#makesmehappy — Public Fediverse posts

HELP!!!

Anyone know what this is?

I wanted to say #GladiolusCommunis and exclaim ‘#HelloPossums!!’

But I had a sneaking suspicion it could be something totally different.

And so too does my ID app… in fact it suggests anything from #Lobelia, #Montbretia, #CannaLily - and yes of course… #Gladiolus!

Google image search wanted to tell me it’s a gladdy… but you know what.. I’m not so sure.

Whatever it is, ‘twas snapped on my sisters farm in #Centralvictoria a few weeks back… deep red and it is happy as Larry.

Oh what the heck, I’ll just say it;
#HelloPossums!!!!

🤣🤣🤣

#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy

Seriously cannot sleep, tonight.

Trying to force slumber rarely works.

Instead I’ll settle for staring at the night-light projected on my ceiling, perhaps? 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

It is mesmerising.

Doesn’t seem to impact the cats none… they’re sleeping blissfully, enjoying the comfort of my body heat on this coolish #Melbourne night. 🐾🐾

🐈🐈‍⬛

#narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy #countingsheep #zzz

As part of the #VicGov (#victoriangovernment) train infrastructure upgrades and boom gate removal project, a good deal of the track is now located above… opened only a couple of years ago.

Capital works in #melbourne and surrounding inner and outer suburbs, including a comprehensive underground train tunnelling network to complement the existing tunnels in the city, have been under construction in varying stages near on ten years now.

It’s designed to remove congestion due to traffic stoppages at boom gate intersections, quicker commute times for public transport users and to open the growth corridor of the out SE suburbs for commuters to better access the surrounding suburbs and city.

The bonus? New flora!

These dozen or so #crepemyrtle are flowering profusely and they bring up this otherwise dreary street enormously.

Such a mood lifter.

📸 - 200 metres from the new above ground #Clayton train station #Australia.

🙏💖

#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #FebruaryFun #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy

It’s #AustraliaDay today!

Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. It marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove.

It’s celebrated with a public holiday, family time, sausage in bread, meat pies, fun and recreation.

Some choose not not celebrate this day given the challenges associated with indigenous rights and the plight of equality for our aboriginal people throughout their lands.

Today from a visual hedonistic day, I’ll feature the #Australian iconic #wattletree. They grow to between 3 and 8 m (10 and 30 ft) in height. My childhood home had a massive one on the nature strip, I remember it fondly.

Each flowering bud is a ball-like structure that is covered by 40 to 100 small flowers that have five tiny petals and long stamens, which give the flower head a fluffy appearance.

These trees flower prolifically from mid year but tease us all year round with small flowering growths.

These 📷 pics are sourced from lawn.com.au to show what a full bloom looks like. They’re one of my favourite iconic #Australian tree… for obvious reasons!!

#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #januaryjoy #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy

#Melbournes #bottanicalgardens is host to this newly budding #wattle

This will be teeming with small yellow buds in a week or two.

One of my all time favourites, characteristically Australian and very iconic!

👋 from Melbourne, Australia.

#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #wattletree #aesthetichedonist #januaryjoy #narrm #victoria #Australia #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy

#MerryChristmas to you and yours!! 🎄

Whether you’re spending the day with family, friends or going solo, have fun, enjoy… and play nicely!

If today is just another ‘#Saturday’ for you, have an equally awesome day; smile, be happy.

And to my #Jewish friends and extended family… #HappyHanukkah

In the meantime, enjoy these two new specimens that ONLY appear around #Christmas time.

And it’s guarenteed you’ve never come across them EVER before!

Enjoy feasting your eyes on the:

#beadeddiscoballtinsel tree! 🪩

And the much beloved #redribbon tree 🎀

#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #McKinnon #victoria #Australia #aesthetichedonist #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy

A gorgeous Gladiolus communis (#CommonGladiolus) growing alone but proud along a suburban fence line in #McKinnon #Australia.

Seeing these plants always makes me me laugh. First thing that comes to mind is #DameEdnaEverage!!!

You normally see these things in a tall vase. This planted one however, is lovely.

#HelloPossums!! 🤣🤣🤣

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