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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Wordless Wednesday reposted on Thursday
Photo of Viburnum Opulus Sterile (Snowball tree) Resized and able to be viewed better compared with my first post.
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Tagged Beauty, gardens, green leaf, nature, new spring leaf, photography, Snowball tree, viburnum, Viburnum Opulus Sterile
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Wordless Wednesday on Thursday this week
The first leaf emerges on one of my Viburnum Opulus Sterile (Snowball tree)
Out of the blue
The pattern of rainy weather continues on here. But in a small gap between weather systems, the sun came out and the sky was blue. Rain is falling again as I type this. The garden is not thirsty. The magnolia … Continue reading
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Tagged deciduous magnolia trees, garden, Japanese maple tree, magnolia flowers, nature, photography, rainy weather, spring, spring flowers, sunshine
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A host of golden daffodils……..of various tonings
Spring is showing itself here more dramatically with each passing day. I went down to the reserve near our local school and kindergarten today where there are thousands of daffodils planted. They are planted in the grass beneath a stand … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, blossom, daffodils, flowering fruit trees, garden, Gusty winds, inspiration, nature, Nishio city, photography, Porirua, spring, weeping willow tree, willow trees
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Sunshine and beauty
When the sun has been absent for long stretches of time and the rain has dripped and drizzled or poured down on and off for weeks, a sunny day is such a tonic. Yesterday was a warm and sunny day. … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, deciduous tree, garden, inspiration, magnolia flowers, Magnolia tree, nature, photography, spring, sunshine
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Wordless Wednesday
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Tagged chatham island for-get-me-not, forget-me-nots, garden, glossy leaves, nature, photography, plants, spring
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Some sunshine on Saturday
The sun has been a rare visitor here for the past two or three weeks. We have also had a lot of rain. Some has fallen in dramatically heavy showers while other rain has sifted down as drizzle. The ground … Continue reading
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Tagged daffodils, freesias, gardens, nature, photography, plants, rain, spring, sunshine, weather
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This time last year
It is a year ago since we were in the grip of a vicious weather system that came straight from Antarctica. Snow fell here over several days in a very unusual occurrence. In contrast, today was mild and the sun … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctica, garden, mild temperatures, nature, New Zealand, photography, snow, sunshine, weather
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Catch up on the blog
The rhythms of the normal routines here have been altered in the past 10 days. We headed to Hawkes Bay to visit the oldest member of the family as he celebrated his 86th birthday earlier in August. I wrote a … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday
Emerging Magnolia flowers on the tree in my garden. The first photo was taken on 10 August, the second photo (of the same bud) was taken, today, 15th August. And when I turned around this bloom has almost fully emerged … Continue reading
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Tagged buds, gardens, magnolia buds, magnolia flowers, Magnolia tree, nature, New Zealand spring, photography, spring
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