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Kangaroo Paw Sunrise Anigozanthos "Gold Velvet" Saw it on my way to the voting booth yesterday. Seeing as I've mentioned some of my favourite Aussie natives lately, it seems only fair to mention that kangaroo paw takes home a medal. They just have the most stunning architecture and when en masse they are incredibly striking. However, a lot of people have trouble growing kangaroo paw, since the conditions here on the East Coast are a far cry from its native Western Australia.
Blue Fescue & Banksia Cone That hairy bulb is the old, dried Banksia flower cone on a dwarf Banksia - and I'm pretty sure the grass is Festuca glauca "Blue Fescue". I guess that qualifies this picture to still be about flowers! I don't know about y'all, but I absolutely love it - even the old Banksia cone... Especially the old Banksia cone.
Kangaroo Paw "Landscape Lilac" Simpler edit, but I love the shape! I had never seen this variety of kangaroo paw - and wow, what stunning colour.
Grevillea & Bee I think grevilleas might be among my very favourite Australian native flowers. I also think that bee agrees with me.
Xerochrysum viscosum - "Sticky Everlasting" with Ants Was driving through the backroads near Heathcote and the sparkle of this golden flower in the dry, gravelly bushland caught my eye. This is Sticky Everlasting, a herbaceous native daisy with sticky stems and crisp, papery flowers. Some ants were chilling around on this one; perhaps waiting for the flower to fully open up?
Isopogon formosus “Rose Coneflower”
Snapped a shot of this beauty while just walking around Thornbury. I swear, Melbourne is a treasure trove of stunning gardens and gorgeous flowers. I love this city.
Dried Waratahs Some old and dried waratah flowers (Telopea) that were well well well past their prime… but that doesn’t mean they still can’t be that special kind of stunning that only these big ol’ flowers are.
Yes to Marriage Equality & Rainbow Liberation
Here in Australia, our population said yes. Yes to marriage equality. It has not been a pleasant journey to this point and there is a ways to go until this becomes law. Politicians will now bicker amongst themselves to decide upon important laws that have the very real chance of further discriminating against Australia’s LGBTQI+ community, even if marriage equality is passed. Our pollies having been dragging this issue behind themselves through the mud and money for long enough.
Let’s not let them continue.
