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Post by Admin on Jun 16, 2005 23:16:11 GMT 10
Springtime is wonderful here in the mountains. This year we didn't get much of a spring. But I love springtime.
My favourite part of springtime is celebrating Easter.
What is your favourite part of spring.
Ah..daffs, tulips, crocus, hyacinth and buds on the trees..
Nice temps promise of summer..
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Post by ellise on Jun 18, 2005 10:22:45 GMT 10
All of it! I love the spring when you can see the heads of your plantings coming up, knowing they are about to produce some of the most fragrant smelling flowers around!
Cool weather, shildren laughing, Easter sunrise service, sitting on my porch swing drinking in all the beauty that surrounds me. I live in the mountains too Car and it is beautiful here during Spring and then again in September when the leaves begin to change
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 6, 2005 14:52:23 GMT 10
I am in the mountains too.
No Easter here I am afraid.
I am enjoying my daffs, they are later than other ones, and my tulips are getting there, they will be something different for us. No buds yet on the trees, only some on the roses. People not quite as high up have buds I'm sure.
As Beth said, the winter flowers are fading. I love the wattle I think, saw heaps in the native trees yesterday. It flowers along with a purple ground cover along the roadside called Happy Wanderer by the nurseries, years ago before that it was called sarsperella (Hardenbergia).
Last year I had a lovely time looking at the wildflowers along the road later on in the year when I made my weekly trip to ballet.
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 6, 2005 15:01:31 GMT 10
It is a purple coral pea and cascades down banks in the forest. davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/34520.html/The wattles are golden and have a lovely perfume, they are a great combination after the grey green the bush usually is. Usually there is spring water coming out of the banks as well. |
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Post by Admin on Sept 7, 2005 1:46:26 GMT 10
Those are lovely BR. What are wattles?
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 7, 2005 9:45:47 GMT 10
the-riotact.com/?p=990The ones around here are very pretty and puffy with nicer leaves, the parrots have been around here alot lately.
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Post by beth2 on Sept 13, 2005 11:22:21 GMT 10
I stopped today to take photos of daffodils with the blossoms of cherry trees in the background. Complication: The dafs and I were on one side of a very busy 4-lane road in the city, and the cherry trees were on the other. I got down low so that the dafs 'hid' the road, and then waited, waited, waited for there to be a pause in traffic. Got my shots!
Unfortunately my computer isn't talking to hubby's computer, so I can't get to the pics I took. Network is acting up for some reason. :-(
But...so much for spring...I have just surrendered. I came, I saw, I conquered? Nah. I came, I froze, I made fire.
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 13, 2005 16:18:44 GMT 10
Same here Beth. DD brought home a mixture of flowers that I was going to photograph today complete with some Australian things. One has wilted now.
Then I was going to take photos of the osmanthus in the backyard, I need more lessons on ds' camera.
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Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2005 23:32:26 GMT 10
Can't wait to see your pictures Beth. Be careful doing that in traffic...LOL. Dont' want to loose you.
Thanks for showing me what wattles is BR. I am learning so much.
I was just thinking today how much we can glean from others.
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Post by beth2 on Sept 14, 2005 7:32:43 GMT 10
LOL Carolyn - I weaved and I woved and I nearly strained a leg muscle getting over the high barrier that is supposed to keep people from weaving and woving. ;-) But, I got across the road in one piece, and so did the camera. I do love sharing pics, but we still can't get the *&#@%!%@ network to WORK. Alister's son Greg is coming down tonight or tomorrow, I hope, to have a look at it. I can't downsize the photos on my computer as I use Alister's Photoshop to do it, and I can't access any new photos I take as the camera cable is hooked up to his computer as well. So's the printer. Aaaaaaaaaargh. Here, though, is a link to a page I put up the other day - I took a walk in the Botanic Gardens and got some photos. I have another page going up of our own garden's flowers and another of the cats, but have to wait til I can edit photos. www.beth2nz.com/2005/2005botanic01.htmlBR - what sort of camera does hubby have? |
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 14, 2005 12:01:10 GMT 10
The digital camera belongs to ds17. He was given it my his Nana before his trip to China. There was a new chain store opening up and it was on special. He was in China in June and I hope to get some photos printed from camerahouse online soon and have them posted, if I can get the money together, dd has a big excursion to the city coming up. His camera is Kodak.
DH has two cameras, just normal ones, one I use, he bought them both in the States, so they are special. DH's camera is a Pentax, one with everything manual. We haven't used it since he bought the first one in the States, and I beleive the new digitals are getting nearly as good as his Pentax these days. The Pentax was a photographers type camera.
We use a program called irfanview atm, it seems good. Will have a look at your link now.
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 14, 2005 12:19:13 GMT 10
The photos of the gardens are so clear, they are beautiful.
I saw the tiki, "he" is a nice statue.
Beth you don't look obviously American, if that is you in the shelter shed thingo. I convinced myself that we are all the same, then my friend in MN sent me some photos and I have seen some others where the people do look American from an Australian's eyes, or me at least.
We look a bit similar actually.
Are your step-kids not much younger than you? My step-kids are 12, 14 and 18 years younger than me, so are quite grown up now.
I love jonquils too. I must point out that one of the plants in Beth's garden is a native of NZ, the NZ flax.
The landrover is something our NZ friend had while here and DH wanted one. We have a SUV now, it has been coming a longtime. He only just learned how to do the 4x4 part properly recently. I remembered the other day, I think my Grandpa had one for years and I had forgotten.
I pay for a website but have never used it. I hasn't been published (is that the word?) yet. DH can help but doesn't have much time, and I am putting it off. He has holidays now, still I need to get motivated.
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Post by violet on Sept 14, 2005 17:51:01 GMT 10
Wow Beth!! Some of the places you've visited are absolutely gorgeous, what scenery! I haven't been to NZ for 30 years and now want to go again! The close ups of the plants are fantastic too...I have to ask you - what sort of camera do you use? We have a particularly cheap (under $150) HP one we bought with about 3.2 megapixel resolution (if that's the correct term) and it's fine, but I find it hard to use. I wear glasses, multifocals, which could be part of the problem. Can't get new eyes, though, (too scared to have the operation anyway) so need a better camera!
Anyway thanks for posting that link, Beth, I love the way I can sit here and see the world!
Oops, and as for seasons, I LOVE springtime, followed by autumn, winter and then summer.
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Post by Admin on Sept 14, 2005 23:53:00 GMT 10
Beth,
What awesome photgraphs. It was nice to *see* you and Alister. You have visited some lovely places. Very breathtaking. Thanks for sharing them with us.
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Post by beth2 on Sept 15, 2005 6:51:11 GMT 10
BR - yep that is me in the shelter shed - I went to have a look and was actually surprised that there was no text on that page. I was sure I had finished that page with text! Now I need to look at the other pages and see if the error was mine or if there has been a meltdown somewhere! ;-)
I kinda know what you mean about 'looking American' because, when I came here, people looked 'different' to me. Different clothing styles and haircuts, yes, but also just the physical differences because of the ancestry, etc. Like, in America, I don't think I really 'met' people whose lines were mostly/all Irish or British or Dutch or whatever - everyone was pretty much a mix of things from several generations back, so there were no defining characteristics or 'looks'.
That said, put a Southern good old boy in nice clothes in a lineup with other fellas in nice clothes and you can still pick out the good old boy. ;-) They just seem to have this thing going on.
It took me a while to get used to the 'Britishness' of New Zealand and even to start finding the guys attractive at all. When I went back to the US for a visit last year, it was nice to be among people who were 'familiar' to me! ;-)
Thanks for looking at the site. It's way out of date - I totally tore it down a few months ago and started rebuilding it, and there are lots of pages not there that should be. Photo heavy so I need to check the storage size, too, and see how much more room I have!
The stepkids are 26 and 29 (Natalie and Greg); I am 37, so no, not a lot of difference there. Alister's quite a bit older than me, which is why he doesn't want to start another family, which I have to admit is understandable.
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