Matilda and Emily decided to go for a wander outside. It was cold, but the rain had stopped. They were nicely rugged up, but needed something for their feet so they didn't get them wet. (Shopping list still has gumboots on it).
Next best thing, plastic bags and rubber bands.
Lets go this way
No lets go this way
They had decided to hunt for Green and Gold, Australia's adopted colours.
Found some green
Found some gold, can we go inside now?
No Catherine, we want to play some more
Most native trees in Australia are nondeciduous, meaning they don't have an annual shedding of leaves (as in a winter dump) in our backyard this is the case, so everything is green (unless it is dying) even in winter. Don't get me wrong, the leaves still fall, but whenever the tree feels like it, and usually on my roof and gutters (or during fierce high winds).
Some people have planted non natives, and they still follow the annual cycle of the annual colour show and dump. There's a very pretty red across the road at the moment.
It is this time of year that our yard is full of green and gold
Coastal Wattle, our local native Australian plant, I believe is the inspiration for the Green and Gold.
Banksia flowers
Something tasty for our Scaley Breasted Lorikeet (he is usually a brilliant green with gold and red flecks on his chest - that look like scales, he's just gone a bit grey) Hey Buddy. His name is Flotsam.
The Banksia flowers still in tree, and the seed pods (inspiration for May Gibbs and her Gumnut Babies, the Bad Banksia Men)
lots of wattle
I think this is a local grevillea, in pink
I thought this was a wattle, but I'm not sure which one, it is more of a bush/shrub, than a tree, and the leaves are very small and spikey
more wattle
holes, bandicoots digging for roots
wattle
Lilly Pilly berries
What'll they do next?
Green and Gold at the shop - chippies
Pansy
swing and slippery dip
garden hose
pinks
white
yellow
red
what are you looking at?
A very colourful afternoon
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