Rain Lilies

Eighteen weeks without any water... then just two days after rain, these beautiful lilies (Zephyranthes) burst into bloom! They are very low maintenance, and the bulbs multiply rapidly.

Rain lilies (Zephyranthes)

Orchids

Early Spring is a beautiful time of year at 'Taminga' (our late father's home on 32 acres an hour's drive west of Brisbane). We are having glorious sunny days with temperatures in the mid-20s (Celsius) and nights that are 5-10 degrees C. (cool enough to enjoy snuggling under a doona). On a more worrying note, we have not had a drop of rain here for two months and a bushfire came a bit close for comfort recently.

I enjoy taking photographs that capture the beauty of Nature, and I will share some of them with you. Today's photo shows an orchid (attached to a tree) that was almost invisible until it burst into bloom yesterday.

Stay tuned for more glimpses of the Australian countryside!

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