Goji flower!

It's not much of a flower but maybe there'll be some goji berries to follow!

Phil Ochs (19 Dec 1940 - 9 April 1976)

The Spikey Dendrites "Love And Possession"

Instant Karma - John Lennon

Tillandsia in flower

Tillandsia, 5th December 2010

Cacti flowers

Cacti in flower outside Adelaide College for the Arts, Light Square, 25 Nov. 2010

Michael Coghlan "Across The Mekong"

From SCALA @ Higher Ground 11 November 2010

Minority Tradition "Sailed Away"

Minority Tradition playing for SCALA at Higher Ground last Thursday (11 Nov 2010)

Yellow climbing rose

Andy and Marta "You're Still Here"

Birds Nest Fern - new fronds

Asplenium nidus

Daniel Cameron "Beautiful Consequences"

Daniel Cameron playing for SCALA at Higher Ground on 4 November

Rosebud

Today's koala

Male koala in eucalypt near the front gate
(4 October 2010)

Dampiera teres

Dampiera teres

(2 November 2010)

Corey Stewart "Mountain Top"

Another video I took at last Thursday's SCALA @ Higher Ground (28th October)

Corey Stewart "(When You Gonna) Stop Tearing Me Apart"

Another of my videos from SCALA at Higher Ground last Thursday, 28th October. 

This one is a Corey Stewart and Adrian Miller songwriting collaboration.

Lonely little petunia ...

This really is a lonely little petunia in an onion patch

(October 2010)

Chive flowers!

Chives in flower (October 2010)

Georges Brassens - Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète

Georges Brassens died a week after turning 60 on 29 October 1981.  He's buried in Sète (where he was born) but in the cemetery, not on the beach at Sète as this humorous song requests.  An English translation can be found at Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète.

Yellow Iris

Yellow Iris

October 2010

Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth - Oh Lady Be Good

Cleo Laine b 28 October 1927

Ronnie Taheny "That's Jesus"

Catmint

Catmint (27 October 2010)

Chinese ground orchid

Bletilla striata 

(26 October 2010)

Ronnie Taheny "Aida"

Dendrobium speciosum

Dendrobium speciosum

David Robinson "Someone Always Has To Lose"

I videoed this last Thursday (21st October)

Camellia

 

Camellia (23 October 2010)

Platycerium

 

Platycerium superbum

(November 2007)

Georges Brassens Le Gorille (with English Subtitles)

Georges Brassens (b 22 October 1921; d 29 October 1981)

Le Gorille is one of Brassens' early songs which caused a stir when first released in post-WWII France.

Today is also Dory Previn's birthday and Ewan MacColl (father of Kirsty; composer of Dirty Old Town and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - amongst many others) died on this date in 1989.

Leonard Cohen: The Stranger Song

Cymbidium flowers

Cymbidium orchid flowers (October 2010)

Kelly Menhennett "World Of Mine"

Kelly Menhennett recorded at Higher Ground Art Cafe, Adelaide, South Australia on 14 October 2010 as part of SCALA's Original Music Showcase (www.scala.org.au). "World Of Mine" was one of the winning songs in the Live Section of SCALA's FOOM Song Competition 2010 (www.scala.org.au/comfoom.htm).

Leschenaultia formosa

Leschenaultia formosa

(19 October 2010)

Maidenhair

Adiantum fulvum
(18 October 2010)

SCALA Original Music: Next SCALA Workshop

Next Workshop

• Where?: Higher Ground, 9 Light Square, City - in the cafe area.
• Date?: Tuesday, 19th October 2010
• Time?: 7.30 pm sharp (ie 7.30 means 7.30 not 7.45 or 8.00!)
• How Much?: A gold coin 
• Who?: Special Guest: Robert Childs discussing Whose Turn Is It Now?

Mick Kidd "It's All Worth It"

I videoed this last Thursday (14th October 2010) at SCALA's venue.

Robe ragged rocks

Some ragged rocks off Robe (South Australia), July 2008
(click the picture to see it full size)

Nasturtiums

 

Nasturtiums

Paul Simon (born 13 October 1941)

 

Paul Simon born 13 October 1941

Clivia flowers

 

Clivia flowers October 2010 

Some people pronounce "Clivia" as if it had a short "i" but it was named in honour of  Lady Charlotte Clive, Duchess of Northumberland, so it's more correctly pronounced with a long "i" as "Clive-ia". 

Kirsty MacColl (born 10 October 1959)

 

Kirsty MacColl was born on 10 October 1959.  

This video was taken shortly before her death in 2000

John Lennon (born 8 October 1940)

 

John Lennon

Ladybirds x-rated!

 

Parental advisory

Ladybird on marjoram

One of a dozen or so on our marjoram bush (4 October 2010).

Today's koala

 

We have a koala-favoured tree by our front gate which is frequented by this female.  But this is the first time she's been back since autumn.  We had koalas visit our previous garden.  Here are some pictures I took in 2007.  It's amazing how they manage to sleep and not fall and how they can ascend and eat at the top of trees.  They're also quite good leapers from branch to branch.   But mostly they just eat gum leaves and sleep (a lot)!

A humble marigold

 

A humble marigold (spring 2010)

Eucalyptus torquata flowers

 

Eucalyptus torquata flowers (sometime about spring 2008)

I grew this!

Agathis robusta, cones and leaves

Many years ago I chanced upon a fresh agathis (kauri pine) cone in a park.  When I split it there were a number of seeds inside some of which germinated.  This is a picture of one of the trees that resulted.  It was about 10 metres high at the time (summer 2008) and these were its first cones.  This photo was taken (with 10x zoom) from beneath the tree looking up into the outer canopy.

Courtney Robb "Games"

Courtney Robb recorded at Higher Ground Art Cafe, Adelaide, South Australia on 2 September 2010 as part of SCALA's Original Music Showcase (www.scala.org.au). I was privileged to be there to record this brilliant version.

Borage in the garden

Borage flowers, spring 2010

Georges Brassens - Les copains d'abord

 

Georges Brassens Les Copains d'Abord

Espace Georges Brassens (English)

Projet Brassens (English)

Georges Brassens (French)

Georges Brassens  (22 October 1921 - 29 October 1981) was a popular French singer/songwriter. Les Copains d'Abord is one of his most popular songs.  There's a very useful discussion and translation of the song at: The songs of Georges Brassens with English translation. This video is taken from a concert at Bobino in Paris, France, on 19 January 1972. Brassens is surprised when the orchestra joins in on the song towards the end.

 

In These Shoes?

 

Kirsty MacColl In These Shoes?

Grape Hyacinths (Muscari spp)

Grape hyacinths

Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum (slipper orchid) last year

Walking in Blackwood Forest Recreation Park

Photo by Jane, 12 September 2010

Spring blossom in the park

Blackwood Forest Recreation Park, 12 September 2010

Rainbow Lorikeet

Rainbow Lorikeet

taken about 2007

Russia in color, a century ago

Russia in color, a century ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Gorgeous colour photos taken in the black and white age.  See also:

The Empire That Was Russia

Prokudin-Gorskii Collection

Prokudin-Gorskii Collection -Russian site

Wikipedia - Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky

Hardenbergia happily wandering, 8th Sept 2010

Hardenbergia violacea "Happy Wanderer"

Hardenbergia close-up

Irises on a wintry spring day, 8th September 2010

Ducks on Minno Creek, 7th September 2010

I wanna be Prime Minister - sung by Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.

Courtney Robb "(s)Hit Song"

This is a great new song from Courtney Robb that she debuted at SCALA's venue at Higher Ground Last Thursday (2nd September 2010).

Tree dahlia, autumn 2010

Growing in the garden

(yes I know it's the first day of Spring now!)

Backyards4Wildlife

Conserving Adelaide's Biodiversity Backyards4Wildlife