Autumn Equinox...goodbye Summer..weep weep

As I say goodbye to Summer..these are some of my pictorial recollections of Summer 2006...somewhat disjointed ..but heck they are supposed to be


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Hawthorn Bush....CRATAEGUS Sp

Just some pics I took of the Hawthorn Bushes in full fruit.
Most are along fence lines of farms and properties
The small haw berries are medicinal and make jam..I made some...still alive
Apparently the medicinal properties relate to cardiac disorders of nervous origin?
They contain triterpenic acids and flavinoids
In China they are sold as dried berries
But anyhow they are abundant now and BRILLIANT RED..like little crab apples

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Wattles and my AudioBlog

PANCAKES ..YUMMY!

Recipe for Golden Wattle Pancakes (B Larkins Lake Tyers Beach Vic)

Beat 2 egg yolks and one ounce of melted butter (sorry for the imperial)
Add 1/2 cup of milk
Add 1/2 cup of flour
Add 2 cups of Golden Wattle Blooms - stems removed (the larger pom poms are best but any wattle will do)
MIX well and lastly fold in stiffly beaten egg whites
Drop spoonfuls into a buttered pan and fry like pancakes
They have a nutty flavour

Check out my Slidestory photo and Audio Blog..yeah thats what I sound like :(

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Gorillaz morph 2 Madonna....Feel Good Inc/ Hung Up

I am an unabashed fan of ALL Gorillaz Music
and adore the energy and musicality of Madonna
......To have the two of them at the Grammys
was an auditory and visual overload...
Feel Good /Hung Up... ENJOY

Dont bite the foot that scratches you?...huh?

Possession is 9/10ths of the law they say...

Is he Ken or Barbie BOY?

Some guys will get so adventurous when left alone with
a Camcorder...NOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCE

Da Crazy Kitties or Flyin Furballs

Hey All
Please check out cat antics....point here..CATS DONT LIKE SURPRISES
otherwise their springs are triggered

Nice Neighbours..or Neighbours from below?!!

Since its chrissie again felt like a revisit to the mania that has made Yule an amateur
theatre production orgasmo
Ya gotta love the tune WIZARDS IN WINTER by Trans Siberian Orchestra..catchy
Thanks to ZOOMSHARE

I know its a rehash ..BUT I LOVE IT

Pink SIRIS or Silk Tree

AS we head into depth of Summer, we are starting to see
some of the more exotic plants florish
ONE in particular is the mimosa like ALBEZIA julibrissin..with its
pink cotton top florets...I refer to it as SILK TREE.
Whilst others have their mauve blue JACARANDA or the
pink panicle of the CAPE CHESNUT tree...I celebrate each dusk with the silk tree closing down its leaflets like the mimosa plant..and each morning awaking to a pink flourish as sunlight catches the flower stamens of the Albezia
these are my 3 favourite summer flowering trees

Delicious Cherries(y)

At Last.....I get to eat my first cherry from my new tree
This is the one that had a close pruning from my young
nephews last year
Still the taste was marvellicious ....now where can I get a
chocolate mousse tree to go with it

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JKkkkkkkkkkkkkkDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Last night I glorified in the FUNKADELIA of JAMIROQUAI
I went off my little tree when they tore into "SPACE
COWBOY"

That man is just so soulfully funky...and the set was as tight as ..
JK was the conductor and kept the tempo revving..you could see him tweaking all the time

Pure MAGIC
2 HRS of Blissful Surrender to Joyous Thumpin Funky R&B

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Loreena McKennitt is a Soul Mistress

Several years ago LMcK came to OZ
I was so fortunate to attend this event that has stirred in my soul for evermore.
It wasthe most melodic and bounteous experience I had ever had musically.
I was captivated by her lillting lyric and by the structure of her performed music.
It was a percussive honeycomb cast like a webbed toffee over all of us but me particularly

My favorite words are LMcK "Dante's Prayer"

Cactus Flower

It is hard to believe that this spiny succulent can appear so restrained all year and then produce such a magnificent crimson red flower clustered with many long stamen ..and then within 24 hrs loose this beauteous floral fruit and return to its somewhat restrained quiessence

Craggles..thanks Dad (dec) for this wonderful plant

Cooooooo...L

Gwen sings so melodically it makes you feel mellow

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'Cool' by Gwen Stefani

Nasturtiums..COLORFUL AND HOT

I ate these with my salad...they are hot , peppery little critters
And dont ya love the little fingerlettes that entice all bugs to the
stamen...I think this is a Orange Gleam TROPAEOLUM

Hippy hippy Hippeastrum....aaaaah(sighs)

I have been hanging out waiting for my hippeastrum lillies to deliver their blooms.
Ever since my grandfather gave me a bare bulb of one at Xmas one year, I have delighted in their
beauty.
Half buried bulbs develope in late spring and what follows is truly wondrous

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Mare and Foal in Lush pasture

A new filly foal was born last week.
Sandra 's chestnut mare produced a wee palamino filly ..beautiful isn't she

All that clover and mums milk so rich with colostrum..

AAAAhhh Nature is Tres Magnifique

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Pears but only one

I am always sad when my Pear Tree finishes it Spring Blossom flush..
I love the smell of its perfume..but better still to come is the delicious
fruit

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A plethora of Daisies

Daisy in all types..single, chains,dogs, nicknames
None as pulchritudinous as what is in the garden NOW

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To everything turn, turn ,turn...

To everything TURN TURN TURN
there is a season TURN TURN TURN
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, A time to die
A time to plant , A time to reap

......
Atime for peace I swear it's not too late

[Pete Seeger]

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