Steve Paxton's photos

A sculpture on the foreshore Of Denham on the way home. I could not resist.

Denham was going to be spot to get a Milky Way Bow as it is Dark but forecast clouds. This is 10 min walk from the hotel I did two others walking further down the beach away from the lights. I let the town lighting do the lighting of the foreground and all the navigation lights.

A shot I took for Peter. No easy shot out of a bus doing 103km/h and a train also moving. this is three shots to get this panorama. Very Very long following haul.

A trip away from home the start of a trip to Carnarvon.

Looking to South Perth From Kings Park.

Film 1982 A contrast to Herbs shot some 37 years later. www.ipernity.com/doc/1081863/49231450

A shot from the Walk bridge.

The whole of western Australia wild flowers in one small space. for those not from WA you go out in to the country and you will find one of these flowers in a huge area you have to drive miles and miles to get another flower also in a huge area. So you can see here the whole of WA huge area of wild flowers in one very small space more over to top of this small mound.

Isolation from the background. www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/eremophila-nivea-emu-bush

www.gardensonline.com.au/gardenshed/plantfinder/show_3465.aspx Note the Spikes that match my new bonsai Of the same family

A few flowers in Focus suggest the many.

DON'T GET LOST, No they don't all lead to the same place................... PIP view from the top.

Mum and great grand ma in the mix. he is Rubbing head to head. A photo I have been remiss of posting In the hope of getting better.

A shot not possible with out HDR

I have always Called it by the common name "pig weed" but not what the net shows en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpobrotus_edulis

The Swan river from the widest point.

This Is straight off the rock grown naturally, a good prune now its let it grow and see just how it needs changing. There was not a tap root as it was growing flat on the Granite rock hence it fitted perfectly in the flat pot . No soft leaf each leaf has three wicked spikes on it. Over 2/3 of the leave's have been already removed to get to this stage and all the flower have been removed to lessen the stress on the plant so it can recover. I measured the tree today 600mm high good size for the 550mm pot. Very sad foot note to this tree it grew very well in Spearwood but did not like the move to Merriwa. I believe it was killed by the Salt in the air march 2021 it no longer grew but just died. This gave me the one chance to cut the main trunk and look how old it was, 70+ rings if its one ring per year. I will never bring to this home another tree to this home for fear of the same. PIP. leaf of the tree left bottom side right top side 45mm x 35mm. you cant miss the spikes. PIP 2 The tree is the one on the right in the moon light on the rock. Detail of this shot plantthis.com.au/plant-information.asp?gardener=15551&tabview=photos&plantSpot=