SEED TIME

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TWILIGHT ON THE YARRA

We are experiencing Autumn these days and as the weather cools and the days shorten, twilight lingers providing ample opportunities for shots like this. Good to see overseas tourists arriving in our City!

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PEACE

A collage of two images: An ancient Greek bas relief from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, “The girl and the doves” and a contemporary image of a little girl in an almost identical pose, proving that two points in distant time across the centuries can be bridged quite spontaneously because of the unchanging humanity of thought and experience. If you live in peace, be grateful and appreciative of it, for there are many who are steeped in conflict and warfare at the moment...

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UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS APPEAL DONATIONS

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DRIVER DOG

"What do you mean, you don't like the way I drive?"

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AUTUMNAL SKY

Sunset in the Darebin Parklands as Autumn advances.

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JAPANESE ANEMONES

Anemone hupehensis, Anemone hupehensis var. japonica, and Anemone × hybrida (commonly known as the Chinese anemone or Japanese anemone, thimbleweed, or windflower) are species of flowering herbaceous perennials in the Ranunculaceae family. A. hupehensis is native to central China, though it has been naturalised in Japan for hundreds of years.

The species was first named and described in Flora Japonica (1784), by Carl Thunberg. Thunberg had collected dried specimens while working as a doctor for the Dutch East Indies Company. In 1844, Robert Fortune brought the plant to England from China, where he found it often planted about graves. Height is 1–1.5 m and the leaves have three leaflets. Flowers are 40–60 mm across, with 5-6 (or up to 20 in double forms) sculpted pink or white petals and prominent yellow stamens, blooming from midsummer to autumn.

These plants thrive best in shady areas and under protection of larger plants. They are especially sensitive to drought or overwatering. They can be invasive or weedy in some areas, throwing out suckers from the fibrous rootstock, to rapidly colonise an area. Once established they can be extremely difficult to eradicate. On the other hand, they can take some time to become established.

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LEAF RUST

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YARRA BRIDGE

Sunrise on the Yarra River, Melbourne, with the Southbank Pedestrian Bridge reflected in the quiet waters.

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AUTUMNAL EQUINOX

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