Purple daze!
Perhaps purple is an appropriate colour for today's Queen's memorial public holiday. But, it's raining in Brisbane which, with this year's colder winter might impact in some way on the flowering of Jacarandas. Of course, I have cheated because this iconic shot at Shorncliffe in Brisbane with the old early Queenslander style home with its beautiful Jac was taken last year. But the Jacarandas will be here very soon. One day the trees will be bare and the next, the flowers will appear, almost as if by magic.
A true heralding of spring in a way, it's always a special time as the city turns purple and gets ready for summer.
I was determined to be first in this year, even if I was cheating but my friend Harry who lives on the southside or more accurately the westside of town has already beaten me to it. Own up now Harry!
Purple daze!
Perhaps purple is an appropriate colour for today's Queen's memorial public holiday. But, it's raining in Brisbane which, with this year's colder winter might impact in some way on the flowering of Jacarandas. Of course, I have cheated because this iconic shot at Shorncliffe in Brisbane with the old early Queenslander style home with its beautiful Jac was taken last year. But the Jacarandas will be here very soon. One day the trees will be bare and the next, the flowers will appear, almost as if by magic.
A true heralding of spring in a way, it's always a special time as the city turns purple and gets ready for summer.
I was determined to be first in this year, even if I was cheating but my friend Harry who lives on the southside or more accurately the westside of town has already beaten me to it. Own up now Harry!