A picturesque pocket

North Adelaide is traditionally accepted as a desirable residential address, with its fascinating mix of history, architecture, wealth and "upper end" retail.

Out for a stroll with my fellow photography enthusiast friend, we soaked up the ambience of Stanley Street on a very pleasant afternoon.

In addition to a number of early 1800 "row houses", Stanley Street also showcases some more architecturally modern, gated-entry residences.

We completed our outing at a fascinating organic coffee establishment in Melbourne Street (the next street over), that is dominated by retail and corporate operations.

The inside wall of the cafe provided some unusual entertainment :

In the wild

These blooms were growing wild on the outskirts of the Barossa Valley

and were such a contrast to the long grass and weeds amongst them.

Joining up with Nick's Floral Friday Foto

A Pick-me-up!

Here's a cheerful cuppa to get you over those Monday blues!

Linking up with

Ponds beauty

Sunset over Chain of Ponds in the Adelaide Hills

Linking up with weekend reflection

Happy weekend to all!

Can't help myself!

At the beginning of April I shared some of the magnificent roses on display at Newman's Nursery following the releases of new varieties.

On looking back through that file, I couldn't help feeling it would be selfish of me not to share some more pics of these stunning blooms, so here's another selection.....

Chateau Versailles

Cote d'Azur

Ebb Tide

Hybrid T

Ashram

Munstead Wood

Linking up with Nick's floral friday foto

A Winter's Meandering

A winter creek's overflow near Mt Crawford in South Australia

Linking up with Outdoor Wednesday

Autumn spread

More captures from Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens

Joining up with Mandarin Orange Monday

and monday mellow yellows (thanks Gemma for taking on this meme)

Botanic reflections

Coming to the end of our visit to the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens last week,

we came upon this lily pond.

.... and this is a close-up of that golden reflection at bottom right of the image above..

as it was rather late in an overcast day, the flowers were beginning to hide their splendor.

Joining in with James' weekend reflection

Happy weekend all!

A Hen in the Hills

A Purple Swamp Hen enjoying the waters within Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens.

(Hoping you'll agree that Purple is near enough to Blue to qualify for inclusion with

 Blue Monday)!

Awesome Autumn

 Yesterday I experienced a visual "banquet" in the Adelaide Hills

at Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens.

Although it was an overcast day, the beauty of the colours still shone through.

  

  

This co-operative New Holland Honeyeater was an unexpected bonus!

Linking up with Scenic Weekends, Camera Critters and

The Bird D'Pot

(with thanks to the hosts)