Got your attention? This is one of my favourite roses at Dunedin Botanic Garden; name is ‘Wild Cat’. The flowers of ‘Wild Cat’ were looking stupendous when I visited on 10 April 2021, our autumn. New Zealand.
Rose info: Floribunda, Dickson, UK pre 2009.
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Now I’d like to show you a wonderful b&w photo of gulls + related poem,
and bonus ~a spoonbill poem 🙂
The purpose of my visit was to see the Birds’n Words exhibition at the information centre: the exhibition included poems by friend Kay McKenzie Cooke. ~photography was a challenge due to lights and reflections.
I hope you’ll take a moment to look at this wonderful gull photo by professional photographer Simone Jackson and read the related poem by Kay McKenzie Cooke. I really love this photo+poem collaboration.
Order Disrupted
~ by Kay McKenzie Cooke
If you’re in Dunedin this month of July, you can go to the Public Library to see the exhibition for yourself! Find it at the Ground Floor Living Hub, and entry is free.
Here’s the spoonbill poem (also by Kay) and the exhibition description…
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Kay shares photos, stories, thoughts and poems at her blog .. Line By Line
~ you can also find her on FB and twitter.
~ and her latest book of poems is available here: Upturned (it’s fabulous)
Text and images for this post by Liz; Exploring Colour (2021)
Wild Cat WOWZA! Love those fiery colors!!
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Your enthusiasm for these bright colours is wonderful 🙂
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What a nice idea to have poets use photos as their prompts. I’m sure the Birds n’ Words exhibit was very entertaining. And the color of the rose is exquisite.
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You’re right Tanja, it’s a great idea! Lovely exhibition. Thank you.
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The photograph certainly picked out the lone ranger. I love the way the rose glows.
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The ‘Wild Cat’ rose petals shone in the light so beautifully!
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That Wild Cat really is stupendous, wow.
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I’ve always liked orange and yellow, and they come together very nicely in these frilly rose petals that catch the light so well!
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Thank you for your support Liz. I really appreciate it; it means so much.
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My pleasure Kay, I love to share your poems!
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You got mine, Liz, and I could be satisfied with one of those “Wild Cats!”
Birds and Words is a lot of fun. The gull image is fantastic, as is Kay’s accompanying poem.
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