Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
~Robert Brault~
That was the basic theme of my day, aside from some ackward and rather heavy lifting around the house trying to create order without simply chucking stuff in the trash.
I spent a good deal of time outside and while I don't seem to have much of a garden in the wide shot I'm finding all sorts of things to marvel at up close. Today I made myself tiny. I became my camera and entered a microcosm inside my front yard.
This continued into my walk. Mostly pictures, not a lot of ID'ing stuff either because for many I just don't know.
Right outside the front door...
A few more meters, I'm on the sidewalk now. African daisies, Dimorphotheca sinuata or Dimorphotheca aurantiaca.
Baby Snapdragon (Linaria maroccana), right next to the daisies.
Oleander about a block into the walk.
From a distance you may have thought this rose was old and tired. Come in close, it's alive.
A tiny flower on some hedges.
Ever make a wish on a dandelion?
The dried up spent fruit of the sweetgum tree. Last February I rolled my left foot on one of these and went for a tumble, fortunately sans camera.
No ID.
No ID #2.
This is a fruit tree on campus. I don't recall actually seeing the fruit though. Maybe a plum?
Yesterday I mentioned the scarlet bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius) was blooming, here's a photo.
I also mentioned another hummingbird favorite, Grevillea olivacea.
This young egret is a contrast to the little things above but is quite diminutive compared to the egret I usually saw back in October-December, seen here and here and in other posts too. Perhaps an offspring?
Australian Native Wattle Tree.
No ID #3 or is it 4?
Some sage. Maybe a variety of Salvia clevelandii. I don't know, mine all died.
The 1st image here was ID'd last year as Aloe striata "Coral Aloe." I'll double check the other one another day. I don't believe they're the same.
That's a lot of pictures, my eyes are tired. Goodnight.
The 1st unidentified plant may be some form of Duranta erecta. The flowering tree looks like it may be Pyrus calleryana (ornamental pear). I can't tell about the others, although the orange flowers in the last 2 pictures look like some kind of Aloe.
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