AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Blushing Mid Winter


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ It may be mid winter in Australia, but still flowers bloom!
This one is now in my garden in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula.
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Macro Flowers Saturday #19
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Blushing petal shapes
Rebellious mid winter blooms
Colour for dull days
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9 comments:

Joanne Olivieri said...

I love that, it looks like a Protea, maybe pink ice? It's very cool. A wonderful macro.

Kramer said...

Very fetching image and amazing macro detail of the center of the flower, alas, taxonomy isn't one of my skills, but it's still a very pretty image.

Al said...

That's a very unique flower Gemma! The gradients of dark pink to light pink and yellow is fantastic!

Gardening in a Sandbox said...

Gorgeous photo Gemma. Did you change the look of your blog? Nice.

Roan said...

I would never find anything blooming in my garden in mid winter. Beautiful!

Rosie Nixon Fluerty said...

Protea's are so cool and beautiful additions to your winter garden - I love their blooms - I once had 2 as houseplants but they got too big so I gave them away.

Rosie :)

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Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Lovely bloom. I'd be happy with it any time ofthe year.

Maia T said...

Very interesting flower, I like the pattern formed by the petals and the puff in the middle.
If that's how mid winter looks in Australia, I want to move there too.
Have a great weekend!

Chattahoochee Valley Daily said...

Interesting looking flower. Very pretty.

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