Flowering now September 2007

[Maggi Young]

I read recently that the only difference between a UK zoo and and Australian zoo is that in Australia, on the outside of the enclosure there's a "recipe" card.

Laughing so happily at that one, lesley, I nearly choked on the drink I am having to celebrate David's birthday 

[Paul T]

Lesley,

Ooooh, that hurts!!    As if we'd eat any of those cute, adorable, tasty, endangered (particularly if anyone is intending to eat them) animals in the zoo.  I'm mortified!!   

And just in case anyone thinks this is serious  .... it's a joke!! 

But, did you realise that Australia is the only country that eats the animals on it's coat of arms?  Kangaroos and Emus are on the menu in many places throughout Australia.  Then again, we have to cull Kangaroos to keep them down in numbers in lots of places too, so we might as well put them to some use.  They really can breed when the conditions are right.

[Lesley Cox]

But, did you realise that Australia is the only country that eats the animals on it's coat of arms?  Kangaroos and Emus are on the menu in many places throughout Australia. 

There you are then. Enough said!

[Mini-daffs]

 
I thought we were very generous in giving you NZ's those cute furry things called possums!! Did we give you white cockatoos? If we didn't we should be giving you some of the ones that are here in Canberra to excess. Paul, I suspect we are also the only country that culls kangaroos by road kill!! The biggest cause of accidents in Canberra are people hitting kangaroos.

[Hans J]

some new pics from today :

[David Nicholson]

Rain and high winds here today have not been kind to my Autumn Crocus. Yours are looking nice Hans.

[David Nicholson]

I thought we were very generous in giving you NZ's those cute furry things called possums!! Did we give you white cockatoos? If we didn't we should be giving you some of the ones that are here in Canberra to excess. Paul, I suspect we are also the only country that culls kangaroos by road kill!! The biggest cause of accidents in Canberra are people hitting kangaroos.

I thought kangaroos were lovable creatures, well they were when I used to watch 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo' Boy, does that age me!

[Lesley Cox]

I thought we were very generous in giving you NZ's those cute furry things called possums!! Did we give you white cockatoos? If we didn't we should be giving you some of the ones that are here in Canberra to excess. Paul, I suspect we are also the only country that culls kangaroos by road kill!! The biggest cause of accidents in Canberra are people hitting kangaroos.

I also suspect you are Graham, after all, not a lot of other countries have kangaroos in excess No, we didn't get the cockatoos though there are a few kookaburras in the far north. They haven't spread though.

David, proves we are the same age. I loved Skippy too.

[Paul T]

Ah, so we're all around 38 then are we?  I used to watch it while growing up as well!!   

When they're little they're lovable..... it's just that they continue eating when they grow up!!  Big ones are over 6 foot tall, so they can make a BIG mess of a car. 

[Gerdk]

Here are Cyclamen parviflorum (!), Cyclamen hederifolium with silver leaves, dog-roses near the river Rhine and Sorbus reducta showing fall colours.

Gerd

[Lesley Cox]

That's right Paul. I'm 38 years old, which is doing really well, because I was 39 just a few months ago.
Lovely red autumn colour there Gerd. My favourite time of year I think, though spring is lovely of course.

[Rafa]

Hello,

Sternbergia sicula, from my friend Gerd.

[mark smyth]

Skippy, Skippy
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Skippy, Skippy
Skippy, our friend ever true

[Gerdk]

Here are some pics from yesterday and this morning

1. Viola pedata bicolor  -a second flush of flowers is not uncommon,
                                  this time only a single blossom
2. Cyclamen cyprium    -very early with an interesting leaf pattern
3. Narcissus miniatus    -with unusual coloration
4. Narcissus serotinus   - the ' real one ', i.e. the corona does not turn
                                   to orange as N. miniatus does
5. Lychnis wilfordii
6. Salvia uliginosa

Finally some autumn colors

7. Acer campestre
8. Disanthus cercifolius (Hamamelidaceae)

Gerd       

[Rafa]

Beautiful plants Gerd!,

This color in N. miniatus reminds me the colour of N. perez-larae.

All the best