Peel Castle, Isle of Man

Beach-henge! I love it.

I photographed this lovely bush in the garden outside our hotel unit at Yulara (Ayer's Rock). I asked about it at the hotel reception but nobody could identify it. Can anyone tell me what it is?

Saw this fully working 1906 car on the Isle of Man.

MG, I think the shrub you posted is a Templetonia.



This lovely cymbidium was given to my daughter by a friend. I'm minding it until she has room in her car to take it home. I'm getting very fond of it......

I've just found some more pictures to scan in, this is a small road of modern houses round the corner to where I used to live in Stanmore about 15 years ago

Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
August 2010
Nanaimo, British Columbia

Hey Shelley! Nice to see you back. I've missed you and your photos.

Here's another plant I photographed in Alice Springs that I am trying to identify. Can anyone help? It's the last one, I promise!

P.S. Thanks Auntie!

It's Indigofera australis, I think.

looks like some kind of wild sweet pea or vetch?

Kangaroos come in two colours - red and grey. Here's one of each. These fellows reside at the Desert Park in Alice Springs.

Glad to see you uber quality piccis back again Shelley... love the Buddleia, where's the flutterbies?

Think that's an indigofera too... had one many moons ago, but its a bit frost tender!

Good to seeyou back Shelley.

This is the bank of the reservoir/river just round the corner from me in West Hendon

thanks satguru, mother goose sherry, i finally figured out how to get back in ... lol. i dunno, we have a real shortage of butterflies here for some reason, wasn`t any even near there. those kangaroos look mighty comfortable there. and i love all the wildflowers on the riverbank, so natural.

marigolds across the street ... `with friend`

This little car isn't as impressive as that 1906 beauty, but I liked it

Sunrise over Ayer's Rock (Uluru).

Sunset over Keynsham (near Bristol) taken from the window of a pub.
(There was a pub quiz going on. No other reason for me to be in such a place.)
As you can see, the road outside is quite a fast one!

Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
The Leprechaun Museum, Dublin

Neat pics, love the colour of the car ... and the sunsets are gorgeous. I wish I had known about the Leprechaun Museum when i was in Dublin, i would have loved to see it! There really is a pot o gold eh? :O)

Hydrangeas by the front entrance of my building:

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This is an arrangement of Australian native plants which flower during the winter.
MotherGoose may recognise the Templetonia near the foreground.

One of my Dad's favoUrite flowers was the Red Hot Poker.
He's been gone for nearly 15 years now but the plant is flourishing nicely and now stands over 6 feet tall.

Typical houses in Temple Fortune where I wouldn't mind living if I could afford them.

I understand your feelings, Martin cube.
Much of my garden evolved from seeds, cuttings and plants struggling for survival in jam tins, all given with affection by people who have now passed on.
I treasure them all and remember the givers fondly.

The pot of gold was leprechaun size! LOL
The hydrangeas are beautiful.

Those are very rich looking houses Satuguru. Could see living there nicely.

I can see them being your Dad's favourites Martin, I used to grow Red-Hot Pokers, they are majestic looking and bees and butterflies love them.

Neat herd of seagulls bhs ... how did you get them all to pose like that? lol. Now you tell me the pot-o-gold was miniature! Might as well scratch those plans for a heist now ....

This isnt a very sharp photo ... it is of the B.C. Ferry Terminal in the city at Departure Bay ... the shot is taken from across the bay on the beach. The land mass you see to the left is Newcastle Island, a stones throw from us.
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It would seem that snails like the Red Hot Poker plant too:

Digitalis, one of the "poison" plants at Blarney Castle's poison garden

Here's one end of the Welsh Harp reservoir along the road from me in Hendon.

sorry I haven't posted for a while, given the old camera a break for a bit. It has been great looking at yours though. Here is a paint swirl my son did when clearing up after an art activity.
Ohhhh look at the pretty colours!