Budding Protea

Queen Protea bud. Named for the Greek god, Proteus who was able to shift shape.
OK, here is the open flower… Amazing stuff!

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Queen Protea bud. Named for the Greek god, Proteus who was able to shift shape.
OK, here is the open flower… Amazing stuff!

Written by Titirangi Storyteller
26/12/2012 at 10:03 pm
Posted in Writing
Tagged with bud, buds, flowers, Photography, Proea, Project 365, Proteus, South Island, Titirangi Storyteller
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Thirteen used to be my lucky lucky number, ever since I was 7 and put a dime on the wheel at a church bazaar and it won - and I walked away with a cool $1.30 which was a considerable amount when you think a Nestlé's Crunch Bar cost five cents.
But I've got to rethink it... this year's been crap - troubles, illness, heartbreak... I'm half thinking those half-crazed Mayans might have been half right - though I don't half know about what.
Taking suggestions for sure-fire cures for angst, ennui, hospital stays, strict diets and other people. And any other good advice is always welcome.
Didn't get the palomino I was hoping for in 2012, definitely no Nestle's Crunch in 2013. What do I want from this year??? From the OTHER half of this year...
Titirangi Storyteller
These days it's all about the Photopo, but I also write fiction. You can find some of my short stories here.
One photo every day (well, almost every day) taken to a different dimension, funny, poignant, sad, hopefully clever... Observations about living in this world and pondering the possibilities of others. To view the archive, click here.
If I were an island, I should lay in wait until a kind bird came and sat upon me to keep me company. And if a shipwrecked sailor drifted upon my shore I would be in heaven.
Do you feel like an island? Or like a sailor? Maybe it depends on the day or the time of day or the island or the sailor. I'd rather be a bird. Would I rather sit on the island? Or on the sailor sitting on the island? And what of the water? Surely the water would want to have a say in all of this. The water would probably insist.
Appease the water, bird, island and sailor, dazzle it with trinkets and pretty words.
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Gorgeous!
Helen Cherry
27/12/2012 at 9:24 am
Thanks! Was such an amazing trip! Hard to believe I am home now!
Titirangi Storyteller
28/12/2012 at 11:52 am
Wow. That top shot looks like something in the spider family.
poietes
01/01/2013 at 8:30 am
He he… I love the little curly frond popping out on the left…
Happy New Year, Lita! Hope 13 is a lucky number.
Titirangi Storyteller
01/01/2013 at 8:32 am
Same to you. Here’s hoping the year the Mayans didn’t see is good for all of us.
poietes
01/01/2013 at 8:54 am