wisteria – bushboys world

Getting closer in threes

Published on May 29, 2022 by bushboy24 Comments

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #201: Three of a Kind

Raindrops

Published on May 9, 2019 by bushboy12 Comments

The word prompt from Nancy: Raindrops

Purple

Published on November 11, 2018 by bushboy21 Comments

The word prompt from Debbie at Travel with Intent: Purple

Check out Debbies Purple – click on the above link – It is stunning and I was thinking what do I have that’s purple to be able to contribute to this photo challenge. There is no way I can do wonderful lights like Debbies post. But I do live in a city which just had it’s Jacaranda Festival and has Jacaranda trees. But I wanted more so it’s floral all the way.

Here’s my bit of Purple
Better start with a Jacaranda tree
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Purple berries from a native vine
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Looking into a Torenia flower
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Another Native flower from my place. Haven’t identified it as yet.

The Native Wisteria or Wild Sarsparilla that grows all over my place
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and a regular Wisteria with bonus Wanderer Butterfly
wisteria02_wanderer butterfly_crop_named_binna burra_sept 2017

Purple Pansies
pansey purple_named_binna burra_august 2017

Another purple flower I found somewhere
purple flower_named_binna burra_oct 2017

Wonderful Water Lilies
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Another Australian Native flower found on the coast, Purple Fringe Lily
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My old mates Iris
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Back to the streets of Grafton jacarands_named_grafton_oct 2017

Thought about a song. Here is the original from 1958

Mundane Monday Challenge #130: Wisteria

Published on October 10, 2017November 8, 2017 by bushboy18 Comments

My bestie has a wonderful arbour arc covered in a Wisteria. Trying to photograph wisteria has its challenges. Trying to capture the long hanging blooms makes you twist this way and that, stand back, go in close, shoot upwards or downwards. What do you think is best?

wisteria04_named_binna burra_sept 2017

You can go in close
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You can look at the jumble of flowers
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If you are lucky a passing Wanderer Butterfly might help
wisteria02_wanderer butterfly_named_binna burra_sept 2017

Or do you crop just for the Wanderer and ignore the flowers
wisteria02_wanderer butterfly_crop_named_binna burra_sept 2017

A bit of Italy

Published on December 3, 2014December 3, 2014 by bushboy10 Comments

I was looking for a photo a while ago and saw my last holiday photos folder. I have always wanted to do something with them otherwise they just sit there and no one ever sees them. I thought I would start with some of the Italy photos. Not the usual tourist ones but just interesting stuff I photographed. I hope you find them interesting too.

I took a lot of photos from the train as it rocketed through the countryside at up to 300kph. I like this one of a Tuscan villa as it almost looks like a painting. This is unchanged, the raw photo.

I found this colonnade of wisteria in a garden in Florence, the Gardenia Boldini. The light coming through the flowers looked very surreal.

I like the look of courtyards that are hidden away from the street. To get to this courtyard was a walk down a tunnel under the buildings. I am sure I have a number of “down the tunnel into a courtyard” photos.

Just walking down the side streets of Verona often yields something different. This cart was just there beside that wonderful coloured wall.

Everywhere are shutters. These shutters were on the Ponte Veicchio in Florence.

Yes, this was in the window of a hairdressers in Verona. No need to say more!!!

There are tons of photos of stained glass windows. I was going to do a blog of just stained glass window so here is a taste.

Some sculptures were quite different to others. I have no idea about this just that it was on a marble table like that. It was in a Basilica in Rome.

This is my favourite stained glass photo which was in the ceiling in a church in Rome.

Well thats a taste of Italy of things I found. I am so looking forward to going again.

Flowers bugs and birds

Published on October 12, 2014October 12, 2014 by bushboyLeave a comment

The many wanderings around the north coast of NSW has taken me to many places, seen many things and of course taken many photos. The last wandering took in the warm days of Spring. The flowers are blooming and many of the birds are coming back to the gardens.

The Calendulas are looking great in the garden.

The Gerberas just stand out in the sunshine.

Lemon trees are full of buds. It’s hard to imagine that this little flower will turn into a lemon.

All through the garden the nasturtiums are a riot of colour, brilliant reds and oranges.

I thought it would be good to look deep inside to see what they look like. The patterns and shapes are quite different.

The wisteria trailing over the arbour with the hanging blooms added a splash of mauve to the garden.

Lots of native flowers are looking good this year as well. The Egg and Bacon plants tiny flowers, only about 5 to 8mm across, are very showy.

With the onset of warm weather the insects are always present around the house and garden. This Crane Fly was hovering around and finally resting on a leaf.

The baby geckos are also on the move at night. This little bloke lives in the laundry.

The King Parrots send waves of reds and greens through the garden as the fly about the trees and bushes.

Whereas the Rainbow Lorikeets provide a constant chatter.

The old broken pot has made a great birdbath. The Wattlebird is a bit shy when bathing.

But doesn’t seem to mind sharing with the Spangled Drongo.

At Lismore Lake the birds are busy. The late afternoon has birds flying and singing everywhere. The Egrets stalk around the water plants, probably looking for an unsuspecting frog or fish.