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Sunday Selections #101

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Welcome back to Sunday Selections! This once-a- week-meme was originally begun by Kim of Frog Ponds Rock , as a way to showcase some of the many photos we all take, but don't get around to showing on our blogs. The rules are very simple:- 1. post photos of your choice, old or new, under the Sunday Selections title 2. link back to me, River , somewhere in your post 3. leave me a comment so that I know you've joined in and can come over and see what you've posted. I usually go with a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week my theme is >>>> WHITE   The photo doesn't really do justice to this white jet stream which was brilliantly lit by the early morning sun. The agapanthus outside my flat are white . (the rest of the gardens have blue) Pretty aren't they? Here's a close up of one of the many florets that make up one agapanthus head. White cockatoos feeding at the top of the pine tree. this ...

Sunday Selections #55

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It's Sunday Selections time again! Time to post photos that have been hiding away in your files, photos that you may have thought would never see the light of day. a tree that you love but thought nobody else would be interested in, for example. Or the one sunset that looks good out of a million sunset photos. Find these shining examples and post them under the Sunday Selections title, then link your post back to Kim at Fr og Ponds Rock , because this wonderful idea is hers. You can use random photos, or choose a themed set, or just put up one single photo. Add your name to Kim's linky list, then leave her a comment. My selection today is AGAPANTHUS.  The garden at the western end of the complex I live in is a veritable sea of blue in the weeks just before Christmas. Agapanthus as far as the eye can see.  Well, almost, but there is a lot of agapanthus. Not my favourite flower, but pretty enough to be photo worthy. The thing I don't like is how the plants ...