Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


December 1, 2007:The Adelaide Botanic Garden: Last chance

The National Wine Center is built like a barrel. Its not so obvious from the but outside, there is no mistake

dec 01 6933 wine centre

The Bicentennial Center - with a small reflecting pool in front

dec 01 6958 bicentennial center

Ducks like this pool

dec 01 6989 one duck

and the ducks reflect

dec 01 7008 duck reflection

The balance on the side, letting the water run through their webbed feet

dec 01 7046 duck

Sometimes they talk to each other

dec 01 7047 2 ducks

While watching nearby birds harvest morning breakfast

dec 01 7056 bird flowers

from a flower

dec 01 7057 bird eating

The Adelaide Botanic Garden is filled with colorful flowers

dec 01 7067 almost orchid

And white is also a color - particularly with shadows

dec 01 7068 white flower

Bees clearly like the pollen

dec 01 7080 orange pollen bees

Here is one coming in for a landing. You can see little yellow clusters of pollen on their legs

dec 01 7089 bees orange white

Here is more harvesting

dec 01 7091 bees orange white

A yellow flower

dec 01 7098 yellow flower

in profile

dec 01 7103 yellow flower

and with shadows

dec 01 7106 yellow flower

More shadows

dec 01 7116 yellow flower

Sort of a reddish - purple flower

dec 01 7122 purple flower

A red cactus flower

dec 01 7123 red cactus flower

Walking back I passed a large web - Neoscona I think

dec 01 7145 neoscona

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C. Frank Starmer

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