This month, since #TreeSquares is over I decided to post to Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD).  Like Becky B, Cee offers us the freedom to post every day or when we feel like it.  I made the mistake of classifying my trees as flowers for about half the month last month. So this month – no trees. (maybe) Cee’s FOTD challenge accepts gardens, leaves and berries as well as flowers.

As I swirled through my forested universe last month I came in touch again with my Australian trip. This month I’ll revisit only the flowers I photographed in Ballarat, Melbourne, Healesville Sanctuary and Queensland. Sometimes I might combine my post with another challenge I am doing, but I may just post one photo a day. I’ve never done that, so I’ll see how it goes.

August 5 Ballarat Botanical Gardens

LAPC #159 Post Cards

Hi Sweetie Pie, Wish you had come with me. We had a great day here in the Botanical Gardens today. A bit different than foggy Woodlake here. The temperatures are easily in the 90s. Carol and Mandy are smart to cover their arms in the intense Australian sun, but if I did they’d drip off me.

MMP

Submitted to Ana for LAPD #159 Postcards. I made this fun post card in Canva.

Ballarat Botanical Gardens Robert Clark Conservatory
Ballarat Botanical Gardens Robert Clark Conservatory
Ballarat Botanical Gardens Robert Clark Conservatory

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Have a happy day.

23 responses to “FOTD #5: Ballarat Kangaroos Hedge Their Bets on Red Begonias”

  1. Love your post, Marsha, thanks for sharing your postcards.

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  2. Loved your postcard Marsha – what a fun response to the challenge!

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    1. Thanks, Tina, it was a lot of fun to make.

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  3. What a lovely time you had, Marsha. I thought it was your lovely copperplate writing on the post card until I read you made it in Canva.

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    1. It was so cool. They had stamp frames. So you could fill in your own pictures.

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  4. It is so lovely to see you taking a trip down memory lane, Marsha. So lovely to hear you visited Victoria, Australia – my state. Ballarat isn’t too far from me and I remember visiting it a few years ago. I went to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and it is lovely to see it again through your lens. Lovely shot of the kangaroo hedges. Looked like a lovely sunny day too.

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    1. Thanks Mabel. I loved your state. My plan is Melbourne next. 🙂

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      1. When you get to visit, hope you enjoy your time here, Marsha 🙂

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        1. I did, Mabel. It was about 4 and a half years ago, but the pictures are a fun way to review and remember with traveling curtailed.

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  5. The most ostentatious topiary I ever saw was at Disney, Florida, Marsha. Who can fail to smile at topiary Pooh and Tigger? Hope life is treating you well, hon.

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    1. Is that Pooh and Tiger? Oh no!!! Thanks for the good thoughts.

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  6. Great take on, Marsha!

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  7. Ahhh. I thought the title was a secret coded message for the start of D-Day or something. Beautiful!

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    1. No secret code, John, LOL. I did get some pictures at a WWI Memorial in Melbourne. Ted poppies everywhere!

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  8. I love the topiary – that seems like it would require a lot of skill and patience.

    and did I miss FOTD 4?

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    1. Yes, and a lot of maintenance.

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      1. I forgot about the upkeep; I am sure it is significant…

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  9. What cool photos for today 😀 😀 Did the kangaroos hop around? LOL

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    1. They were too green to know how to do that.

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