Sunday Selections #808

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. Sorry I still haven't succeeded in working out how to do a blog hop. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen. 

I usually run with a theme. This week I am going to be a little bit (just a little) more random.

Himself has a birthday this coming week.  On Friday I headed into town to do some birthday shopping.  To avoid the heat and because I am a chronically early bird I headed off early.

My city is packed with public art.  Some of it I really like, some of it I don't and some pieces I don't understand.  Whatever category it falls into Iove that it is there.

For some reason I have always seen this one as a stylised rendition of a kangaroo and joey.  Sadly there are no details about the artist or the work's title nearby.

 

I have shown this statue before.  Even before most of the shops opened it attracted families and children who happily climbed onto the dog's backs.

Back to same old, same old now.

I continue to delight in the sky.

 And in the garden.

Our night flowering cactus has put on quite a display this year.  For three consecutive nights we had a bloom to admire.  There are a couple of other buds too - but I think they are ten days or so away from flowering.

 The hoya is having a good year too.  We bought it at some markets several years ago from a woman who was tired of waiting for it to bloom.  She gave up too soon.

 We have grown a cutting from a piece dragged off this one by a visiting feathered vandal and are waiting for it to bloom.  More or less patiently.

I am going to finish with a four o'clock plant (Mirabilis jalapa).  It is another night bloomer, flowering when the heat of the day has gone and closing again in the early morning.  I think it fits Charlotte (MotherOwl)'s colour of the month.

I hope to take you some where different next month.  There is an exhibition at our National Museum I very much want to see.
 

Have a great week. 

Sunday Selections #662

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. Some of you just might have noticed that I have a passion for colour.  There is lots of it about at the moment.  So as I so often say, come wander with me.  Or more accurately come wobble with me.  My feet and legs are significantly swollen at the moment and walking is a bigger challenge than usual.

I like this mural on the side of a local church.  I also like their stance on climate change and refugees.

New murals are popping up at one of our bus interchanges.  I hope they spread.

One of the many eucalypts in the city, blooming profusely.

Odie in a Christmas stocking.

 I appreciate the splashes of colour in the city.

And in our garden.

You can see where the Eucomis or pineapple lily gets its common name from can't you?

I hope your world is packed with colour.

And in other news, please spare a thought for Lee.  Her area was hit hard by a storm on Christmas Eve and many people are still without power.  The powers that be hope to have people connected again this weekend or early next week.  I do hope that the lack of power is the worst that happened to her.

Charlotte(MotherOwl) had surgery last week.  I hope she is recovering well.  If you get the chance please stop by both of their blogs and wish them well.

 

Sunday Selections #649

 

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?  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.