Friday, June 3, 2011

Little Aussie




As we enter our winter, every splash of colour seems more vibrant and special. We have planted a few Australian native bushes in our yard for our enjoyment and also to encourage native birds and insects to come and visit. Today this little one was in bloom!

I'm enjoying sharing today at Alicia's "Crazy Days of Summer"
and also Macro Friday  and Your Sunday Best.

31 comments:

Cedar said...

What a fascinating flower and such a wonderful capture of it! I love the black background and beautiful pink! Gorgeous!

Joop Zand said...

It's wonderful..... lovely colors.

wish you a very nice weekend,

Greetings, Joop

Kristi {at} Live and Love...Out Loud said...

What a gorgeous flower! I don't think I've ever seen this before. Will it get any bigger?

Thanks so much for joining me and Alicia and playing along with the Crazy Days of Summer. Following you now via GFC. Have a great day! :)

Reena said...

Such a beautiful flower and great shot! We're just heading into our summer!

alicia said...

Oh my. That is gorgeous! Almost takes my breath away. Your music is lovely with it. Thanks for lnking up to our crazy days of summer, even if you are in a different season. Love it.

Unknown said...

This is just glorious - such colour! Your winter is like our summer! :)

Elena said...

What a gorgeous flower and I love that the background is black. You don't see this often. Great capture!

{Stephanie}The Drama Mama said...

I love the detail in this, the rich colors. What a gorgeous picture.

~ Noelle said...

what a neat looking flower!!!
thanks for sharing this !!!

Karen @ Pieces of Contentment said...

Thank you all for stopping by my little piece of the world, leaving lovely comments and welcoming words.

This flower won't grow much bigger. I caught it late morning with shadows behind it. I had to hold the stem with one hand (to stop it swaying in the breeze) and use the camera in my other hand.
:)

Scott said...

What a very cool looking flower. Great shot.

Susan said...

WOW...incredible shot!!!

Barbara Rosenzweig said...

This is fabulous! I've never seen anything like it!
Wonderful photo.
Have a great weekend,
Barb

Linda said...

marvelous macro!!!! Have a great weekend!

Barbara Rosenzweig said...

Thanks for visiting me, too!
Barb

Aramelle @ One Wheeler's World said...

Wow! What an interesting flower. I love this photo. :)

Rosie Gan said...

Just beautiful!I'm following your blog, hoping to get some contentment too.
Rosie

genie said...

WOW!!! The reds, yellows, and greens on the blossom against that black background is awesome. This is one fabulous shot. If I were a bug, I would be sitting right there...a gorgeous spot to take a little nap after all of that flying about. So glad that it is springtime here rather than winter.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful flower and beautiful shot!

bon bon said...

just gorgeous against that dark background! such a unique and exotic flower (to me anyway).
:o)

Debbie said...

gorgeous photo.....such an unusual flower!!!

Teresa said...

What a great shot! That is quite an interesting flower.

minor said...

Very intersting flower! Birds would enjoy your flowers.

Lou Belcher said...

Wonderful photo. So much light in it. I love it.

Lou

Nancy said...

This is just beautiful. I have never seen anything quite like it and your photo is marvelous.

Thank you so much for sharing with us at YSB! I'm glad to meet you and hope you will return next week. :)

Pat said...

A beautiful, unusual-looking flower! It really stands out against the dark background! Nice photography!

Karen @ Pieces of Contentment said...

Thank you everyone for taking time to leaving a comment.

If you are a "No-reply" blogger I can't thank personally, however if you have an email address visible on your blogger profile then I am able to reply directly to you.

Michelle said...

Wow...love this!

Miriam said...

This is so beautiful, what is it called? It looks fabulous on your black background. the music is pretty too, is it Einaudi?

Karen @ Pieces of Contentment said...

Thanks Michelle and Miriam.
Miriam I'm not sure of the name of this Australian native.
The music is "The Gift" by David Nevue.

Unknown said...

Gorgeous, I love the "design" of the flower against the black background.

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