Sunday 24 March 2013

2 outings today....

One on two wheels.... partly to try out the carrier on the car which we need because we can't ride off the farm without the dogs following.
We went to the Club and showed our passes to Forestry for the first time although we do carry them when we walk in from our side.
Once clear of the forest, the flowers got interesting, slightly different....
Protea cynaroides
Plenty of Ericas around and if one doesn't look for them, the Tritoniopsis might be missed:
Tritoniopsis ...
Some nice pink helichrysums, still some buds coming:
This nearly escaped us:
.... with cone shaped buds, opening into pink florets:
Not sure it might be an invader? There were several in one area.
Quite a few dead leuchadendrons (?) amongst others quite healthy looking.
group of leuchadendrons
And some stunning restios in flower:
Then this afternoon we went on our normal walk with the dogs from here.... again Tritoniopsis:
Tritoniopsis ...
We have had a hitch-hiker on our walks of late, she comes to play from next door, and sometimes stays over with her friends:
She has a name but we call her Blondie. She gets on well with Worm, Boy isn't toooo keen on her.
This white helichrysum among the Ericas stood out:
We came back on a road we normally go on, and these Ericas caught Pippa's eye, they are past their best, pity because there are lots in an area we've never noticed:
Erica
Red, and also yellow:
Erica
Another protea:
Protea cynaroides
And this little Selago serrata, how can it exist in that crack?
Selago serrata from rock
The sun was already at a low angle and I tried to catch it behind the restio flowers:
:-) A


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