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WHIRLIGIG
Osteospermum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower/daisy family Asteraceae. The common name is African daisy or Cape daisy.Osteospermum...
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BY THE POND
This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme,and also part of the Friday Photo Journal meme,and also part of the Weekend Reflections meme.
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BLUE LITHODORA
Lithodora diffusa‘Grace Ward’ (also called blue lithospermum, USDA Zone: 5-9) in the Boraginaceae family is a choice ground-cover or rock garden plant, making an unforgettable display when grown well....
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LOURDES, FRANCE
Lourdes (Lorda in Occitan) is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in south-western France. Prior to the...
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ORCHESTRA
An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as the violin, viola, cello, and...
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ROSE
The Sparrieshoop rose was bred by Reimer Kordes (Germany, 1953). It is a shrub rose producing many light pink blooms with a strong fragrance. The flowers are single with five petals, have long pointed...
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GOOD FRIDAY
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WILLIE WAGTAIL
The Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) is a passerine bird native to Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, and eastern Indonesia. It is a common and familiar bird...
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YARRA RIVER
The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, (Aboriginal: Birrarung, and Wongete) is a perennial river in east-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river are where the...
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DANDELION
This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,and also part of the Through my Lens meme,and also part of the Seasons meme,and also part of the Macro Monday meme.
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SYDNEY BY NIGHT
Sydney Harbour is beautiful by day, but at night, all lit up, it takes on a special pizzazz!This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme,and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,and also part of the...
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PATH IN THE PARK
Yarra Bend Park has been one of Melbourne’s largest expanses of inner suburban parkland for nearly 150 years. Yarra Bend Park and neighbouring Studley Park were reserved in 1877. Both park areas and...
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BLUE SAGE
Salvia patens'Blue Angel' is a striking garden plant in the Lamiaceae family, with delightful blue flowers. Since the 1838 discovery of this herbaceous species from Central Mexico, Salvia patens has...
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SKYSCRAPER
Skyscrapers in Melbourne City.This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme,and also part of the Friday Photo Journal meme.
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HAPPY GREEK EASTER!
Many Orthodox Christians in Australia celebrate Easter (Pascha) according to the Easter date in the Julian calendar, usually later than the Western Church Easter, which is calculated according to the...
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A SMALL WORLD
View from my window through a small crystal ball. Note the photo is rotated 180˚ as the image through the glass is normally seen upside down.This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme,and also part...
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BLUE RAIN
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POROS, GREECE
Poros (Greek: Πόρος) is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, about 58 km (31 nautical miles) south from Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a 200 m wide sea...
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QUARTZ
Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical...
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CAMPANULA
Campanula is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes both its common and its scientific name from its bell-shaped flowers —campanula is Latin for...
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