Random Prettiness
Posted 22 October 2008 in Random Photographs by Catriona
I am going to update properly, but, in the interim, I’m so impressed with how pretty my bougainvillea is looking this spring (well, what passes for spring in Brisbane) that I felt it deserved its own degree of Internet celebrity.
(I call it “my” bougainvillea, but the only reason it’s flourishing is because I never do anything to it, ever. If I did, it would die.)
Three interesting points about these pictures:
1. All three were taken from the same location, on various degrees of zoom. The camera was positioned about two metres from the actual plant, but the zoom function is fabulous.
2. I completely stuffed my ankle (or re-stuffed, really, by aggravating whatever damage I caused falling down the stairs on Sunday morning) taking these pictures: firstly, by assuming that, despite the swelling, it was healed enough for me to trot down the garden in the high-heeled wedges that were lying around rather than bothering to put sensible shoes on and, secondly, by kneeling on it to get a better angle on the plant. Now it really hurts again and I think the swelling’s gone up.
3. Nobody tell Nick that I had to take the batteries out of his camera to get these pictures off my own camera, because mine had gone flat. Okay? I’m sure he’ll never find out about it.
Share your thoughts [4]
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Wendy wrote at Oct 22, 10:09 am
What fabulous colour….that’s beautiful! I think if that is growing so well and it’s in your garden you can definitely take credit for it.
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Catriona wrote at Oct 22, 11:06 am
Well, it was here when we arrived. I still suspect that it’s only flourishing because it’s as far away from the house as possible. I’ve honestly killed every other plant I’ve ever had custody of . . . except my bamboo. I don’t think it’s possible to kill bamboo. I have put off repotting it, though, on the off chance that that would be the clincher.
The colour is amazing, though. I’d love one of those coppery orange ones, too—they’re amazing.
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Matthew Smith wrote at Oct 22, 11:51 pm
The one at my place has also become very excited about a perceived seasonal change. Unfortunately it is quickly moving to block the driveway so I’m going to have to engage it in unholy battle soon. bougainvilleas while spiky are good to have in the garden because smaller birds and lizards such as water dragons can hide out in them when dogs and cats come sniffing.
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Catriona wrote at Oct 23, 04:43 am
The water dragons do seem to love the bougainvillea. But, then, they love anything that they can make a rustling in.
Still, at least mine’s at the end of the garden, where I can let its spikiness grow rampant.