Favourite Photos of the Past 10 years - Episode 6- 'Floral Moments'

Above:- 'Strike a Pose'

Garden at Beaulieu Palace House

Beaulieu, New Forrest, Hampshire, UK 

August 2011

My favourite photo of this episode.

 

I was just bending over to get in close to take a photo of this beautiful dinner plate dahlia

(a flower the size of  dinner plate),

when a HUGE bee landed in the middle of the flower and posed for me. 

 

Mr Show Off...

 

I've never seen a bumblebee before, except in Winnie the Pooh and Beatrix Potter. 

It was huge,  almost an inch long, nothing like our little bees. 

 

 Also look at the beautiful droplets of dew on the flower, this was from my last lovely camera.

 

The nice dark background was a fluke.

I took one photo.

 

This has not been cropped or touched up (Although, I think I zoomed in to take it).

A lucky photo, that would easily be one of the  favourite photos I've ever taken.

Above:- 'Yellow Rose'

Garden of Wrest Park

Bedfordshire U.K.

August 2011

Probably, a David Austin, called 'Graham Thomas'

Above:- 'Our State Emblem'

Waratah's

Robertson. NSW

October 2019 

Above:- 'More Waratahs'

Robertson. NSW

October 2019

 

Above:- "Graham, ... Stand next to this flower so I can compare it to the size of your head" said Kim

Chrysanthemum, Bendigo, Victoria

May 2012

Above:- 'Ditto,....Graham.. stand next to this flower so I can.......'

Protea Flower, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Capetown, South Africa

November 2015

 

And now.. for some nice trees, 

 foliage,and bark... 

 

Above:- 'A Pair of Palms'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2019

Above:- 'Jacaranda blooms'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2019

 

 Above:- 'Bunya Pines'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2015

 

Above:- 'Patterned Bark'

Open Gardens

Armidale 

November 2017

 

Above:- 'Australia's Largest Cork Tree'

Tenterfield NSW

June 2018

Above:- 'More, Australia's Largest Cork Tree'

Tenterfield, NSW

June 2018

 

Above:- 'Don't Park Under the Tree'

Tenterfield. NSW

June 2018

 

 Above:- 'Another Pine Tree'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2019

 

Above:- 'Bottlebrush'

Far North Queensland

September 2018

 Above:-'A Man Made Vista'

Hunter Valley Gardens

NSW

October 2015

Above:- 'A Vase of Gerbras and Roses'

Mothers Day

Armidale

May 2010

Above:- 'A Vase of Roses and Orchids'

Mums Birthday

September 2019

Above- 'Peas or Beans?'

Kitchen garden at Beaulieu Palace House

Beaulieu, New Forrest, Hampshire, UK 

August 2011

 

Above:- 'Tropical Flowers'

Far North Queensland

September 2018

 

Above:- 'Hippeastrum'

Far North Queensland

September 2018

 

 Above:- 'Hibiscus'

Far North Queensland

September 2018

 

Above:- 'Purple Orchid'

Fiji

April 2016

 Above:- 'Another Pretty Orchid'

Fiji

April 2016

 

Above:- 'Yet Another Orchid'

Fiji

April 2016

 

Above:- 'Even More Orchids'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2019

 

  Above:- 'Marigolds'

Car Club Mystery Run

Queensland

November 2019

 

Above:- 'Clematis'

Open Gardens

Armidale 

November 2017

 

Above:- 'Bird of Paradise'

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Capetown, South Africa

November 2015

 

 Above:- 'Protea'

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Capetown, South Africa

November 2015

 

 

Above:- 'Banksia'

Port Macquarie, NSW

June 2012

 

And Finally 

Bright and happy sunny flowers!

 

Above:- 'Sonnenblumen/Sunflowers'

Markets in Bern, Switzerland 

October 2011

Favourite Photos of the past 10 years - Episode 5 - 'Big Cities, Big Views'

I'm sorry, there are about 40 photos here

this is one of my larger anniversary posts.

But, I am so glad we spent the money when we did

and went to some of these places.

Because, the world has changed.

Above:- 'A City of straight roads'

Kim's favourite photo of this episode.

Taken from a Helicopter.

Can you guess the name of this City?

I'll give you a hint...

Jessie, Dangar, and Faulkner streets

Above:- "Yes, its Armidale from the sky"

Looking over the racecourse and TAS

helicopter joy flight

Armidale NSW

May 2011

 Above:-'London Eye and Westminster Bridge'

(I love the buses on the bridge)

London UK

January 2018

Above:- 'The Thames on a rainy night'

From the opposite direction of the previous photo.

London UK

January 2018

 

 

 Above:- 'Victoria and Alfred Water Front'

with the beautiful Table Mountain, at dusk.

Capetown, South Africa

November 2015

 Above:- "A less impressive wheel!'

Darling Harbour, Sydney

November 2018

 Above:- "A Sunnier Day'

Darling Harbour, Sydney

August 2017

 

Above:- 'From the North Head Quarantine Station'

Sydney

August 2017

 Above:- 'From Another North Head'

Auckland New Zealand 

September 2014

Above:- 'Melbourne'

Victoria

August 2016

Above:- 'Melbourne again'

Melbourne, Victoria

April 2012

Above:-'The Yarra'

Melbourne, Victoria

April 2012

Above:'The Thames'

London UK

January 2018

Above: 'The Canals'

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

December 2017

Above:- 'Historic English town'

Chester, Cheshire UK

August 2011

Above:- 'A very pretty town'

Shrewsbury, Shropshire,  UK

August 2011

Above:- 'The pink water pipes'

Berlin, Germany

September 2011

Above:- 'A Naval City'

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

UK

January 2018

Above:- 'More Portsmouth'

From the Spinnaker Tower

UK

January 2018

Above:- "One of my favourite places"

(This is my second visit to Brussels)

The Grand Place

Brussels, Belgium

September 2011

Above:- "On my third visit the buildings have been re-gilded!"

The Grand Place

Brussels, Belgium

December 2017

Above:- "And that's not the only thing that's changed"

Armed soldiers on patrol in the Grand Place

Brussels, Belgium

December 2017

Above:- 'Golden Guild buildings'

Brussels, Belgium

December 2017

Above:- 'Prague'

Czech Republic

September 2011

Above:- 'Budapest'

Hungary

October 2011

Above:- 'Budapest again'

Hungary

October 2011

Above:- 'View from the castle'

Nuremberg, Germany

December 2017

Above:- 'The city of the bear'

Bern, Switzerland

October 2011

Above:- 'View from the City-Hochhaus'

Leipzig Germany

December 2017

Above:- 'Another, view from the City-Hochhaus'

Leipzig Germany

December 2017

Above:- 'On the shore of the Black Sea'

Odessa, Ukraine

October 2011

Above:- 'More, on the shore of the Black Sea'

Yalta, Ukraine

October 2011

Above:- 'One of the worlds treasures'

Florence, Italy

October 2011

Above:- 'A city by the Adriatic Sea'

Dubrovnik, Croatia

October 2011

Above:- 'View from the Bosphorus Strait'

Istanbul, Turkey

October 2011

Above:- 'View from the Acropolis'

Athens, Greece

October 2011

Nearly there, get ready to land,

fasten your seat belt

and secure your tray table!

Above:- 'Wow...View from St Mark's Campanile'

Bell tower

Overlooking St Mark's itself!

Venice, Italy

October 2011

Above:- 'Another, view from St Mark's Campanile'

Venice, Italy

October 2011

Above:- "I love Venice!"

Venice, Italy

October 2011

and finally its  time for an expensive coffee...

Above:- 'St Mark's square from St Mark's Campanile'

Venice, Italy

October 2011