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I often take my camera with me into public washrooms - you never know what you might see. Here, I only had my long lens with me, but I liked the repetition of the faucets and soap dispensers, and I was able to stand back far enough to capture them. Luckily, I was in there alone :)
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Another shot from a lovely visit to the Conservatory with my dear Flickr friend, Lorna www.flickr.com/photos/65936989@N04/
A Western Purple Swamphen fanning out its wing.
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Today in Sydney.
Monday, 11th May, 2026.
It's my crimson and gold variegated 'Fandango' rose from Delbard's roses in France.
It is actually called 'Maurice Ultrillo' and is named after the famous French Impressionist painter Maurice Ultrillo (1883-1955), who specialised in urban landscapes.
This rose was created by the talented rose grower Georges Delbard in 2003. It is one of Delbard's 'painter' series of roses.
It is fragrant and has large, Camellia-like, petals. It is crimson and gold, although often crimson and ivory white.
'Fandango' (my name for this rose, lol), aka 'Maurice Utrillo' is growing here in my garden in the Hills District of Sydney.
And here is the legendary Herb Alpert with his tune 'Fandango':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jouzf79QNuA
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Our neighbour's cats include Mango and Tango but this young cat does not belong to them and has started appearing in our cat Airbnb's dotted around the garden. Phill has nicknamed him Fandango. We are yet to find out who he belongs to. He has a 'sibling' who Phill calls Spats (photo in the comments below) Both of them are extremely timid, hence the look of surprise on Fandango's face when I put my phone in where he was sleeping.
spotted these beauties in the Bloedel Conservatory yesterday. We went in to warm up and enjoy the tropical greenery and many colourful birds, it was quite wonderful.
The Ness headland.. Shaldon.. at the mouth of the river Teign.. as seen from Teignmouth beach..
Have a very happy new year..
No Multi invites please..
EXPLORE.. Highest position: #417 on Friday, January 2, 2009
PROCOL HARUM..
"A WHITER SHADE OF PALE"
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWULu5_nXI
"We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, 'There is no reason
and the truth is plain to see.'
But I wandered through my playing cards
and would not let her be
one of sixteen vestal virgins
who were leaving for the coast
and although my eyes were open
they might have just as well've been closed
She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'
though in truth we were at sea
so I took her by the looking glass
and forced her to agree
saying, 'You must be the mermaid
who took Neptune for a ride.'
But she smiled at me so sadly
that my anger straightway died
If music be the food of love
then laughter is its queen
and likewise if behind is in front
then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
and attacked the ocean bed"
We have two ginger visitors in our garden already called Mango and Tango, so I have temporarily named this one Fantango.
Farmland - mid-north, South Australia.
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