I had a rather busy day yesterday pottering around doing the odds and sods that always needs doing. While doing so, I managed to get a few photos of flowers, which is always cheers me up.

First up is this grevillea flower, which is a fabulous shade of yellow-orange. I think this species is Grevillea robusta, or the southern silky oak. In my opinion, it’s one of the finest species of grevillea-it can grow into a fairly large tree, the flowers stand out from a mile away and you can never go wrong with a grevillea.

I have two nasturtiums for you now. The first is a ‘Purple Emperor’ flower, which I think is my favourite variety.

The second is ‘Ladybird’. I have no clue what has happened to the petals on the left of the flower-probably the snails again! Even being half a flower, it’s still great in my garden.

I walk past what is a mass of Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi several times a week. It’s the first time that I’ve seed any of the flowers fully open, mainly due to my own lack of observation! Very pretty little flowers though!

These are my extra flowery highlights from a busy Friday pottering around doing random chores. I always have time to notice the odd flower or two.