tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post7862411806813904819..comments2023-11-13T02:00:52.653+11:00Comments on life's free treats: How could I be so blind??meggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-76902880848566373572007-11-12T02:04:00.000+11:002007-11-12T02:04:00.000+11:00Those flowers look like fibre-optics. Love the lit...Those flowers look like fibre-optics. Love the little NZ flower fairies!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-30657116656114251132007-11-11T14:35:00.000+11:002007-11-11T14:35:00.000+11:00I love the unusual (to me) flora and fauna you hav...I love the unusual (to me) flora and fauna you have down there.<BR/>The shrub you show reminds me of 'bottlebrush', which I have seen growing in Portugal, I wonder if it is the same family?<BR/>Interesting story about the hotel being used as a morgue. Very spooky, but handy for a medicinal brandy if one needed it!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731396546695910306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-28288560973813294452007-11-11T12:48:00.000+11:002007-11-11T12:48:00.000+11:00I really love those trees.And am going to look up ...I really love those trees.<BR/><BR/>And am going to look up Hutu and Kawa for Margot - as she would love them.<BR/><BR/>We have Snugglepot and Cuddlepie too of course.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-90110783303979635382007-11-11T11:21:00.000+11:002007-11-11T11:21:00.000+11:00Hi All, Thank you for your comments & interest.I s...Hi All, Thank you for your comments & interest.<BR/>I suspect you are right Tanya, about the lense flare thing. It has never happened before, but I got the feeling as I took it that something did not look quite right.<BR/>The Gumnut Babies were written by May Gibbs in Australia. She wrote some wonderful characters. Her illustrations were just magic. <BR/><BR/>I was not aware who had written of Hutu & Kawa, who of course are New Zealand characters, until I looked on the Web. I do remember the books from when I was a child.<BR/><BR/>I have blogged a little about the ghosts at the Hotel.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-78881414124781499212007-11-11T11:07:00.000+11:002007-11-11T11:07:00.000+11:00How interesting - I wonder why the tree decided to...How interesting - I wonder why the tree decided to bloom this year and not during the previous years? Do you have hummingbirds there? I daresay nectar sippers or pollen munchers would find these attractive. <BR/><BR/>Now I want to look up both Hutu & Kawa and the Gumnut Babies. I'm not familiar with either of these, but the illustration you have here is charming.<BR/><BR/>The yellow and pink on the cloud make me wonder if you had a bit of a lens flare thing happening. This isn't unusual when people shoot into the sun, or close to it. If I look at the zoomed image, I see some unusual colors in the lower left hand and lower middle as well.Tanya Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919250829858831002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-76522116061185574902007-11-11T08:44:00.000+11:002007-11-11T08:44:00.000+11:00Great photos - New Zealand Xmas bushes bloom down ...Great photos - New Zealand Xmas bushes bloom down here in South Oz around this time each year.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17288635333245893039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-79802439697340119452007-11-11T07:27:00.000+11:002007-11-11T07:27:00.000+11:00Hi meggie, I have lots of that meterosideros and I...Hi meggie, <BR/>I have lots of that meterosideros and I am happy to say it flowers madly every summer. It is called New Zealand Christmas Bush. At sculpture by the sea in Bondi there is a sculture which actually immerses a tree within the sculpture, and its the most wonderful NZ christmas bush. Because of all the rain, it is startlingly fulsome and green and magnificent. I love these trees. They are heroicfifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-10339425560109526502007-11-11T04:13:00.000+11:002007-11-11T04:13:00.000+11:00Beautiful.I love reading about Australia. I used t...Beautiful.<BR/>I love reading about Australia. I used to be a wool-spinner and dreamed about visiting your country.<BR/>Your mention of the Melbourne Cup on your November 6 posting sent me back to reading one of my favorite books, <I>In the Frame</I> by Dick Francis. I was good to vist again.Christine Threshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472999420963274439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-59555303948674057122007-11-11T03:40:00.000+11:002007-11-11T03:40:00.000+11:00Your flowers on that tree are not like anything I ...Your flowers on that tree are not like anything I have ever seen. So pretty, as was the cloud picture. <BR/><BR/>Yes, your first book must be about ghosts!!ancient onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996555276368371467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-31656203276987787112007-11-11T02:00:00.000+11:002007-11-11T02:00:00.000+11:00It looks like you captured a rainbow! Whether it'...It looks like you captured a rainbow! Whether it's in the camera or up in the sky that's a great picture. :)Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-88502033219980827562007-11-11T01:41:00.000+11:002007-11-11T01:41:00.000+11:00Interesting post , Meggie! Love the exotic flower...Interesting post , Meggie! Love the exotic flowers, expecially ahwn blown up for a closer look.<BR/>I'm fascinated by the morgue/tavern, and your experiences there. Were your children nervous or did they take it all in stride? <BR/>A story set there, or an article about your experiences there could be a spine tingling read:)Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10363689622473649154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-46193155278552097032007-11-10T23:51:00.000+11:002007-11-10T23:51:00.000+11:00I love ghost stories!I love ghost stories!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325465720003721471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-20075981953156926342007-11-10T22:50:00.000+11:002007-11-10T22:50:00.000+11:00Curious indeed!Could it have been the sun behind t...Curious indeed!<BR/><BR/>Could it have been the sun behind the cloud? (so speaks the great sceptic, sorry)<BR/><BR/>PS fantastic grammar too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-63399121439100381582007-11-10T22:05:00.000+11:002007-11-10T22:05:00.000+11:00That is a beautiful flower!I love ghost stories. I...That is a beautiful flower!<BR/><BR/>I love ghost stories. I wish I had some of my own!Aunty Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433383999833031264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-33616848926275067652007-11-10T20:28:00.000+11:002007-11-10T20:28:00.000+11:00I don't remember the Adventures of Hutu and Kawa b...I don't remember the Adventures of Hutu and Kawa but the illustrations are so cute. Do you thing the colder weather made the pohutukawa blossom? Great post.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071169702272418462noreply@blogger.com