True Beauty

This was the last tulip growing in the garden.

I thought to myself, how beautiful it was. Yes, it showed signs of age and had lost many of its petals, but it was still a beautiful flower growing in the garden. It was there to be enjoyed, and to be loved.

Consider the Lilies

Take time to notice the beautiful flowers around you. They will enrich your life and bring you joy.

Adenium obesum aka Desert Rose

Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting the Botanical Gardens at Mt Cootha in Brisbane. This beautiful plant was thriving. I absolutely love this. Of course, I have an obsession with most pink things, but this is a perfect flower :-)

They are common to areas between Eastern Africa and Southern Arabia. They can be grown from cuttings, are suited to hot climates, love full sun, and thrive in well-drained soil.

Celebrating Life

This is my latest video.. it is a compilation of a few photos I have taken over the past couple of years.

Someone said to me that people generally only celebrate life when the subject dies, but I think we have every reason to celebrate life every day of our lives. Celebrating because we are still alive and can enjoy all the natural beauty that surrounds us.

There are so many bad things that happen in this world and I do not want to be dragged down by that.

I find that when I take notice of the positive and happy things around us, I am a more cheerful person and the stresses of the day seem insignificant. Life is good and every day of your life is a special occasion.

Blooming Happy

Albany Daisy aka Actinodium cunninghamii

A small shrub found only in SW Australia. Can be grown from cuttings. Thrives well in part shade and good drainage.

Mouse Ears aka Calothamnus rupestris

Found in SW Australia. Grows as a shrub, 1-4m high. Beautiful Pinky red flowers.

One-sided bottlebrush aka Calothamnus quadrifidus

This plant thrives in well drained soils and sunny spots. Beautiful impressive bright flowers. Found in SW Australia

Verticordia (Featherflower) Varieties

These particular flowers are all native of Western Australia. They bloom in both spring and summer and produce tiny beautiful flowers in great abundance.

These are a few varieties from my recent travels to Western Australia, in both Spring of 2007 and Summer of 2009.

Enjoy!

Verticordia albida aka White Feather Flower

Verticordia chrysostachys x muelleriana

Cooloomia Verticordia

Verticordia helichrysantha aka Barren's Featherflower

Verticordia insignis

Verticordia mitchelliana aka Rapier Featherflower

Verticordia plumosa aka Plumed Featherflower

Island Sunset

In February of this year, I visited Rottnest Island with my friend, Shaun. Only bikes are allowed on the island, apart from one bus, an ambulance, and a few service vehicles.

Shaun and I rode the entire distance around the island. We worked out the distance to be about 30kms because we also visited many of the coves around the island. We visited in summer, on the hottest day in over a year and I had already been badly sunburnt twice that week. The ride was fun but hard because it was hilly, awfully hot, and my shoulders were so burnt it was not funny. We had a ball though and I would do it again in a flash.

Towards the end of the day, we were lucky enough to enjoy the sunset. It was a very welcome treat after an exhausting day.