Annie's Blog

A series of the latest blooms, taken mainly on a walk down to the shop...this wonderful magnolia in flower... the peach blossom in flower out at tennis last week.. and interesting plant I discovered, (above) but know not what it is... irises must be one of my favorites a quick trip over to an orchid show at the Botanic Gardens a week ago... some natives from my walk to the shops...I can never remember of they are grevillea or bottlebrush...or is a bottlebrush the same as a grevillea anyway? a poinsettia of the pink variety, taken from underneath and of course the NZ Christmas bush again...I think this has featured here before...grows fairly prolifically at the beach (Sunshine Coast)...and in New Zealand too I presume!

A beautiful iris in Queens Park, Toowoomba The twins assure me that these cups are purple... All these (mainly) flowers, I have thought of as purple...when I see them all together like this, I think I need to readjust my color chart! these purple flowers were in the garden in Toowoomba now these magnolias were so outstanding, how could I call them pink and not purple? do you think the sunset was purple here? and now this flower looks more pink than people, but they do have they purple tips on the ends... My orchids are all blooming at the moment... For more photos from others in the Brenda Photo Challenge, on the theme the color Purple this week, please go to the Brenda Challenge icon in the sidebar....

I think the above photo might have appeared in last week's flower post...sorry if I am repeating myself! some of these flowers I have almost forgotten where I took the photos. But this one is in the park garden across the road here at Inwood. these roses were at the local Catholic church...lovely! There are a couple of close ups of these red ones further down in this post. and another garden at the entrance to the park... I really love these couple of shots of the lavender.... and of course the blue irises.... these pink flowers were colorful and striking! and I just loved the pink roses, at the Dyckman farmhouse....absolutely gorgeous. More below. a gardenia? are these little blue ones forget me nots? pansies of course.. yellow roses again at ther Dyckman farmhouse and the pink flower again...I wonder what it is? Unfamiliar to me. For more of Today's Flowers from around the world, please click on the Today's Flowers icon in the sidebar...