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White Cat and Flowers

This is a white cat doing something I too enjoy doing which is gazing at and appreciating beautiful flowers, be they wild or in a garden. 

December iphone snaps

Top two: Mona Vale looking north and south. Apricot and yellow Frangipani, the El Alamein Fountain in Kings Cross, electric orange gum blossoms, two personages at Narrabeen Lakes, looking up from a courtyard in Potts Point, pale yellow gum blossoms and pastel chalks. 

Underneath the Fish Ferns

This is Gilbert in his favourite shady spot in the garden underneath the fish ferns. 

A Walk in the Garden

This is Maurice and he's having a walk in the garden. It's something he likes to do at least a couple of times a day so he can keep abreast of what's what and who's who in the garden arena.

Sydney Autumnal Flora and Fauna

Sydney is unusually chilly at the moment, but the local floral and fauna are thriving. I forget how amazingly colourful Sydney is at this time of year. These are some of the locals I took photos of on a walk recently. Above: Rainbow lorikeets, yellow bottle brush flowers and grevillea. Below: Native fuschia and pink wax flowers.

Botanical Cat

This is my latest drawing/ print: Botanical Cat. This is Roy enjoying a spot of botanical appreciation. Eagle eyed readers will note that the pretty lilac lily-type flowers from the last blog post are a feature of this drawing. Next time I visit the gardens I will endeavour to find out what their name is! 

Sydney Botanical Gardens

So, I spent an hour in the botanics last Friday. It was a very rainy and humid hot day, but the gardens were full of flowers which more than made up for the hard work of walking there in the tropical weather. The best display was the pond by the Chinese Garden that had the most magnificent lotus flowers in various stages of blooming beauty (see above)! There were also many exotic brightly coloured flowers, however, my second favourite display was a lilac lily type flower that was covered in misty dew. My third favourite display was the (quite extensive) begonia beds that showcased every possible type, breed, colour, size and shape of begonia that you could ever wish to see.

Sandringham Memorial Garden and Fountain - Hyde Park, Sydney

I went for a quick one hour saunter to the city today to specifically take some photos of a very pretty corner of Hyde Park that I've always admired. It is the Sandringham Memorial Garden and Fountain which was completed and opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. It is a memorial to King George VI (her father) and King George V (you can see their initials and numbers on the two gates above). The City of Sydney has quite a good blurb about the memorial here. I've always enjoyed the jazzy orange mosaic of the fountain and the interesting design of the gates. Today was an especially good day to visit as the planting around the sunken fountain was very fetching!

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

There is a London Plane tree in Rushcutter's Bay Park that has a cockatoo sized hole in it which is, funnily enough, the home of a very handsome sulphur crested cockatoo. I have seen him there most days as I walk past and have always thought, "Boy, I wish I had my camera with me". And then finally today I managed to remember take my camera with me which resulted in the photos you see here.

Out and About in The Royal Botanics

A mosaic of botanical garden photos I took not so long ago: A native noisy miner bird supping on nectar, dew drops, a pretty orchard - type flower, more dew drops and a field of tulips.