Pink Rosea Marri tree

 Hi everyone, here we are into another new week. I hope you and yours are doing ok. 

Last week I introduced you briefly to the pink form of marri tree - Corymbia calophylla "rosea" - which was a totally new tree to me. I had seen it before, but didn't realise it was the pink form of the usually creamy marri. 

This plant is so beautiful I thought it deserved a post all of its own.  The creamy marri is very common (I've blogged about them before. The Marri Trees are flowering). It is flowering profusely at the moment. You see whole trees covered with these flowers. 

The pink form, rosea, is less common. The nuts, which you can see below here, the parrots love, are commonly called "honkey nuts". 

Formerly known as Eucalyptus calophylla, Corymbia calophylla is a large tree, not suitable for gardens, as it can grow up to 40 metres in height and occurs naturally through the south-west of Western Australia in a range of habitats. The common name Marri is a Noongar word for blood, which has been used to describe the sap that weeps from wounds in the bark.  The large urn shaped nuts on this tree are commonly referred to as honky nuts. They hold large seeds that provide a food source to native birds such as parrots and cockatoos. WA Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority

I love the way the pods pop open to release the flowers as you can see above and below here. 

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you and yours are safe and well. 

I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Stay safe and whatever you are doing, enjoy your week. 

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You might also like: The Marri trees are flowering

More information: Flora Base and Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, WA

Thank you to The Wildflower Society of Western Australia on Facebook for helping me with identification. They are a fabulous resource. 

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February 2021 wrap up - Covid photo a day project

 Hi everyone! Here we are already in March! It is the first day of autumn here in Australia, so I guess those in the northern hemisphere are looking forward to spring. I hope you and yours are staying well and safe. 

There is always something flowering here in my corner of the world. The bees are loving the Eucalypt Marri - Corymbia calophylla - flowers right now. 

I know I have said it before.....but I didn't expect when I started my Covid photo a day project in March 2020 to still be taking photos a year later. But here we are. The Covid vaccine is starting to roll out around the world, and I hope this will make us all breath easier, that there will be a dramatic drop in hospitalisations and deaths, restrictions will ease, and we will slowly get back to life as it was before Covid. Though I think we should hang on to some of the things we have learnt during this time....like what is important, and having a quiet space. 

We in Australia have been very fortunate with relatively very low case and death statistics. I don't know when the vaccine will be available to my family, but we will certainly be ready for it. 

I am not sure when my photo a day project will end. Perhaps I will round it up on the day I started last year, or the day I receive my vaccination. I don't know yet. But here for your enjoyment, I hope, is a glimpse into my life in Australia during February 2021.

1 February 2021 - Monday - we came into a  unexpected snap 5 day lockdown due to a community spread case of Covid 19 in our capital city Perth. I spent the day making 2 masks each for everyone in my immediate family. 

2 February 2021 - Tuesday - early morning walk along the Collie River in Eaton. Yes we wore our masks.. Something new to us. 

3 February 2021 - Wednesday - early morning light on paperbarks along Millers Creek walk in Eaton.

4 February 2021 - Thursday - bonus shot - street art under the bridge along the Millers Creek walk.

4 February 2021 - Thursday - the bush is tinder dry. Our hearts go out to people north east of Perth where there has been a bushfire raging all week. Over 80 homes lost.

5 February 2021 - Friday - beautiful Frangipanis in my garden

6 February 2021 - Saturday - bonus shot - raindrops on my hydrangeas in my garden.

6 February 2021 - Saturday - the bees are buzzing in the marri flowers

7 February 2021 - Sunday - we have had rain all night from a tropical low. We went down to the beach this afternoon. It started to rain again. I wanted to capture some dramatic shots. It wasn't as rough as I expected due to the offshore wind. I've enhanced in Lightroom.

Monday 8 February, 2021 - kite-surfers and wind-surfers having fun on the Leschenault Estuary. Should have had my bigger camera!

Tuesday 9 February 2021 - again, should have had my bigger lens with me. Egret along the Collie River walk

Wednesday 10 February 2021 - eucalypt leaves along Millers Creek walk

Thursday 11 February 2021 - getting some new botanical eco-print cards ready for Tree Street Art Safari in March

Friday 12 February 2021 - back to our normal Friday morning volunteering routine in the Eaton Primary School library

Saturday 13 February 2021 - fabulous Chinese lantern display in the Stirling Gardens friendship gardens for Chinese New Year. These lanterns were decorated by school children. So effective. More pics here - Chinese New Year

Saturday 13 February 2021 - bonus shot autumn leaf eco-print

Sunday 14 February 2021 - surprise Valentines Day lunch at Green Door Winery in the Ferguson Valley. This is the 100 mile share platter.

Sunday 14 February 2021 - bonus shot - after lunch we went up to the Collie Dam to check on progress of the dam wall mural. It is looking amazing. More about this project here - Painting the Wellington Dam Wall

Monday 15 February 2021 - paperbarks along the Miller's Creek walk

Tuesday 16 February 2021 - baking day - apricot slice - yum

Wednesday 17 February 2021 - collecting shadows

Thursday 18 February 2021 - getting ready to sew

Friday 19 February 2021 - making tote bags from eco-printed fabric

Saturday 20 February 2021 - flags at the Bunbury Multicultural Festival

Saturday 20 February 2021 - bonus shot - taken by my husband - me with my Sol y Sombra Spanish Dance Company family at the Multicultural Festival.  That's me standing next to our only male dancer, 4th from left. 

Sunday 21 February 2021 - Scarborough Beach waterfront, Perth - we travelled to Perth to attend our nephew's 40th birthday party which was cancelled last year due to Covid. 

Monday - 22 February, 2021 - sheep truck on the highway on the way home from Perth

Tuesday - 23 February 2021 - collecting shadows along the Miller's Creek walk

Wednesday - 24 February 2021 - making eco-printed tote bags in prep for the Tree Street Art Safari

Thursday - 25 February 2021 - our quinces are looking fabulous

Friday - 26 February 2021 - red capped gum - Eucalyptus erythrocorys - illyarrie - are bursting into flower in our area.

Saturday - 27 February 2021 - Corymbia calophylla "rosea" - the rarer variety of Pink Marri - flowering at the end of the Miller's Creek walk. You can see the common creamy coloured Marri at the beginning of this post. 

Saturday - 27 February 2021 - bonus shot - beautiful moonflowers in my garden. They only flower at night for one night. Epiphyllum oxypetalum, or the Night Blooming Cereus. You have to keep checking the buds to work out when they are going to open and then remember to go out in the dark with a torch. They have a very strong scent to attract insects. 

Saturday - 27 February 2021 - bonus shot - making greeting cards from hand-made paper made with eco-printed paper scraps and leaves.

Sunday - 28 February 2021 - grinding sand pigments during a fascinating workshop making artists paints from natural materials with Helen Coleman in Mandurah.

I hope you and yours are safe and well. 

Thank you so much for stopping by. I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Have a wonderful week. 
I am linking up to the link-ups below. Please click on the links to see fabulous contributions from around the world - virtual touring at its best!
   
All Seasons
MosaicMonday at Letting Go of the Bay Leaf
Sharon's Sovenirs 
Our World Tuesday
Pictorial Tuesday 
ThroughMy Lens 
Image-in-ing
My corner of the world through my camera 
Wednesday Around the World at Communal Global hosted by Randomosity. 
       and Little bird - Pienilintu
Thankful Thursday 
Der-Natur-Thursday 
The Lovin' Life Team over at: Deep Fried Fruit
 Month end link up @ Live love craft me

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short blogging break this week

 Taking a short blogging break this week. Hope all is well with you all. Stay safe. 

Happy Chinese New Year - gong hei fat choy

Gong hei fat choy as they say in Cantonese 

or in Mandarin, xin nian kuai le (pronounced shin nee-an kwai le)

2021 is the Chinese Year of the Ox - In Chinese culture the ox is a valued animal. Because of its role in agriculture, positive characteristics, such as being hardworking and honest, are attributed to it.

Chinese New Year 2021 falls on Friday, February 12th, 2021, and celebrations culminate with the Lantern Festival on February 26th, 2021

Began over 2000 years ago, the lantern festival has developed many meanings. It celebrates family reunions and society. It features ancient spiritual traditions.

In our city on the weekend of 13-14 February the Chinese New Year Festival committee set up an amazing lantern display in the International Friendship Gardens.  Many of the lanterns were made by local school children and powered by little battery candles. It must have taken hours and hours of work to set up and turn on all those lights and it looked truly amazing. Here are some pics

This is the entrance to the labyrinth in the gardens, where lanterns were placed around the pathway to follow. 

We are so fortunate in Western Australia to currently have no community spread Covid cases, so there were many people at the festival in the gardens enjoying the lanterns. Traditionally the lantern festival is a time for families and our local festival certainly had a lovely family friendly feeling. 

You can find out more about Chinese New Year here - Chinese New Year

What Chinese zodiac year were you born in? I was born in the Year of the Goat. 

You can find out your year here - Chinese Zodiac

Strangely, just after I finished this post, my Chinese picture which I bought in Singapore several years ago, threw itself off the wall, breaking the glass. I wonder what that means???

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You can also visit this Facebook page to see more images from our local festival - Bunbury Chinese New Year Festival

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you and yours are doing well. And that we will soon see a slowing down of Covid cases around the world. 

I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Have a wonderful week. 

I am linking up to the link-ups below. Please click on the links to see fabulous contributions from around the world - virtual touring at its best!

   

All Seasons

MosaicMonday at Letting Go of the Bay Leaf

Sharon's Sovenirs 

Our World Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday 

ThroughMy Lens 

Image-in-ing
My corner of the world through my camera 
Wednesday Around the World at Communal Global hosted by Randomosity. 

       and Little bird - Pienilintu

Thankful Thursday 
Der-Natur-Thursday 

The Lovin' Life Team over at: Deep Fried Fruit
 Month end link up @ Live love craft me

Hello there! I love reading your comments. If you scroll down to the bottom you can comment too! I would love to hear from you.