Art of Trees and Plants

“You know why trees smell the way they do?” Murphy asked, looking up from her hammering. “Sap?” Logan guessed. “Chlorophyll?” Murphy shook her head. “Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell a hundred years’ worth of light. Ancient starlight that took millions of years to reach earth. That’s why trees smell so beautiful and old.” ~ By Frances O’Roark Dowell in 'Where I’d like to be'

Friday, 31 October 2014

tiny white flowers...

plants near the entrance to the Dromana Hub shopping centre...

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Thursday, 30 October 2014

in a world of greens...

so many greens at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Wednesday, 29 October 2014

a posy of gold...

a posy of gold at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Tuesday, 28 October 2014

delicate but strong...

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Monday, 27 October 2014

with a touch of sunburst...

flower at Ashcombe Maze and Lavender Garden, Shoreham...

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Sunday, 26 October 2014

softly pink...

palest pink at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Saturday, 25 October 2014

tall and green...

lovely spring greens on parade at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Friday, 24 October 2014

a spray of mauve...

spring flowering at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Thursday, 23 October 2014

in a pot...

plant feature at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

garden walkway...

garden walkway at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Tuesday, 21 October 2014

new leaves...

new leaves emerging on a tree at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Monday, 20 October 2014

view of trees...

view of trees at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Sunday, 19 October 2014

sweet orange...

spring flowers at Ashcombe Maze and Lavender Garden, Shoreham...

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Saturday, 18 October 2014

many plants...

view of the Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham, garden...

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Friday, 17 October 2014

in the scented garden...

plant at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Thursday, 16 October 2014

a view of trees...

view of trees and plants at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...

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Wednesday, 15 October 2014

whispering line of trees...

line of trees on a property at Red Hill...

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Tuesday, 14 October 2014

boxed colour...

colourful planter in Swanston Street, Melbourne...

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Monday, 13 October 2014

Point Nepean trees...

trees at Point Nepean on the southern tip of the Mornington Peninsula...

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Sunday, 12 October 2014

white and wild...

plant growing at Point Nepean on the southern tip of the Mornington Peninsula...

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Saturday, 11 October 2014

low growing plants...

low growing plants border the narrow road at Point Nepean,
on the southern tip of the Mornington Peninsula...

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Friday, 10 October 2014

precarious...

plants growing precariously at old Point Nepean on the southern tip of the Mornington Peninsula...

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Thursday, 9 October 2014

looks spikey...

plant by the Dromana foreshore walkway...

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Wednesday, 8 October 2014

waiting for a friendly wind...

plant by the Dromana foreshore walkway...

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Tuesday, 7 October 2014

tall and grassy...

plant by the foreshore walkway at Dromana beach...

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Monday, 6 October 2014

carpark plants...

plants near the Dromana pier carpark...

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Sunday, 5 October 2014

palms...

palms at Cranbourne Botanical Gardens...

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Saturday, 4 October 2014

framed in spring leaves...

Seawinds pond feature framed in spring leaves...

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Friday, 3 October 2014

fallen pine cones...

pine cones at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat...

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Thursday, 2 October 2014

making a bold statement...

flower at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat...

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Wednesday, 1 October 2014

whites of spring...

a view of the gardens at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...

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Trees are Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening Heaven.

Rabindranath Tagore

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?

E. M. Forster

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.

A. A. Milne

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Henri Matisse

I want to learn from the TREES.
I want to nourish my roots. Nourish the deepest, most essential parts of myself.
Spiritually, emotionally and physically.
I want to go out on some limbs.
I want to bloom where I'm planted.
I want to weather the seasons.
I want to provide a nesting place for those I love.
I want to bend without breaking.
I want to learn from the TREES.

- Adrienne - My Memory Art

A Thought or Two...

Wildflowers are the visual spirit of freedom.

- Gemma Wiseman

Gardening involves labour and a liberal dose of luck, dependent on the mood swings of Nature's precocious weather child.
The health of the spirit depends on the weather child within...
Until some kind of Armageddon, when our precious scaffolding melts and natural senses cave! Like a dark haunting of ...maybe!
It's all about the passing of time, with lots of colour along the way.
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may the wings of peace..........dona nobis pacem - For many years now I have been involved in Blog for Peace... It is a story that must never end... (And read Mimi's wonderful celebration of being who she i...
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Fur and Wings

breeding time... - wetlands breeding time in the Coolart wetlands, Somers...
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Black and White Songlines

early morning spaces... - walkway by Safety Beach...
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Watery Songlines

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Macro Songlines

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