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Queen Mum Agapanthus
January, 2019.
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Floral Friday
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Nature
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A four leaf clover is said to be lucky
However, it has been a long time since
I have seen any clover in out backyard.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Lucky
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Cloudy
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We have had very cloudy skies
for nearly a week now. 
Not conducive to generating solar power.
However, we can overlook that for the time being
as the dust bowl that was our back yard
is no longer dusty.
Hallelujah!
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Word of the Day Challenge: Cloudy
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Hamilton (NZ) Enclosed Gardens.
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The Chinese Scholar’s Garden.
Today I have a flower…
…which I can name.
I really was not expecting to see so many,
or any, rhododendrons in New Zealand.
Then again visits to gardens were not
on the agenda when we left home.
And that is the beauty of not being
part of a tour group.
Hamilton Enclosed Gardens,
New Zealand
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Due to my shocking colour sense I am not
going to focus on colour wheels rather on how well
the earthy tones of some of South Africa’s
flora and fauna harmonise.
I may be stretching the definition of harmonising
however I was surprised at how
such large (and small) animals
could ‘lose’ themselves in this environment.
For the record there is
three giraffes here.
Our first and only pride of lions.
The pride which camps on the road
until tourists hear about them.
If you were thinking of capturing the lioness
in the foreground you would also need
to contend with four others in this shot
and the male sitting on the
other side of the road.
From the large to the small.
I am calling this a Quail of sorts.
Goggle was unhelpful.
Fairly well camouflaged to my eyes.
A better image also from
South Africa’s
Kruger National Park.
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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti: Harmony
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Leya: Harmony
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Amy: Harmony
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Tina: Harmony
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Hamilton (NZ) Enclosed Gardens.
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The Chinese Scholar’s Garden.
Again not many flowers.
And those I could find, are again, nameless
Hamilton Enclosed Gardens,
New Zealand
