Saturday 5 October 2013

Spring 2013

We've had an amazing beautiful spring in Australia this year. My magnolia stick bloomed for the first time! Two flowers, that counts as blooms, right?

It's barely grown since I planted it, but this gives me hope


One year I'll be able to look out my kitchen window and see something like this....


Robertson Park was a vertiable sea of blossoms this year.




These photos were a few weeks ago now. The best of the blossoms have sadly now gone, although this week my irises are out, and I saw lots of wisteria in bloom on my walk today. 

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20 comments:

  1. Brona5 October 2013 at 21:22

    I do miss spring blossoms now that I'm in Sydney.
    Robertson Park looks amazing this year (that's the one in the CBD near the railway crossing?)

    The magnolia's were also amazing in Sydney. The wind held off so we could enjoy the blooms for more than one day :-)

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  2. Sheila (Bookjourney)5 October 2013 at 23:26

    That last picture is magical!

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  3. Jeanie5 October 2013 at 23:41

    I love seeing spring in your land as we approach fall in ours! While you are posting magnolias, I am posting the beauty of early autumn on Marmelade Gypsy, and that makes me smile.

    Clearly, your magnolia is off to a good stars and I bet before you know it, it will look much like the others in your pot!

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  4. Anonymous6 October 2013 at 00:03

    Amazing photo! Love the prolific pink. Don't think we have magnolias here in Alberta. While you're having spring, we're into fall and soon, winter.

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  5. Laurel-Rain Snow6 October 2013 at 00:34

    At this time of year (for us), I do enjoy seeing what the opposite season looks like. Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.

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  6. grammajudyb6 October 2013 at 01:16

    Thanks for your pretty flower photos. We had an unusually early snow storm yesterday. Flower here are done!!

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  7. Anne@HeadFullofBooks6 October 2013 at 01:54

    How long ago did you plant your magnolia stick? I tried a magnolia tree in my yard and it couldn't take all the water that our winters give out. Lovely spring pics. Anne@My Head is Full of Books

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  8. Peggy Ann6 October 2013 at 03:16

    So pretty! and the leaves are changing here!

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  9. Elizabeth6 October 2013 at 04:50

    No other words to describe these photos except GORGEOUS.

    THANK YOU.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Saturday Snapshot

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  10. Irene6 October 2013 at 06:49

    Lovely.

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  11. Unknown6 October 2013 at 07:39

    Louise, Magnolias take a long time to grow from their stick form to their round, tall, stately dark green with pink blossoms state. You will just have to imagine it.

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  12. bermudaonion6 October 2013 at 07:47

    Two blooms definitely count!

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  13. Vicki6 October 2013 at 08:04

    I like the first three, but the last three photos are absolutely beautiful!!

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  14. Ginx Craft6 October 2013 at 09:08

    How lovely to see your signs of spring, when we are in the midst of autumn.

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  15. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz6 October 2013 at 11:57

    I have a magnolia (a tree, we call it) in my yard! Mine is white and the blooms are enormous and fragrant and abundant.

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  16. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz6 October 2013 at 11:57

    BTW, I hope you can join in the readathon, Louise! It looks like it will start for you in Australia somewhere around 10 pm or 11 pm on Saturday, October 12. Here's a link for the start times around the world.

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  17. Stacy at The Novel Life6 October 2013 at 12:20

    i don't know that i've seen a pink magnolia ~ so gorgeous! are they fragrant as well as the white ones? The white ones are everywhere in the south in the U.S.

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  18. Lady In Read6 October 2013 at 18:48

    beautiful.. i have to wait till late March to see those wonderful blossoms here ...

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  19. Leslie (Under My Apple Tree)7 October 2013 at 04:21

    Lovely! I hope it grows up quickly so you can enjoy the blooms.

    I had a Pink Magnolia for 25 years. They don't last too much longer where I live because of our cold winters. I do miss seeing the flowers but I've replaced it with a much more climate appropriate Serviceberry.

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  20. westmetromommy12 October 2013 at 10:13

    Great pictures! I love the cherry blossoms!

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