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 #801

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 my theme is  pink and red.

 In the garden - which in the absence of promised rain is crispifying fast.

 

This looks like all the other orchid/Christmas cacti - except it has hot pink stamens.

The 365 day blooming begonia
 

 This mauve pelargonium is the exception to my pink/red theme.  It has rose scented leaves and gives off its oil if you brush against it.

And in the skies.

 I know that some of these are blurry and should probably not be shared but the colour was astonishing.

 

We have a house guest who arrived late on Friday night so I am likely not to be at this toy after the very early morning until the late afternoon today.  My apologies.

I hope your day is wonderful. 

Sunday Selections #798

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 is a bit same old.  Sorry about that.

Starting with Charlotte (MotherOwl)'s colour of the month which is pebble grey.  As a young thing my father often told me I was a clumsy klutz.  He was right then and he is right now.  FOUR weeks ago (to the day) I tripped over my shoes (which I had taken off and not put away) and fell hard.  The bruise and the swelling are finally starting to go down and I think that some of the bruise qualifies as pebble grey.  

 And then to much prettier things.

The orchids I have shown you before continue to thrive.

However there are other orchids starting to flower as well.  I planted a few of them several years ago and much to my delight they are spreading.  And spreading.

There are multi-coloured iris coming out too.

I am going to finish off with some skyscapes - from the opposite end to the day to the ones I usually show.

I hope your week is fall free and packed with beauty.  Next week I hope to take you to and inside a new sculpture that has recently been installed in my city.