Image: Su Leslie
April in Jude’s Life in Colour project is all about purple, and what’s not to love about a purple hydrangea?
As is becoming my habit, I’m taking inspiration from Tracy (at Reflections of an Untidy Mind), and bringing you some music too.
This is an intensely personal song written and performed by a beautiful young friend; a woman I’ve watched grow from infancy.
#fridayflowers
#nzmusicmonth
Image: Su Leslie
As is becoming my habit, I’m taking inspiration from Tracy (at Reflections of an Untidy Mind), and bringing you some music with my Friday Flowers.
Friday Flowers
Image: Su Leslie
With apologies to The Rolling Stones.
Once again, I’m taking inspiration from Tracy (at Reflections of an Untidy Mind), and bringing you some music with my Friday Flowers.
Image: Su Leslie 2021
I’m feeling a bit fragile today. A gastro bug late last week meant I spent the weekend doing not very much of anything. Well, except enjoy a few chrysanthemum stems I rescued from the rain and brought inside.
Clematis montana. Image: Su Leslie
Being efficient today, I’m bringing you two-for-one. Jude’s monthly Life in Colour project is all about pink this month. A perfect excuse for a pink-themed Friday Flowers post.
Hydrangea. Image: Su Leslie
Moth plant, Araujia sericifera. Image: Su Leslie
Hibiscus. Image: Su Leslie
Once again, I’m taking inspiration from Tracy (at Reflections of an Untidy Mind), and bringing you some music as well.
I love this lock-down version of Don’t Dream it’s Over with the new Crowded House line-up — and not just for bassist Nick Seymour in his pyjamas.
Pineapple sage flower. Image: Su Leslie
Today I’m taking inspiration again from Tracy (at Reflections of an Untidy Mind), and am bringing you some music with my regular Friday Flowers.
I’ve always loved Michael Stipe’s music, and this song — written a year ago — is no exception.
Image: Su Leslie 2021
For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.
Douglas Adams
Well, that pretty well sums up my month.
Ok, so that’s not quite true. It’s more that my days seem to contain fewer moments I want to photograph. That’s partly about the rhythm of my life, and partly that I’m increasingly focused on photography as an expression of creativity, rather than a place-holder for memory.
In other words, I still want to record the fact that my scarlet runner beans are growing, but damn it, I want the shot to look pretty!
New shoots; scarlet runner beans. Image: Su Leslie 2021
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
So perhaps my month has been less a Douglas Adam’s quote than a Robert Louis Stevenson one.
Almost literally.
With the temperatures dropping a little and a bit more moisture in the air, I’ve been spending more time in the garden, and it seems to be springing back to life (ironic, given that it’s autumn here).
Flower buds are appearing; beans are offering us a second crop; figs and feijoas are ripening — and we have so many chillies I’m in serious need of some new recipes (or more freezer space).
Poblano chilli. Image: Su Leslie 2021
Scarlet runner beans. Image: Su Leslie 2021
Feijoas. Image: Su Leslie 2021
Feijoas. Image: Su Leslie 2021
Fig. Image: Su Leslie 2021
Just picked. Image; Su Leslie 2021
Chrysanthemum buds. Image: Su Leslie 2021
Hibiscus. Image: Su Leslie 2021
Cosmos bud. Image: Su Leslie 2021
Chrysanthemum buds. Image: Su Leslie 2021
The Changing Seasons is a monthly project where bloggers around the world share their thoughts and feelings about the month just gone. We all approach this slightly differently — though generally with an emphasis on the photos we’ve taken during the month.
For many of us, looking back over these photos provides the structure and narrative of our post, so each month is different.
Others focus on documenting the changes in a particular project — such as a garden, an art or craft project, or a photographic diary of a familiar landscape.
But in the end, it is your changing season, and you should approach it however works for you.
There are no fixed rules around post length or photo number — just a request that you respect your readers’ time and engagement. (1)
Tag your photos with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons so that others can find them
Create a ping-back to this post, so that I can update it with links to all of yours.
Tracy at Reflections of an Untidy Mind
Ju-Lyn from Touring my Backyard
Pauline at Living in Paradise
Tish from Writer on the Edge
Margaret at Pyrenees to Pennines
Marilyn from Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth
Natalie at Little Pieces of Me
Brian at Bushboy’s World
Joanne at Following a Bold Plan
Suzanne from Life at No. 22
Image: Su Leslie
Today I’m taking inspiration again from Tracy (at Reflections of an Untidy Mind), and am bringing you some music with my regular Friday Flowers.
This cover of the Cranberries Dreams was recorded last year “to raise funds and awareness for Safe Ireland, an organisation that provides support for women and children who are experiencing domestic violence and abuse.”
Image: Su Leslie
Today I’m taking inspiration from Tracy (at Reflections of an Untidy Mind), and am bringing you some music with my regular Friday Flowers.
Gaelyn Lea is an incredibly talented American musician and advocate for disability rights. Someday We’ll Linger in the Sun is beautiful and haunting. Her words feel absolutely right for this time.
Don’t tell me we’ve got time
The subtle thief of life
It slips away when we pay no mind
— Gaelyn Lea, Someday We’ll Linger in the Sun
“Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.”
Luther Burbank
Wishing you all a safe and peaceful weekend.
