OK - here's a second post on the Wildflower Festival! One post isn't enough for me to cover everything...
Gosh I have been having so much hot chocolate lately! I just can't resist the urge to go to Theobroma Chocolate Lounge (the Fremantle branch) - this place is officially my favourite chocolate lounge in Perth! I go there at least once a week! Also - for some reason, coffee art (or should I say chocolate art?!) makes me happy...so I had to post the two pics below!
OK, chocolate aside. I discovered a florist who made the most amazing arrangements ever! She was selling her arrangements at one of the carparks in Kings Park, and from what I remember, she's got a shop at Shenton Park or something. Most of her arrangements consisted of Australian native flowers.
Check out the variety of colours (and the colour combination) she's used! For these arrangements here, the red banksia seemed most prominent, and so it became my focal point for these pics here. Some of them had other smaller flowers, and others had kangaroo paw flowers included.
The red banksias were so beautiful - I couldn't resist taking more pics of them. They were just so perfect...and the colour was so vibrant. Apparently these came from different parts Down South (e.g. Albany), and the weather's still cool there. When I was taking these pics, the florist was telling me that the weather was warming up unusually fast...and it happened to be 32 degrees Celsius that day! I was actually really surprised by that - usually it doesn't get that warm in mid-September.
Spotted another variety of banksia not too far away, and had to do some close-ups - as these were equally perfect...I see a lot of these around uni.
And of course, both varieties were included in some of the arrangements. The florist herself was really comfortable with me taking pics of her arrangements.
This cream-coloured flower is just so unusual! It contrasted really well with the banksias and what-not.
Did some other 'close-ups' of some of the flowers too...I love admiring flowers despite having hay fever. It's totally worth the sneezing!
Decided that the wide-angle lens would be pretty good for some overhead shots, so I decided to try it out. Was quite happy with how some of the pics turned out :)
Ah yes - and needless to say, "paper daisies" were on sale. These were classified as 'everlastings' by the florist. Apparently they're dry and low maintenance, and can last up to 2 years! Cool!
Headed back to the park after taking lots of pics of the arrangements, and having a very nice chat with the florist. She didn't have many customers that day due to the weather, but she told me that she had lots of customers the day before.
Because of the recent dry spell, many flowers in Kings Park were starting to dry up. However, I managed to find a spot where the flowers were still relatively fresh. So I took as many pics as I could - considering that the weather's gonna get drier as the days go by.
Spotted this lovely blooms too - and these were still really fresh! I don't have many pics of white flowers, so this was a good time for me to 'stock up' on some! I also managed to get a pic of me walking through the flower beds (that was fun!).
And of course, these purplish-blue flowers deserved some attention too. I like the colour of the petals! And I like the way they're arranged...so strategic!
Not too far from the flower beds - these brightly-coloured works of art, made entirely of recycled material. These were all apparently designed, painted and constructed by school children. So innovative!
And since I love mushrooms so much, I had to take a couple of pics of them!
It was pretty warm that day, and I had been in the sun for quite a while...so I headed back to a cafe for a drink. I was actually really happy to see pink water bottles...and when the counter dude handed me the bottle, I accidentally exclaimed, "oh my gosh the bottle is pink!!" (yes I am a big fan of pink stuff). The counter dude was really amused.
Ending this post with yet ANOTHER hot choc pic! I captioned this like so:
"Let's just say that this is my 'staple food'." Apparently chocolate IS becoming my staple food now. Strictly dark chocolate though! More pics coming up soon...!! Not all of them will involve chocolate, of course. Do stay tuned!
