Raindrop on manuka flower. Image: Su Leslie 2019
The first six months of 2019 were the driest on record in Auckland, and now August is looking like being the wettest — with rain on 19 of 23 days, and more to come.
I’ve stopped worrying about parched soil and the water level in our tank, but I think I might need some taller gumboots (wellies, rain boots, Regenstiefel, botas de lluvia; whatever they’re called in your part of the world).
And of course raindrops on flower petals are rather pretty.
Manuka flower. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Manuka flower. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Friday Flowers
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Yes, always look at the beauty….. In Switzerland it‘s the exact translation of gumboots: Gummistiefel….. 🙂
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I love the sound of that word. I might have to start using it.
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Yes, with all that, comes this beauty
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🙏
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That is a lot of rain. Glad you can see the positive!
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Thanks Amy: a full water tank, and pretty flower shots make up for a lot.
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That flower has to be small for a rain drop like that Su.
Leslie
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Yes: the flowers are smaller than most of my fingernails.
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🙂
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Thank you, Su, for presenting to us the Manuka flower! A very pretty flower indeed!
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Thank you 🙏
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That is a lot of rain… manuka flower is gorgeous!
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Thanks. 😀 At least rain means a full water tank, so there is an up-side.
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The images are beautiful. I had no idea manuka flowers were so tiny. And, let’s hope you see some sunshine soon.
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Thank you. It’s sunny here this morning, but I haven’t looked out my office window yet to see if there are clouds over the Waitakeres.
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Don’t look and they may stay away. 😀 😀
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Good thinking!! 😀
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Stunning Su, your macro photographs really are a treat.
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Thank you so much Wendy 🙏
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It having been so dry for so long sounds a lot like Germany these days… it troubles me to think about it for too long though. It was fun to read a German word in your post – and Spanish too! 😄 I’m not quite sure though most Spanish people in the south know what rain is. 😉 In Andalusia it rains for about 2 or 3 weeks throughout the year!
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I worry about drought too; and I live in one of the wetter parts of the country. Driving through some parts of NZ has become quite distressing. And yet, we continue to squander our water resources ☹️
I hadn’t really thought about how dry much of Spain is. When I think of Spanish as a language, it’s more as spoken in South and Central America.
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It’s the same here, people spare no thoughts about our water reservoirs getting lower and lower, and our forests to burn up. 😦
I think I tend to think more of Spain because it’s closer and where I’ve been to already. 🙂
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… and the language is called Spanish … so you’re being much more logical. 🙂
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That must be the first time someone ever called me logical! 😀
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😂😂
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Such wonders of nature!! ♥
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