Tag: Rose Geranium

Well here is the second installment of This is September. Here is an assortment of stuff but mainly nature.

First off I’d like to let you know my sad news. My elderly neighbour and good friend Geoff, the bloke who gave me this beautiful Iris, died earlier this week. I have so many plants from his wonderful garden, perhaps a future blog, that I will always have good memories especially when the plants flower and spread sunshine to my garden.

I might as well stay on the flowers that managed to bloom despite the lack of rain. Orange Trumpet flowers hang from the shed.

The Bromiliad flowers are most unusual

The Pansys battled on with a watering every now and then.

I like the lion face in this Pansy

The Rose Geraniums flowered looking so spectacular dotted through the garden

Most of the flowers also had other things happening too. Can you find the insect on the Westringia? Hint it’s a bee

The butterflies liked resting on the Westringia. Not sure if this is a Grass Dart or a Skipper

Stingless Native Bees were a buzz about the Orange Trumpet flowers.

Other bees likes to get among the Grevilleas

The Wisteria came out to bloom for a few weeks. Wanderer Butterflies were attracted to the flowers perfume.

Another sign of Spring is Orchard Swallowtails in the garden.

One of the biggest butterflies that come around the garden.

Some moths are hard to find when they sit on the ground

Other butterflies are rather small like this Barred Skipper who didn’t mind resting on a leaf

Do you remember the Assassin Bug photo? Here is the full photo

Come warmer weather, spider webs appear. The St Andrews Cross Spider didn’t quite get the “this is what a cross looks like” memo

I din’t think he cares very much

Insects are everywhere. Some like to see what you are doing on the computer

Just a fly sitting on a leaf

An ant scurried away when it saw the camera

A Common Yellow Butterfly shows the birds how to hide among the leaves

Some leaves look  wonderful. The colours the White Fig leaves turn merge so well

The sunlight on the Bottlebrush leaf drew my attention. This is without the photo bombing bee

The Bloodwood Tree nuts litter the forest floor

On a walk we came across a Spotted Gum with interesting bark patterns and lumps. What can you see?

The Ironbark looked like it had a claw emerging down its trunk.

Can you see a cat?

We saw a bear…can you?

The Silk Tree pods are like orange velvet in the tree tops

Sometimes the pods drop with their seeds intact

The Agave looked lovely in the morning sun

The Skink hung on to the bricks as it surveyed the scene on the church in Grafton

The Joeys are now too big to fit in the pouch any more

The Spring sunsets have been amazing

The sun is almost gone so it’s time to say see ya later.