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...and yet, the days draw in and another month ends...

I do hope you have enjoyed this little breakaway series on the textures of nature!

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Frangipani sings to the heart of summer and haze, of tropical nights and days...

and yet, and yet...

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Sunlight dapples the Woko River, NSW

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Deny me symmetry, deny me texture, right there in nature... if you dare.

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"Leave the road, take the trails. "

(Pythagoras)

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It's the last Thursday, so why not bring you something a little left-field as is the norm for this blog? I cannot for the life of me recall the name of this tree, located in Edgeworth David community gardens, Hornsby NSW...but it was certainly eye-catching. (Trust me, I've done a thorough web search... if anyone else can come up with it, kudos to you!)

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Crikey, look at that... we clicked over into the next quarter of the year. Not that the Casuarina cares.

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Sandstone untouched by council caulk... 

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What texture in every small setting...

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The morning sun hit this small, dead, moss-covered tree just perfectly that morning...

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...be there symmetry in the trees?

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"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you."

(Frank Lloyd Wright)

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Fairy den on the shore of Loch Eck.

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Each spring, the Bluegums strip...

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Nature's compass? No, this is the Gymea lily again, but at an earlier stage of growth.

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Natural sandstone outcrop utilised in a community garden as a boundary. The council decided to caulk it with cement to prevent erosion by collecting water in the natural fissures. One wonders that they couldn't have coloured the filler a bit...

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Flannel Flowers are one of Australia's truly unique and beautiful wildflowers - they are not prolific and to find some is a little bit like a four-leaf-clover find. Unless you know where to look.
 

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...this would pass a symmetry shot, I do believe. The trunks and bark of Turpentine Gum.

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"I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order. "

(John Burroughs)

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That's quite the texture going on there! This was taken so long ago (it's a scanned print) I don't recall the variety of cactus. Sydney Botanic Gardens has quite the range.