Blooming hot! For more than a year I have been tending to a little chili plant I had grown from seed, the Bhut Jolokia, also known as the Naga Ghost Chili and reported to be the hottest chili in the world. My ghost chili plant is now thriving and covered in bright purple fruit! I […]
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In the quiet early hours these cold steel bollards stand silent. They will never known the strain of a heavy berthing line under tension as they stand well back from the edge of the wharf only to watch both ships and people as they pass by. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 396, Bollard Sentinels’ 6s f/14 […]
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Last night was the last night any of us would enjoy the company of well known and loved Adelaide poet John Pfitzner. This image is dedicated to him. The last rays of the last sunset he will ever know come streaming in through the stained glass skylight of Christ Church Wayville. The Adelaide Poet’s Corner […]
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If you thought this image was about architecture you have been misled. Intentionally so. So did the title give a clue? This is an image of one of the most extraordinary objects in our galaxy. A star as big as half of our solar system, a dying star in its death throws and on the […]
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The first sign of life once the seed tears open is a tiny white tendril like a tongue testing to see if the air and the ground are good. Into the earth it goes until it is is certain it can be sustained. It begins to grow, pushing the arch of its stalk into the […]
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