Starting on the Outside Now

After taking photos inside my house for the beginning of the 30 shots one subject, I am starting on the outside now and will be taking photos from our garden until the end of this challenge.

As you can see the bird of paradise flowers are blooming and also the grass hasn't yet fully recovered in places after the drought at the beginning of the year.

[Sally Ings]

Beautiful Strelitzia flower. It's so nice to see such a beautiful South African flower being enjoyed in gardens all over the world.

[Kathy A]

You have a nice looking house Babs. Love the Bird of Paradise

[Diana]

Beautiful shot, love the Strelizia too.

[Dianne]

Nice to be having an outside tour too. I love bird of paradise, they are so photogenic.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh nice to see the window you started your series from - nice strelizia there :)

[Babs]

@koalagardens This isn't the window I started with, that was our living room window which is just out of the picture on the left of this photo. The window in this shot is our bedroom window and I didn't take a shot of that from the inside, so you are seeing it from the outside now.

[Casablanca]

Really nice looking place and I love the Bird of Paradise flower. A favourite of mine!

[Valerie Chesney]

Bird of Paradise are always beautiful.

[Peter]

Interesting garden image still trying to recover Babs, we are envious we love bird of paradise flowers but they will not grow outside in the UK:)

[Sharon Lee]

These have been great to see.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautiful Bird of paradise and the beginning of the tour around your home !

[Wylie]

Mine just won't flower! Nice shot of your house.

[Corinne]

nice bird of paradise !

[Lou Ann]

They are such fabulous, exotic looking flowers!

[Ethel]

Clap clap, garden, flowers. Good for the spirit right when we need it .

[Merrelyn]

Your strelitzia is beautiful Babs.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very cool. I like your pov.

[gloria jones]

Nice capture and pop of color

[tony gig]

Would love these in my garden...fav

[carol white]

A lovely Strelitza,. I first saw these when visiting Madeira

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Your Bird of Paradise looks like it's calling out, "hi there!". Nice home, nice shot.

[Carole Sandford]

Love these flowers!

[Pat Knowles]

Wow that’s a beauty...I have only ever seen these growing in Madeira! ! Liking your first garden shot!

[Tunia McClure]

Beautiful house and flower.

[haskar]

Great composition and pretty flower.

[Rob Z]

Love the Bird of Paradise flower - don't they always remind you of that crazy Roadrunner bird?

[Pyrrhula]

Great view on this nice garden.
Thanks for you nice wishes. Same to you and all you love ones.

[Taffy]

Beautiful to see it growing outside! We'd only see one here in a shop.

[bruni]

A nice start of the new round outside your house with the Bird of Paradise flower. I've enjoyed these flowers in Mexico on our many vacations there.

[sarah]

Love these flowers

[Marnie]

I'm envious Babs, our bird-of-paradise isn't nearly out yet. Love the way you composed this one.

[Babs]

@salza @kjarn @ludwigsdiana @dide @koalagardens @casablanca @happysnaps @pcoulson @sugarmuser @beryl @pusspup @cocobella @louannwarren @ethelperry @merrelyn @mittens @seattlite @tonygig @carolmw @olivetreeann @carole_sandford @happypat @tunia @haskar @pyrrhula @taffy @bruni @samae Thanks, we are lucky that it flowers for most of the year. The only time it stopped flowering was during our drought, but since we have had more rain it is flowering like mad.

@robz Ha ha, it does look like Roadrunner doesn't it. I shall forever see that now.

@golftragic Ours flowers most of the year, it did stop for a while during the drought but now there are lots of flowers on it again.

[Angela]

Your exotic flowers are going to be for me to envy!

[Helen Jane]

that is a lovely splash of colour to have in your garden.

[Sue Cooper]

A lovely bird of paradise shot.