~ The Look of Nature ~

A Look at Nature and the surrounding plants on this Southern Ocean Facing Terrain. Magnificent in All it's Glory.

Three Weeks Until Spring.

Change of Season

Right now the chilliness of Winter permeates the air

So I sit here warm and snug in my chair

While outside

The blossoms on the almond trees

Have burst their bubs which now attract the bees

A sure sign from nature that spring is not too far away

So I take heart that September first, will be the day

When officially Spring revives anew

Not only the Winter landscape

But also

 My depleted Joie de vivre will certainly 

Bounce back again too!

Milli 10

Tonight's Moon

Lunar Data for Sunday, 25 July, 2010

Apparent geocentric position Right ascension  19h 53m 7s Declination -19° 32' 55" Range 401,649 km Constellation             Sagittarius Appearance Diameter 29.75' Illumination of disk 100% Libration in longitude  3.222° Libration in latitude -1.747°

Appearance of the Moon, celestial north is upwards This was the beautiful sight to meet my eyes as I left from work tonight. I had my camera with me and decided to share the photos I took on the way to my car with you, together with the information about tonight's moon. Tomorrow night will be a good time to take advantage of a full moon for all those who enjoy to 'shoot the moon'.  Milli 10 PS Click on photos to enlarge.

Topocentric Event	Time	Altitude
Sets:	07:26	+0.1°
Rises:	19:50	+0.1°
Maximum altitude:	01:15	68.7°

Phases

New moon:	21:40 Sunday, 11 July
First quarter:	12:11 Sunday, 18 July
Full moon:	03:37 Monday, 26 July
Last quarter:	06:59 Tuesday, 03 August
New moon:	05:08 Tuesday, 10 August

April Showers and It Is Autumn in Aus.

It has not taken long for Summer brown to be replaced with Gorgeous Green down here in South Australia.

So far the Autumn has been kind to us all with an almost perfect Easter Break and good rains that followed. So combined now with warm soil and water the grasses are sprouting and the bulbs of winter have popped their tiny little pretty heads out of the ground ready for their own flower shows in winter. Of course there has been one or two draw backs. We have reverted back now to pre daylight saving and the view above was taken around 6pm on Sunday night as I headed along the coast road on the way home from work. What I thought would be a spectacular Sunset, worthy of stopping for, was not as I had expected because there was so much deep cloud cover just above the horizon. So this photo taken up the coast, gives a better view of how the sky became more of a focus for me, than the sunset. Our days are still warm and quite still, except in the evening when the winds come through and start to blow the leaves around. As one would expect in Autumn. Although I would not give up the beautiful big trees around the house in spite of the mess they can create. Each and every tree is very special and many of them are doing exceptionally well after this last Summer, when in spite of the Summers before and lack of rain, many trees and shrubs just gave up the ghost and pretty much keeled over, or had to be removed before they caused damage.

I know it is a bit of a conundrum for those of you in the western hemisphere to get your heads around the exact opposite of what you have as your new season there right now, but remember what comes around goes around and as the dark days of winter gradually head our way I can always pop on over to your blog and warm myself up and as you become so hot and bothered by so much heat, feel free to come on over and cool yourselves down with a bit of Aussie Winter hospitality.

Cheers to All 

From Milli.

 

Below is the view towards the no show sunset.

 

Georgia O'Keeffe My Version

I knew just the artist I wanted to emulate 

And she is:

Georgia O'Keeffe

I love what she does in her art, with her big bold flowers.

If I were an artist I would be happy to emulate her style.

Some Artist background information-

Groundbreaking Modernist painter Georgia O’Keeffe (1887 – 1986) rejected artistic norms to express her own unique vision. Known for the flower paintings which encompass a quarter of her work, O’Keeffe was originally inspired by nature during her childhood in rural Wisconsin. Shunning her artistic education in favor of expressing her emotions, O’Keeffe enlarged flowers until they became abstract artforms whose sheer size commanded attention. An innovator who profoundly impacted 20th century art, O’Keeffe was the first woman honored with her own exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Presenting My Personal Photographic Version of 

A Georgia O'Keefe Painting Style --

From A Cottage Garden

'Pink Holly Hocks'

Living in the countryside

Hello friends
I havent been very activ in the last months at multiply - that does not mean,that i have layed down at my back.
A lot of work in the garden,living with my daughters,making music and videos like that one i like to share with you.
I wish all of you a wonderfull christmas a lot of presents and enjoy my singing.
With love - Attena

Waiting for summer

I plant bromeliads in pots and hang them on the wall.

Like most of the world the weather was unpredictable over the last year and though it seems that summer may be just about stabilised now in December, our seasons seem to be running six weeks late or going back to the seasonal calendar I grew up with.

~ Art ~ Dishing up Poppies

Garden Flowers in

(((((((Art)))))))

Painted, Poppies, Posing, Prettily

On a Porcelain Plate.

Or Are They

Reclining, Rununculus, Resting Resplendent, upon a

Round Platter.

You be the judge of this hand painted plate.

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Spring Has Sprung In Australia.

 

 

It has been sometime since activity in our lovely little group here and so decided to share some Spring Pretties and hope that others will share their Fall or whatever Season they are in right now here too!

I took a photo of a Powton® Sapphire Dragon Tree Growing nearby and what a magnificent Tree it is. I am so impressed that I will now follow this tree through the seasons and watch it's progress over time.

Powton® Sapphire Dragon.

 

Of course I can not forget to mention the purple wisteria vines now out on show and attracting lots of bees. I think that they are so beautiful but understand how difficult they can be once established and in the ground for many years. I have a friend in Victoria whose whole pergola and small shed next to it was choked by this vine leaving him only one alternative and that was to remove it. What a shame but we do need to keep in mind where we plant strong vines and big trees like the Wisteria and the Powton Tree above.

 

 

Spring brings birds into the garden, where they nest and feed on all the wonderful spring inspired feasts to be found.

I have a pair of pink and grey gallahs nesting in the Washington palm in the garden. They are so guarded over their nest hidden in the old fronds of this huge palm. I am so entertained watching them either sitting together on the one small branch that protrudes from the palm or one sitting there and the other keeping watch in the gum tree nearby. They really do work together as a couple and it is so wonderful to watch them and hear their unique cries to each other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see they have really buried the nest right into this palm and they share it with many other smaller birds too, who are also nesting this time of the year.

I think I will have to call the palm the 'maternity hospital for native birds'.

The wall flowers have been stunning over winter and now they are gradually making lots of seed pods for replanting. I love these beautiful little flowers and hope to keep them going through summer if I can.

Well I hope you liked this  small taste of my Spring and hope that you share your season with us all soon too.

Cheers for Now..Milli09

Tapu Valley Coromandel

I think its ok to put this in the garden group, its winter here you see, & perhaps this is a little out side the square , perhaps in the wild garden section or the mountain garden , oh shucks hope you enjoy, ty, I was going through some of my Pics and one stood out real good to me, i took them about oh 5 years ago ,I find with pic's as the years roll by they seem to have more apeall,& you say to your self well that's nice , so thought i could share