Flower art for quippings freaktastic midsumma 2013

Flower art for quippings freaktastic

midsumma 2013by Kath Duncan

Accompanied by Nina Hagen’s Naturtrane, Nature’s Tear, 1979

Today it's all about the hair. Blond feral vine in full pelt, south melb

Rich orange daisy, spotted in a Brunswick st front yard. Highlights

Tiny greeny white

spider on left, lives in

a rose, exhibition gardens.

Home sweet home

Maeve Gardens glories – hibiscus in full flight, winter 2012. Warms my heart

Pinky flower, a type of hibiscus? Not sure. Spotted in South Melb

Another view of the glossy red hippeastra, Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens. Flame

Small rusty red orchid. Floating in a cloud of sheer loveliness at the Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens

These small flowers had a name but i've forgotten it. I was a bit awed by the colors

Yellow orchids on display at the Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens. Exotic

little pink flowers, part of a huge multicolored display @ the Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens. Feast

Purple orchid, Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens. Spread

White orchid, Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens. Dashing

Lime orchid, Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens. Cool n stylish

Pink hippeastra flower, Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens. Definite

Pink orchid close up, Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens. Flair

Fat bright yellow orchid like lil spotty handbag. Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens

Twinkling fronds of the golden Silky Oak flower, snapped looking up at the tree. A fave oz tree, melb bot gardens

Crazy multi-furled red n gold marigold, Fitzroy. Illuminating

Another planet. Gauzy white purple-tinged flower with golden core, melb bot gardens

Deep inside a huge datura flower, melb bot gardens. Another planet

Cute pretty pink blossom, melb bot gardens. Gleam

Iris series - deep purple. Madly in love. Resplendent

Red and gold dahlia, melb bot gardens. Orb

Crimson and pinky white tree azalea cluster, melb bot gardens

Weird flower that looks like a fancy classic thistle, purple pom pom power, melb bot gardens

Iris series - deep brown red with purple highlights. Deep

Silky oak flowers, melb bot gardens. Golden

Pinky gold grevillea, Essendon. Bee magnet

Yummy pink flower, Essendon front yard. Radiant

Baby rose and adult - Essendon. Protective

Blurry single petalled red rose, blooming on a vine - fitzroy st. Sleepy

Pink n red flower day! Crimson bougainvillea, Fitzroy st. Split beaver-ish huh?

Pink raggedy daisy outside local caff, Fitzroy. Careless beauty

Pink bottle-brush going off on Fitzroy st. Wild and splashy

Complex purply geranium flaunting itself on Alexandria Pde, Fitzroy. Eye-catching

This jasmine has broken through a fence and is unfurling and blossoming like crazy. Flower freedom!

White bougainvillea, captured on Fitzroy st between showers. Bright

Hovea flowers, i think. Langorous in a Carlton front yard

Melaleuca blossoms en masse - like wool, or snow or fairy floss and smelling like spiced honey. Melb museum grounds

Outa the archives when im far away - rosebud, extreme close up. Melb bot gardens

Outa the archives when i'm far away - yellow nasturtiums, carlton front yard. Sun

Wow, shot this earlier today and now cant remember what it is or where i shot it... Gorgeous tho huh?

Variegated geraniums blooming their lil hearts out, south melb

Velvety nasturtium spotted in a front yard, Carlton. Kissable

Blue flowers! Swoon. South melb

Special red poppy planting comes into bloom in time for the 11th of the 11th, at Melbs War Memorial gardens. Blood red

Collingwood rose - apricot soft multilayered beauty

Collingwood rose - magenta overlaid lips dusted with traffic patina. Showy

Collingwood rose - fluffy golden bloom like beaten egg. Happiness

Collingwood rose - apricot delight. Opening

Collingwood rose - blowsy n a lil wasted after the night before, this lilac rose has no shame

Another view of that peachy iris in the rain, melb bot gardens. Gorgeous!

Flowers in the rain - shrub with masses of tightly balled lil white flowers, green and redleaves, melb bot gardens. From a distance they look like lil lambs tails

Flowers in the rain - a yellow poppy? Not sure. Melb bot gardens

Flowers in the rain - multicolored grasses gleaming, melb bot gardens

Flowers in the rain - masses of these purple blossoms on a tree. Dazzling

Flowers in the rain - peach iris, melb bot gardens. Party

Flowers in the rain - golden rose, war memorial gardens, south melb

Tiny bright red blossoms on a vine, raindrops in the cups. Winking

Is this a white hibiscus or something else? Essendon front yard. Gorgeous

Aren't the colors here amazing? I dont know what it is but i couldnt resist it. Essendon street tree flower

Pink rose, Essendon front yard. Kissable

Pink oleander blossom, Essendon front yard.

Fluffy blossoms on a hedge, no idea what they are, Essendon

Red rose in full sun so bright it flares out, Essendon. I like its lil red tongue. Cheeky

Yellow dahlia with pink highlights, Essendon front yard. Splashy

Pink rose unfurling, Essendon. Flounce

Bright orange gum blossoms which were hard to capture in the gale. Must go back and do them justice. Essendon

Blossom from huge pink oleander tree near Essendon station. Fulsome

Double layer different color daisies, Queens Park. Last day of holidays

Large pale pink cluster flower, Queens Park. Lacy

Yummy red under storey creeper roses, Queens Park. Reflections

Pink daisy and friends adrift in a Queens Park nook. Peekaboo!

Orangey red rosebud, yeppers roses are still doing it and making me gasp, Essendon front yard. Swoon

Variegated red n white petunia curling and unfolding, Essendon front yard. Quiver

Textural dusky purple petunia, Essendon front yard. Velvet

Creamy dahlia, Essendon front yard. Shy

Suburban vortex - green succulent flower on Primrose St. Nesting

Weeds! Blue ones! Cant resist! Maeve gardens

Daisy! Ohh i want a career just photographing daisies, they make me so happy, @ maeve gardens

Rosebud with a black bug snuggling its way into the folds, studio @ maeve gardens

Tiny variegated rose up @ the studio, maeve gardens

Yellow flower on a shrub i always thought was a weed but maybe it isnt, maeve gardens

Famous maeve crimson dahlia early in their season, againt house, maeve gardens

Spider lily spreading its petals, maeve gardens

Purple snapdragon cluster, maeve gardens

Red snapdragons, maeve gardens. Cheeky

Solo orange nasturtium, maeve gardens. Tasty

Red flower, delightfully droopy today like me, maeve gardens

Last flower for 2012 - a blue one yay! Outside maeve front door

last blossoms of 2012, 2 pinky tibouchinas, late bloomers @ maeve gardens

New gen pink zinnia, new moon rd, maeve gardens NYE 12

New gen orange zinnia on new moon road, maeve gardens. NYE 12

windtossed unopened red hibiscus, maeve gardens

Bunched white flowers on a feral bush, maeve gardens

Core of a windtossed hibiscus, maeve gardens. Lush

clumped tiny red flowers, maeve gardens summer

Ginger flower just out with delicate golden blooms in a cone shape, smelling divine @ maeve gardens

Maeve gardens pink kitchen garden flower after rain. Gloss

Beaming marigold after rain, maeve gardens summer 12

Frilly magenta petunia after ra

in, Maeve Gardens. Dressups

Maeve kitchen garden flower, in the rain. Pre new year

Ipswich xmas eve - amazing orange flower in sis Clare's yard. Loudness

Ipswich xmas eve - fragrant white blooms - sniffing deep

Ipswich xmas eve - pink grevillea -vibrant curls

Ipswich xmas eve - ginger or lily flower - natural gift

Xmas eve in Ipswich - red gum leaf on the ground, sunset

Sister Clare's xmas begonias - close up, pink with golden nipple

Sister Clare's xmas begonias - white loveliness

flower @ my sister's place. Mauve coolness

flower @ my sister's place. Wildness

flower @ my sister's. Greenness and pinkness

flower @ my sister's place. Prettiness

flower at my sister's place. Happiness

Red dahlia with golden heart, maeve gardens

Little white and pink flower after rain, maeve gardens

Unopened bud love - orange hibiscus, waiting for the right moment, maeve gardens

Yellow daisy after summer rain, maeve gardens

Two inseparable lemon snapdragons, maeve gardens

Huge lush pink zinnia coloring up my day, maeve gardens. Fiesta

Tiny purple n white flowers on a vine, decorative, maeve gardens

New pink hibiscus bud waiting for the right moment to open, maeve gardens

Hi contrast core of a beetroot plant, maeve gardens. Yummy redness

Red n green spotty clumping flowers, maeve gardens. Fresh

Complex purple n white flower, maeve gardens. Lyrical

Classic purple dahlia, maeve gardens. Richness

Fallen frangipanismaeve gardens.

The last citrus flower on the tree, maeve gardens. Crisp

Cherry tomato coloring up maeve gardens. Flamboyant

surprise! Pinky red flower gets my attention near the front steps, maeve gardens

purple lantana-ish flower. I know its a weed but how cute! New moon road, maeve gardens

Unopened elderberry flowers like green constellations, maeve gardens. Timing is all

Ginger flower, maeve gardens. Boldness

First Maeve flower, greeting me at the car door. Purple frilled delight

Favorite blossom just around the corner from my workplace, south melb

Jacaranda blossoms, one in the middle like a full lipped purple kiss, melb bot gardens

Delicate translucent disc-shaped white blossoms floatingmelb bot gardens

Sunflower, complete with bee. Fitzroy glowing

3 little roses together, Fitzroy front yard. Sunlight and pinknesses

Blurry white hydrangea like a cross or sacred heart. Fitzroy GardensFor Tyren

Newly planted 10cm purply leaved flower with bright red topknot, Fitzroy Gardens

Pink hydrangea smiling at the universeFitzroy Gardens

Pale pink hydrangea lit by setting sun Fitzroy Gardens

Pale bluish hydrangealit by the setting sunFitzroy Gardens

Pink and starry cluster hydrangeas, Fitzroy Gardens. Aaaaah

Blue hydrangea close up 1 Fitzroy Gardens

Creamy blue ocean of hydrangeas, Fitzroy Gardens

Like a brig

ht orange lettuce, th

is is a

n orange rosebud opening in

Melbs best s

treet, F

itzroy st

of course

! Yumming out

Pink flower in fabulous Fitzroy St. In flight

Like living lace, this wall of tiny flowers makes me hum with joy @ the Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens

Morning with Pook - dandelion! Simply stunning

Even a rose's bum is a thing of loveliness. Pink rosesouth melb

Final flower porn shot of the day. Another 15cm wide bloom on a long stem fighting for space with others, Collingwood. Still horny

Red Rose Slut! Yes, that's me. I cant resist a red rosebud. Dying to be flogged with a dozen long stemmed lovelies aaah

Weed! Golden orange lantana, yes seriously. Have killed heaps of this in the bush but in the city it's Nature! Collingwood

Weed! Deep orange canna lily is insisting i photograph it, Collingwood

Hairy. This 15cm across white flower was sharing its stem with 20 others, Collingwood. Imposing

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Bright yellow daisy, roadside Collingwood

Horny. Nipples, otherwise known as fancy geraniums, Collingwood

Horny. I have a golden rose fetish Collingwood

Bewitched by this flower growing on a stem w many others, Collingwood. Horny

Green kangaroo paw, Carlton. Striking

Tiny succulent flower, like a flame. Fitzroy

Pale purple petunia pouting in pub windowbox. Floral alliteration

Passionfruit flower, Fitzroy. Geometric extravagance

Yummy pink hibiscus asserting natural beauty in Alexandria pde hubbub. Kin

Pink rosebud stepping up, south melb

Weed! But isnt it beautiful? Fluffing, south melb

I'm in love! Multicolored rose flaunting, south melb. Kiss

Daisy beauty south melb. Smiles

Favoritest flower in the entire universe - Gardenia, creamy. Opening up, south melb

This Brachyciton is full going OFF in South Melb. Red round ball flower frenzy

Pink rosebud after rain, Fitzroy frontyard. Snap happy and fascinated

Red flower after the rain Fitzroy frontyardStaring at me

Blurry heart shaped posy that is actually a single flower. Was blowing a gale but had to snap it. Florist, Abbotsford

Honeysuckle in full flight, Fitzroy front yard. Heavenly scent

Lustrous pink rose after rain, Fitzroy

Rosebud, Royal Pde. Perky

Blue flowers! These tiny ones scattered around rocks near water, Royal Park. Floating in air

Hibiscus core, Royal Park. Sculptured

Fully open ageing magnolia. White with darkening edge, Royal Pde. Ohhh the scent. Nosegasm

Hibiscus, oz native section, Royal Park. Stunner

Apricot rose opening like a goldfish, Grattan St. Peachy

It's all red - red rosebud, Fitzroy st. Furled glory

It's all red - arvo sun on gorgeous flower, Fitzroy front yard

Its all red - ginger plant glowing outside florist, Fitzroy

Pinkness! Fluffy hanging flowers lurking in the greenery at melb bot gardens. Peekaboo

Commercial roses - pink perfection. Make me go all mushy

Commercial apricot rose - bouquet power at the harehole. So cultivated it looks plastic

Foxglove. The spots show the bees the path. Fitzroy yard

My fave fitzroy fuschias. Gathered like the corps de ballet awaiting their cue

Focus - wet woodchips under wet purple petunia nr Govt House sth melb. Blurt

Totally wet white petunia, nr Govt House, sth melb. Sprinklers

Neon lights like purple papery succulent daisies, sprung up overnight. Open

Daisy outside the breakfast caff on the corner, fitzroy. Welcome

Iris series - honey gold with furry orange tongue, carlton gardens. Whimper

Mauve tree azalea petal detail, melb bot gardens. Fragile

Purple blossom's bum, low shrub, exhibition gardens. Windswept

Flannel flowers - near Granite Lookout, Washpool National Park

All photographs: Kath Duncan, around Melb VIC and northern NSW

Inspirations: Tyren Laidlaw, Julie McNamara, Geertjan van Asseldonk

For QUIPPINGS FREAKTASTIC Word is Out Freaks Out The Hotness Midsumma Jan 2013

Track: Nina Hagen Band, Naturträne, 1978