Begonias

These pretties just flowered their little hearts out over the past couple of months:

Their pinkly pinks looked so pretty amongst my little jungle:

These are a different variety and I love the pink trims along their leaf edges:

Those little clumps of yellow in the middle - enticing the bees:

Even though it's a bit blurry, I like this photo the best ... am thinking it's those pink edged leaves again:

Linking up with Riitta at her Floral Bliss:

and Nick at his Floral Friday Fotos:

Lilly Pilly Lovelies

Looking out our kitchen window  at the soft late afternoon light,  a couple of days ago, I couldn't resist having a stroll outside and taking a few shots of our Lilly Pilly tree.

The bees are usually tucked away by this time, but a straggler decided to have a late snack.

It had lost a couple of limbs after a fierce windstorm a week ago... right after MD had given all the trees,  in that section of the garden,  a prune as luck would have it.  Otherwise, I think a lot more damage would've been done.

MD Cleaning up the Lilly Pilly after the windstorm

Anyway, I'll cut the chat and post the photos:

Not a very clear photo, but I love how it shows all the squiggly things hanging off the blossoms!

During that night, we had a very welcome fall of rain... so, the next morning I was out again to take some more photos:

I love the little pods as well as the blossoms.

This one is my favourite photo ... can feel a painting coming on :D)

~ Thank you kindly for dropping by ~  

~ May the rest of your week be happy and peaceful ~

Linking, a little bit late, to Riitta's Floral Bliss (sorry Riitta):

... and a bit early to Nick's Floral Friday Fotos:

Pretties because of a kindness (Impatiens balfourii)

Updated 22nd January 2017:  A lot of us, myself included, thought the little flower shown in this post was perhaps a type of orchid. I had no idea, and no one else did either, until fellow Blogger, Jenny Woolf suggested it may be some kind of balsam. 
I love researching things, so I set out in that direction and, yes, Jenny was spot on! 
Wikipedia, refers to it as "..being a species of the genus Impatiens known by the common names Balfour's touch-me-not, Kashmir balsam, and poor man's orchid.  It belongs to the family Balsaminaceae." 
So, thank you Jenny, you cleared up that identity crisis beautifully! Cheers :D)
Here's my original post of 18th January 2017:

These tiny, delicate flowers are enjoying their protected corner in our shadehouse:

This planter was a gift from a lady we'd met briefly when we lived in a unit for a couple of years.
She was moving out and popped over to say goodbye and that she'd left a couple of pots behind for us to keep.
She added that she was sure we'd get a nice surprise with one in particular that was newly planted:

... and we did:

They now live in our shadehouse back home and are a yearly treat:

~ Thank you for your visit... have a peaceful and happy week ~

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and to Nick's:

The Beauty of Eucalypts in our Garden

It never ceases to blow me away when the Eucalypts' blossoms decide its time to show themselves.

Those cute little capsules that first appear,  jam-packed tight with prettiness:

The bees get all excited too!

The capsules start to push and shove and one by one off pop their tops:

Such an incredible sight... yep, blows me right away...

~  Thank you for popping over and taking a look ~

Linking up with:

 Nick's Floral Friday Fotos

Riitta's Floral Bliss

Over the fence roses ~ Floral Friday Fotos

We had a delightful elderly neighbour, who always encouraged me to pick any of her flowers (and lemons) I wished.  Some lovely conversations were had, over the fence, alongside her roses.

As it does, age caught up with our lovely neighbour and she passed on.  Her house was sold, but I'm fortunate in that the tradition of me doing a little bit of over-the-fence pruning is still ok.

I gathered these pretties just recently, and their intoxicating perfume filled our house for a week.

If you'd like to read a past post about our neighbour and her
garden, just click on this image.

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Linking up with Nick for Floral Friday Fotos.  

Click on the image below if you'd like to see more 

beautiful florals: