Month: August 2017

DP Photo Challenge: elemental

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Close up shot of rocks at Langs Beach, NZ with sea, sky and islands in the background. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Rocks at Langs Beach, Northland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Air, water, earth; the visible elements in my landscape. But the strongest force to shape Auckland and Northland is its largely unseen, but ever-present volcanoes — fire in its most extreme form.

Daily Post Photo Challenge | elemental

Regular Random: five minutes with a magnolia branch

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Close up shot of half-open white magnolia flower against out of focus background. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Magnolia flower. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

The magnolia tree in our garden has been slow to flower this year. For what seems like forever, tender buds have sat proudly upright, refusing to spread their velvety white petals.

Last week, a few flowers broke ranks, and by this morning it seems that many of the others have relented.

Given the brief moment of flowering, magnolias seem a perfect subject for this week’s #regularrandom.

Magnolia branch, with fully opened flower and buds. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
At the heart. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Stem of buds, and fallen blossom. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Single magnolia flower. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
The briefest of moments between bud and fallen petals. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Fallen bud. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
New bud on branch. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Single magnolia flower. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
The open flower. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Fallen bud. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Single magnolia bud. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Five Minutes of Random (the RegularRandom challenge), is hosted by Desley Jane at Musings of a Frequently Flying Scientist. 

 

A peaceful co-existence

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Close-up shot of garden snail moving across a grapefruit leaf. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Snail on grapefruit leaf. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Or perhaps traverses a leaf?

I picked our remaining grapefruit this morning, and found this little creature on a leaf. Not welcome near my vegetable garden, I found it a new home amongst the ferns and Pittosporum in the farthest corner of the yard.