Saturday, September 4, 2010

Monday continued


Took this shot earlier.  It is called (I think) Mother of millions.  It is a noxious weed, but quite pretty.

On the way home tried to take some photos of house, but these are taken from the bus and didn't always get the timing right.
We showered and changed, and had our afternoon drink.  Then bused to Picnic Bay and had tea at the Chinese Restaurant.  We were the only ones there.  Two people came in for take-away while we were there.  Must be hard for them.  Be both had barbeque pork with blackbean sauce and fried rice.  It was ok.  Got home about 8pm.  Lovely moonlight night as it was just on a full moon.  Didn't get a decent photo though.  Watched TV and in bed by 10.30.


As you can see, almost missed this house.  Good shot of their garage and carport though.:)




 The blurring is very obvious on this photo. Sorry about that.  The colour isn't very accurate either.  We only can grow the purple bougainvillea down south, but this was a very vivid red.





I found this palm tree fascinating.


This house came out quite well.  As you see a lot of the houses are built up to make the most of the evening breezes.

This is the swimming pool at the primary school.  Lucky kids.

And the lorikeets were there at our doorstep too.  Not as friendly as the ones at Horseshoe bay though. 

 
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2 comments:

Minz said...

Wow! The flower you called Mother of millions looks really pretty! I think it's the same species as we call here "the trombone flower", 'cos of the many trombone looking flowers it has in it's flower arm. It doesn't grow outside here, though, needs a greenhouse that is kept warm during the cold days and nights of the summer and through the winters. Needs a lot of fertilisation, too. A couple of my blogfriends has this in their greenhouse. And they both have also a purple bougainvillea, that needs greenhouse-help to survive here.

Really great to see the houses, too! It is not easy to take a photo out of a moving vechile - I know (tried and done that). You already also answered the obvious question I had in mind when I was looking these photos. To explain why the houses are build so high. ;) We don't usually have any breeze in the evenings, though it may have been windy during the day and it may be windy at night, too. The wind is usually coming from the west during the day and from the east during the night, so when it changes it comes really still. Unless it's storming.

And the palm tree you found fascinating really looks like a giant fan. ;)

The lorikeet in your last photo looks so lovely, too! Bright and lively! So funny to see these animals free, that we are more used to see as pets. Though don't know anybody with lorikeets, budgerigars are most common.

September 4, 2010 at 5:24 PM
scraygirl said...

We don't have many lorikeets as pets here either, mostly canaries and budgies.

I seem to have a fascination with houses since I went to Vietnam. Found their houses interesting. Even here in our country the architecture varies from state to state. Not a lot, but some variations.

September 4, 2010 at 11:18 PM

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