Lillian Frazer Garden

yesterday a few of us gathered there to learn something of the history of the garden and the woman.

none of us took a camera.... so today i went back to do a few photos.

Unfortunately i choose high noon, which made it hard for my poor olde camera, and has made
 too many shots too  light.It was a very very sunny day.
 sadly i am not clever enough to rearrange that bad lighting, so i will simply put the pics
 up as a memory to a lovely suburban garden, a pleasant day out
 and an interesting woman ...Lillian Frazer, whose garden is only a few blocks from mine
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seeing as i dont know the names of most of the plants....i have left them unnamed.!!

the shed at the entrance to the garden

 old man banksia tree

close up of the banksia trunk

a so called pom pom tree.....which obviously fascinates me!!

a lady working in the garden took me aside to show me this plant. she does not know its name.

she says it is rare in australia. it has a star shaped leaf and a star shaped flower.

chair at the entrance to the garden

garden entrance/exit 

soap from a few weeks ago..not a huge contribution to the soapmaking world but about all i could manage

this is a mix of two of Scent-works fragrances. It is pretty and feminime

this was the last of a bottle of fragrance and right now i  have not got a clue about its supposed name cause the bottle is gone.........except that it too is feminine despite being a blue for boys colour !!!

and right now with a blocked up nose and ears i cant smell it anyway to give myself a clue.

but pretty is a good descriptor

the ever popular Scent -works "Provence". 

This is a good men/women/everyone fragrance.

August Was

a trip back into time when i went to RPAH and saw a showcase with some WW2 memorabilia.

the nurses uniform is the exact one that was worn by the deputy matron when i was a student nurse.

she was known as the "grey nurse ". and she was.!!!!  (as in grey nurse shark... for those who dont live
 on coastal waters) i have often felt that her generation of nurses owed some of their attitudes to the tough times they no doubt experienced in the war.

the uniform that she maintained well into peace time sort of reinforces that thought

a couple of flowers as i watered the garden

me and my shadow

in the process of weeding the front drive yesterday a lot of ants were disturbed. I ran

 to get my camera and took a heap of bad pics.

the ants  were moving so fast i hadnt a hope.

very very tiny tiny ants that had no respect for macro zoom.

and here are a few equally fast moving friends.
you can tell i am bored if i take pics of ants i suppose !!!!!

blue and gold...i always did like

there is one heck of a lot of gold mica in these few soap bars but 

 a lot of it looks more plain yellow. there are a few veins of gold there so

i hope they show up in the photos.

i chose my boarding school as a teenager based on the school uniform 

of royal blue and golden yellow . loved the colours and hated the school!!

the soap is fragrances with Scent-works "Amazon Grapes" 

which is  beautiful soft and gentle feminine fragrance that i love

a short trip to Bondi Beach and lunch at Watsons Bay

surfers

assorted beach photos. the pine trees are really growing and

 are certainly making an impact on the view from some parts of the south end of the beach

 the usual boats hanging out at Watsons Bay

a very bad photo taken nearly directly into the sun . i was just sitting in the hotel grounds and took 

a random shot looking down the beach to include all the tinnies lined up. i didnt see the two adults together at the end of the beach or the child picking up shells til i put the pics on my computer.
it was soooooo bright i could see nothing in the viewfinder :-(
i wish i had noticed them and gotten a better shot of the little girl.

it is way too over exposed and way too much sun in it but it is evocative so i have included it.

there is a real glow on the tinnies  on the beach..... and that too spoils the shot