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Happiness as Anarchy #250: Big Bad Banksia Men

2020-01-28T23:08:19+11:00January 28th, 2020|Uncategorized|

Banksia plants are terribly interesting, from the dark green of their upper leaves, to the soft pale green of the underside, their knobbly trunks and intricate, large flowers. For such a spiky looking tree, the inner part of the flower stalk is remarkably soft like velvet. I spotted a coastal banksia recently with curious lumps

Happiness as Anarchy #179: Orange flowers

2019-11-17T23:02:29+11:00November 17th, 2019|Uncategorized|

These bright orange flowers going crazy in my veggie patch make me happy every time I look our the back windows. They seem to like the dreary weather. Perhaps they know that look even more bright and colourful when skies are grey. I think it is calendula, which has the added bonus of being edible.

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