of gardening assistance.
DeleteI just love coming to your blog and seeing your flower posts. They bring a smile to my day.
ReplyDeleteMary Kirkland: What a lovely thing to say. Thank you.
DeleteI love your parade of spring flowers, all so exotic and unnkown to me . like the aptly named goldfish one and the all of a sudden a yellow tulip. They seem to thrive all ower the world.
ReplyDeleteI hope for a nice week for you and everybody around.
Charlotte (MotherOwl): I am sure I would delight in the exotica (to me) in your garden - and welcome some familiar faces too. I hope that your health continues to improve.
DeleteHere it is Monday in your world and I am just now visiting. I saw you left an e-mail, but haven't opened it yet.
ReplyDeleteI also like the goldfish plant, the lilies, and what looks like a yellow rose. Sorry to be so late, but my body had a reaction to the change in climate/weather. I know you understand.
Good grief. Got a "failed to publish." Not sure when you will see this.
Bleubeard and Elizabeth: I am having those same 'failed to publish' issues here on my own blog this morning and have had to change browsers. Sigh. Thank you for persevering with your comments. Sadly I do understand a body reacting (badly) to changes in weather.
DeleteI love all the beautiful and colorful flowers. I hope you have a wonderful new week and enjoy the spring,
ReplyDeleteRasmaSandra: Thank you. I hope you are finding delights in your autumn.
DeleteOh gosh, Sue. Lots of beauty going on in your blooming lovely garden. Hope you and Batty are well.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sandra sandracox.blogspot.com
Sandra Cox: Thank you. Batty and I are hanging in - and the vet doesn't want to see him for another month - which is definitely a good thing. For him, and for us.
DeleteSorry the blooms you were intending to see were not at their best due to the weather. Your garden is looking lovely. So many beautiful flowers and colors. Great job clearing the space to allow spring to spring. :) ~Jess
ReplyDeleteDMS ~ Jess: Thank you. I really, really needed to clear space - and still do.
DeleteOh dear, sorry to read about your poor weather.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I did enjoy seeing your garden photographs.
The blooms are all nice and colourful.
I hope the new week is going well for you.
My good wishes.
All the best Jan
Lowcarb team member ~Jan: Thank you. Spring is often changeable here - and we needed (and still need) the rain at least.
DeleteIt is so healing to be with you in your amazing nature, dear! Aloha
ReplyDeleteCloudia: Thank you. Nature is always heart balm for me.
DeleteLooks like blogger got over its hissy fit.
ReplyDeleteNOPE!!! Got a failed to publish on this.
DeleteBleubeard and Elizabeth: Blogger is being a blight at the moment isn't it? If I don't get a failed to publish I am unable to sign it to a blog except as anonymous.
Getting up early in the morning and looking at all that beauty... what a treat!
ReplyDeleteCaterina: I am glad you enjoyed the snippets from our garden.
DeleteBeautiful flowers🌸🌺🌻🌹🌷🌼💐
ReplyDeleteRajani Rehana: Thank you.
DeleteSo many pretty flowers in bloom. My grandparents on both sides had flowers and plants. My gram on my dad's side had a huge garden. She housed veggies (recruited me and my cousins to pick and wash them, or snap the ends off when needed) and flowers. Beautiful garden that I didn't realize was so much work until I was far older than my days of helping in it. Thinking back on it, her work was pretty amazing, actually!
ReplyDeletemail4rosey: We always had a garden when I was growing up - fruit and vegetables and flowers. And yes, they are a lot of work. Worth it though.
DeleteYou have a lovely garden. All those colorful flowers cheers me up.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
lissa: I am sorry you need cheering up and glad that the garden helped. I NEED to get back into it today and weed some more. Lots more.
DeleteSo many unusual and colourful flowers in your garden. I am envious. My little tiny front garden never gets enough direct sunshine so I have hostas growing there, they don't mind being in the shade. In the big planter on my deck I have some nasturtiums.... colourful and also edible! But autumn is on the way so I'll have to dig them up as soon as the weather turns wintry.
ReplyDeleteShammickite: We have shady areas and sunny patches, which is lovely. Mind you the garden is too much work for me now which I am going to have to admit some time. Love cheery nasturtiums - and must get some.
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