On Aug 29, 2008, at 17:18, Brian Walters wrote:
> Very colourful.
>
> The wattle is blooming pretty much everywhere downunder - just in time
> for "Wattle Day" on Sept 1.
>
> http://www.wattleday.asn.au/index.html
>
This here is the wattle
The emblem of our land
You can stick it in a bottle
You can hold it in your hand
Amen!
Interesting-looking plant. I can see I was too late with the verse
but what the hey.
>
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:47:56 +0800, "David Savage"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> said:
>> G'day All,
>>
>> While visiting the town of Dwellingup on the weekend I spied this
>> large stand of wattle trees down a side street & had to investigate
>> (~340kb)
>>
>> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/2806476750_fd56aca883_o.jpg>
>> K20D, DA 10-17mm Fisheye @ 10mm 1/160 @ f4.5, ISO 100
>>
>> Here is a close up of the flowers (~250kb)
>>
>> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2805627125_fdcb99ec09_o.jpg>
>> K20D, DA 10-17mm Fisheye @ 17mm 1/100 @ f4.5, ISO 100
>>
>> For those of you familiar with the Monty Python "Bruce" sketch, this
>> is the plant that you can stick in a bottle or hold in your hand.
>>
>> Spring is on it's way.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dave
>>
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